# Franártur Duque

Franártur Duque (August 20, 1983, Venezuela) is a Colombian-Venezuelan actor, comedian and producer. He has been a part of different audiovisual productions in mediums such as television, advertising, cinema, web, video clips, short films, advertising spots and sketches, where in addition to acting he has also worked as a screenwriter, producer and director.
The artist lived his first years of life and academic training between Colombia and Venezuela. He fulfilled his university studies in the city of Caracas, where he graduated from the School of Social Communication, mention Audiovisual Arts of the Andres Bello Catholic University (Caracas).

## Career
### First years

He made his debut in 2003 as a live comedian, with "La Degeneración de Relevo" (Relay Degeneration), this was a collective of comedians, created by Laureano Márquez and Emilio Lovera, during the starts of Stand Up Comedy in Venezuela.
In addition to his career he has created several characters to develop his style of humor in the roles he plays in the audiovisual industry. The most relevant in his career in Venezuela is "Butaquito"; This was a caricature created by him in 2005 for the program Vamos al cine, broadcast on an open signal by Venevisión for two years.
He also participated as an assistant director, copywriter and screenwriter in advertising productions and entertainment content.

### Posterior career

Since 2012, Franártur Duque is located in the city of Bogotá, where he has participated in important productions for RCN, Caracol TV, City TV, Sony, Univisión and others. Between the most outstanding productions there are: Who Killed Patricia Soler (Quien Mató a Patricia Soler), the Corner of the Devil (La Esquina del Diablo), Pambelé, Room of Urgencies 2 (Sala de Urgencias), The Commander (El Comandante) and Paradise Travel (Paraíso Travel).

### Comedy Content Creator

During 2004–2006 he was director, screenwriter and producer of the television program Vamos al Cine, in turn he was director of short films like Sordomudo, Paramedicos, Miguel y el Fuego, Alarmanecer, Activista La Flor, En 4, Los Gaffer, Amor Inflatable, CucaTanaca in Tokyo and Rapicui.
In 2013 he was the scriptwriter of the second season of the DirectTV program "Andres Lopez de Noche", along with other talents such as Juan Buenaventura, Lina Mayorga, Chóche Román and Juan Camilo Vergarahttps://archive.org/details/ALDNCredits.
Currently Franártur Duque has eight routines of his authorship: Adolescence without cause, The seed of hatred 1 and 2, Experiment of the absurd, Childhood, Marriage and sex, Bad days and A normal guy.

## Productions

Series, Shortfilms, and Theater :
| Production | Title | Created | Produced by | Character | Appearances | Date |
| Series | Paraiso Travel | RCN | Teleset | Simón | Chapters: 40,41, 42,43,45,46, 47,49,50,51,52 53,54 y 55 | 2018 |
| Series | El Comandante | RCN | Teleset | Ángel Saavedra | Season 1, Chapters 7 and 8 | 2017 |
| Series | Pambelé | RCN | Teleset | Rafito Veleño | Season 1. Chapters: 15–17 | 2017 |
| Series | Venganza | RCN | Vista | Gael (Executive) | Season 1. Chapters: 49 | 2017 |
| Series | Sala de Urgencias 2 | RCN | Resonant | Militar | Chapter 16 | 2016 |
| Series | La esquina del diablo | RCN | RTI | Botones Panamá | - | 2015 |
| Series | Quién mató a Patricia Soler | RCN | RTI | Taxista | Chapter 87 | 2015 |
| Series | Tu Voz Estéreo | Caracol TV | Caracol TV | Policía | "A tus pies corazón" Chapter 330 | 2015 |
| Series | Mujeres al límite | Caracol TV | Colombiana de Televisión | Alfredo, Gustavo, Elkin | | 2013, 2014 |
| Series | Vamos al cine | Venevisión | Turiamo Producciones | Butaquito | | 2005, 2006 |
| Shortfilms | Inflexión Caos | | La Lata Producciones | Eco | | 2012 |
| Shortfilms | Recorta y Pega | | | Fran | | 2008 |
| Shortfilms | Sordomudo | | | Fran | | 2006 |
| Shortfilms | Seguros María Magdalena | | | Matón 1 | | 2006 |
| Shortfilms | Proctólogo | | | Señor Duque | | 2006 |
| Shortfilms | Perreros | | | Perrero 1 | | 2006 |
| Shortfilms | Paramédicos | | | Paramédico 1 | | 2006 |
| Shortfilms | Miguel y el fuego | | | Miguel | | 2006 |
| Shortfilms | Alarmanecer | | | Motorizado | | 2006 |
| Shortfilms | Activista La Flor | | | Activista 1 | | 2006 |
| Shortfilms | En 4 | | | Bailarín | | 2006 |
| Shortfilms | Los Gaffer | | | Gaffer 1 | | 2006 |
| Shortfilms | CucaTanaca en Tokyo | | | CucaTanaca y Reportero Ancla | | 2005 |
| Shortfilms | Rapicui | | | Rapicui | | 2004 |
| Theater | Poseída | Nicolás Castro | | Asesino | | 2015 |
| Theater | Lo de diva es mi vida | Nicolás Castro | | Sitadino Robledo | | 2014 |
| Theater | Los Amantes de Verona o el Final de una Encerrona | Eduardo Vera | | Romeo | | 2005 |
| Theater | Contigo Pan y Cebolla | Lourdes Fernández | | Anselmito | | 2003 |
Awards and Nominations :
| Play | Director | Event | Year | Price Obtained | Rol |
| Recorta y Pega | Jóse Andrés Martínez, Valerio Mendoza, Juan Fermín | Festival de Cine Átomo | 2008 | Best Short-film & Best Actor | Actor |
| Un Tipo Normal | Franártur Duque | Festival Internacional de Teatro de Venezuela | 2012 | Official Selection for participation | Actor, Scriptwriter and Director |