Daniel Hendler

Acting

Daniel Hendler

Born January 3, 1976 · Montevideo, Uruguay (age 50)

Daniel Hendler (born 3 January 1976) is a Uruguayan film, television, and theatre actor who works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, where he lives. He is known for his starring roles in films such as Bottom of the Sea, Family Law, The Paranoids, Phase 7 and Lost Embrace. Working on both sides of the Río de la Plata, Hendler achieved international recognition due to his awards as an actor. Hendler…

Known For

The IntruderThe Intruder · 2021
The Intruder
5.92021
MovieThriller
Inés works as a dubbing actress and sings in a choir in Buenos Aires. While on an idyllic trip she suffers a traumatic episode that she can’t recover from. She has trouble sleeping and experiences very vivid nightmares as strange sounds begin to emerge from inside her. Awake, Inés feels suddenly surrounded by people that seem to come from her dreams.
My Friend from the ParkMy Friend from the Park · 2015
My Friend from the Park
6.42015
MovieComedyDrama
While her filmmaker husband works in Chile, harried young mother Liz struggles to take care of her infant son. Feeling out of place amongst the tight-knit group of other parents at the park, doubted by her husband, and judged by her newly hired nanny, Liz is drawn to factory worker Rosa, a plain-talking single mother she meets at the swings one day. Despite Liz’s liberation upon finding a bold new confidante, the friends’ increasingly apparent class differences, along with swirling rumors about Rosa’s motives and muddy family situation, feed Liz’s suspicions that her new pal might be a sinister influence on her already fragile life.
27 Nights27 Nights · 2025
27 Nights
6.52025
MovieComedy
When a woman is admitted by her daughters to a psychiatric clinic for her carefree ways, an expert must judge if she is ill or simply wants to enjoy life.
Extraordinary StoriesExtraordinary Stories · 2008
Extraordinary Stories
7.72008
MovieDrama
X arrives in a small town and witnesses a violent act; Z takes the job of a dead manager and discovers that he had a notebook written in code and a map; H is hired to go down a river and investigate a series of mysterious monoliths built on the shore.
Crazy Old LadyCrazy Old Lady · 2025
Crazy Old Lady
5.52025
MovieHorrorThriller
Pedro receives a desperate message from an ex-girlfriend asking him to look after her senile mother, Alicia. What seems like a simple mission soon becomes his worst nightmare. Pedro needs to escape; but Alicia won’t let him...
The RomanticsThe Romantics · 2010
The Romantics
4.92010
MovieDramaRomance
Alliances are tested when seven college pals reunite to watch two of their own say “I do” at a seaside wedding. But the maid of honor and the groom share a passionate history, and the bride isn’t the only one who’s wondering if it’s all in the past.
Tres CinematecasTres Cinematecas · 2022
Tres Cinematecas
2022
MovieDocumentary
The ghosts of a 19th-century slaughterhouse haunt the Cinemateca Brasileira: where cows once died, films now end up. Montevideo's former Central Market houses the Cinemateca Uruguaya. A power plant now houses the Museo de Cine de Buenos Aires. This triptych portrays and connects three film archives through architecture and the buildings' interaction with urban life.
15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour · 2022
15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour
5.32022
MovieComedy
Drinking, dancing and... killing me. It's the new life my neighbour Jose has decided to live. What better way to escape boredom than coming to kill me every thursday? His wife, Lucie, prefers to go to a shrink. To each their own therapy.

