Juan José Camero
Encyclopedia
Juan José Camero is an Argentine
film
, television
, and theatre
actor
.
Camero started out as an advertising model
and worked his way into television roles. In the 1970s he did quite a lot of work in Argentine telenovelas.
His break out role in films was in Leonardo Favio's Nazareno Cruz y el lobo (1975).
Film critics also applauded his performance in Veronico Cruz
(1988). The motion picture was Argentina's official selection for the 1988 Oscar Awards
, foreign language film category.
Camero has also been involved in politics. In 1991 he served as president Carlos Menem
's cultural attaché
at the Argentine embassy in Paraguay
.
In the mid 2000s he took ill and has been hopitalized several times for coronary problems.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Camero started out as an advertising model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
and worked his way into television roles. In the 1970s he did quite a lot of work in Argentine telenovelas.
His break out role in films was in Leonardo Favio's Nazareno Cruz y el lobo (1975).
Film critics also applauded his performance in Veronico Cruz
Verónico Cruz (film)
Verónico Cruz is a 1988 Argentine and British drama film. The motion picture is directed by Miguel Pereira, his first, and written by Pereira and Eduardo Leiva Muller. The movie was produced by Julio Lencina and Sasha Menocki and features Juan José Camero, Gonzalo Morales, among others...
(1988). The motion picture was Argentina's official selection for the 1988 Oscar Awards
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
, foreign language film category.
Camero has also been involved in politics. In 1991 he served as president Carlos Menem
Carlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He is currently an Argentine National Senator for La Rioja Province.-Early life:...
's cultural attaché
Attaché
Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency...
at the Argentine embassy in Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
.
In the mid 2000s he took ill and has been hopitalized several times for coronary problems.
Filmography (selected)
- La Mary (1974)
- La tregua (1974)
- El muerto (1975)
- Triángulo de cuatro (1975)
- Nazareno Cruz y el loboNazareno Cruz y el loboNazareno Cruz y el lobo is a 1975 Argentine fantasy film directed by Leonardo Favio, and starring Juan José Camero and Alfredo Alcón. The story works as an adaptation of the classical myth of the Lobizón . It has become a classic and is widely known as the most successful of all time in its country...
(1975) a.k.a. The Nazarene Cross and the Wolf - Cacique Bandeira (1975)
- Piedra libre (1976) a.k.a. Free for All
- Basta de mujeres (1977)
- Allá lejos y hace tiempo (1978)
- Los DrogadictosLos DrogadictosLos Drogadictos is a 1979 Argentine comedy film drama directed by Enrique Carreras.-Cast:*Graciela Alfano*Luis Aranda*Giancarlo Arena*Héctor Armendáriz*Jacques Arndt*Vicente Buono*Juan José Camero*Mercedes Carreras*Rudy Carrié*Luis Corradi...
(1979) - La Mayoría silenciada (1986)
- Veronico Cruz: (La deuda interna)Verónico Cruz (film)Verónico Cruz is a 1988 Argentine and British drama film. The motion picture is directed by Miguel Pereira, his first, and written by Pereira and Eduardo Leiva Muller. The movie was produced by Julio Lencina and Sasha Menocki and features Juan José Camero, Gonzalo Morales, among others...
(1988)