Ricardo Darín

Ricardo Darín

Born: January 16, 1957
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ricardo Darín (born January 16, 1957) is an Argentine actor.

Darín is one of the biggest movie stars in Argentina. He played a number of parts in TV series for several years where he became popular as a young leading actor. His most prominent roles as a film actor include Nine Queens (2000), El Hijo de la Novia (2001), Luna de Avellaneda (2004), El Aura (2005) and La Señal (2007), which was also his directorial debut. He starred in the Academy Award winning film The Secret in Their Eyes (2009).

Movies for Ricardo Darín...

I Choose to Believe
Title: I Choose to Believe
Character: Narrador
Released: December 7, 2023
Type: Movie
It narrates the epic title obtained by the Argentine National Team in the World Cup Qatar 2022 with testimonies of the protagonists, told from the intimacy and in first person.
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Argentina, 1985
Title: Argentina, 1985
Character: Julio Strassera
Released: September 29, 2022
Type: Movie
In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.
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Norma Aleandro, el vuelo de la mariposa
Title: Norma Aleandro, el vuelo de la mariposa
Character: Self
Released: June 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Based on short stories and poems written by the actress, this documentary compiles fragments of the artist's life, configuring a story about the path traveled and an extensive career in film, theater and television.
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La peste del insomnio
Title: La peste del insomnio
Released: June 11, 2020
Type: Movie
30 actresses and actors from Latin America, seek to evoke hope in the midst of the health and economic crisis unleashed by Covid-19, through the reading of fragments from the work of Gabriel García Márquez alluding to the plague of oblivion.
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Title: Lo de Évole
Released: February 2, 2020
Type: TV
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Heroic Losers
Title: Heroic Losers
Character: Fermín Perlassi
Released: August 15, 2019
Type: Movie
In a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the corralito is implemented in the country and they suffer a fraud, their hopes disappear. Now, they will unite to recover the lost money and give the blow of their lives to their greatest enemy.
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Eduardo Galeano, Vagamundo
Title: Eduardo Galeano, Vagamundo
Character: Self
Released: August 7, 2018
Type: Movie
A hug movie, for the biggest storyteller in Latin America.
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An Unexpected Love
Title: An Unexpected Love
Character: Marcos
Released: August 2, 2018
Type: Movie
It tells the story of Marcos and Ana, who have been married for more than 25 years, but enter into an existential crisis that leads them to separate. The life of singles seems fascinating and exciting at first, but soon it also becomes monotonous for her and nightmarish for him.
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Everybody Knows
Title: Everybody Knows
Character: Alejandro
Released: May 9, 2018
Type: Movie
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
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The Summit
Title: The Summit
Character: Hernán Blanco
Released: August 17, 2017
Type: Movie
At a summit for Latin American presidents in Chile where the region's geopolitical strategies and alliances are in discussion, Argentine president Hernán Blanco endures political and family drama that will force him to face his own demons.
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Title: PH: Podemos hablar
Released: July 15, 2017
Type: TV
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Black Snow
Title: Black Snow
Character: Salvador
Released: January 19, 2017
Type: Movie
Accused of killing his brother during adolescence, Salvador lives alone in the middle of Patagonia. Several decades later, his brother Marcos and his sister-in-law Laura, come to convince him to sell the lands they share by inheritance.
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10 Years with Bebe
Title: 10 Years with Bebe
Character: self
Released: April 29, 2016
Type: Movie
This documentary follows the journey of beloved Spanish musician Bebe as she embarks on a tour to celebrate her first album's 10-year anniversary.
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Kóblic
Title: Kóblic
Character: Tomás Kóblic
Released: April 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Colonia Helena, Argentina. The mysterious Tomás Kóblic, a former Navy pilot, works as a fumigator while dealing with his dark past and the intrigues of the corrupt police commissioner…
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Truman
Title: Truman
Character: Julián
Released: September 24, 2015
Type: Movie
Tomás, who lives in Canada, travels to Madrid, Spain, to visit his old friend Julián. Both of them, accompanied by Truman, Julián's faithful dog, will share many surprising and emotional little moments, triggered by the hard situation Julián is going through, for just a few days.
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Torrente 5
Title: Torrente 5
Released: October 3, 2014
Type: Movie
Crooked cop Torrente gets out of jail in the year 2018 to find a different Spain from the one he knew.
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Torrente 5
Title: Torrente 5
Character: Comandante Cudilleros
Released: October 3, 2014
Type: Movie
Crooked cop Torrente gets out of jail in the year 2018 to find a different Spain from the one he knew.
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Delirium
Title: Delirium
Character: Himself
Released: October 2, 2014
Type: Movie
A group of friends is looking for a change in their lives. Believing that a film will bring them fame and wealth, they embark on the project without many cinematic knowledge, but with a famous actor in mind to star: Ricardo Darín.
