Willy Semler

{{Short description|Chilean actor and theater director}}

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{{Infobox person

| image = Willy Semler.jpg

| caption = Semler in 2001

| birthname = Guillermo Semler Aguirre

| birth_date = January 16, 1959

| birth_place = Santiago de Chile, Chile

| occupation = Actor, theatre director

| alma_mater = University of Chile

| awards = APES (1993)

}}

Guillermo Semler Aguirre (born January 16, 1959, in Santiago) better known as Willy Semler is a Chilean actor of films, theatre, television and theater director.

He is known for having played Esperanza in the popular play La negra Ester, one of the most classic plays of chilean history. In cinema, he has had roles in films such as Johnny cien pesos and El desquite, while on television he has been in successful telenovelas for over 40 years, in productions such as Amor a domicilio (1995), Adrenalina (1996), Playa salvaje (1997), Fuera de control (1999), Los treinta (2005), and Pacto de sangre (2018) among many others. He worked as an announcer on Radio La Clave in the program "Enradiados" (2016–2017).{{Cite web|title=Willy Semler|url=https://cinechile.cl/persona/willy-semler/|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=Cinechile|language=es}}

He studied in the Universidad de Chile.

Filmography

= Films =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Films

Year

! Film

! Character

! Director

1993

|Entrega total

|

|Leo Kocking

1994

|Johnny cien pesos

|Freddy

|Gustavo Graef Marino

1996

|Mi último hombre

|Pedro

|Tatiana Gaviola

1999

|El desquite

|Pablo Casas-Cordero

|Andrés Wood

2002

|Eternal Blood

|Padre M

|Jorge Olguín

2006

|Fuga

|Padre de Eliseo

|Pablo Larraín

2008

|Chile puede

|Patricio

|Ricardo Larraín

2008

|Papá o 36 mil juicios de un mismo suceso

|Miguel

|Leonardo Medel

2011

|Dios me libre

|

|Martín Duplaquet

2013

|El derechazo

|Andrés Sandwitch

|Lalo Prieto

2017

|Crisis

|Roberto del Río

|Martin Pizarro

2018

|American Huaso

|Dyango Palma

|Diego García-Huidobro

rowspan="2" |2020

|Jailbreak Pact

|Warden Jorquera

|David Albala

La Verónica

|Fiscal

|Leonardo Medel

rowspan="2" |2022

|The Announced Death of Willy Semler

|Willy

|Benjamin Rojo

My Mother-in-law Hates Me

|Alonso

|Andres Feddersen

= Telenovelas =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Telenovela

Year

! Telenovela

! Role

! Channel

1981

|Villa Los Aromos

|Avelino Mellado

| rowspan="5" |TVN

rowspan="2"|1986

|La dama del balcón

|Wolfgang Veidt

La villa

|Valentín Montes

1987

|Mi nombre es Lara

|Álvaro

1993

|Ámame

|Rodrigo Silva

1994

|Top Secret

|Vicente Palacios

| rowspan="8" |Canal 13

1995

|Amor a domicilio

|Jerry Lewis / Leopoldo "Polo" Gumucio

1996

|Adrenalina

|Alfredo Villagra

1997

|Playa salvaje

|Renato Santa María

1998

|Marparaíso

|Gonzalo Moreno

1999

|Fuera de control

|Rafael Cervantes

2000

|Sabor a ti

|Maximiliano Sarmiento

2001

|Piel canela

|Sergio Novoa

2003

|16

|Manuel Arias "El Chacal"

|TVN

2004

|Tentación

|Bruno Alcázar

|Canal 13

2004–2005

|Ídolos

|Mario Leyton

| rowspan="4" |TVN

rowspan="2"|2005

|17

|Manuel Arias "El Chacal"

Los treinta

|Javier Alcalde

2006

|Entre medias

|Raimundo Montes

2007

|Vivir con 10

|Exequiel Amenábar

| rowspan="6" |Chilevisión

2008

|Mala conducta

|Pelayo Bobadilla

2009

|Sin anestesia

|Emiliano Montalbán

2010

|Manuel Rodríguez

|Mateo Segura y Ruiz

2011

|Infiltradas

|Aldo Zubizarrieta

2012–2013

|La sexóloga

|Custodio Curilén

2012

|Maldita

|Alfonso Ferrer

|Mega

2013

|Socias

|Rubén Schuster

|TVN

2018–2019

|Pacto de sangre

|Manuel Tapia

|Canal 13

= TV series =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|TV series

Year

! Serie

! Role

! Channel

1996

|Vecinos puertas adentro

|Rolando

| rowspan="2" |Canal 13

2002

|Más que amigos

|Padre de Bárbara

2004

|Geografía del deseo

|Martín

| rowspan="3" |TVN

2005

|La vida es una lotería

|René

2005–2006

|Tiempo final: en tiempo real

|Mariano / Manuel

2007–2009

|Infieles

|Varios personajes

| rowspan="5" |Chilevisión

2008–2012

|Teatro en Chilevisión

|Varios personajes

2010

|Cartas de mujer

|Coronel Raúl González

2012

|Amar y morir en Chile

|Perfecto Oviedo

2013

|Maldito corazón

|Alberto

rowspan="2"|2015

|Los años dorados

|Oficial Garrido

|TV+

Juana Brava

|Bernardo Maureira

|TVN

2016

|Bala loca

|General Jorge Arismendi

| rowspan="2" |Chilevisión

rowspan="2" |2017

|12 días: La muerte de Pinochet

| Manuel

62: Historia de un mundial

|Raúl Colombo

|TVN

References