Jorge Marrale (born June 30, 1947) is an Argentine actor.

Life and work

Marrale was born in

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' industrial Barracas section to a Spanish mother and an Italian father (from the

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Region), in 1947. His paternal grandfather had been an actor in Italy, and instilled an interest in the art on the young Jorge, as did a performance by Italian silver screen legend

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. He had enrolled in the Dramatic Arts Conservatory by 1970 and, shortly afterwards, was accepted into the National Comedy at the prestigious Cervantes Theatre. His first role in the

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was in

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' ''White Wedding'', and he soon received roles in local productions of

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'', among others. Marrale was first cast in the

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by director

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for

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'' (''Retribution''), in 1979. He later took part in a

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production of ''

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'' and in a Channel 9 production of ''

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'' (both in 1981). Alejandro Doria brought Marrale back for his 1984 drama, ''

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'' (''Realization'') and he was given the lead male role by

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for her moody, 1988 '' Los amores de Kafka'' (''Loves of Kafka''). Docampo Feijóo also cast Marrale in her 1992 adaptation of Dostoyevsky's ''

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film director Carlos Saura's TV film '' El Sur'', which is based on the short story ''El Sur'' by Argentine author

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. He continued to perform regularly in the theatre, working with renowned Argentine playwrights

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and

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, among others. He has also garnered extensive

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credits since his 1981 debut, cast in numerous roles in diverse genres as

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s and

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s - mostly on Channel 9 and

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. Among the most notable was his role in Doria's production of

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's '' La salud de los enfermos'' (''The Health of the Sick''), in 1996. That year, Marrale starred in an

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, ''Geisha'', as an heir involved in a

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dispute with an enigmatic young woman. He played the dubious father of a recently deceased lover of a nemesis of his in

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'' (''Ashes from Heaven'', 1997) and populist former President

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in Héctor Olivera's look at Perón's controversial brother-in-law Juan Duarte, ''

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for his biopic on the embattled Father

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(whom Marrale portrayed) in '' Las manos'' (''The Hands''), in 2006. The prolific actor has received numerous prizes for his work in cinema, television and theatre, continuing to be among the most active Argentine actors in all three media. He also teaches and, with Osvaldo Santoro, directs the Beckett Theatre in Buenos Aires.

Awards

Nominations

* 2013

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** Best actor of miniseries

References

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