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Wild Tales
Title: Wild Tales
Character: Simón Fisher (segment "Bombita")
Released: August 21, 2014
Type: Movie
Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.
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Violet
Title: Violet
Character: Relator
Released: February 2, 2014
Type: Movie
A guy tries to find outside what he is unable to find inside.
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Serrat & Sabina: Two for the Road
Title: Serrat & Sabina: Two for the Road
Character: Himself
Released: September 27, 2013
Type: Movie
Joan Manuel Serrat fled to Mexico when Franco ordered his persecution. In Argentina and Chile, his commitment against military regimes is still remembered. Joaquín Sabina arrived later. His poetry bewitched the audience. In Argentina, he is a tango singer as much as a rocker; in Mexico, the mariachis sing their songs. The former is a symbol, a venerated figure; the latter is a “cuate,” as they say in Mexico, a buddy with whom you can always count.
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Back to the Siam
Title: Back to the Siam
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
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7th Floor
Title: 7th Floor
Character: Sebastián
Released: September 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sebastián, a successful lawyer, leaves his ex-wife's condo, located on the seventh floor of an apartment building, to take his two children to school. While they run down the stairs, he uses the elevator. Once on the ground floor, Sebastián awaits the arrival of the children.
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Title: Famoso
Character: Ricardo Darín
Released: May 31, 2013
Type: TV
Martín Garabal, a first-time interviewer who used to work with his dad at a real-state agency, meets many of Argentina's most renowned film and music stars, but all of the encounters end up with a twist.
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Thesis on a Homicide
Title: Thesis on a Homicide
Character: Roberto Bermúdez
Released: January 17, 2013
Type: Movie
Roberto is a Law professor whose life is thrown into chaos when he becomes convinced that one of his best students has committed a brutal murder. Determined to uncover the truth, he begins a personal investigation…
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A Gun in Each Hand
Title: A Gun in Each Hand
Character: G.
Released: December 5, 2012
Type: Movie
J. is depressed. E. lives peacefully. S. tries to get back with his wife. G. resorts to anxiolytics. P. plays seduction games. María and Sara exchange their husbands. L. calls his lover in a peculiar way.
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En fuera de juego
Title: En fuera de juego
Character: Coco (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Diego, an Argentine doctor traumatized by the soccer since his childhood, is not satisfied with his life. Javi is a representative of kids who start playing soccer, a Spanish third division manager who dreams of an opportunity to change their fate. Suddenly, the discovery of a young Argentinian star, will join Diego and Javi in a common adventure, full of surprises and and picaresque.
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White Elephant
Title: White Elephant
Character: Julián
Released: May 16, 2012
Type: Movie
While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aries shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.
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Chinese Take-Away
Title: Chinese Take-Away
Character: Roberto
Released: March 24, 2011
Type: Movie
A comedy that chronicles a chance encounter between Robert and a Chinese named Jun who wanders lost through the city of Buenos Aires in search of his uncle after being assaulted by a taxi driver and his henchmen.
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Entre los Barras Bravas
Title: Entre los Barras Bravas
Character: Himself
Released: February 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Jon Sistiaga gives an inside and outside look into Argentina's Barra Bravas, the world's most violent football fans, who besides being radical fanatics for their club, they're organized as true mafias.
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Carancho
Title: Carancho
Character: Sosa
Released: May 6, 2010
Type: Movie
Sosa is a lawyer who haunts hospital waiting rooms hoping to represent the victims of traffic accidents in insurance claims. When he falls in love with ambulance medic Luján, he tries to leave this dark business but the shady law firm that he works for won’t let him off that easily.
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The Dancer and the Thief
Title: The Dancer and the Thief
Character: Nicolás Vergara Grey
Released: November 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Present day. Chile. Legendary bank robber Vergara Grey is getting out of prison after 5 long years and is looking forward to a quiet, uneventful life together with his wife and son whom oddly he hasn't heard from in years. But soon his resolve is tested when he meets 19 year old Angel a young thief who insists the two join up to score the biggest heist of all time. Though tempted, he resists until he finds out that his beloved wife has gone off with a millionaire and his son wants to change his last name. Then Victoria, a graceful and mysteriously mute dancer living in a conservatory, steps into the picture. She captivates Vergara and Angel, as well as all others that cross her path, drastically changing their lives.
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The Secret in Their Eyes
Title: The Secret in Their Eyes
Character: Benjamín Espósito
Released: August 13, 2009
Type: Movie
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.
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Lovely Loneliness
Title: Lovely Loneliness
Character: Father Soledad
Released: March 5, 2009
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy about a neurotic girl who makes a vow of solitude after getting dumped.
