Edgardo Bruna

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| birth_name = Edgardo Bruna del Campo

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|02|08|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|03|19|1947|02|08|df=yes}}

| death_place = Santiago, Chile

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| occupation = Actor, musician, theater director

| years_active = 1984–2017

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| spouse = Verónica Fruns

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| alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley

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Edgardo Bruna del Campo (8 February 1947 – 19 March 2017) was a Chilean actor, musician, theater director, and social activist, recognized for his long career in various productions and plays.{{Cite news |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Espectaculos/2017/03/19/850187/El-destacado-actor-Edgardo-Bruna-muere-a-los-70-anos.html |title=El destacado actor Edgardo Bruna muere a los 70 años |trans-title=The Distinguished Actor Edgardo Bruna Dies at Age 70 |work=El Mercurio |location=Santiago |language=Spanish |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=26 November 2018}}

He is known for his roles in telenovelas, playing the evil Fernando Bernard in {{ill|Rojo y miel|es}} (1994), inspector Igor in {{ill|Adrenalina (TV series)|es|Adrenalina (telenovela)|lt=Adrenalina}} (1996), the swindler Renacuajo in Tic Tac (1997), the patron of Fernando Guerra in Aquelarre (1999), Don Clinton in Amores de mercado (2001), and José Reyes in {{ill|Purasangre|es|Purasangre (telenovela chilena)}} (2002).

Biography

Edgardo Bruna studied at the {{ill|Liceo Experimental Manuel de Salas|es}} and the San Felipe Boys School. In 1963 he entered the acting profession at the University of Chile, where he had national theater figures as teachers, such as {{ill|Patricio Bunster|es}}, {{ill|Eugenio Guzmán Astete|es|lt=Eugenio Guzmán}}, and Agustín Siré. Thanks to a scholarship, he traveled to the United States to perfect his skills in dramatic arts at the University of California, Berkeley, home of the hippie movement in the late 1960s.{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.tell.cl/magazine/531/rancagua/agosto/2010/entrevistas/la-tv-digital-traera-una-transformacion-cultural-brutal.html |title=La TV Digital traerá una transformación cultural brutal |trans-title=Digital TV Will Bring a Brutal Cultural Transformation |first=Laura |last=Iriarte Z. |magazine=Tell Magazine |language=Spanish |date=August 2010 |access-date=26 November 2018}} He decided to return to Chile in 1971 to be present in the government of President Salvador Allende. Later, after the 1973 coup d'état, he left for Mexico, where he lived for five years.{{Cite news |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Tendencias/2012/07/18/737237/Edgardo-Bruna-Un-espiritu-joven.html |title=Edgardo Bruna: Un espíritu joven |trans-title=Edgardo Bruna: A Young Spirit |first=Ángela |last=Tapia F. |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |date=18 July 2012 |access-date=26 November 2018}}

Before dedicating himself to acting, he was a musician and participated in the folk group Los Paulos, together with Pedro Messone.{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicapopular.cl/artista/pedro-messone/ |title=Pedro Messone |work=MusicaPopular.cl |language=Spanish |access-date=26 November 2018}} The group won the folkloric competition of the 1966 Viña del Mar International Song Festival with the song "La burrerita".{{Cite news |url=https://www.emol.com/especiales/vina2007/historia/1966.htm |title=1966 |first1=Víctor |last1=Hugo Moreno |first2=Rodrigo |last2=Palma |work=El Mercurio |language=Spanish |access-date=26 November 2018}}

He made his television debut in 1984 on the Channel 13 telenovela Los títeres. During the 1990s he joined the dramatic area of TVN, and later worked for Chilevisión and Mega. He participated in series such as Los archivos del cardenal, Prófugos, {{ill|Ecos del desierto|es}}, and {{ill|Príncipes de barrio|es}}. His last role was in {{ill|Casa de Angelis|es|Casa de Angelis (serie de televisión)|lt=Casa de Angelis}}, recorded just before his death.

He was president of the Union of Actors and Actresses of Chile (Sidarte), president of the National Union of Artists, and counselor of Chileactores.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/television/fallecio-el-actor-edgardo-bruna/2017-03-19/175412.html |title=Falleció el actor Edgardo Bruna |trans-title=The Actor Edgardo Bruna Passes Away |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |language=Spanish |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=26 November 2018}} In 2013 he was a candidate for regional councilor representing the Progressive Party for the Santiago Metropolitan Region. However, he was not elected.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ahoranoticias.cl/noticias/nacional/los-famosos-que-ganaron-y-perdieron-como-core.html |title=Los famosos que ganaron y perdieron como CORE |trans-title=The Celebrities Who Won and Lost as CORE |work=Ahora noticias |language=Spanish |date=18 November 2013 |access-date=26 November 2018}}

