Álvaro Rodríguez

Acting

Álvaro Rodríguez

Born October 25, 1948 · Sevilla, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (age 77)

Álvaro Rodríguez Granada (Sevilla, Valle del Cauca, October 25, 1948) is a Colombian film and television actor.

Known For

Dark BloodDark Blood · 2021
Dark Blood
★ 4.42021
MovieCrimeDrama
A father is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. During his confinement he must adapt to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners.
The Trip 2The Trip 2 · 2012
The Trip 2
★ 7.02012
MovieComedy
Lucho Calvo and his family arrive to Cartagena to have a memorable familiar vacation, but in his despair to bring a perfect vacation to his family, all his plans don't go well.
The Passion of GabrielThe Passion of Gabriel · 2009
The Passion of Gabriel
★ 7.52009
MovieDrama
In a small hamlet in the Colombian mountains, a newly appointed padre Father Gabriel finds himself torn between his spiritual calling and his desires for a young woman named Silvia, while also trying to protect his congregation from being drawn into the increasingly violent battles between the government military and rebel forces that surround the town.
Indigenous MaliceIndigenous Malice · 2018
Indigenous Malice
★ 5.02018
MovieComedyCrime
Alvaro Rodriguez, an old swindler, owes a lot of money to a dangerous moneylender. To pay off the debt, he proposes to the man, who is also his boss, to finance one of his businesses. In the end, the 'indigenous malice' wins out and he ends up cheating his boss.
Looking for youLooking for you · 2002
Looking for you
★ 7.02002
MovieDramaComedy
William, a five-year-old boy, loses his innocence while helping his uncle Gustavo organize an orchestra with several friends.
VisitasVisitas · 2006
Visitas
2006
Movie
AnimalarioAnimalario · 2012
Animalario
2012
MovieAnimationCrime
Dr. EGO's abominable genetic experiments have broken the tranquility of Animalario, a city now on the verge of chaos. GATTO, an experienced detective has not ceased in his quest to stop EGO and restore order, but this time, a deadly HIENA will do everything in her power to stand in his way.
The History of the Pink TrunkThe History of the Pink Trunk · 2005
The History of the Pink Trunk
★ 6.02005
MovieCrimeDrama
In 1945, in the train station of Bogota, Colombia, a dead girl is found in a trunk. The case is assigned to Detective Mariano Corzo, he has to deal with an inquisitive journalist Hipólito Mosquera while trying to solve the mysterious case. Nobody knows who the girl is, or who put her in the trunk. The things turn bad when Mosquera publish the news in the local newspaper. With the help of a bartender Martina Quijano, Corzo will find an answer for the question: Who killed the girl and why?

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Breath of LifeBreath of Life · 1999
Breath of Life
★ 6.61999
MovieDrama
It begins with the tragedy of Armero, during the course investigates the murder of a beautiful woman and on his way some people die in the end a killing and a cemetery. Emerson Roque Fierro, former policeman and private investigator shadowing, investigates the murder of "Golondrina", a beautiful young woman, occurred in a seedy hotel in downtown Bogota. Without knowing who it is, begins to understand their relationships with a motley gallery of men: a corrupt politician, connected to drug trafficking and paramilitary groups, a bullfighter cunning and good for nothing, a boxer fallen on hard times with a force so stupid as rare Lotero intellect and an insightful blind. And in the midst of this, the dark threads entangling power to everyone, and especially the poor Fierro.

John Jairo Estupiñán, the police officer

The DealThe Deal · 2005
The Deal
★ 9.02005
MovieDrama
Based on a true story of a British television crew that travelled to Colombia to film a fake documentary about drug trafficking. In one scene, shot in the director’s hotel room, an actor played the part of a character whom the filmmakers passed off as Cali Cartel’s Number Three. They claimed they had risked their lives to get the interview. One sequence also shows a man pretending to swallow capsules of heroine and transporting them to London in his stomach. This phoney TV documentary is an international smash hit. When a London daily discovers that the whole thing is a hoax, a team of British journalists are sent out to Colombia to cover the story. Their report unleashes a scandal that shakes the very foundations of television in the UK.
Looking for MiguelLooking for Miguel · 2007
Looking for Miguel
★ 7.22007
MovieDramaComedy
A wealthy Columbian politician blinded by his own privilege is forced to walk a mile in the shoes of the people he despises most after falling victim to a violent attack and subsequently losing his memory. Miguel was a man of fine stock, a politician who has led a charmed life since the day he was born. But Miguel has no appreciation for his lot in life, and scoffs at the everyday people who must struggle just to survive. One day, after being assaulted on the street and left for dead, Miguel awakens with no memory of the past. He has forgotten his distain for the dumpster divers, petty thieves, and wandering transients who crowd the city streets, and now their warmth and solidarity is the only thing keeping him alive. As Miguel forges a friendship with a pious but promiscuous drag queen, the fragments of the past gradually become illuminated in his mind, prompting him on a desperate quest to reclaim his identity and atone for the sins of his past.

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