Sergio Kleiner (born March 23, 1939 in
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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), also credited as Sergio Klainer, is an Argentine-born Mexican film and television actor.
He started his acting career at the age of 21 at a play in Buenos Aires. He then toured with the theater company to
Central America
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and
Mexico
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where he obtained a role in ''
Los padres terribles'' of
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
the following year (1962).
In 1968 he obtained his first roles in
telenovelas
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ( ...
in ''Mujeres sin amor'' and ''Juventud divino tesoro'' both with
Irma Lozano. The same year he obtained his first starring role in ''
Fando y Lis
''Fando y Lis'' is a 1968 Mexican film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky in his feature length directorial debut. It is an adaptation of a 1962 play of the same name by Fernando Arrabal, who was working with Jodorowsky on performance art at the tim ...
'', a film by
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker.
Best known for his 1970s films '' El Topo'' and '' The Holy Mountain'', Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his wo ...
. Three years later he participated in the classic ''La generala'' starred by
María Félix
María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and ...
. In 1984 he played a doctor in "Ya nunca más" one of the films starred by singer
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...
. He would spend the next decade acting in
Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
when in 1998 he moved to rival network
TV Azteca
TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two nation ...
to act in ''
La casa del naranjo
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La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' and six more telenovelas in the next seven years. In 2005 he returned to film with the movie ''Morirse está en Hebreo''.
Films
* ''
Morirse está en Hebreo'' (2005) as Moishe
* ''
Ni de aquí, ni de allá'' (1988) as a spy
* ''
Ya nunca más'' (1984) as a doctor
* ''
Bloody Marlene
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'' (1979) as McCutchen's son
* ''
Cinco mil dólares de recompensa
Cinco is Spanish and Portuguese for 'five', and may refer to:
Places
*Cinco (crater), a crater on the moon
*Cinco, California, United States
*Cinco Ranch, Texas, United States
*Cinco, West Virginia, United States
Others
* ''Cinco'' (film), a 2010 ...
'' (1974)
* ''
Los doce malditos'' (1974)
* ''
Fin de fiesta'' (1972) as Luis
* ''
Apolinar
Apolinar is a masculine given name which may refer to:
* Apolinar de Jesús Soto Quesada (1827–1911), Bolivian politician
* Apolinar Serrano (1833–1876), Spanish bishop of Havana
* Apolinar Velez (1865–1939), Filipino politician
See also ...
'' (1972)
* / ''
The Incredible Invasion
''The Incredible Invasion'' (''Invasion siniestra''/ ''The Sinister Invasion''), also known as ''Alien Terror'', is a 1968 Mexican science fiction film directed by Luis Enrique Vergara. It stars Boris Karloff, Yerye Beirute and Enrique Guzmán. It ...
'' (1971) as an alien
* ''Mictlan''/''
La casa de los que ya no son'' (1969)
* ''
Las reglas del juego'' (1971) as El Güero
* ''
Siempre hay una primera vez'' (segment Isabel, 1971)
* ''
La generala'' (1971) as El rubio
* ''
Fando y Lis
''Fando y Lis'' is a 1968 Mexican film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky in his feature length directorial debut. It is an adaptation of a 1962 play of the same name by Fernando Arrabal, who was working with Jodorowsky on performance art at the tim ...
'' (1968) as Fando
Stage
*''
Rainman
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(2010)
* ''
Mi querida familia''
* ''
La malquerida
''La malquerida'' (The Unloved Woman) is a Mexican telenovela created for Televisa by Ximena Suárez and produced by José Alberto Castro, based on the 1913 Spanish play titled '' The Unloved Woman'' by Jacinto Benavente. The series originally a ...
''
* ''
Una esfingue llamada cordelia
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Places
* 160 Una, the asteroid "Una", an asteroid named after the Faerie Queene character
* Una River (disambiguation), numerous rivers
* Una, Himachal Pradesh, a town in India
** Una, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constit ...
''
* ''
Soledad para cuatro
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a variant name of Mary the mother of Jesus in Roman Catholic tradition.
Soledad may refer to:
People
* Chalon people or Soledad, a Native American peop ...
''
* ''
Viento en las ramas del sasafras''
* ''
El presidente mañoso''
* ''
El gesticulador''
* ''
La vida es sueño''
* ''
La ronda de la hechizada
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
''
* ''
Los dolores''
* ''
El pájaro azul
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American ...
''
* ''
Los padres terribles'' (1962)
Telenovelas
TV Azteca
* ''
Tanto Amor
''Tanto Amor'' is the third studio album by Shaila Dúrcal
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'' (2015) as Óscar Lombardo
* ''
La Otra Cara del Alma
''La otra cara del alma'' is a Mexican telenovela that premiered on Azteca Trece on 12 November 2012, and concluded on 10 May 2013. The telenovela is created by Laura Sosa, based on the 1985 Mexican telenovela written by Luis Reyes de la Maza, en ...
