# Mike Amigorena

Ricardo Luis Amigorena (born May 30, 1972 in Maipú, Mendoza Province, Argentina), better known as Mike Amigorena is an Argentine actor.

## Biography

He was born in Maipú, Mendoza Province to a Basque Argentine father and an Italian Argentine mother. Amigorena was especially restless as an adolescent and was expelled from a number of secondary schools. He left Maipú for Buenos Aires in search of fame in 1992, and initially struggled in a variety of menial jobs, living hand-to-mouth in a tenement for a number of years.

## Personal life

Since May 2018 he is in a relationship with the singer Sofía Vitola. On February 4, 2020 they became parents for the first time of a girl whom they called Miel Amigorena Vitola.

## Career

He was eventually discovered by a modeling agency and in 1992, was given a small role in leading local comic Guillermo Francella's sitcom, La familia Benvenuto. He later appeared in the popular teen drama, Montaña rusa ("Rollercoaster"), and in the mid-1990s, enrolled in a theatre school, mentored first by Santiago Doria, and later, Alfredo Zemma, of the Argentine Actors' Association. He first appeared in Buenos Aires' vibrant theatre scene in 1995 and became a prolific stage actor, notably in a 1998 local production of German playwright Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening, and in a compressed Shakespeare production from 2004 to 2006, which earned him Argentine ACE and Clarín Awards. He was given his first film role by directors Florencia Di Baja and Germán Drexler, as the leading man in their comedy, Tus ojos brillaban (Bright Eyes), in 2004, and was reunited with Francella in 2005 in his top-rated sitcom, Casados con hijos ("Married with Children"). Two comedy film roles, in Gabriel Condrón's Un peso, un dólar (2006) and as the lead in Tatiana Merenuk's romantic comedy, Yo soy sola (I'm Alone, 2008), were followed by his role as Martín Pells in the primetime Telefe sitcom, Los exitosos Pells, which premiered in May 2008 and for which he received a Martín Fierro Award. Amigorena was among the Argentine actors asked to appear in Francis Ford Coppola's production set in Buenos Aires, Tetro (2009). He had a band called "Ambulancia" with his friends and he was the lead vocalist in his indie rock, they did covers and their own songs. In 2015 the band dissolved.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Character | Channel | Notes |
| 1992-1993 | Los Benvenuto | Ramiro Benvenuto | Telefe | |
| 1994 | Montaña rusa | Juan Victorino | Canal 13 | |
| 1995 | Montaña rusa, otra vuelta | Juan Victorino | Canal 13 | |
| 1997 | Naranja y media | José | Telefe | |
| 1998 | Como pan caliente | Nicolás | Canal 13 | |
| 1998 | Ricos y Famosos | Mauricio | Canal 9 | |
| 1998-1999 | Muñeca brava | Tomás | Telefe | |
| 1999 | Gasoleros | Bruno | Canal 13 | |
| 2000-2001 | Los buscas de siempre | Tito | Canal 9 | |
| 2000-2002 | Tiempo final | Mariano/Debrasse/Antonio | Telefe | |
| 2002 | Franco Buenaventura, el profe | Marcos | Telefe | |
| 2003 | Rebelde Way | Juan Manuel | América TV | |
| 2003 | Malandras | "El Toni" Segovia | Canal 9 | |
| 2004 | La niñera | Leonel | Telefe | |
| 2005 | Una familia especial | Helios Sneider | Canal 13 | |
| 2005 | Sin código | Tomás Coronado | Canal 13 | |
| 2005 | Casados con Hijos | Juan Ariel Snaola | Telefe | |
| 2005 | ¿Quién es el jefe? | Fredy | Telefe | |
| 2006-2007 | Sos mi vida | Rolando Martínez | Canal 13 | |
| 2007 | El Capo | Facundo | Telefe | |
| 2008-2009 | Los exitosos Pells | Martín Pells/Gonzalo Echagüe | Telefe | |
| 2010 | Los exitosos Pérez | Adrián Bruar | Televisa | |
| 2010 | Lo que el tiempo nos dejó | Alfredo Astiz | Telefe | "Ep: La caza del ángel" |
| 2011 | El pacto | Horacio Murgan | América TV | |
| 2012 | El hombre de tu vida | Daniel | Telefe | |
| 2013 | Historia clínica | Luis Sandrini/José de San Martín | Telefe | |
| 2013-2014 | Los Vecinos en Guerra | Alejo "Alex" López/Alejo "Alex" Mayorga | Telefe | |
| 2014 | Las 13 esposas de Wilson Fernández | Nicandro | TV Pública | |
| 2014 | Viento Sur | | América TV | "Ep 3: Los Rapiña" |
| 2014-2015 | Guapas | Federico Müller | Canal 13 | |
| 2017 | Quiero vivir a tu lado | Tomás Justo | Canal 13 | |
| 2019 | Otros pecados | Santiago | Canal 13 | "Ep 5: Rojo" |

