# Luis Machín

Luis Alfonso Manuel Machín (born April 10, 1968 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina), better known as Luis Machín, is an Argentine theater, film and television actor. He is one of the most respected actors in the Argentine artistic medium and his extensive career includes many works in film, theater and television.

## Biography

He was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. At 16, Luis Machín decided that he wanted to be an actor. He began studying acting in the theater workshops taught in the secondary school to which he belonged, Manuel Belgrano Commercial of the city of Rosario, attending courses taught by the actor and theater director Miguel Franchi. He continues studying at the Rosarino Center for Theater Research directed by Pepe Costa, where he carries out a large number of works. In 1986 he began studying at the National School of Theater of Rosario that opened that same year and from which he graduated in 1989 in the first promotion. In 1993, at 24 years old, he went to the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina with the aim of settling in this city and expanding his horizons as an artist. Contact the theatrical Sportivo directed by Ricardo Bartís and begins to develop in it. At the same time he takes acting courses with Alberto Ure in Canal 13.

## Career

He is founder, along with other career partners, of the "Agrupación Filodramática Te quisimos con locura" group with which performs a large number of works, among which stand out Bip- du- bup, La importancia de llamarse Ernesto by Oscar Wilde and Noche de reyes by William Shakespeare. At the same time, he participates in different theater groups in the city such as Centro de Actores by Félix Reinoso, the group Arteón by Néstor Zapata and the group Sauco de Carlos Schwaderer being with the latter with which he made his first international tour in different cities of Spain in 1991 with the show of puppets and actors for adults Cabaretit. Together with the Arteón group and the work Malvinas, canto al sentimiento de un pueblo make a long tour of Venezuela. With El pecado que no se puede nombrar and Ricardo Bartís direction he toured Spain, France, Canada, Brazil, Belgium and Germany participating in the most prestigious international festivals such as Avignon, the autumn of Paris and of the Autumn of Madrid as well as the Kunsten of Belgium and the Theater of Welt of Germany. Then premieres on the Teatro San Martín works like Casa de muñecas by Henrik Ibsen, Lo que va dictando el sueño by Griselda Gambaro, in the circuito alternativo Varios pares de pies sobre piso de mármol work that is taken to Barcelona to an encounter with Harold Pinter, Cercano oriente with Alejandro Catalán, Teatro proletario de cámara in the Sportivo teatral, in the Centro Cultural Recoleta Dios perro and in the Teatro Payro Ella, by Susana Torres Molina. In the Theater The cube premiered Los padres terribles by Jean Cocteau and he comes back to Sportivo Teatral where it premieres La pesca, again with Ricardo Bartís. In 2011 with the direction of Cristina Banegas the only work written by Alberto Ure, La familia argentina and in 2012 with the direction of Daniel Veronese premieres in Argentina and for the commercial circuit La última sesión de Freud by Mark St. Germain.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Character | Channel | Notes |
| 1996 | Amor sagrado | Dr. Cordero | Telefe | |
| 1997 | Chiquititas | Dr. Mandel | Telefe | |
| 1999 | Vulnerables | | Canal 13 | |
| 1999 | Campeones de la vida | | Canal 13 | |
| 2000 | Tiempo final | ex-con | Telefe | Episode: "La última cena" |
| 2000 | Ilusiones | Dr. Samuel Presas | Canal 13 | |
| 2001 | Cuatro amigas | | Canal 13 | |
| 2002 | Son amores | Belucci | Canal 13 | |
| 2002 | Tumberos | President | América TV | |
| 2002 | Los simuladores | Romagnoli | Telefe | Episode: "Seguro de desempleo" |
| 2004 | Padre Coraje | Dr. Froilán Ponce | Canal 13 | |
| 2004 | Epitafios | Santiago Peñalver | HBO | |
| 2005 | Botines | Lito | Canal 13 | |
| 2005 | Mujeres asesinas | Eduardo | Canal 13 | Episode: "Clara, la fantasiosa" |
| 2005 | Criminal | Roca | Canal 9 | |
| 2005 | Algo habrán hecho por la historia argentina | Manuel Dorrego | Canal 13 | Episode: "La Vida Color de Rosas" |
| 2006 | Montecristo | León Rocamora | Telefe | |
| 2006 | Hermanos y detectives | Professor Fontán | Telefe | Episode: "El profesor Fontán" |
| 2007 | Los cuentos de Fontanarrosa | Chelo | TV Pública | |
| 2007 | El hombre que volvió de la muerte | Dante Mortensen | Canal 13 | |
| 2008 | Mujeres asesinas | Mendoza | Canal 13 | Episode: "Carolina, humillada" |
| 2008 | Socias | | Canal 13 | |
| 2010 | Todos contra Juan 2 | Himself | Telefe | |
| 2010 | Para vestir santos | Carlos | Canal 13 | |
| 2010 | Alguien que me quiera | Gustavo "Bambi" Melgarejo | Canal 13 | |
| 2010 | Lo que el tiempo nos dejó | Military | Telefe | Episode: "La ley primera" |
| 2010 | Caín y Abel | Gregorio Mendel | Telefe | |
| 2011 | Historias de la primera vez | | América TV | Episode: "La primevera vez en el amor" |
| 2011 | Maltratadas | | América TV | Episode: "Eterno retorno" |
| 2011 | Televisión por la Inclusión | | Canal 9 | |
| 2012 | Lobo | Toribio Páez de Toledo | Canal 13 | |
| 2012 | La defensora | Dr. Rafael Sartori | TV Pública | |
| 2012 | La viuda de Rafael | Rafael | TV Pública | |
| 2013 | Historias de corazón | Manuel | Telefe | Episode: "Para olvidar a Manuel" |
| 2013 | Las huellas del secretario | Francisco Basualdo | TV Pública | |
| 2013 | Historia clínica | Juan José Castelli | Telefe | Episode: "Juan José Castelli: El silencio del orador" |
| 2014 | La celebración | Agustín | Telefe | Episode 4: "Bautismo" |
| 2014-2015 | Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll | Luis Emilio Arostegui III | Telefe | |
| 2015 | Cromo | Rizzo | TV Pública | |
| 2016 | Loco por vos | Claudio | Telefe | |
| 2016 | Educando a Nina | Reinaldo | Telefe | |
| 2016 | Las palomas y las bombas | | TV Pública | |
| 2017 | Vida de película | | TV Pública | |
| 2017 | Quiero vivir a tu lado | Guillermo | Canal 13 | |
| 2018 | Sandro de América | Oscar Anderle | Telefe | |
| 2018 | El lobista | | Canal 13 | |
| 2018 | Rizhoma Hotel | | Telefe | |
| 2018-2019 | Mi hermano es un clon | Juan Cruz Santillán | Canal 13 | |
| 2019 | Atrapar a un ladrón | Gabriel Prieto | Telefe | |
| 2020 | Inconvivencia | | Telefe | |

