Guillermo Francella

**Guillermo Héctor Francella** (Born, February 14, 1955) is an Argentine actor, journalist, comedian, producer, and director of film, theater, and television. Considered one of his country's most influential actors, he has starred in and participated in some of the most successful and popular films in Argentina and Latin America.

### Early childhood

Son of Adelina Redondo and Ricardo Héctor Francella, he is the younger of two brothers. His father was a bank employee, a gymnastics teacher, and a weightlifting coach at Racing Club.

He spent his first two years in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa del Parque. Later, the family moved to Beccar, San Isidro district, in the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires, where Francella spent the rest of his childhood.

## Personal life

From 1989 to 2024, he was married to María Inés Breña, with whom he has two children: Nicolás, born in 1990, and Johanna, born in 1993, both actors.

### Film

|Year|Movie|Role|Director|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1973|_Los caballeros de la cama redonda_|(Uncredited)|Gerardo Sofovich|||
|1985|_El Telo y la Tele_|Deputy|Hugo Sofovich|||
|rowspan="3"|1986|_Brigada explosiva_|Bank robber|Enrique Dawi||
|_Camarero Nocturno en Mar del Plata_|Salvador|Gerardo Sofovich||||
|_Las colegialas se divierten_|Professor|Fernando Siro||||
|rowspan="2"|1987|_Johny Tolengo, el majestuoso_||Gerardo Sofovich and Enrique Dawi||
|_Los Bañeros más Locos del Mundo_|Guillermo|rowspan="2"|Carlos Galettini|||
|rowspan="2"|1988|_Los Pilotos más Locos del Mundo_|Professor Lungo|||
|_Paraíso Relax_||Emilio Boretta||||
|rowspan="2"|1989|_Bañeros II, la playa loca_|Guillermo|rowspan="2"|Carlos Galettini|
|_Los extermineitors_|Guillermo|||||
|rowspan="2"|1990|_Yo Tenía un Plazo Fijo_|Pancho|Emilio Boretta||
|_Extermineitors II, la venganza del dragón_|Guillermo|rowspan="2"|Carlos Galettini|||
|rowspan="2"|1991|_Extermineitors III, la gran pelea final_|Guillermo|||
|_El travieso_|Julio Mustafá|Ismael Hase and Eduardo Rolondo||||
|1992|_Extermineitors IV, como hermanos gemelos_|Guillermo|Carlos Galettini|||
|1998|_Un Argentino en New York_|Franco de Ricci|rowspan="3"|Juan José Jusid||
|1999|_Esa maldita costilla_|Taxista||||
|2000|_Papá es un Ídolo_|Pablo||||
|2003|_Un día en el paraíso_|Reynaldo/Roy|Juan Bautista Stagnaro|||
|2005|_Papá se volvió loco_|Juan|rowspan="3"|Rodolfo Ledo||
|2006|_Bañeros III, Todopoderosos_|Guillermo||||
|2007|_Incorregibles_|Pablo||||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Rudo y Cursi_|Batuta|Carlos Cuarón||
|_Un novio para mi mujer_|Real estate employee|Juan Taratuto||||
|2009|_El secreto de sus ojos_|Pablo Sandoval|Juan José Campanella|||
|2011|_Los Marziano_|Juan Marziano|Ana Katz|||
|rowspan="2"|2012|_El vagoneta en el mundo del cine_||Maximiliano Gutiérrez||
|_¡Atraco!_|Merello|Eduard Cortés||||
|2013|_Corazón de León_|León Godoy|Marcos Carnevale|||
|2014|_El misterio de la felicidad_|Santiago|Daniel Burman|||
|2015|_The Clan_|Arquímedes Puccio|Pablo Trapero|||
|2017|_Los que aman, odian_|Dr. Enrique Hubermann|Alejandro Maci|||
|rowspan="2"|2018|_Animal_|Antonio Decoud|Armando Bo II||
