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name: "Gaspar Galaz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gaspar-galaz"
fi1m_id: "gaspar-galaz"
imdb_id: "nm4393646"
tmdb_id: 1095257
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T08:09:09.970982+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."
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# Gaspar Galaz

## Identity

Gaspar Galaz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gaspar-galaz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gaspar-galaz
- **IMDb ID:** nm4393646
- **TMDB ID:** 1095257
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4393646/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1095257

Actor.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4393646/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1095257

## Biography

Gaspar Galaz is a Chilean astronomer and professor at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He obtained his doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Paris in 1997 and has been on the faculty since the early 2000s, with research focused on the formation and evolution of galaxies.

He is best known for appearing as himself in the 2010 documentary *Nostalgia for the Light*, directed by Patricio Guzmán, in which he discusses astronomy, time and memory while working at observatories in the Atacama Desert. He has also featured as an astronomer in the 2019 documentary *Star Stuff* and appeared on the Chilean television series *Congreso Futuro* (2014–2015).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, astro.uc.cl, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nostalgia for the Light* (2010), Fi1m 83, as Himself - Astronomer — [page](https://film.one/film/nostalgia-for-the-light.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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- *Star stuff* (2019), Actor

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