Marcelo Romo
Known For
Acting
Born
1941-04-23 in Santiago, Chile
Died
2018-01-23
Biography
Marcelo Romo (Santiago, April 23, 1941 – January 23, 2018) was a renowned Chilean actor of film, theater, and television. Trained at the University of Chile’s School of Theater, he became one of the leading figures of Chilean acting from the 1960s onward. He made his film debut in El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969) by Miguel Littín, playing a journalist —a landmark in Chilean cinema that marked the beginning of a prolific film career spanning over thirty titles. During the Pinochet dictatorship, Romo went into exile in Venezuela, where he continued his career in film, participating in movies such as La máxima felicidad (1982) and Señora Bolero (1991), as well as in theater, and television, later working also in Mexico and Colombia. He returned to Chile in the 1990s and became a familiar face in popular TV series such as Rojo y Miel, Sucupira, Estúpido Cupido, and Pecadores (his last television appearance, in 2003). A versatile and socially committed performer, Romo was admired for the emotional depth of his characters and his dedication to the arts. He spent his final years away from the public eye due to Alzheimer’s disease and passed away in Santiago in 2018, aged 76.
Most Known For
Amores de mercado
as Horacio Galdames
Purasangre
as Eusebio García
Oro verde
as Mariano Sandoval
Rompecorazón
as Justo Sierra
Sucupira, la comedia
as Manuel Campos
Rojo y miel
as Alfonso Escudero
Ámame
as Raúl Castellot
Brigada Escorpión
as Laureano
Juegos de fuego
as Germán Ugarte
The Witnesses
Borrón y cuenta nueva
as Félix Izquierdo
Canaguaro
Las historias de Sussi
as Luis
Morituri
Jackal of Nahueltoro
as Reporter
The First Year
as Narrator (voice)
Señora Bolero
Mi amada Beatriz
as Gustavo Adolfo Castañeda
The Suns of Easter Island
as Marcello