Cristian Mercado

Cristian Mercado is a Bolivian 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 Manolo Cardona, a film that won Audience Award for World Cinema Drama at Sundance Film Festival in 2010. and his role as Inti Peredo in Che: Part Two. He also co star in films as 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 Los Andes no creen en Dios (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 Chile. 2014: Won Best theater actor Eduardo Abaroa Plurinational Price Bolivia

Filmography Directing 2007: Los Andes no creen en Dios (second assistant director)

Acting 2004: El atraco as Ivo 2005: Sena/Quina, la inmortalidad del cangrejo as Falso Conejo 2007: Los Andes no creen en Dios as Paco 2008: Che: Part Two as Inti (Guido Peredo Liegue) 2009: Undertow (Spanish title Contracorriente) as Miguel 2010: The 33 of San Jose as Quechua 2011: Blackthorn as Official Boliviano 2019: Santa Clara as cowboy 2019: The Longest Night as Ivan 2024: The Southern House

Shorts 2008: Desde el fondo as Antonio (short) 2011: El último paso as Mateo (short)