---
name: "Ricardo Darín"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ricardo-darin"
fi1m_id: "ricardo-darin"
imdb_id: "nm0201857"
tmdb_id: 69310
wikidata_id: "Q463860"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 January 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T02:34:21.949055+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."
---

# Ricardo Darín

## Identity

Ricardo Darín

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ricardo-darin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ricardo-darin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0201857
- **TMDB ID:** 69310
- **Wikidata ID:** Q463860
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Dar%C3%ADn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201857/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69310

Actor. Born 16 January 1957 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 January 1957, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** Ricardo Darin, 瑞卡多達倫
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 75 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 4 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Thriller 3, Crime 2, Comedy 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $136m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Dar%C3%ADn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201857/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69310

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Wild Tales*](https://film.one/film/wild-tales.md) (83), [*Nine Queens*](https://film.one/film/nine-queens.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Argentina 1985*](https://film.one/film/argentina-1985.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*The Secret in Their Eyes*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-in-their-eyes.md) (78)

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

## Fi1m on Ricardo Darín

> Ricardo Darín can hold an expression still and make us notice the effort. We value his quiet humour and warmth, though his likability can make even his less sympathetic characters too easy to forgive.

Ricardo Darín makes keeping a face still look like work. As Benjamín Espósito in *The Secret in Their Eyes* (2009), he suggests the effort of controlling an expression when feelings threaten to become obvious. The reserve could have made him dull; instead, we find ourselves watching for what he cannot quite suppress. He lets the humour through without making the character foolish, and never asks us to congratulate him on his restraint.

His move from television soaps and comedies to film gathered notice in the 1990s, with *Nine Queens* (2000) providing the major breakthrough. As the con artist Marcos, he makes an untrustworthy man someone we are inclined to follow. There is a reservation here: his natural likability can make an unsympathetic character too easy to forgive. The family concerns of *Son of the Bride* (2001) and ensemble work of *Wild Tales* (2014) offer other settings for that approachable presence.

In *The Secret in Their Eyes*, frequent collaborator Juan José Campanella gives him a strong partner in Soledad Villamil’s Irene Menéndez Hastings. Their chemistry makes the film’s frustrated romance worth the time it takes away from the crime story. We were moved by the attraction they allow us to see without repeatedly announcing it. Darín’s silences and glances are particularly useful beside an actor who can hold her own: he need not supply every feeling in the scene.

The middle of *The Secret in Their Eyes* wanders, and Campanella does not always know when to leave a moment alone. Federico Jusid and Emilio Kauderer’s music presses the romance towards melodrama when Darín and Villamil have already made us feel it. We sometimes wish the score would quieten down and let them finish. For a first encounter, choose this if a patient crime drama appeals, and be prepared to forgive a little unnecessary emphasis.

## Biography

Ricardo Darín is an Argentine actor. Born on 16 January 1957 in Buenos Aires, he began his career as a child actor in theatre alongside his parents and later appeared in numerous television series and soap operas, gaining popularity as a young leading man.

Darín became a prominent film actor with roles including Marcos in *Nine Queens* (2000), Rafael Belvedere in *Son of the Bride* (2001), Benjamín Espósito in *The Secret in Their Eyes* (2009) and Simón Fisher in the 'Bombita' segment of *Wild Tales* (2014). He has also appeared in *Everybody Knows* (2018) and *Argentina, 1985* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Argentina 1985* (2022), Fi1m 80, as Julio Strassera — [page](https://film.one/film/argentina-1985.md)
- *Wild Tales* (2014), Fi1m 83, as Simón Fisher (segment "Bombita") — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-tales.md)
- *The Secret in Their Eyes* (2009), Fi1m 78, as Benjamín Espósito — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-in-their-eyes.md)
- *Nine Queens* (2000), Fi1m 83, as Marcos — [page](https://film.one/film/nine-queens.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

