Edgardo Bruna

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 telenovelas, playing the evil Fernando Bernard in (1994), inspector Igor in (1996), the swindler Renacuajo in Tic Tac (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 Liceo Experimental Manuel de Salas and the San Felipe Boys School. In 1963 he entered the acting profession at the University of Chile, 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 University of California, Berkeley, home of the hippie movement in the late 1960s. He decided to return to Chile in 1971 to be present in the government of President Salvador Allende. 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 Viña del Mar International Song Festival with the song "La burrerita".

He made his television debut in 1984 on the Channel 13 telenovela Los títeres. During the 1990s he joined the dramatic area of TVN, and later worked for Chilevisión 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 Santiago Metropolitan Region. 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 Senate of Chile 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) The Black Pimpernel (2007) – Hotel proprietor Oculto en la oscuridad (2007) – Father of Mariana (2009) – Federico Wilms La lección de pintura (2011) – Bechard Aftershock (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 Year Title Role Channel 1984 Los títeres Julio Barros Channel 13 1986 Sebastián Williams Channel 131990 Camilo TVN Mauricio Channel 13 1991 Germán Yáñez TVN 1992 Raúl Channel 131993 Ernesto Quesney TVN Sergio Hernández TVN 1994 Fernando Bernard TVN 1995 Raúl Díaz Channel 13 1996 Igor Hormazábal Channel 13 1997 Tic Tac Renato Puig "El Renacuajo" TVN 1998 Borrón y Cuenta Nueva León Costa TVN 1999 Aquelarre Fernando Guerra TVN 2000 Federico Quiroga TVN 2001 Amores de mercado Manfred Midesraub "El Clinton" TVN 2002 José Reyes "El rey del Monte con huesillo" TVN 2003 Safanor Pérez TVN 2004 Raimundo Goycolea TVN 2005 Nuncio Chaparro TVN2006 Floribella Eugenio Zaldívar TVN Tololo Romero TVN 2007 Ernesto Urrutia TVN 2008 Hijos del Monte Eleuterio Mardones TVN 2009 Los Ángeles de Estela Máximo Alcázar TVN2011 Peleles Fernando Varas Channel 13 Joaquín Ibáñez Mega 2012 Dama y obrero Mariano Villavicencio TVN 2013 Secretos en el jardín Aníbal Lastra Channel 132014 Valió la pena Raúl García Channel 13 Pituca Sin Lucas Exequiel Santibáñez Mega 2015 Eres mi tesoro Ángel Riquelme Mega

TV series and specials

Music videos Year Title Artist Director 2010 "Cabros" Álex Anwandter Álex Anwandter

Theater La Celestina (1982) – director