Movies

The IntruderThe Intruder · 2021
The Intruder
5.92021
MovieThriller
Inés works as a dubbing actress and sings in a choir in Buenos Aires. While on an idyllic trip she suffers a traumatic episode that she can’t recover from. She has trouble sleeping and experiences very vivid nightmares as strange sounds begin to emerge from inside her. Awake, Inés feels suddenly surrounded by people that seem to come from her dreams.
My Friend from the ParkMy Friend from the Park · 2015
My Friend from the Park
6.42015
MovieComedyDrama
While her filmmaker husband works in Chile, harried young mother Liz struggles to take care of her infant son. Feeling out of place amongst the tight-knit group of other parents at the park, doubted by her husband, and judged by her newly hired nanny, Liz is drawn to factory worker Rosa, a plain-talking single mother she meets at the swings one day. Despite Liz’s liberation upon finding a bold new confidante, the friends’ increasingly apparent class differences, along with swirling rumors about Rosa’s motives and muddy family situation, feed Liz’s suspicions that her new pal might be a sinister influence on her already fragile life.
27 Nights27 Nights · 2025
27 Nights
6.52025
MovieComedy
When a woman is admitted by her daughters to a psychiatric clinic for her carefree ways, an expert must judge if she is ill or simply wants to enjoy life.
Extraordinary StoriesExtraordinary Stories · 2008
Extraordinary Stories
7.72008
MovieDrama
X arrives in a small town and witnesses a violent act; Z takes the job of a dead manager and discovers that he had a notebook written in code and a map; H is hired to go down a river and investigate a series of mysterious monoliths built on the shore.
Crazy Old LadyCrazy Old Lady · 2025
Crazy Old Lady
5.52025
MovieHorrorThriller
Pedro receives a desperate message from an ex-girlfriend asking him to look after her senile mother, Alicia. What seems like a simple mission soon becomes his worst nightmare. Pedro needs to escape; but Alicia won’t let him...
The RomanticsThe Romantics · 2010
The Romantics
4.92010
MovieDramaRomance
Alliances are tested when seven college pals reunite to watch two of their own say “I do” at a seaside wedding. But the maid of honor and the groom share a passionate history, and the bride isn’t the only one who’s wondering if it’s all in the past.
Tres CinematecasTres Cinematecas · 2022
Tres Cinematecas
2022
MovieDocumentary
The ghosts of a 19th-century slaughterhouse haunt the Cinemateca Brasileira: where cows once died, films now end up. Montevideo's former Central Market houses the Cinemateca Uruguaya. A power plant now houses the Museo de Cine de Buenos Aires. This triptych portrays and connects three film archives through architecture and the buildings' interaction with urban life.
15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour · 2022
15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbour
5.32022
MovieComedy
Drinking, dancing and... killing me. It's the new life my neighbour Jose has decided to live. What better way to escape boredom than coming to kill me every thursday? His wife, Lucie, prefers to go to a shrink. To each their own therapy.
The MoneychangerThe Moneychanger · 2019
The Moneychanger
7.22019
MovieComedyDrama
Humberto Brause takes advantage of Uruguay’s poor economy by specializing in offshore money laundering. Spanning the fifties to the seventies, the film follows Humberto as he gets increasingly in over his head with multiple shady book-cooking schemes throughout South America, leading to an ultimate life-or-death decision.
Cheese HeadCheese Head · 2006
Cheese Head
5.92006
MovieDramaRomance
It tells the story of four Jewish boys during a few summer days at the country club where their parents take them, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in 1993. Within the club, the four define themselves as outsiders, since they do not participate in the sports activities that are practiced there, and therefore do not fit into the logic that governs the place, being permanently bothered and mocked by the rest of the children of their age.
Virus: 32Virus: 32 · 2022
Virus: 32
6.82022
MovieHorror
A virus is unleashed and a chilling massacre runs through the streets of Montevideo.
Waiting for the MessiahWaiting for the Messiah · 2000
Waiting for the Messiah
4.92000
MovieDramaRomance
In 1999, Argentina's peso craters. Ariel, a young man from Buenos Aires' Jewish community, deals with his mother's fatal illness, finds a job as a night shift surveillance camera monitor, and wonders when he'll discover sex. Santamaria, middle aged, loses his bank job and is dismissed by his wife; he finds stolen wallets in dumpsters to return to their owners. Ariel tells Santamaria's story to a TV reporter who profiles lives on the street. She's Laura, in a relationship with another woman, but perhaps available. Ariel desires Laura, while Santamaria courts Elsa, a washroom attendant who's husband is in prison. Christmas and Hanukkah approach; can anyone connect?
AstronautAstronaut · 2025
Astronaut
2025
MovieDrama