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

- *Therapy Done Right* (2026), Actor
- *Careful for the Red* (2025), as Juan Salvo
- *Antarctica - Domain One* (2025), as Narrator
- *The Eternaut* (2025), series, as Juan Salvo · Executive Producer
- *Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero* (2024), as Ricardo Darín
- *Rest in Peace* (2024), Producer
- *I Choose to Believe* (2023), as Narrador
- *Argentina 1985* (2022), as Julio Strassera · Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/argentina-1985.md)
- *2001: El año del corralito* (2021), as Narrador
- *Hormigueddon* (2020), as Ricardo Darin
- *La peste del insomnio* (2020), Actor
- *Heroic Losers* (2019), as Fermín Perlassi · Producer
- *An Unexpected Love* (2018), as Marcos · Producer
- *Everybody Knows* (2018), as Alejandro
- *The Summit* (2017), as Hernán Blanco
- *Black Snow* (2017), as Salvador
- *Kóblic* (2016), as Tomás Kóblic
- *Truman* (2015), as Julián
- *Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas* (2014), as Comandante Cudilleros
- *Yaguareté, la última frontera* (2014), as Narrador
- *Wild Tales* (2014), as Simón Fisher (segment "Bombita") — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-tales.md)
- *Violet* (2014), as Relator
- *Back to the Siam* (2013), Actor
- *7th Floor* (2013), as Sebastián
- *Thesis on a Homicide* (2013), as Roberto Bermúdez
- *A Gun in Each Hand* (2012), as G.
- *El Ocaso del Macá Tobiano* (2012), as Narrador
- *Offside* (2012), as Coco (uncredited)
- *White Elephant* (2012), as Julián
- *Chinese Take-Away* (2011), as Roberto
- *Carancho* (2010), as Sosa
- *The Dancer and the Thief* (2009), as Nicolás Vergara Grey
- *The Secret in Their Eyes* (2009), as Benjamín Espósito — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-in-their-eyes.md)
- *Lukong's Destiny* (2009), as Papá de Juan
- *Democracy* (2008), as Narrador
- *Lovely Loneliness* (2008), as Father Soledad
- *The Signal* (2007), as Corvalán · Director
- *XXY* (2007), as Kraken
- *The Education of Fairies* (2006), as Nicolas
- *The Aura* (2005), as Esteban Espinosa
- *Moon of Avellaneda* (2004), as Román Maldonado
- *Kamchatka* (2002), as Dad
- *Samy and Me* (2002), as Samy
- *Son of the Bride* (2001), as Rafael Belvedere
- *The Escape* (2001), as Domingo Santaló, 'El Pibe'
- *Nine Queens* (2000), as Marcos — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/nine-queens.md)
- *Tiempo final* (2000), series, Actor
- *Same Love, Same Rain* (1999), as Jorge
- *The Lighthouse* (1998), as Andy
- *Lost For Lost* (1993), as Ernesto Vidal
- *My Brother-In-Law* (1993), series, Actor
- *The Stranger* (1987), as Clark Whistler
- *A Friend's Revenge* (1987), Actor
- *I Have A Spare Husband!* (1987), as Guille
- *Estrellita mia* (1987), series, as Juan José 'Juanjo' Hidalgo
- *Apenas Reflejos* (1986), as Hijo de Alejandro
- *Te amo* (1986), as Germán
- *Les longs manteaux* (1986), as Le lieutenant Lamas
- *The Rosales* (1984), as Jorge Victorica
- *Deadly Revenge* (1983), as Silvio
- *Open Day and Night* (1981), as Hugo
- *Discotheque of love* (1980), as Eddie Ulmer
- *The Song of Buenos Aires* (1980), as Juan González "El poeta"
- *The Beach of Love* (1980), as Ricardo
- *Youth Without Barriers* (1979), Actor
- *The Tent of Love* (1979), as Tino
- *La fiesta de todos* (1979), Actor
- *La rabona* (1979), Actor
- *Love's Successes* (1979), Actor
- *That's life* (1977), as Rogelio González
- *I Was Born In The Ribera* (1972), Actor