'' (2012-2013) as Padre Ernesto
* ''
La Mujer de Judas'' (2011-2012) as Buenaventura Briceño
* ''
Cielo Rojo'' (2011) as Ángel Durán
* ''
Entre el Amor y el Deseo'' (2010) as Sergio
* ''
Quiéreme Tonto'' (2010)
* ''
Ni una vez más'' (2005)
* ''
Amor en Custodia'' (2005) as Santiago Achaval Urien
* ''
Te amaré en silencio'' (2003) as Arsenio
* ''
La hija del jardinero'' (2003) as Lic. Ordóñez
* ''
Golpe bajo Golpe has multiple meanings, as described below:
* In music, golpe can mean
**golpe (guitar technique) is a Flamenco guitar technique where one uses the fingers to tap on the soundboard of the guitar, from the Spanish ''golpe'', meaning to strike;
...
'' (2000) as Gonzalo Montaño
* ''
El amor no es como lo pintan
''El amor no es como lo pintan'' (''Love is not as it looks'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan David Burns and Elisa Salinas for TV Azteca. It was broadcast on Azteca Trece from September 4, 2000 to May 4, 2001 for 175 episodes and the f ...
'' (2000) as Manuel Segovia
* ''
Catalina y Sebastian
Catalina may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''The Catalina'', a 2012 American reality television show
* ''Catalina'' (novel), a 1948 novel by W. Somerset Maugham
* Catalina (''My Name Is Earl''), character from the NBC sitcom ''My Name Is Earl''
...
'' (1999) as Gustavo Negrete
* ''
La casa del naranjo
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' (1998)
Televisa
* ''
LA Rosa de Guadalupe
''La Rosa de Guadalupe'' ( English title: ''The Rose of Guadalupe'') is a Mexican anthology drama television series created by Carlos Mercado Orduña and produced by Miguel Ángel Herros. The series centers on Mexican Catholic religiosity, speci ...
'' (2016) as Felipe
* ''
Salud, dinero y amor
''Salud, dinero y amor'' (English title: ''Health, money and love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 1997–1998. Is a sequel of 1995 Mexican telenovela ''El premio mayor''.
On August 4, 1997, Canal de las Est ...
'' (1997) as Dr. Damián Zárate
* ''
Canción de amor
''Canción de amor'' (English: ''Love Song'') is a Mexican telenovela directed by Alfredo Gurrola and produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa in 1996. It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on Monday, May 13, 1996, and ended on Friday, Sept ...
'' (1996)
* ''Más allá del puente'' (1994) as Adrián
* ''
De frente al sol
''De frente al sol'', is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1992.
María Sorté, Alfredo Adame and Angélica Aragón star as the main protagonists.
Cast
*María Sorté as Alicia Sandoval
*Alfredo Adame as Eduardo ...
'' (1992) as Adrián
* ''
Muchachitas
''Muchachitas'' (English title: ''Girls'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 1991. The telenovela was also shown on Univisión in the early 1990s.
The lead roles are played by Cecilia Tijerina, Tiaré Scanda, E ...
'' (1991) as Alberto
* ''
Alcanzar una estrella'' (1990) as Fernando
* ''
Dulce desafío
Dulce may refer to:
Places
*Dulce, New Mexico
*Dulce Base, a supposed American secret military facility
*Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
* Dulce River (disambiguation)
People
*Dulce (Mexican singer) (born 1955), Mexican singer and actress
*Ana Dulce F� ...
'' (1989)
* ''
Seducción'' (1986)
* ''
Eclipse
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'' (1984) as Atilio Greco
* ''
Elisa
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'' (1979)
* ''
Lucia Sombra Lucia may refer to:
Arts and culture
* '' Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás
* ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language film
* ''Lucia & The Best Boys'', a Scottish indie rock band formerly known as ''LUCIA''
* "Lucia", a Swedish c ...
'' (1971) as Aaron Siavinski
* ''
Mi amor por ti'' (1969)
* ''
Los caudillos
''Los Caudillos'', is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and originally transmitted by Telesistema Mexicano.
Cast
* Silvia Pinal as Jimena
* Enrique Rambal as Miguel Hidalgo
* Magda Guzmán as Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
* Narciso Busqu ...
'' (1968) as Count Pablo Jovellanos
* ''
Juventud divino tesoro
''Juventud divino tesoro'', is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and originally transmitted by Telesistema Mexicano.
Cast
*Irma Lozano
*Héctor Bonilla
* Renata Flores (actriz)
*Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo
*Renata flores
Renata Flores Ri ...
'' (1968)
* ''
Mujeres sin amor'' (1968)
See also
*
Foreign-born artists in Mexico
Mexico is considered as the ''Hollywood'' of Latin America because of the strength of its music and television industry as well as its history of Cinema. Foreign artists have started or continued their career in Mexico, especially in the telenove ...
External links
Sergio Kleinerat the
telenovela database
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include ''teleserye'' (P ...
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Argentine male film actors
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Male actors from Buenos Aires
1936 births
Living people
Argentine emigrants to Mexico
Argentine people of German-Jewish descent
Jewish Argentine male actors