### Theater

| Year | Title |
| 1995 | Pim pam pum |
| 1997 | Los ojos llenos de amor |
| 1997 | Glotony |
| 1998 | Despertar de primavera |
| 1999 | Payasos imperiales |
| 2000 | Verídicamente opaco |
| 2000 | El testigo |
| 2001 | Colón agarra viaje a toda costa |
| 2002 | Los sonetos de Shakespeare |
| 2002-2003 | Todos tenemos problemas sexuales |
| 2004 | Shakespeare comprimido |
| 2006-2007 | El niño argentino |
| 2010 | La noche antes de los bosques |
| 2011 | Hamlet |
| 2019 | Cabaret the musical |

### Movies

| Year | Movie | Character | Director |
| 2000 | Pescado crudo | | Milagros Roque Pitt and Alejandro Montiel |
| 2001 | Vida en Marte | | Néstor Frenkel |
| 2002 | Camafildenois | | Francisco Nocito |
| 2003 | Tus ojos brillaban | | Silvio Fischbein |
| 2005 | 1 peso, 1 dólar | El Langa | Gabriel Condron |
| 2006 | Yo soy sola | Nacho | Tatiana Mereñuk |
| 2007 | Horizontal - vertical | | Nicolás Tuozzo |
| 2008 | Tetro | Abelardo | Francis Ford Coppola |
| 2010 | Plumiferos | Fredy (voice) | Daniel De Felippo |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Ken (voice) | Lee Unkrich |
| 2010 | Miss Tacuarembó | Cristo | Martín Sastre |
| 2013 | Lectura según Justino | | Arnaldo André |
| 2016 | All Men Are the Same | Juan Luis | Manuel Gómez Pereira |
| 2016 | Primavera | | Santiago Giralt |
| 2017 | Mario on tour | Mario | Pablo Stigliani |
| 2017 | No llores por mí, Inglaterra | General Beresford | Néstor Montalbano |
| 2024 | Jaque mate (Checkmate) | Rey | |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Program | Result |
| 2004 | ACE Awards | Male Revelation | Shakespeare comprimido | Winner |
| 2005 | Premios Martín Fierro | Revelation | Una familia especial | Nominated |
| 2006 | CCC Spectator School Awards | Best Male Performance | El niño argentino | Winner |
| 2006 | World Best Theater Awards | Best Male Performance | El niño argentino | Winner |
| 2006 | ACE Awards | Male Performance | El niño argentino | Nominated |
| 2008 | Premios Martín Fierro | Actor Protagonist of Comedy | Los exitosos Pells | Winner |
| 2009 | Premios Martín Fierro | Actor Protagonist of Comedy | Los exitosos Pells | Nominated |
| 2010 | ACE Awards | Best Actor | La noche antes de los bosques | Winner |
| 2011 | Konex Foundation | Television Actor | Trayectoria última década | Winner |
| 2013 | Premios Martín Fierro | Best Actor of Daily Comedy | Los vecinos en guerra | Nominated |