| Manuel Aranguiz | |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality: | Chilean/Canadian |
| Occupation: | actor, writer |
| Years Active: | 1980s-present |
| Notable Works: | The Paper Wedding, Eclipse |
Manuel Aranguiz (born October 15, 1945) is a Chilean Canadian actor and writer.[1] He is most noted for his performance in the 1989 film The Paper Wedding (Les Noces de papier), for which he won the Gémeaux Award for Best Actor in a Television Film or Miniseries in 1990.[2]
His other most prominent role as an actor was in the 1994 film Eclipse;[3] however, his acting career was somewhat limited by a perception that he was too "ethnic" for the Quebec film and television industries, and he generally only had small supporting or guest roles rather than major starring performances.[1]
Some of his poetry was set to music by the Latin jazz ensemble Intakto on their albums Intakto (2002)[4] and Todavia (2007);[5] Intakto won the Félix Award for World Music Album of the Year at the 25th Felix Awards in 2003,[6] and was a Juno Award nominee for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2004.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Little White Dove (Palomita blanca) | Lodger | ||
| 1975 | There Is No Forgetting (Il n'y a pas d'oubli) | Pablo | Anthology film; segments "J'explique certaines choses" and "Steelblues (Jours de fer)" | |
| 1975 | Rappelle-toi | |||
| 1976 | data-sort-value="Flower Between the Teeth, The" | The Flower Between the Teeth (La Fleur aux dents) | ||
| 1990 | data-sort-value="Paper Wedding, The" | The Paper Wedding (Les Noces de papier) | Pablo Torres | |
| 1990 | Cargo | Officer | ||
| 1991 | Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) | Himself | ||
| 1992 | Scoop | Enrique Lopez | TV series; 10 episodes | |
| 1993 | Matusalem | Le Bricoleur | ||
| 1994 | data-sort-value="Hero's Life, A" | A Hero's Life (La Vie d'un héros) | Vincent | |
| 1994 | Eclipse | Gabriel | ||
| 1995 | La présence des ombres | Dr. Senez | ||
| 1995 | La Folie des crinolines | |||
| 1996 | Lulu | |||
| 1997 | data-sort-value="Assignment, The" | The Assignment | Venezeualan Oil Minister | |
| 1997 | Matusalem II (Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne) | Diego Vielo | ||
| 1997 | Lobby | Dr. Velez | TV series; one episode. | |
| 1998 | Mr. Aiello (La Déroute) | Fr. Ramirez | ||
| 1998 | Coup at Daybreak (Amaneció de golpe) | McCarty | ||
| 2001 | Tribu.com | Doctor | ||
| 2001 | Protection | Mr. Ramos | ||
| 2001 | Fortier | Man in gay bar | TV series; one episode | |
| 2003 | Levity | Señor Aguilar | ||
| 2005 | Additional character voices | |||
| 2005 | Human Trafficking | Mexican police captain | ||
| 2006 | Nando Garcia | |||
| 2007 | Imitation | |||
| 2009 | data-sort-value="Cargo to Africa, A" | A Cargo to Africa (Un cargo pour l'Afrique) | King patron | |
| 2017 | Nous Sommes le Freak Show | Pascual |