Nicolás is a well-known TV presenter and a frustrated writer who appears to lead a successful life, both professionally and romantically. However, just as he’s about to move into the wonderful new house he’s bought with his wife, he encounters an old soul who prompts him to question his monotonous life by recounting fantastic stories. Thanks to this strange new presence in his life and the rekindling of his old love for writing, Nicolás will search for true happiness.
SaturdaySaturday · 2002
Saturday
6.92002
MovieComedy
One more Saturday in a desolate Buenos Aires hard to recognize. Six young people that try to avoid their solitude by complicating their daily routes, unsuccessfully looking for a glance that changes something or a new sensation that reveals them some sense. A couple used to their common tediousness, a girl who has already decided she wants to be alone, his boyfriend who does not know how to deal with that, a famous actor who does not seem to feel comfortable anywhere and a girl who pretends to get fun without realizing she's always bored.
Family LawFamily Law · 2006
Family Law
6.32006
MovieDramaComedy
A man in his thirties does not want to be like his father, but that seems to be unavoidable.
Lost EmbraceLost Embrace · 2004
Lost Embrace
6.52004
MovieDramaComedy
In Buenos Aires, the twenty-something Jewish-Argentinean Ariel Makaroff ditches the University of Architecture and spends his time wandering through the downtown gallery where his mother has a lingerie shop and his brother runs an importation business. Ariel has never understood why his father left him when he was a baby, but when his dad returns to Argentina, that will soon change.
The Eye on the NapeThe Eye on the Nape · 2001
The Eye on the Nape
7.02001
MovieDramaCrime
This is the story of Pablo, a young uruguayan exiled in México, whose father was disappeared during the military dictatorship.
The Dog PoundThe Dog Pound · 2006
The Dog Pound
5.82006
MovieDrama
David, has just failed his university examinations and has one year to re-write them. Ruben, his father, a pragmatic and successful businessman, has been paying for David's education, the pursuit of which he considers a waste of time. Ruben wants David to work and make himself useful and he strikes a deal with him: David can stay and study for his exams at Ruben's house in La Perrera, a coastal resort town, while he builds a house for himself. And so, a year-long adventure starts for David, an urban intellectual, in the isolated La Perrera and among its off-season residents who include nearly as many dogs as men, where the only women are either pregnant or prostitutes, and where no one wants to work and things are done out of friendship more than anything else.
WhiskyWhisky · 2004
Whisky
6.92004
MovieComedyDrama
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship.
The Silence of Marcos TremmerThe Silence of Marcos Tremmer · 2024
The Silence of Marcos Tremmer
7.32024
MovieDramaRomance
Marcos Tremmer is a successful publicist who lives in Madrid, madly in love with his wife, Lucía. One day, Marcos discovers that a deadly disease will end his life in a few months.
The Summer HitThe Summer Hit · 2025
The Summer Hit
10.02025
MovieScience FictionComedy
When Felipe’s ex-girlfriend breaks his heart, it feels like it’s the end of the world – and he’s not wrong. A strange zombie plague is unleashed on the paradise beach his friends have taken him to get his head in the right place. This is how the hectic pursuit for survival begins, where telling apart the living from the dead becomes the hardest part. Felipe will do whatever it takes to save his life, his friends’ lives and Ana’s life, a beautiful and problematic girl. Who would’ve guessed a zombie apocalypse would be the beginning of a new life and new love?
Cabeça a PrêmioCabeça a Prêmio · 2010
Cabeça a Prêmio
3.02010
MovieDrama
The Menezes, a powerful family of animal breeders from the Mid-West, have always been at the helm of all illegal dealings in the region. In recent times, they've watched as the system that protected them for so many years slowly disintegrates. Mirão Menezes lives at the mercy of the drug-trafficking industry, the ever-encroaching authorities, and the constant and violent power struggle with his brother Abílio. Mirão's daughter Elaine becomes involved with her father's pilot, finds herself pregnant and decides to flee with him after her Uncle Abílio bribes them. Brito, the hitman sent to find the couple and finish them off, is ironically also victim of a love story.
Almost DesertedAlmost Deserted · 2025
Almost Deserted
5.02025
MovieThriller
Two undocumented Latino immigrants in Detroit become involved in a murder and rescue a witness with a rare syndrome. Together, they embark on an adventure of redemption, betrayal, and mystery amid the ruins of a city under reconstruction.
SeverinaSeverina · 2017
Severina
6.42017
MovieDrama
A melancholic, aspiring writer and bookseller is shaken by the appearances and disappearances of his newfound muse who steals books from his bookstore. When he discovers that she also steals from other bookstores, he is consumed with jealousy and starts living in a kind of love delirium, on the border between fiction and reality. The closer he gets to her, the more indescribable she becomes and he begins to wonder why she steals, what are her values and who is the older man she lives with. In the end, what is real and what isn’t? And will he find a place in her life as he moves away from his own?

