Guillermo Pfening

Guillermo Pfening (born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine actor and film director.

Early life and education Pfening, who has German ancestry, was born in 1978 in Marcos Juárez, a city in Córdoba Province of about 30,000 inhabitants. At the age of 18, he moved to Buenos Aires to study social communication, later changing to philosophy and literature and history of the arts at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). While attending classes at UBA, Pfening took classes of theatre, beginning to get important acting roles in 2002. The short film is a self-referential documentary about his family living in Marcos Juárez, as well as the relationship with his younger brother, who has muscular dystrophy. the HBO series Foodie Love, Netflix original Welcome to Eden, as well as the 2023 drama film Alma, sharing cast with fellow Argentines Carolina Kopelioff and Florencia Otero. Aside of his works in Argentine cinema and television, Pfening took part in some international productions like the 2020 Spanish thriller The Paramedic,

Among his accolades, Pfening was awarded with the Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film award at the 2017 Tribeca Festival for his role in queer drama Nobody's Watching of Argentine director Julia Solomonoff, where Pfening portrays an Argentine actor who immigrates to the United States, settling in New York City and seeking a new life while struggling with language and cultural barriers. Pfening received critical acclaim for his role in Nobody's Watching, with critics praising his "melancholic and full of nuances" acting. He has stated that his coming out as gay did not mean much to his father Néstor, but was harder to accept for his brothers. The girl was born in 2014, with Pfening saying that he had spoken with Pinasco about having a child under those terms, agreeing to share custody of the baby. He added that he and Pinasco had made a promise that if they did not have a child of their own nor in a relationship with a partner by the age of 35, they would conceive a baby together. According to a November 2020 interview, Asia spent a week with Pfening and his partner, and one week with her mother.

Pfening's mother, Alicia Caloso, was a dermatologist who developed an addiction to cosmetic surgeries and beauty treatments. He recounted that she would meet with her friends to inject themselves with liquid silicone. When he was 26, Pfening moved with her to avoid committing her to a mental hospital. He said that his mother suffered intense pains towards the end of her life, killing herself in 2008. As a result of his relationship with his mother, Pfening produced a film titled Alicia, where actress Cecilia Roth plays the role of Pfening's mother.

His father, Néstor, died in April 2019 in Marcos Juárez, while Pfening was filming Foodie Love in Spain.

The Effect of Love Martín Argentine film XXY Narrator (voice only) Lucía Puenzo production 2011 Belgrano Dr. Terranova Argentine TV film 2017 Nobody's Watching Nico Awarded with a Tribeca Festival award 2020 The Paramedic Ricardo Spanish film 2021 Fever Dream Marco Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Argentine author Samanta Schweblin Selected accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Work ResultGeorge Mélliès Award 2004 Best Short Film Caíto Tribeca Festival 2017 Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film Nadie nos mira