|_Mi obra maestra_|Arturo Silva|Gastón Duprat||||
|2019|_Olmedo, el rey de la risa_|Himself|Mariano Olmedo|||
|2020|_El robo del siglo_|Mario Vitette|Ariel Winograd|||
|2022|_All Hail (film)_|Miguel Flores|Marcos Carnevale|||
|2023|_La extorsión_|Alejandro Petrossián|Martino Zaidelis|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Character|Channel|Notes||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1980|_Los hermanos Torterolo_||Canal 13|||||
|1982|_Todos los días la misma historia_|Butcher|Telefe|||||
|1983|_Matrimonios y algo más_||rowspan="2"|Canal 13|rowspan="4"|Supporting actor||
|1984|_Historia de un trepador_|||||||
|1985|_El infiel_|Felipe|rowspan="2"|Canal 9||||
|1986|_El lobo_|Lalo||||||
|rowspan="2"|1987|_Buena plata_||rowspan="2"|Telefe|rowspan="2"|Co-star|
|_Paremos la mano_||||||||
|1988-1989|_De carne somos_|Ricardo Rípoli|rowspan="3"|Canal 13|rowspan="8"|Protagonist||
|rowspan="2"|1990|_Yo tenía un plazo fijo_|Pancho|||||
|_Dalo por hecho_|Atilio Bartolomé Cartuja|||||||
|1991-1995|_La familia Benvenuto_|Guille|rowspan="9"|Telefe||||
|1992-1993|_Brigada cola_|Francachella||||||
|1994-1995|_Un hermano es un hermano_|Bruno||||||
|1997|_Naranja y media_|Juan Guerrero||||||
|1999|_Trillizos, dijo la partera_|Marcelo/Luigi/Enzo Scarpelli||||||
|2000|_Tiempo final_|Martín and Miguel|Ep: "La última cena" Ep: "Los amigos"|||||
|2001|_EnAmorArte_|Rowing teacher|Special participation|||||
|2001-2002|_Poné a Francella_||Protagonist|||||
|2002|_Infieles_|Marcos Marini|Ep: "Las mujeres de mis amigos no tienen sexo"|||||
|2003|_Durmiendo con mi jefe_|Oscar Tzisca|Canal 13|Protagonist||||
|2004|_La niñera_|Sambucetti|rowspan="2"|Telefe|Cameo|||
|2005-2006|_Casados con hijos_|José "Pepe" Argento|Protagonist|||||
|2007|_Alejo y Valentina_|Himself|MTV|Cameo||||
|2008|_Vidas robadas_|Claudio Kurtz|Telefe|rowspan="2"|Special participation|||
|2009|_Revelaciones_|psychologist|Canal 13|||||
|2011-2012|_El hombre de tu vida_|Hugo Bermúdez|Telefe|Protagonist||||
|2018|_El host_|Himself|FOX|Special participation||||
|2022|El encargado (The Boss)|Eliseo|Star+|Lead actor||||

### Theater

|Year|Title|Character||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1988|_Los salvajes deseos de mi marido_|||
|1988-1989|_Al fin y al cabo... de carne somos_|||
|1991|_Dos señores malcriados_|||
|1992|_Pijamas_|||
|1993|_Aguante, Brigada!_|||
|2001|_La cena de los tontos_|beside Adrián Suar||
|2005-2006|_Los productores_|beside Enrique Pinti||
|rowspan="2"|2009|_La cena de los tontos_|beside Adrián Suar|
|_El joven Frankenstein_||||
|2010|_The Sunshine Boys_|||
|2014|_Dos pícaros sinvergüenzas_|beside Adrián Suar||
|2016|_Nuestras mujeres_|beside Arturo Puig and Jorge Marrale||
|2018|_Perfectos desconocidos_|||
|2023|_Casados con hijos_|||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Guillermo Francella
- **image**: Malaga_Film_Festival_2025_-_Guillermo_Francella_02_(cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Francella at the **Malaga Film Festival** in 2025.
- **birth name**: Guillermo Héctor Francella
- **birth place**: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **years active**: 1973–present