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name: "Darío Grandinetti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dario-grandinetti"
fi1m_id: "dario-grandinetti"
imdb_id: "nm0334882"
tmdb_id: 3618
wikidata_id: "Q285022"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 March 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:56:19.572570+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Darío Grandinetti

## Identity

Darío Grandinetti

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dario-grandinetti
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dario-grandinetti
- **IMDb ID:** nm0334882
- **TMDB ID:** 3618
- **Wikidata ID:** Q285022
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar%C3%ADo_Grandinetti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3618

Actor. Born 5 March 1959 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 March 1959, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
- **Active:** 2002–2016
- **Frequently works with:** [Pedro Almodóvar](https://film.one/person/pedro-almodovar.md), [Agustín Almodóvar](https://film.one/person/agustin-almodovar.md), [Esther García](https://film.one/person/esther-garcia.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 82 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $119m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar%C3%ADo_Grandinetti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3618

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Wild Tales*](https://film.one/film/wild-tales.md) (83), [*Julieta*](https://film.one/film/julieta.md) (80)

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## Fi1m on Darío Grandinetti

> Darío Grandinetti gives troubled men enough feeling to make their company matter. His work in *Talk to Her* is moving and persuasive, though we remain wary of the film’s eagerness to forgive them.

In *Talk to Her* (2002), Darío Grandinetti gives Marco a loneliness distinct from that of Javier Cámara’s Benigno. Cámara supplies much of the warmth, but neither performance reduces the two men to a shared predicament: caring for women in comas. We were moved by their closeness, and by the difficulty of separating care from need in their company. Grandinetti makes Marco worth attending to in his own right, rather than merely giving Benigno somebody to talk to.

Eliseo Subiela’s poetic drama *El lado oscuro del corazón* (1992), with Grandinetti as Oliverio, established him in Argentine cinema. *Talk to Her* became the international breakthrough, bringing more Spanish productions and co-productions without ending his work in Argentina. He reunited with Almodóvar as Lorenzo in *Julieta* (2016), their second film together. That continuing work across Argentina and Spain has included both dramas and dark comedies, a useful warning against treating Marco as the whole actor.

For us, *Talk to Her* is the place to start. Almodóvar’s melodrama asks us to accept unlikely events, and Grandinetti and Cámara give it the credibility it needs. When the director’s theatrical flourishes threaten to distract, there is still a friendship worth attending to. Our caveat concerns how readily the film asks us to forgive its men: making their needs understandable does not settle what we ought to think of them. Grandinetti’s persuasive performance leaves that reservation intact.

*Wild Tales* (2014), where he plays Salgado in the ‘Pasternak’ segment, offers the sharper, darkly comic side of his work. As Claudio in *Rojo* (2018), he makes use of an unsettling authority. Both suggest why casting him only for introspection would miss something useful. He has expressed interest in lighter comedy, though offers in that area have been fewer. We would happily see him given an evening with less to worry about.

## Biography

Darío Grandinetti is an Argentine actor. He was born on 5 March 1959 in Rosario, Santa Fe.

He began his career in television before moving into film, with a filmography consisting largely of Argentine productions and co-productions. His first foreign film was the Bolivian production *El día que murió el silencio* (1998). Grandinetti is known for his role as Marco in Pedro Almodóvar’s *Talk to Her* (2002) and for appearances in *Wild Tales* (2014), *Julieta* (2016) and the series *Maradona, Blessed Dream* (2021). He has also worked in Spanish films and television series.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Julieta* (2016), Fi1m 80, as Lorenzo — [page](https://film.one/film/julieta.md)
- *Wild Tales* (2014), Fi1m 83, as Salgado (segment "Pasternak") — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-tales.md)
- *Talk to Her* (2002), Fi1m 84, as Marco — [page](https://film.one/film/talk-to-her.md)