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El destino del Lukong
Title: El destino del Lukong
Character: Papá de Juan
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Two jerks. Two mobs. A destiny. The story will focus on a building manager (José) and a neighbor (Juan), who accidentally discover the body of their neighbor. Although this amazes them, they never imagined that it would lead them to a ridiculous and funny endless chase for the conjecture of a mythical Italo-Asian legend, the legend of the Lukong, which has crossed both the European and Asian continents to solve, in one way or another, in Argentina.
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Democracy
Title: Democracy
Character: Narrador
Released: December 10, 2008
Type: Movie
1983: After more than seven years of terror, the Argentineans recover the democracy. The reconstruction of a climate of time and an event that marked a point of break not only in the policy but in the culture and the arts of Argentina
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The Signal
Title: The Signal
Character: Corvalán
Released: September 13, 2007
Type: Movie
During the last days of Eva Peron, a pair of low-ranking detectives are thrust into a case of corruption involving the Mafia.
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XXY
Title: XXY
Character: Kraken
Released: June 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her gender, she meets both hostility and compassion.
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Title: El hormiguero
Character: Self
Released: September 24, 2006
Type: TV
El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.
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Title: El hormiguero
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 24, 2006
Type: TV
El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.
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The Education of Fairies
Title: The Education of Fairies
Character: Nicolas
Released: June 23, 2006
Type: Movie
A man's life is turned upside down after he is abandoned by the woman he loves.
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The Aura
Title: The Aura
Character: Esteban Espinosa
Released: September 15, 2005
Type: Movie
A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…
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Moon of Avellaneda
Title: Moon of Avellaneda
Character: Román Maldonado
Released: May 20, 2004
Type: Movie
The story of a social and sports club in a Buenos Aires neighborhood and of those who try to save it from being closed.
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Kamchatka
Title: Kamchatka
Character: Dad
Released: October 17, 2002
Type: Movie
In 1976, Argentina fell into the hands of a de facto government. Thousands of citizens are persecuted and kidnapped. This is the case of the parents of two children, who, knowing they are wanted, decide to hide.
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Sammy and Me
Title: Sammy and Me
Character: Samy
Released: July 11, 2002
Type: Movie
Things begin to fall apart for Samy (Ricardo Darín), a longtime television writer on the brink of turning 40, when his midlife crisis starts interfering with his career. Suddenly, his scripts just aren't that funny, and he's considering leaving showbiz altogether. Can a pretty new actress (Angie Cepeda) help him turn his life around? Eduardo Milewicz directs this Spanish-language romantic comedy.
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Son of the Bride
Title: Son of the Bride
Character: Rafael Belvedere
Released: August 16, 2001
Type: Movie
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past.
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The Escape
Title: The Escape
Character: Domingo Santaló, 'El Pibe'
Released: May 24, 2001
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1928, several inmates from the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires managed to escape. The film narrates the fate of each of these runaways in search of their destiny - tough men with their own ethical codes and ready to do anything not to return to prison. Some of them will suffer violent deaths, while others manage de disappear. Sordid and moving stories, not excluding tenderness and love, mercy or horror sealed with a pact of prison love that will remain in the heart of Buenos Aires, as witness of the yearned-for freedom.
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Nine Queens
Title: Nine Queens
Character: Marcos
Released: August 31, 2000
Type: Movie
Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
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Title: Tiempo final
Released: July 3, 2000
Type: TV
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Same Love, Same Rain
Title: Same Love, Same Rain
Character: Jorge
Released: September 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Jorge is a writer for a left-leaning Buenos Aires magazine that's at odds with the country's military dictatorship. He meets lovely and intelligent actress Laura and begins an on-and-off romance that will continue for the next two decades. Fearful of commitment, Jorge initially moves on from her and his fortunes suffer, but the situation changes when he and Laura renew their acquaintance. Meanwhile, the country undergoes a political transformation.
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The Lighthouse
Title: The Lighthouse
Character: Andy
Released: April 16, 1998
Type: Movie
Two Argentine sisters, Memé and Aneta, lose their mother in a car crash. Memé, the elder, is also left lame with one badly scarred leg. The orphaned girls go to Uruguay to stay with their aunts. The sisters often bicker, but they are actually very close. Memé flirts but has no luck with boys because of her injury... On their own now, Memé works as a waitress where she gets to know Andy. Returning to Montevideo, they meet Dolores, a friend of their late mother. Memé's affair with a man complicates her relationship with her sister. Then Andy invites the pair to his seaside retreat, a lighthouse.
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Perdido por perdido
Title: Perdido por perdido
Character: Ernesto Vidal
Released: July 29, 1993
Type: Movie
Vidal (Darín) is about to be bankrupt, so he sets up a fake car robbery with a small-time mobster to collect insurance and split the money. But his perfect plan becomes entangled by his increasingly dangerous ties to the mob and the meddling of a rogue insurance investigator (Pinti), who eventually strikes a deal with Vidal and decides to team up with him and his wife (Papaleo) to bring down the mob and expose the corruption that links a high-ranking executive to the mafia.
