Ernesto Alterio

Ernesto Federico Alterio Bacaicoa (born 25 September 1970) is an Argentine and Spanish film, theatre, and television actor. He is the son of Argentine actor Hector Alterio.

Life and career Ernesto Federico Alterio Bacaicoa was born in Buenos Aires on 25 September 1970. Alterio is the son of psychologist Modesta Ángela Bacaicoa Destéfano and actor Héctor Alterio Onorato. His younger sister Malena also pursued an acting career. During Isabel Perón's government that took place very shortly after the birth of Malena, his father Héctor Alterio was threatened by Triple A, so the family went into exile and settled in Spain between 1974 and 1975 (where Héctor was working at the time).

Installed with his family in Madrid, when he was four years old, Ernesto suffered the uprooting that exile brings. He remained attached to his Argentine roots through family traditions. He began Biology studies but left to take up History, and continued with those studies for two years. He trained his acting chops under Cristina Rota.

He landed some early leading film roles under Fernando Colomo in the late 1990s with performances in The Stolen Years (for which he earned a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor) and . Starting in 2003, Alterio had a 15-year-long relationship with actress Juana Acosta, with whom he had one daughter.

He has starred in the cult miniseries Vientos del agua along with his father, and has twice worked with director Marcelo Piñeyro, who frequently hires his father in roles. He works both in Spanish and Argentine television.

Selected filmography Film

Television

Year Title Role Notes 2017 Cable Girls Sebastián Uribe 2018 Narcos: Mexico Salvador Osuna Nava 2020 Someone Has to Die Gregorio Falcón 2021 Todos mienten Diego Su majestad Guillermo

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