## Complete filmography (86)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Después de Kim* (2026), as Juan
- *Tell Me Your Name* (2025), series, as Father Ángel
- *A Wolf Among the Swans* (2025), as Dino Carrera
- *Dismantling an Elephant* (2025), as Félix
- *Nina* (2024), as Pedro
- *Honor* (2023), series, as Martín Romero
- *Let the Dance Begin* (2023), as Carlos
- *Welcome, Violeta!* (2023), as Diego Parisi / Holden
- *The Gypsy Bride* (2022), series, as Miguel Vistas
- *Santa Evita: The Journey Behind the Scenes* (2022), as Juan Domingo Perón
- *An Argentinian Crime* (2022), as Márquez
- *Santa Evita* (2022), series, as Juan Domingo Perón
- *Maradona, Blessed Dream* (2021), series, as César Menotti
- *The Island of Lies* (2020), as León
- *The Rabbits' House* (2020), as Ingeniero
- *Tierra arrasada* (2019), as Narrador
- *Hierro* (2019), series, as Antonio Díaz
- *Rojo* (2018), as Claudio
- *The Pact* (2018), as Álex
- *Santiago's Path: Disappearance and Death of Santiago Maldonado* (2018), as Vocals
- *The Queen of Fear* (2018), as Robertina's husband
- *Fisherman* (2018), as Santos
- *Te esperaré* (2017), as Ariel Creu Lermanh
- *Fontanarrosa, lo que se dice un ídolo* (2017), as Raúl Musio
- *Dismissal* (2017), as Rubén
- *The Heavy Hand of the Law* (2017), as Juez Ferrera
- *Julieta* (2016), as Lorenzo — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/julieta.md)
- *Variaciones Walsh* (2015), series, as Comisario Laurenzi
- *Francis: Pray for Me* (2015), as Jorge Mario Bergoglio
- *The House By The Sea* (2015), series, as Jorge Pelazas
- *Subiela, El Mago* (2014), Actor
- *Bienvenido León de Francia* (2014), as Don Romano
- *Wild Tales* (2014), as Salgado (segment "Pasternak") — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-tales.md)
- *Inevitable* (2014), Actor
- *Santos y pecadores* (2013), series, Actor
- *Marriage* (2013), as Esteban
- *En Terapia* (2012), series, as Carlos
- *Tiempo de pensar* (2011), series, Actor
- *Neon Flesh* (2010), as Chino
- *Horizontal/Vertical* (2009), as Policía
- *Haroldo Conti, homo viator* (2009), as Haroldo Conti
- *Días de mayo* (2009), as Padre de Laura
- *The Jar* (2008), Actor
- *Bodas de Papel* (2008), as Miguel
- *Sleeping Around* (2008), as Marcelo
- *Kill Them All* (2007), as Alejandro
- *¿De quién es el portaligas?* (2007), as Norman
- *The Nautical Chart* (2007), Actor
- *The Movie* (2007), as Diego 1
- *Quiéreme* (2007), as Pancho
- *Algo habrán hecho* (2005), series, Actor
- *The Good Boy* (2005), as Vidal
- *Proxima salida* (2004), as Carlos Velmar
- *Killing Words* (2004), as Ramón Diaz
- *El año del diluvio* (2004), as Aixelá
- *Love Returns* (2004), as Daniele
- *Sun City* (2003), as Luis
- *Arcibel's Game* (2003), as Arcibel Alegría
- *Stormy Weather* (2003), Actor
- *Ilusión de movimiento* (2003), as Rafael
- *Talk to Her* (2002), as Marco — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/talk-to-her.md)
- *The Dark Side of the Heart 2* (2001), as Oliverio
- *La casa de Tourneur* (2001), Actor
- *Tiempo final* (2000), series, Actor
- *Operación Fangio* (2000), as Juan Manuel Fangio
- *The Day Silence Died* (1999), as Abelardo
- *The Amateur* (1999), as Funcionario municipal
- *Tangos Are for Two* (1998), as Renzo Franchi/Carlos Gardel
- *Wake Up Love* (1996), as Ernesto
- *El dedo en la llaga* (1996), as Tolosa
- *Chiquititas* (1995), series, as Juan Maza
- *Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going* (1995), as Leopoldo
- *The Things of Love: Part 2* (1995), as Tullio
- *La balada de Donna Helena* (1994), Actor
- *The Dark Side of the Heart* (1992), as Oliverio
- *La pandilla aventurera* (1990), Actor
- *I Don't Owe 100 Times* (1990), as Jorge
- *Atreverse* (1990), series, as Beto, Víctor, Antonio, Marcelo
- *Las puertitas del Sr. López* (1988), Actor
- *Seguridad personal* (1986), Actor
- *Les longs manteaux* (1986), Actor
- *La búsqueda* (1985), as Juan Carlos, "El mudo"
- *Waiting for the Hearse* (1985), as Cacho
- *To Realize* (1984), as Juan
- *Señorita Andrea* (1980), series, as Roque
- *Sira*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![La presidenta Cristina Fernández recibió en su despacho de Casa de Gobierno a los actores Darío Grandinetti, Juan Leyrado y Jorge Marrale. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/97684/gallery-94e1055ee1e7.jpg) La presidenta Cristina Fernández recibió en su despacho de Casa de Gobierno a los actores Darío Grandinetti, Juan Leyrado y Jorge Marrale. (2011) — Casa Rosada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/CFK_junto_a_Dar%C3%ADo_Grandinetti%2C_Juan_Leyrado_y_Jorge_Marrale.jpg/1280px-CFK_junto_a_Dar%C3%ADo_Grandinetti%2C_Juan_Leyrado_y_Jorge_Marrale.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Darío Grandinetti en el programa "Línea de tiempo" en 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/97684/gallery-f9dcc0c25ec9.jpg) Darío Grandinetti en el programa "Línea de tiempo" en 2015. — Prensa TV Pública, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Dario_Grandinetti1.jpg/1280px-Dario_Grandinetti1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Darío Grandinetti. Presentación En terapia 3ra temporada. 20.10.2014. Foto TVP 2014](https://film.one/media/person/97684/gallery-0e4e7ef7ed48.jpg) Darío Grandinetti. Presentación En terapia 3ra temporada. 20.10.2014. Foto TVP 2014 — Prensa TV Pública, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Dar%C3%ADo_Grandinetti.jpg/1280px-Dar%C3%ADo_Grandinetti.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Darío Grandinetti](https://film.one/media/person/97684/gallery-604ae2f65a57.jpg) Darío Grandinetti — Prensa TV Pública, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Dar%C3%ADo_Grandinetti_%28cropped_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![El cast de En terapia en 2014.](https://film.one/media/person/97684/gallery-5e93c9008fab.jpg) El cast de En terapia en 2014. — Prensa TV Pública, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Elenco_de_En_terapia_presentaci%C3%B3n_3ra_temporada_-_15592474341.jpg/1280px-Elenco_de_En_terapia_presentaci%C3%B3n_3ra_temporada_-_15592474341.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated

- Premio Feroz for Best Main Actor in a TV Series 2022: Premio Feroz for Best Main Actor in a TV Series (nominated), for *Hierro*
- Silver Condor Award for Best Actor 2019: Silver Condor Award for Best Actor (won)
- Silver Shell for Best Actor 2018: Silver Shell for Best Actor (won)
- International Emmy Award 2012: International Emmy Award (won)
- Silver Condor Award for Best Actor 1999: Silver Condor Award for Best Actor (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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