---
name: "Luis Gnecco"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/luis-gnecco"
fi1m_id: "luis-gnecco"
imdb_id: "nm0323483"
tmdb_id: 127248
wikidata_id: "Q5983571"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 December 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T01:04:49.524900+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."
---

# Luis Gnecco

## Identity

Luis Gnecco

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/luis-gnecco
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** luis-gnecco
- **IMDb ID:** nm0323483
- **TMDB ID:** 127248
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5983571
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Gnecco, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5983571, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127248

Actor. Born 12 December 1962 in Santiago, Chile.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 December 1962, Santiago, Chile
- **Active:** 2015–2019
- **Also known as:** Luis Gnecco Dessy ,  Lucas Gnecco
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Gnecco, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5983571, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323483/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127248

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Two Popes*](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Luis Gnecco is a Chilean actor. Born in Santiago in 1962, he initially studied biology at the University of Chile before training at the theatre academy of Fernando González. He began his professional career in the mid-1980s with roles in Chilean telenovelas and comedy programmes.

Gnecco gained prominence through film roles including José Tomás Urrutia in *No* (2012), Pablo Neruda in *Neruda* (2016), Gabo in *A Fantastic Woman* (2017) and Cardinal Hummes in *The Two Popes* (2019). He has also appeared in international series such as *Narcos* (2015) and *Prófugos*, and played the lead in the Chilean adaptation of *The Office* (2008).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Two Popes* (2019), Fi1m 75, as Cardinal Hummes — [page](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md)
- *Narcos* (2015), Fi1m 76, as La Cucaracha — [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

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

- *Borges and Me* (2026), as Jorge Luis Borges
- *La Fuente* (2025), as Luca Barella
- *El Retorno* (2025), as Jhon Sixtus Gross
- *La Máquina* (2024), series, as Facundo
- *Savages* (2024), as Arturo
- *Confessions* (2023), as Ramiro Olmos
- *BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths* (2022), as Government Secretary
- *Un loco matrimonio en cuarentena* (2021), as Horacio
- *La torre de Mabel* (2021), series, as Arturo Fernandez
- *La regola d'oro* (2021), as DeLollis
- *Kill Pinochet* (2020), as Carlos
- *My Tender Matador* (2020), as Myrna
- *La jauría* (2020), series, as Claudio
- *La peste del insomnio* (2020), Actor
- *El Presidente* (2020), series, as Luis Bedoya
- *Nobody Knows I'm Here* (2020), as Braulio
- *The Two Popes* (2019), as Cardinal Hummes — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md)
- *Into the Labyrinth* (2019), as Mordecai Lumann
- *Los Espookys* (2019), series, as Father Francesco
- *Blood Will Tell* (2019), as Lautaro
- *El Angel* (2018), as Héctor
- *Here on Earth* (2018), series, as Orlando Calles
- *Artax* (2017), as Vasco Zartundúa
- *62: Historia de un mundial* (2017), series, as Corrado
- *Papá mono* (2017), series, as Carlos "Caco" Martinez
- *A Fantastic Woman* (2017), as Gabo
- *Much Ado About Nothing* (2016), as Gustavo Barría
- *Neruda* (2016), as Pablo Neruda
- *20añero a los 40* (2016), series, as Cristián Grez
- *First Light* (2015), as Attorney Ramos
- *Thou Shalt Not Kill* (2015), series, as Padre Saverio
- *Narcos* (2015), series, as La Cucaracha — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)
- *Karadima Forest* (2015), as Fernando Karadima
- *Isolated* (2015), as Passenger (voice)
- *Aurora* (2014), as Pedro
- *Chipe Libre* (2014), series, Actor
- *The Stranger* (2014), as Lieutenant De Luca
- *El Derechazo* (2013), as Rubén Morales
- *El hombre de tu vida* (2013), series, as Manuel
- *Pérez* (2012), as Pérez
- *The Office Trip* (2012), as Leo
- *No* (2012), as Urrutia
- *Soltera otra vez* (2012), series, as Sergio Monroy
- *Young and Wild* (2012), as Interviewee
- *Profugos* (2011), series, as Mario Moreno
- *La colonia* (2010), series, as José Miguel Gorgona
- *Post Mortem* (2010), as Tato
- *The Dancer and the Thief* (2009), as Monasterio
- *The Night Visitor* (2009), as Inspector Gormáz
- *Corazón rebelde* (2009), series, as Rubén Iturra
- *La Ofis* (2008), series, as Manuel Cerda
- *Chile Can Do It* (2008), as Minister
- *The Black Pimpernel* (2007), as Oliva - Chief of Protocoll
- *Casa de remolienda* (2007), as Mauricio Valdebenito Valdebenito
- *Heroes* (2007), series, as Eugenio Necochea
- *Papi Ricky* (2007), series, as Leonardo Garay
- *Our Father* (2006), as Pedro
- *Descarado* (2006), series, as Moisés Castillo
- *Alberto: ¿Quién sabe cuánto cuesta hacer un ojal?* (2005), as Uncle
- *Time Off* (2005), as Gus
- *Heredia & asociados* (2005), series, as Jimmy González
- *Los Galindo* (2005), series, as César Aros
- *Brujas* (2005), series, as Leopoldo Quevedo
- *Tiempo final* (2004), series, as Tito
- *El cuento del tío* (2004), series, Actor
- *Loco por ti* (2004), series, as Cabdriver
- *Cuentos de mujeres* (2003), series, as Marco
- *Sex with Love* (2003), as Tomás
- *Purasangre* (2002), series, as Julio Marambio
- *La vida es una lotería* (2002), series, as Lawyer
- *Amores de mercado* (2001), series, as Bernando
- *Los Cárcamo* (1998), series, as Jose Luis
- *Adrenalina* (1996), series, as Antonio del Canto
- *Rompecorazón* (1994), series, as Mauricio Gándara
- *Johnny One Hundred Pesos* (1993), as Alfonso
- *Trampas y caretas* (1992), series, as Amadeo Morales
- *Something Is Out There* (1990), Actor
- *El prisionero de la medianoche* (1985), series, as Waiter
- *Puma*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Luis Gnecco](https://film.one/media/person/971722/gallery-964d8868e79b.jpg) Luis Gnecco — Carla Viviani, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Luis_Gnecco.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Miércoles 7 de diciembre de 2016.En el Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, se realizó la entrega del Tercer Premio Iberoamericano de Cinematografía, Fenix 2016.](https://film.one/media/person/971722/gallery-d8588c59c306.jpg) Miércoles 7 de diciembre de 2016.En el Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, se realizó la entrega del Tercer Premio Iberoamericano de Cinematografía, Fenix 2016. — Milton Martínez / Secretaría de Cultura CDMX, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Luis_Gnecco_presenta_Premio_F%C3%A9nix_2016_al_mejor_montaje.jpg/1280px-Luis_Gnecco_presenta_Premio_F%C3%A9nix_2016_al_mejor_montaje.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Luis Gnecco](https://film.one/media/person/971722/gallery-6b69be4b47cd.jpg) Luis Gnecco — Image via TMDB
- ![Luis Gnecco](https://film.one/media/person/971722/gallery-170c8e3a3111.jpg) Luis Gnecco — Image via TMDB

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