TV Shows

Killer WomenKiller Women · 2005
Killer Women
6.02005
SeriesDramaCrime
Anthology series, in which every episode introduces fictionalized versions of real cases about women who, for different reasons, ended up committing murder.
Community SquadCommunity Squad · 2023
Community Squad
8.02023
SeriesComedyCrime
The members of a diverse vigilante group formed to boost the police's image are put in jeopardy when they stumble upon an unexpected drug deal.
Según RoxiSegún Roxi · 2016
Según Roxi
2016
Series
Segun Roxi is a comedy featuring a mother who divides her world between friends and enemies. Desperately fighting to tackle the pitfalls of motherhood, Roxi faces her challenges with sincerity and humor combined.
Horrible y FascinanteHorrible y Fascinante · 2025
Horrible y Fascinante
10.02025
SeriesComedy
Aquí no hay quien viva (Argentina)Aquí no hay quien viva (Argentina) · 2008
Aquí no hay quien viva (Argentina)
5.02008
Series
GraduadosGraduados · 2012
Graduados
7.22012
SeriesComedy
Graduados (English: The Graduates) concerns a group of people who graduated from high school in 1989 and reunite twenty years later. The main character, Andrés Goddzer (Daniel Hendler), discovers that María Laura Falsini (Nancy Dupláa) was pregnant in 1989 and married Pablo Catáneo (Luciano Cáceres), who thought that he was the child's father. The resulting parental dispute, the love triangle of the main characters and 1980s nostalgia are frequent plot elements, and story arcs related to school bullying and LGBT rights are also featured. The frequent flashbacks of the characters to their high-school days use the same actors, playing teenagers.
Los siete locos y los lanzallamasLos siete locos y los lanzallamas · 2015
Los siete locos y los lanzallamas
2015
SeriesDramaCrime
Para vestir santosPara vestir santos · 2010
Para vestir santos
4.02010
SeriesComedyDrama
EdhaEdha · 2018
Edha
6.22018
SeriesDrama
Revenge, passion and dark secrets push a successful fashion designer and single mother to her limits when she meets a handsome and mysterious man.
So Far, So GoodSo Far, So Good · 2026
So Far, So Good
2026
SeriesComedyDrama
Ariel, a 50-year-old cartoonist with five kids and aging parents, faces a mid-life crisis, complicated by a hernia. His physical limits force him to reflect on freedom, family duties, and what matters most.
Los mufas: suerte para la desgraciaLos mufas: suerte para la desgracia · 2025
Los mufas: suerte para la desgracia
7.72025
SeriesComedy
Buenos Aires Under The Orion SkyBuenos Aires Under The Orion Sky · 2015
Buenos Aires Under The Orion Sky
2015
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Six teenagers witness a cosmic event that grants them special powers. With these new abilities, each one discovers the worst and the best of himself, while a journalist and a mysterious woman pursue them with unclear ends.