Ricardo Alberto Darin is an Argentinean theater, film and television actor. Director, screenwriter, producer, writer and translator. He is one of the most famous and popular performers in Argentina. Winner of several awards at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and the Goya Prize.
The creative biography of the performer began at the age of 10, when he and his parents took part in a theatrical production. After 5 years, he constantly appeared on television in popular Argentinean shows.
Ricardo's career includes about a hundred roles in television and film projects. The first years he starred in films, mainly aimed at a youth audience. Then he switched to serious projects and gained popularity not only in his country, but all over the world.
Darin worked in Argentina and Spain, filmed in Hollywood. Despite wide popularity in cinema and television, the actor continues to perform on stage. He collaborates with many renowned theater companies.
The artist is the owner of many national and international awards and nominations. Was voted Best Actor in Argentine Cinematography in 2001 and received the Premio Konex de Platino Award.
For his contribution to the development of art in 2011 he received the Premio Konex de Brillante Prize. In the same year, Darin was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Buenos Aires.
Biography facts
The boy was born in the winter of 1957 in Argentina in the acting family of Ricardo Darin Sr. and Rene Roxana. His ancestors came from Italy, Lebanon and Syria. The family had two children. A younger sister named Alejandra later also became an artist.
From early childhood, the boy was surrounded by creative people, was interested in art, studied in a creative studio, and at the age of ten he entered the theater stage. He took part in a play where his parents played.
The family broke up when he was 12 years old. In the future, the mother was engaged in raising her son and daughter. He maintained good relations with his father until his death. Darin Sr. died in 1989 from cancer.
During his school years, the young man constantly participated in educational performances. When he was 16 years old, he began working in television. He came to cinematography in the 1960s and collaborated with many famous performers, producers and directors, including the famous Argentine artist A. Aristarain.
Film career
At the beginning of his creative career, Ricardo starred mainly in Argentine youth films and TV series, including: "My Star", "La fiesta de todos", "Love Tent", "Stairway to Heaven", "La playa del amor", "Open day and night”,“Nameless Juan”,“Deadly Vengeance”,“Long Coats”. He quickly gained popularity with viewers and soon began to receive serious offers from producers and directors.
In 1987, Ricardo starred in the thriller The Stranger. According to the plot of the picture, a young girl named Alice is brought to the clinic with a diagnosis of amnesia. She cannot tell anything about herself and her past, she only remembers that two unknown persons are committing a murder in front of her eyes.
In 1989, Darin appeared in the television melodrama Rebel, which tells about the relationship between the famous fashion designer Marina and her lover, lawyer Alex.
Then the actor appeared on the screen in several more popular films and TV series: “Buenos Aires. Tell me about love”,“Children”,“Lighthouse”,“At the last moment”. Having played in the film "All the same love, all the same rain" Darin won the prestigious Argentinean Silver Condor Award for Best Actor.
Wide fame and fame came to the performer in the 2000s. Ricardo got the lead role of Marcos in the crime drama "Nine Queens" directed by Fabian Bjelinski. The film tells the story of two scammers who decide to pull off a major scam.
The film received high marks from viewers and eventually became a classic of Argentine cinema. He has been nominated for 28 different awards and won 21. Ricardo again received the Silver Condor Award and the Biarritz Film Festival.
In the further career of the performer, there were roles in popular projects. Many of them brought the artist national and international awards and nominations, including the Oscar, Goya and Silver Condor awards, Feroz Awards, Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences Awards.
Darin starred in such films as "Escape", "Son of the Bride", "Sam and I", "Kamchatka", "Moon of Avellaneda", "Aura", "X-Isx-Igrek", "Mystery in His Eyes", Signal, Carancho, Chinese Fairy Tale, Men on the Edge, Murder Thesis, Seventh Floor, Wild Stories, Truman, Koblik, Black Snow, Labyrinths of the Past "," You can't part with love "," Heroic losers ".
The actor was invited to one of the central roles of a drug dealer in D. Washington's action movie Anger. But Ricardo refused, citing the fact that in Hollywood films Latin Americans are most often shown on the screen in the form of negative characters, so the audience has developed a certain stereotype regarding the representatives of Latin America, but he does not share this view.
In 2016, Darin became one of the patrons of DreamAgo, an international non-profit organization for screenwriters.
Personal life
For several years, Ricardo was in a relationship with the famous Argentine actress Susana Jimenez. They have been living in a civil marriage since 1979. In 1987, the couple broke up.
The actor's wife in 1988 was Florencia Bas. A year later, they had a son, Ricardo Mario. He also chose an acting profession and performs under the stage name Chin Darin. In 1993, a daughter, Clara, was born in the family.
