Sergio Kleiner (born March 23, 1936, in

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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

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and

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where he obtained a role in '' Los padres terribles'' of

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the following year (1962). In 1968 he obtained his first roles in

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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'', a film by

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. Three years later he participated in the classic ''La generala'' starred by

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. In 1984 he played a doctor in "Ya nunca más" one of the films starred by singer

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. He would spend the next decade acting in

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when in 1998 he moved to rival network

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to act in '' La casa del naranjo'' 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'' (1979) as McCutchen's son * '' Cinco mil dólares de recompensa'' (1974) * '' Los doce malditos'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1972) as Luis * '' Apolinar'' (1972) * / '' The Incredible Invasion'' (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'' (1968) as Fando

Stage

*'' Rainman'' (2010) * '' Mi querida familia'' * '' La malquerida'' * '' Una esfingue llamada cordelia'' * '' Soledad para cuatro'' * '' Viento en las ramas del sasafras'' * '' El presidente mañoso'' * '' El gesticulador'' * '' La vida es sueño'' * '' La ronda de la hechizada'' * '' Los dolores'' * '' El pájaro azul'' * '' Los padres terribles'' (1962)

Telenovelas

TV Azteca

* '' Tanto Amor'' (2015) as Óscar Lombardo * '' La Otra Cara del Alma'' (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 ''Entre el Amor y el Deseo'' (''Between Love and Desire'') is a Mexican telenovela by TV Azteca. It premiered on 2010. The protagonists are the international stars Lorena Rojas and Víctor González Reynoso. Actors such as Fernando Lujan, Hec ...

'' (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'' (2000) as Gonzalo Montaño * '' El amor no es como lo pintan'' (2000) as Manuel Segovia * '' Catalina y Sebastian'' (1999) as Gustavo Negrete * '' La casa del naranjo'' (1998)

Televisa

* '' LA Rosa de Guadalupe'' (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 1997–98. Is a sequel of 1995 Mexican telenovela '' El premio mayor''. On August 4, 1997, Canal de las Estr ...

'' (1997) as Dr. Damián Zárate * '' Canción de amor'' (1996) * ''Más allá del puente'' (1994) as Adrián * '' De frente al sol'' (1992) as Adrián * '' Muchachitas'' (1991) as Alberto * '' Alcanzar una estrella'' (1990) as Fernando * ''

Dulce desafío ''Dulce desafío'' (English title: ''Sweet challenge'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Julissa and Eugenio Cobo for Televisa in 1988. Adela Noriega and Eduardo Yáñez starred as protagonists, while Chantal Andere, Sergio Klainer and Merce ...

'' (1989) * '' Seducción'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1984) as Atilio Greco * ''

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'' (1979) * '' Lucia Sombra'' (1971) as Aaron Siavinski * '' Mi amor por ti'' (1969) * '' Los caudillos'' (1968) as Count Pablo Jovellanos * '' Juventud divino tesoro'' (1968) * '' Mujeres sin amor'' (1968)

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