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Chino Darín

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Chino Darín
Born
Ricardo Mario Darín

(1989-01-14) 14 January 1989 (age 35)
San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupations
Years active2010–present
PartnerÚrsula Corberó (2016–present)
FatherRicardo Darín
RelativesRoxana Darín (grandmother)

Ricardo Mario Darín (born 14 January 1989), known professionally as Chino Darín, is an Argentine actor and film producer.

He has had prominent film roles in Death in Buenos Aires (2014), The Queen of Spain (2016) and A Twelve-Year Night (2018). In 2018, he was nominated for the Best Actor award by the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences, for his role in the true crime film, El Angel.

He is also known for his television roles in Argentina and Spain. He received a Martín Fierro Awards nomination for Best Actor in a miniseries for his role in Historia de un clan (2015). He also appeared in Farsantes (2013-14), La embajada (2016) and El Reino (2021-23). He currently stars in Iron Reign (2024).

Early life

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Ricardo Mario Darín was born on 14 January 1989 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province, to actor Ricardo Darín and Florencia Bas.[1][2]

Career

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He debuted as an actor in 2010 in the Argentine telenovela, Alguien que me quiera, where he rubbed shoulders with figures such as Andrea del Boca, Osvaldo Laport and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez among others. A year later, in 2011, he appeared in Los Únicos, as Dante.

In 2012, he made his film debut starring alongside Diego Peretti and Fernando Tejero, in the Argentine-Spanish film, En fuera de juego.

In 2014, he starred in the film Death in Buenos Aires, where he played the agent "El Ganso", a young homosexual police officer from the 1980s.[3]

In 2015, he starred in three films: the film comedy Volley, directed by Martín Piroyansky, the thriller Pasaje de vida, directed by Diego Corsini, and Uno mismo, an intimate story, directed by Gabriel Arregui. In addition, he had special appearances in the Telefe sitcom Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll, and in the HBO series El hypnotizador, starring Leonardo Sbaraglia. The same year he starred in the Telefe series, Historia de un clan, directed by Luis Ortega. The series portrays the true story of the Puccio Clan, a family that kidnapped and murdered people in the last years of the last Argentine civic-military dictatorship. There he played Alejandro Puccio, the son of the family patriarch, Arquímedes Puccio.[4]

In 2019, he starred together with his father Ricardo Darín, alongside Luis Brandoni and Verónica Llinás in the film Heroic Losers directed by Sebastián Borensztein and co-produced by himself together with his father. The film is set during the December 2001 riots in Argentina.[5]

From 2021 to 2023, he was part of the cast of the Argentine Netflix series, El reino, along with Diego Peretti, Mercedes Morán and Peter Lanzani.[6]

In 2022, he was one of the producers of Argentina, 1985, a film nominated at 2023 Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.[7]

Outside of film and television, he also works as a male model and has fronted campaigns for male fashion brands.[8][9]

Personal life

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In June 2016, he announced that he was in a relationship with Spanish actress Úrsula Corberó, whom he met on the set of the TV show La embajada.[10][11]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 En fuera de juego (Offside) Gustavo César
2014 Death in Buenos Aires El Ganso
2015 Volley Ignacio "Nacho"
Pasaje de vida Young Miguel
Uno mismo One
2016 The Queen of Spain Leonardo Sánchez
Angelita, la doctora Iván
Primavera Gino
Era el cielo Néstor
2018 El ángel Ramón Peralta
Las leyes de la termodinámica Pablo
A Twelve-Year Night Mauricio Rosencof
Mirage Inspector Leira
2019 Heroic Losers Rodrigo Perlassi
2022 Stories Not to Be Told Álex
2022 Argentina, 1985 Producer only

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Alguien que me quiera Stuka 77 episodes
2011–2012 Los únicos Dante/Marco Montacuarto 56 episodes
2013–2014 Farsantes Fabián Graziani 90 episodes
2015 Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll Franco Pilares/Franco Bettini 1 episode
El hipnotizador Gregorio 2 episodes
Historia de un clan Alejandro Puccio Main role
2016 La embajada Carlos Guillén 11 episodes
2021–2023 El reino [es] Julio Clamens 14 episodes
2023 Mano de hierro 6 episodes

Host

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Year Program Channel
2013–2014 ESPN redes ESPN+
2014 Circuito Argentina América TV

Theater

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Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2011 Los Kaplan Sergio Kaplan Teatro del Globo [12]

Awards and nominations

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List of awards and nominations received by Chino Darín
Ceremony Year Nominated work Category Result Ref
ACE Awards 2012 Los Kaplan Male Revelation Nominated
Martín Fierro Awards 2016 Historia de un clan Best leading actor in miniseries Nominated
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2015 Death in Buenos Aires Best Actor Won [13]
Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards 2012 Los únicos Revelation Nominated
Notirey Awards 2016 Historia de un clan Best Leading Actor Won
Premios Sur 2018 El Angel Best Actor Nominated [14]
Platino Awards 2022 El reino [es] Best leading actor in miniseries Nominated
Tato Awards 2012 Los únicos Revelation Nominated
2013 Farsantes Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2015 Historia de un clan Best Leading Actor Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Chino Darín: su momento dulce, su tortura interna y el ejemplo de su abuela El País. 9 November 2018
  2. ^ Ricardo Darín: "I'm fine filming in Spanish, thank you" Screendaily. 27 July 2016
  3. ^ Artsploitation Sees North American Distrib Life for ‘Death in Buenos Aires’ (EXCLUSIVE) Variety. 4 December 2014
  4. ^ El Chino Darín: alto voltaje sexual en “Historia de un clan” Clarin. 9 October 2015
  5. ^ DeFore, John (19 September 2019). "'Heroic Losers' ('La odisea de los giles'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  6. ^ Calling the shots The Times Literary Supplement. 23 April 2023
  7. ^ Oscars: Argentina Submits ‘Argentina, 1985’ To International Film Category Deadline. 27 September 2022
  8. ^ El Chino Darín volvió a posar como modelo TeleNoche. 17 March 2021
  9. ^ El Chino Darín posó como top model para una marca de ropa y revolucionó a sus fans Aires de Santa Fe. 22 November 2019
  10. ^ "Chino Darín y Úrsula Corberó hablan por primera vez de su romance". El Periódico (in Spanish). Grupo Zeta. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  11. ^ "La romántica declaración del Chino Darín a Úrsula Corberó que se hizo viral" [The romantic declaration of Chino Darín to Úrsula Corberó that went viral]. Infobae (in Spanish). 9 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  12. ^ Freire, Susan (15 October 2011). "Los Kaplan (review)". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  13. ^ BiFan awards winners revealed. Screendaily. 24 July 2015
  14. ^ Todos los premios y nominaciones de El ángel: 13 Premios Sur. FilmAffinity (in Spanish).
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