He died on 19 March 2017 at age 70, after suffering a heart attack at home at 4:00 p.m.{{Cite news |url=http://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2017-03-20&NewsID=368922&BodyID=0&PaginaId=46 |title=Un infarto se llevó a Edgardo Bruna, el mejor actor secundario de la TV |trans-title=A Heart Attack Takes Edgardo Bruna, the Best Supporting Actor on TV |first=Fany |last=Mazuela |work=Las Últimas Noticias |language=Spanish |date=20 March 2017 |access-date=26 November 2018}} On 22 March, the Senate of Chile paid tribute to him for his work in the actors' union and his active participation in the preparation of the project which created the Ministry of Science and Technology.{{Cite web |url=http://www.senado.cl/sala-rinde-homenaje-a-la-memoria-del-actor-edgardo-bruna/prontus_senado/2017-03-21/185059.html |title=Sala rinde homenaje a la memoria del actor Edgardo Bruna |trans-title=Chamber Pays Homage to the Memory of Actor Edgardo Bruna |publisher=Senate of Chile |location=Valparaíso |language=Spanish |date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326050853/http://www.senado.cl/sala-rinde-homenaje-a-la-memoria-del-actor-edgardo-bruna/prontus_senado/2017-03-21/185059.html |archive-date=26 March 2017 |url-status=dead |access-date=26 November 2018}}

Filmography

=Films=

¡Viva el novio! (1990)
Dos mujeres en la ciudad (1990) – Professor
Amelia Lópes O'Neill (1991)
El seductor (2004) – Catar
El socio (2004) – Walter Davis
Las golondrinas del altazor (2006)
The Black Pimpernel (2007) – Hotel proprietor
Oculto en la oscuridad (2007) – Father of Mariana
{{ill|Teresa (2009 film)|es|Teresa (película)|lt=Teresa}} (2009) – Federico Wilms
La lección de pintura (2011) – Bechard
Aftershock (2012) – Grumpy operator
El vuelo de los cuervos (2013) – Don Efraín
El árbol magnético (2013) – Tata
El inquisidor (2015) – Gaspar
Pinochet boys (2016)
You'll Never Be Alone (2016) – Bruno

=Telenovelas=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 92%;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Channel
1984	Los títeres	Julio Barros	Channel 13
1986	{{ill\|Secreto de familia\|es}}	Sebastián Williams	Channel 13
rowspan=2\|1990	{{ill\|El milagro de vivir (Chilean telenovela)\|es\|El milagro de vivir (telenovela chilena)\|lt=El milagro de vivir}}	Camilo	TVN
{{ill\|Acércate más\|es}}	Mauricio	Channel 13
1991	{{ill\|Volver a empezar (Chilean telenovela)\|es\|Volver a empezar (telenovela chilena)\|lt=Volver a empezar}}	Germán Yáñez	TVN
1992	{{ill\|Fácil de amar\|es}}	Raúl	Channel 13
rowspan=2\|1993	{{ill\|Jaque mate (TV series)\|es\|Jaque mate (telenovela)\|lt=Jaque mate}}	Ernesto Quesney	TVN
{{ill\|Ámame\|es}}	Sergio Hernández	TVN
1994	{{ill\|Rojo y miel\|es}}	Fernando Bernard	TVN
1995	{{ill\|Amor a domicilio\|es}}	Raúl Díaz	Channel 13
1996	{{ill\|Adrenalina (TV series)\|es\|Adrenalina (telenovela)\|lt=Adrenalina}}	Igor Hormazábal	Channel 13
1997	Tic Tac	Renato Puig "El Renacuajo"	TVN
1998	Borrón y Cuenta Nueva	León Costa	TVN
1999	Aquelarre	Fernando Guerra	TVN
2000	{{ill\|Santo ladrón\|es}}	Federico Quiroga	TVN
2001	Amores de mercado	Manfred Midesraub "El Clinton"	TVN
2002	{{ill\|Purasangre\|es\|Purasangre (telenovela chilena)}}	José Reyes "El rey del Monte con huesillo"	TVN
2003	{{ill\|Pecadores\|es}}	Safanor Pérez	TVN
2004	{{ill\|Destinos cruzados\|es}}	Raimundo Goycolea	TVN
2005	{{ill\|Versus (telenovela)\|es\|lt=Versus}}	Nuncio Chaparro	TVN
rowspan=2\|2006	Floribella	Eugenio Zaldívar	TVN
{{ill\|Disparejas\|es\|Disparejas (telenovela)}}	Tololo Romero	TVN
2007	{{ill\|Amor por accidente\|es}}	Ernesto Urrutia	TVN
2008	Hijos del Monte	Eleuterio Mardones	TVN
2009	Los Ángeles de Estela	Máximo Alcázar	TVN
rowspan=2\|2011	Peleles	Fernando Varas	Channel 13
{{ill\|Maldita (telenovela)\|es\|lt=Maldita}}	Joaquín Ibáñez	Mega
2012	Dama y obrero	Mariano Villavicencio	TVN
2013	Secretos en el jardín	Aníbal Lastra	Channel 13
rowspan=2\|2014	Valió la pena	Raúl García	Channel 13
Pituca Sin Lucas	Exequiel Santibáñez	Mega
2015	Eres mi tesoro	Ángel Riquelme	Mega