Cristian Mercado is a

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n theater and film actor. On film, he is known for his lead role as Falso Conejo in '' Sena/Quina, la inmortalidad del cangrejo'' and as Miguel, a fisherman in '' Undertow'' (Spanish title ''Contracorriente'') alongside

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, a film that won Audience Award for World Cinema Drama at

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in 2010.Latin America News Dispatch: Interview with Javier Fuentes-León, Director of ''Contracorriente''
/ref> and his role as Inti Peredo in '' Che: Part Two''. He also co star in films a
The 33 of San Jose
movie based on the true storie of the 33 miners trapped in the landslide in Chile. He was also second assistant director in ''

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'' (''The Andes Don't Believe in God'' (2007). On theater, he was part of Teatro de los Andes group and found La Oveja Negra theater in 2005. He worked in France with "Theatre Athenor", in Chile with Teatro Camino company, and with Teatro de ciertos habitantes in Mexico.

Awards

*2011: Won Best Actor Award at Rapa Nui Film Festival in

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. *2014: Won Best theater acto
Eduardo Abaroa Plurinational Price
Bolivia

Filmography

Directing

*2007: ''Los Andes no creen en Dios'' (second assistant director)

Acting

*2004: ''

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'' as Ivo *2005: '' Sena/Quina, la inmortalidad del cangrejo'' as Falso Conejo *2007: ''

'' as Paco *2008: '' Che: Part Two'' as Inti (Guido Peredo Liegue) *2009: '' Undertow'' (Spanish title ''Contracorriente'') as Miguel *2010: ''

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'' as Quechua *2011: ''

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'' as Official Boliviano *2019: '' Santa Clara'' as cowboy *2019: '' The Longest Night'' as Ivan ;Shorts *2008: ''Desde el fondo'' as Antonio (short) *2011: ''El último paso'' as Mateo (short)

References

External links

*
Cristian Mercado official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mercado, Cristian Bolivian male film actors Bolivian male stage actors Living people 21st-century Bolivian male actors Place of birth missing (living people) 1974 births