Osvaldo Laport
Encyclopedia
Rubens Osvaldo Jesús Udaquiola Laport (born August 12, 1956, in Juan Lacaze
, Uruguay
) is an Argentine
actor
and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
born in Uruguay
. In 2000, he earned Martín Fierro Award
for his portrayal in television
comedy
Campeones de la Vida.
in 1976 and started to study drama at Luis Tasca's Drama School. In order to support his acting classes and pay his room in a hotel downtown he had to work in some jobs as clown, warehouse employee and bricklayer. In 1979, he met Viviana Sáez in the same school, who he married the following year (they have one daughter, Jazmín, born in 1995).
Then, Osvaldo's drama teacher, Luis Tasca, called him for to work in the play Adiós Juventud. His acting performance got the attention of Santiago Doria, who offered him the leading role in Oscar Wilde
's The Importance of Being Earnest
, another important play in Argentina
. In 1983, Luis Tasca supported Osvaldo again for him get a bit part in the soap opera Cara a Cara, starring Verónica Castro
. His works in TV during the 1980s brought him success and in 1990 he was cast in a leading role opposite Jeanette Rodríguez in the remake of Pobre diabla
.
The following year, another hit in Argentina
and Europe
Cosecharás Tu Siembra with Luisa Kuliok gave him a successful career for the rest of the decade. His major achievement was a Martin Fierro
Award (1999/2000) as Best Actor in a Comedy for his performance as Guido Guevara in Campeones.
In 2006, Laport became UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
.
One of his most successful roles is Martín Fierro in television
sitcom Son de Fierro
(2007-2008), which is one of the most successful television series in Argentina
in history.
In 2009, Laport was the first Goodwill Ambassador to visit internally displaced camps and urban refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The trip had an extensive coverage in the media and a prime-time TV documentary shown in Argentina and Uruguay.
Juan Lacaze
Juan Lacaze, or Juan L. Lacaze, is a city located in southwestern Uruguay, within the Colonia Department. Its status was elevated to "City" category on 8 May 1953 by decree Ley No. 11.934.- Geography :...
, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
) is an Argentine
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...
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...
and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees who use their talent and fame to advocate for refugees.-Current Ambassadors:...
born in Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
. In 2000, he earned Martín Fierro Award
Martín Fierro
Martín Fierro is a 2,316 line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, El Gaucho Martín Fierro and La Vuelta de Martín Fierro . The poem is, in part, a protest against the modernist tendencies of Argentine president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento...
for his portrayal in television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
Campeones de la Vida.
Career
Osvaldo Laport came to Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
in 1976 and started to study drama at Luis Tasca's Drama School. In order to support his acting classes and pay his room in a hotel downtown he had to work in some jobs as clown, warehouse employee and bricklayer. In 1979, he met Viviana Sáez in the same school, who he married the following year (they have one daughter, Jazmín, born in 1995).
Then, Osvaldo's drama teacher, Luis Tasca, called him for to work in the play Adiós Juventud. His acting performance got the attention of Santiago Doria, who offered him the leading role in Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
's The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...
, another important play in Argentina
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...
. In 1983, Luis Tasca supported Osvaldo again for him get a bit part in the soap opera Cara a Cara, starring Verónica Castro
Verónica Castro
Verónica Castro is a Mexican actress, singer and television host. She is the mother of singer Cristian Castro and filmmaker Michelle Sáinz Castro and the sister of actress Beatriz Castro,and telenovela producer José Alberto Castro....
. His works in TV during the 1980s brought him success and in 1990 he was cast in a leading role opposite Jeanette Rodríguez in the remake of Pobre diabla
Pobre Diabla
Pobre Diabla is a telenovela by TV Azteca in partnership with Venevision Continental, produced by Fides Velasco and starring Alejandra Lazcano, the presentation of Cristobal Lander in Mexico, Hector Arredondo, Leonardo Daniel, Rafael Sanchez Navarro and antagonistic involvement of Claudia Alvarez...
.
The following year, another hit in Argentina
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...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
Cosecharás Tu Siembra with Luisa Kuliok gave him a successful career for the rest of the decade. His major achievement was a Martin Fierro
Martín Fierro
Martín Fierro is a 2,316 line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, El Gaucho Martín Fierro and La Vuelta de Martín Fierro . The poem is, in part, a protest against the modernist tendencies of Argentine president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento...
Award (1999/2000) as Best Actor in a Comedy for his performance as Guido Guevara in Campeones.
In 2006, Laport became UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees who use their talent and fame to advocate for refugees.-Current Ambassadors:...
.
One of his most successful roles is Martín Fierro in television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
sitcom Son de Fierro
Son de Fierro
Son de Fierro is an Argentinian television comedy, produced by Pol-Ka in 2007 and 2008. It was broadcast on Canal 13, becoming the most popular television series in Argentina in 2007 and 2008...
(2007-2008), which is one of the most successful television series in Argentina
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...
in history.