- *Alta comedia* (1970), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Buenos Aires, 11 de abril de 2023 - En el CCK, el ministro de Cultura de la Nació, Tristán Bauer le entrego una plaqueta en el Homenaje que se le realizó a Héct](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-23ec7f321b60.jpg) Buenos Aires, 11 de abril de 2023 - En el CCK, el ministro de Cultura de la Nació, Tristán Bauer le entrego una plaqueta en el Homenaje que se le realizó a Héct — Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Alejandra_Dar%C3%ADn_y_Ricardo_Dar%C3%ADn.jpg/1280px-Alejandra_Dar%C3%ADn_y_Ricardo_Dar%C3%ADn.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ricardo Darín](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-30c21078a208.jpg) Ricardo Darín — Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Alejandra_Dar%C3%ADn_y_Ricardo_Dar%C3%ADn_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Alejandra_Dar%C3%ADn_y_Ricardo_Dar%C3%ADn_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Agentine actors Oscar Viale, Cecilia Dopazo, Patricia Viggiano, Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Vilches (child), Luis Brandoni, Carlos Berterreix (director), and Nelly  (1994)](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-5f9909706e57.jpg) Agentine actors Oscar Viale, Cecilia Dopazo, Patricia Viggiano, Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Vilches (child), Luis Brandoni, Carlos Berterreix (director), and Nelly  (1994) — Trecentos, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Elenco_de_Mi_Cu%C3%B1ado_en_los_premios_Mart%C3%ADn_Fierro.jpg/1280px-Elenco_de_Mi_Cu%C3%B1ado_en_los_premios_Mart%C3%ADn_Fierro.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![José Miguel Onaindia en el Festival de Cine de Montreal junto a Jeanine Meerapfel y Ricardo Darín, 2001. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-4d03275ed68c.jpg) José Miguel Onaindia en el Festival de Cine de Montreal junto a Jeanine Meerapfel y Ricardo Darín, 2001. (2014) — José Miguel Onaindia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Onaindia_en_el_Festival_de_Cine_de_Montreal.jpg/1280px-Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Onaindia_en_el_Festival_de_Cine_de_Montreal.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ricardo Darín](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-1fec1809fcfe.jpg) Ricardo Darín — Image via TMDB
- ![Ricardo Darín](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-5878198e1815.jpg) Ricardo Darín — Image via TMDB
- ![Ricardo Darín](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-c81dc86c8428.jpg) Ricardo Darín — Image via TMDB
- ![Ricardo Darín en alfombra roja de los Premios Platino 2023 (19:16)](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-41bf3a4c6638.jpg) Ricardo Darín en alfombra roja de los Premios Platino 2023 (19:16) — Canal 22, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Ricardo_Dar%C3%ADn_en_Premios_Platino_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ricardo Darín](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-ee410d402ccd.jpg) Ricardo Darín — Image via TMDB
- ![Ricardo Darín](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-57669f373db9.jpg) Ricardo Darín — Image via TMDB
- ![Ricardo Darín](https://film.one/media/person/103668/gallery-9a8a7e9f28a0.jpg) Ricardo Darín — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 7 won, 1 nominated

- Platino Award for Best Actor 2023: Platino Award for Best Actor (won), for *Argentina, 1985*
- Donostia Award 2017: Donostia Award (won)
- Gaudí Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2016: Gaudí Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *Truman*
- Goya Award for Best Actor 2016: Goya Award for Best Actor (won), for *Truman*
- Platino Honorary Award 2016: Platino Honorary Award (won)
- diamond Konex award 2011: diamond Konex award (won)
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor 2010: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *The Dancer and the Thief*
- Sant Jordi Prize 2000: Sant Jordi Prize (won), for *Nine Queens*

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

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