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The Stranger
Title: The Stranger
Character: Clark Whistler
Released: December 4, 1987
Type: Movie
Bonnie Bedilia stars in this psychological thriller about a woman who witnesses a murder and then flees. During her escape, she has a car accident. She becomes an amnesia victim and although, she doesn't know her own identity, is able to describe the murder, but doesn't remember where it occurred or who was involved.
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Revancha de un amigo
Title: Revancha de un amigo
Released: June 11, 1987
Type: Movie
Ariel Llanarte, writer and journalist forced to live abroad, decides to return to the country. He has the purpose of finding out the reason why his best friend disappeared.
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Me sobra un marido
Title: Me sobra un marido
Character: Cameo
Released: April 23, 1987
Type: Movie
An entomologist returns to Buenos Aires, after a long expedition in Africa. Upon arrival he finds that his wife, who had not heard from him in a long time, has remarried.
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Title: Estrellita mia
Character: Juan José 'Juanjo' Hidalgo
Released: March 16, 1987
Type: TV
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Te Amo
Title: Te Amo
Character: Germán
Released: May 2, 1986
Type: Movie
A single pregnant teenager goes to live with her uncle, a mediocre entertainer in a seedy cabaret.
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Les longs manteaux
Title: Les longs manteaux
Character: Le lieutenant Lamas
Released: February 19, 1986
Type: Movie
A reporter becomes involved with a band of terrorists hiding in the mountains between Peru and Bolivia.
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The Rosales
Title: The Rosales
Character: Jorge Victorica
Released: July 30, 1984
Type: Movie
Film based on the real case of the sinking of the cazatorpedera "La Rosales", Navy Argentina, occurred in 1892 on the coast of Uruguay. In that event only saved from death the captain and the officers, raising more suspicions.
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Deadly Revenge
Title: Deadly Revenge
Character: Silvio
Released: August 4, 1983
Type: Movie
When the new don discovers that sadistic mobsters were responsible for the death of his young son, he wreaks a deadly revenge.
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Open Day and Night
Title: Open Day and Night
Character: Hugo
Released: December 25, 1981
Type: Movie
A motel that is open all day specializes in beautiful women, and a couple of men decide to visit their rooms.
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La discoteca del amor
Title: La discoteca del amor
Character: Eddie Ulmer
Released: August 7, 1980
Type: Movie
Music execs find out their songs are being pirated, so a detective and his assistant are hired to catch the culprits.
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The Song of Buenos Aires
Title: The Song of Buenos Aires
Character: Juan González "El poeta"
Released: February 28, 1980
Type: Movie
By notice, the heir to a fortune named Juan González is summoned. Three men with that name appear but only one is the one who has the right to inheritance. The boys to receive it must live with a mysterious lady and her daughter to access it.
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The Beach of Love
Title: The Beach of Love
Character: Ricardo
Released: February 21, 1980
Type: Movie
To forget his girlfriend a young man is taken to a beach by his brother and a friend.
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Juventud sin barreras
Title: Juventud sin barreras
Released: December 13, 1979
Type: Movie
A portrait of frivolous youth. Unfortunate events force a group of club-hopping young men and women to face reality and reevaluate their lifestyle.
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The Tent of Love
Title: The Tent of Love
Character: Tino
Released: July 5, 1979
Type: Movie
A group of young people who want to go camping acquires a circus tent by mistake.
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La fiesta de todos
Title: La fiesta de todos
Released: May 24, 1979
Type: Movie
Documentary about Argentina's victory in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, held in that country and in which important personalities in world football and culture involved.
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La rabona
Title: La rabona
Released: March 22, 1979
Type: Movie
A man and his daughter, tired of fights and routines, miss school and work the same day.
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Los éxitos del amor
Title: Los éxitos del amor
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Leonor Capulletti and Quique Monteschi, fanatics of the same club, love each other in a passionate as well as conflictive courtship, because their respective families are allied in opposing and irreconcilable factions.
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Así es la vida
Title: Así es la vida
Character: Rogelio González
Released: May 19, 1977
Type: Movie
Tells the story, in the key of comedy of customs, of a typical bourgeois home in Buenos Aires for three decades.
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He nacido en la ribera
Title: He nacido en la ribera
Released: August 19, 1972
Type: Movie
A born soccer player leaves his town and his family to become a professional footballer. He has stardom, money, and a beautiful model, but realizes he left behind the important values that helped him achieve his success.
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Title: Alta comedia
Released: April 19, 1970
Type: TV
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Title: The Eternaut
Character: Juan Salvo
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
After a deadly snowstorm that kills millions, Juan Salvo along with a group of survivors fight against an alien threat, controlled by an invisible force.