### Movies

| Year | Movie | Character | Director |
| 1999 | La venganza | | Juan Carlos Desanzo |
| 2000 | Ojos que no ven | Forensic | Beda Docampo Feijóo |
| 2000 | El astillero | | David Lipszyc |
| 2000 | Felicidades | Juan | Lucho Bender |
| 2001 | Vidas privadas | Eduardo | Fito Páez |
| 2002 | Todos juntos | | Federico León |
| 2002 | Un oso rojo | Sergio | Adrián Caetano |
| 2002 | Claim | Hotel Receptionist | Martín Lagestee |
| 2002 | Potestad | Colombres | Luis César D'Angiolillo |
| 2002 | La entrega | Police | Inés de Oliveira Cézar |
| 2005 | A cada lado | | Hugo Grosso |
| 2007 | Maradona, the Hand of God | Marcos Franchi | Marco Risi |
| 2008 | La revolución es un sueño eterno | Manuel Belgrano | Nemesio Juárez |
| 2010 | La mosca en la ceniza | Waiter José | Gabriela David |
| 2010 | Plumíferos | Mr. Puertas | Daniel De Felippo |
| 2010 | In the Future (En el futuro) | | Mauro Andrizzi |
| 2010 | El mural | Natalio Félix Botana | Héctor Olivera |
| 2010 | Sin retorno | Ricardo | Miguel Cohan |
| 2011 | El invierno de los raros | Fabián | Rodrigo Guerrero |
| 2011 | Violeta se fue a los cielos | Interviewer | Andrés Wood |
| 2012 | Dormir al sol | Lucio | Alejandro Chomski |
| 2012 | La sombra azul | Commissar | Sergio Schmucler |
| 2013 | Destino anunciado | Pocho | Jhon Dickinson |
| 2014 | Necrofobia | Dante | Daniel de la Vega |
| 2016 | Los últimos | | |
| 2019 | Sola | | José Cicala |
| 2019 | Así habló el cambista | | Federico Veiroj |
| 2020 | The Funeral Home | | Bernardo |
| 2023 | The Settlers | Monseñor | Felipe Gálvez Haberle |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2001 | Silver Condor Awards | Male Revelation | El astillero | Nominated |
| 2004 | Martín Fierro Awards | Supporting Actor in Drama | Padre Coraje | Winner |
| 2005 | Martín Fierro Awards | Supporting Actor in Drama | Criminal | Nominated |
| 2006 | Martín Fierro Awards | Supporting Actor in Drama | Montecristo | Nominated |
| 2007 | Martín Fierro Awards | Protagonist Actor of Miniseries | El hombre que volvió de la muerte and Los cuentos de Fontanarrosa | Nominated |
| 2010 | Martín Fierro Awards | Supporting Actor | Para vestir santos, Lo que el tiempo nos dejó and Caín y Abel | Nominated |
| 2011 | Konex Foundation | Theater Actor | Trajectory of the last decade | Winner |
| 2013 | Featured personality of the year, newspaper Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | Actor | Year's Trajectory | Winner |