Edgardo Bruna del Campo (8 February 1947 – 19 March 2017) was a Chilean actor, musician, theater director, and social activist, recognized for his long career in various productions and plays. He is known for his roles in

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s, playing the evil Fernando Bernard in ' (1994), inspector Igor in ' (1996), the swindler Renacuajo in ''

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'' (1997), the patron of Fernando Guerra in '' Aquelarre'' (1999), Don Clinton in '' Amores de mercado'' (2001), and José Reyes in ' (2002).

Biography

Edgardo Bruna studied at the and the San Felipe Boys School. In 1963 he entered the acting profession at the

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, where he had national theater figures as teachers, such as , , and Agustín Siré. Thanks to a scholarship, he traveled to the United States to perfect his skills in dramatic arts at the

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, home of the

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movement in the late 1960s. He decided to return to Chile in 1971 to be present in the government of President

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. Later, after the 1973 coup d'état, he left for Mexico, where he lived for five years. Before dedicating himself to acting, he was a musician and participated in the folk group Los Paulos, together with Pedro Messone. The group won the folkloric competition of the 1966

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with the song "La burrerita". He made his television debut in 1984 on the Channel 13 telenovela ''

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''. During the 1990s he joined the dramatic area of TVN, and later worked for

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and Mega. He participated in series such as '' Los archivos del cardenal'', '' Prófugos'', ', and '. His last role was in ', recorded just before his death. He was president of the Union of Actors and Actresses of Chile (Sidarte), president of the National Union of Artists, and counselor of Chileactores. In 2013 he was a candidate for regional councilor representing the Progressive Party for the

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. However, he was not elected. He died on 19 March 2017 at age 70, after suffering a heart attack at home at 4:00 p.m. On 22 March, the

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paid tribute to him for his work in the actors' union and his active participation in the preparation of the project which created the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Filmography

Films

* ''¡Viva el novio!'' (1990) * ''Dos mujeres en la ciudad'' (1990) – Professor * '' Amelia Lópes O'Neill'' (1991) * ''El seductor'' (2004) – Catar * ''El socio'' (2004) – Walter Davis * ''Las golondrinas del altazor'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2007) – Hotel proprietor * ''Oculto en la oscuridad'' (2007) – Father of Mariana * ' (2009) – Federico Wilms * ''La lección de pintura'' (2011) – Bechard * ''

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'' (2012) – Grumpy operator * ''El vuelo de los cuervos'' (2013) – Don Efraín * ''El árbol magnético'' (2013) – Tata * ''El inquisidor'' (2015) – Gaspar * ''Pinochet boys'' (2016) * '' You'll Never Be Alone'' (2016) – Bruno

Telenovelas

TV series and specials

Music videos

Theater

* ''La Celestina'' (1982) – director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruna, Edgardo 1947 births 2017 deaths Chilean male film actors Chilean male stage actors Chilean male telenovela actors Chilean theatre directors Chilean television personalities Male actors from Santiago, Chile Musicians from Santiago, Chile Politicians from Santiago, Chile University of California, Berkeley alumni University of Chile alumni Progressive Party (Chile) politicians