Name |
Guillermo Francella |
Height |
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Naionality |
Argentina |
Date of Birth |
14-February-1955 |
Place of Birth |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Famous for |
Acting |
Guillermo Francella is an Argentine actor and comedian. Apart from being a television performer, he also has had a long theatrical and film career. Born in Buenos Aires, Francella made his television debut in 1984, participating in Historia de un Trepador (A Golddigger's Story). In 1985, he made his first feature film, El Telo y la Tele (Telo and Tele). He also participated in the television series, El Infiel (The Cheating Man) as Felipe during that year. 1986 was a very busy year for Francella: he filmed three movies, including Camarero Nocturno en Mar del Plata (Nightshift Steward at Mar Del Plata) and Las Colegialas (College Girls), as well as one television series, named El Lobo (The Wolf).
Francella began acting in 2001 in what perhaps may be his career's defining work: the Telefe live television sketch comedy and variety show Pone a Francella (Put on Francella), where he hosted and starred in the comic sketches. As of 2004, the series was being televised for the third year in a row; in Latin America, for a television series (not including telenovelas) to last longer than one year, it has to be considered a major hit. Pone a Francella reached the United States by DirecTV satellite transmissions.