Villanueva Cosse

Villanueva Félix Cosse Vega (born 9 November 1933) is a Uruguayan actor, theater director, and writer who has developed a distinguished career in his country and internationally, especially in Argentina, where he has lived since 1973.

Biography Villanueva Cosse is the father of Carolina Cosse, former Intendant of Montevideo and current Vice President of Uruguay.

He began his theatrical training at the Teatro El Galpón in Montevideo in 1953, continued his studies at the Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art (EMAD) in Montevideo until graduating in 1963, and attended Jacques Lecoq's School of Mime and Theater in Paris.

Since 1956 he has performed in more than 60 plays in Uruguay and Argentina, taken part in 20 feature films, and in numerous television series and specials.

In 1963, 1972, 1985, and 1996 he directed 11 plays at El Galpón, , , Club de Teatro, and the Comedia Nacional in Montevideo.

He wrote the musical comedy ¿Quién le teme a Lucila Singer?, performed at the Embassy Theater; Feria del miedo, del amor y de la guerra, performed at the San Martín Theater; Compañero del alma in co-authorship with , edited by Torres Agüero (1992), and performed at La Campana and El Galpón theaters. He adapted Servant of Two Masters (Goldoni), Lysistrata (Aristophanes), and The Government Inspector (Gogol).

Cosse participated, as author and director, in international tours and festivals in Buenos Aires, Zurich, Caracas, Montevideo, New York, Mexico City, San Juan, Milan, and Stockholm, making presentations for El Galpón, Théatre Ecole, Open Theater, Cervantes National Theater, San Martín Theater, and People's Theater, among others.

In Argentina he worked as an actor and director – in 1975, in Querido Mentiroso as George Bernard Shaw, antagonist of China Zorrilla in the role of Mrs Patrick Campbell, and then directing Servant of Two Masters, produced by the actress.

Of his extensive career as a theater director, his most notable productions include Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss, Bohemian Lights by Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill, Cocinando con Elisa by , New York by , and Marathon by .

Filmography Proceso a la infamia (1978) ... Rafael Barca (1979) (1982) ... Miguel Espérame mucho (1983) En retirada (1984) ... Funcionario Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación (1984) ... Don Alberto A King and His Movie (1986) ... Desfontaine The Loves of Kafka (1988) País cerrado, teatro abierto (1990) ... Él mismo (1991) ¿Dónde estás, amor de mi vida, que no te puedo encontrar? (1992)

Theatrical productions Marat/Sade (adaptation, director) Príncipe azul (actor) Déjala sangrar (actor) Segovia (or De la poesía) (actor, director) Lisandro (translation, costumer) La Feria del miedo, el amor y la guerra (author) Copias (actor) Toque de queda (actor) Te llevo en la sangre (director) The Inspector (director) Mein Kampf, farsa (performer) Bohemian Lights (director) Cocinando con Elisa (director) Compañero del alma (author, actor, director) ¡Arriba, corazón! (performer) Feria del miedo, del amor y de la guerra (author, director) Cuatro caballetes (performer) Blues de la calle Balcarce (director) Acto cultural (actor) Espectros (actor)

Awards Theater Uruguay 1969: Florencio Award for Best Director for Servant of Two Masters 1970: Florencio Award for Best Supporting Actor for King Lear 1972: Florencio Award for Best Actor for Arturo Ui 2009: ACE Award for Best Director for Marat/Sade

Film 1985: Junior Award for Best National Supporting Actor for Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación 1987: Silver Condor Award from the Argentine Association of Cinema Critics, Best Supporting Actor for A King and His Movie

Librettist 1992: First Mention of the Tres Países (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) Dramatic Competition for Compañero del alma