Willy Semler
{{Short description|Chilean actor and theater director}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2021}}
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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
| |Leo Kocking |
1994
|Freddy |
1996
|Pedro |
1999
|Pablo Casas-Cordero |
2002
|Padre M |
2006
|Fuga |Padre de Eliseo |
2008
|Patricio |Ricardo Larraín |
2008
|Papá o 36 mil juicios de un mismo suceso |Miguel |
2011
| |Martín Duplaquet |
2013
|Andrés Sandwitch |Lalo Prieto |
2017
|Roberto del Río |Martin Pizarro |
2018
|Dyango Palma |Diego García-Huidobro |
rowspan="2" |2020
|Warden Jorquera |David Albala |
La Verónica
|Fiscal |
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
|Avelino Mellado | rowspan="5" |TVN |
rowspan="2"|1986
|Wolfgang Veidt |
La villa
|Valentín Montes |
1987
|Álvaro |
1993
|Rodrigo Silva |
1994
|Vicente Palacios | rowspan="8" |Canal 13 |
1995
|Jerry Lewis / Leopoldo "Polo" Gumucio |
1996
|Alfredo Villagra |
1997
|Renato Santa María |
1998
|Gonzalo Moreno |
1999
|Rafael Cervantes |
2000
|Maximiliano Sarmiento |
2001
|Sergio Novoa |
2003
|16 |Manuel Arias "El Chacal" |TVN |
2004
|Bruno Alcázar |
2004–2005
|Mario Leyton | rowspan="4" |TVN |
rowspan="2"|2005
|17 |Manuel Arias "El Chacal" |
Los treinta
|Javier Alcalde |
2006
|Raimundo Montes |
2007
|Exequiel Amenábar | rowspan="6" |Chilevisión |
2008
|Pelayo Bobadilla |
2009
|Emiliano Montalbán |
2010
|Mateo Segura y Ruiz |
2011
|Aldo Zubizarrieta |
2012–2013
|Custodio Curilén |
2012
|Alfonso Ferrer |Mega |
2013
|Rubén Schuster |TVN |
2018–2019
|Manuel Tapia |
= TV series =
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|TV series |
Year
! Serie ! Role ! Channel |
---|
1996
|Rolando | rowspan="2" |Canal 13 |
2002
|Padre de Bárbara |
2004
|Martín | rowspan="3" |TVN |
2005
|René |
2005–2006
|Mariano / Manuel |
2007–2009
|Varios personajes | rowspan="5" |Chilevisión |
2008–2012
|Varios personajes |
2010
|Cartas de mujer |Coronel Raúl González |
2012
|Perfecto Oviedo |
2013
|Alberto |
rowspan="2"|2015
|Oficial Garrido |TV+ |
Juana Brava
|Bernardo Maureira |TVN |
2016
|General Jorge Arismendi | rowspan="2" |Chilevisión |
rowspan="2" |2017
|12 días: La muerte de Pinochet | Manuel |
62: Historia de un mundial
|TVN |
References
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Category:Chilean male film actors
Category:Chilean male telenovela actors
Category:Chilean male television actors
Category:Chilean theatre directors
Category:Chilean television personalities