In 2009, Laport was the first Goodwill Ambassador to visit internally displaced camps and urban refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The trip had an extensive coverage in the media and a prime-time TV documentary shown in Argentina and Uruguay.
Television
- Cara a Cara (1983) as Bruno
- Lucía Bonelli (1984) as Eduardo
- Duro Como la Roca... Frágil Como el Cristal (1985)
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(1986) - Tu Mundo y el Mío (1987)
- Estrellita Mía (1987) as Miguel Ángel
- Ella Contra Mí (1988) as Roberto
- PasionesPasionesPasiones is the fourteenth album by Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario. It was released in 1994.-Track listing:# "Gata Sin Luna" - 4:27 # "Dime Tú" - 4:09 # "Un Beso" - 4:05...
(1988) as Juan - Pobre DiablaPobre DiablaPobre Diabla is a telenovela by TV Azteca in partnership with Venevision Continental, produced by Fides Velasco and starring Alejandra Lazcano, the presentation of Cristobal Lander in Mexico, Hector Arredondo, Leonardo Daniel, Rafael Sanchez Navarro and antagonistic involvement of Claudia Alvarez...
(1990) as Ariel Mejía Guzmán - Cosecharás Tu Siembra (1991) as Luca Vanzini
- Más Allá del Horizonte (1994) as Catriel
- El Día Que Me QuierasEl día que me quierasEl día que me quieras is a song composed by Carlos Gardel, an Argentinian singer-musician, with text by Alfredo Le Pera. It became a heavily recorded tango standard, even by artists outside of the realm of tango.-Luis Miguel version:...
(1994) as Lucho - El Último Verano (1996) as Diego Morán
- 90-60-90 modelos90-60-90 Modelos90-60-90 modelos is an Argentine 1996 telenovela, produced by Telearte. It was aired on January 8, 1996, on Canal 9 in Argentina. It had two seasons, in 1996 and 1997....
(1996) as Martín Lescano - Milady, la Historia Continúa (1997) as Federico De Valladares
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(1998) - Campeones de la Vida (1999) as Guido Guevara
- Franco Buenaventura, el Profe (2002) as Franco Buenaventura
- Soy GitanoSoy gitano-Cast:*Osvaldo Laport as Amador Heredia - Brother of Lázaro, Josemi and Maite, in love with Mora, then with Isabel*Arnaldo André as Lázaro Jesús Heredia - Eldest brother of Amador, Josemi and Maite, father of Isabel...
(2003) as Amador Heredia - Amor en CustodiaAmor en CustodiaAmor en Custodia is a Colombian telenovela by Teleset for RCN Television, adapted by Julio Castañeda, starring Alejandra Borrero and Venezuelan Ernesto Calzadilla.1 will have its first premiere on 9 November 2009 in the Canal RCN.2...
(2005) as Juan Manuel Aguirre - Brujas (2005) as Vicente Soler
- Collar de EsmeraldasCollar De EsmeraldasCollar De Esmeraldas is an Argentine telenovela that aired in 2006. It starred Osvaldo Laport and Carina Zampini as protagonists.-Seasons 1 - 3:*Osvaldo Laport - Martin Rivera*Carina Zampini - Romina ...
(2006) as Martín Rivera - Son de FierroSon de FierroSon de Fierro is an Argentinian television comedy, produced by Pol-Ka in 2007 and 2008. It was broadcast on Canal 13, becoming the most popular television series in Argentina in 2007 and 2008...
(2007-2008) as Martín Fierro
Film
- Maldita Cocaína - Cacería en Punta del Este (2001) as Danny Fusco
- Sólo un Ángel (2005) as Gonzalo Ruben
Awards
- Martín Fierro AwardsMartín Fierro AwardsMartín Fierro is the name of the most prominent awards for Argentine radio and television, granted by APTRA, the Association of Argentine Television and Radio Journalists. The awards were first given in 1959, limited to television. The next year, the awards adopted its current name, after José...
- 2000: Best Actor in Comedy (Campeones de la Vida) - WON
- 2005: Best Actor in Comedy (Amor en custodiaAmor en CustodiaAmor en Custodia is a Colombian telenovela by Teleset for RCN Television, adapted by Julio Castañeda, starring Alejandra Borrero and Venezuelan Ernesto Calzadilla.1 will have its first premiere on 9 November 2009 in the Canal RCN.2...
) - WON - 2006: Best Actor in telenovela (Collar de EsmeraldasCollar De EsmeraldasCollar De Esmeraldas is an Argentine telenovela that aired in 2006. It starred Osvaldo Laport and Carina Zampini as protagonists.-Seasons 1 - 3:*Osvaldo Laport - Martin Rivera*Carina Zampini - Romina ...
) - Nominated - 2007: Best Actor in Comedy (Son de FierroSon de FierroSon de Fierro is an Argentinian television comedy, produced by Pol-Ka in 2007 and 2008. It was broadcast on Canal 13, becoming the most popular television series in Argentina in 2007 and 2008...
) - Nominated
External links
- Official Website
- Osvaldo Laport at IMDb.