Veteran Argentine actor Hector Alterio dies in Madrid aged 96
Beloved Argentine-born actor Héctor Alterio has died in Madrid at the age of 96, his family announced on Saturday in a statement released by the producers of his final production Una pequeña historia (“A Small Story”).
Born in Buenos Aires in 1929, Alterio made his stage debut in 1948 - and although he achieved fame on screen, the talented actor continued to perform in theatre until shortly before his death.
In 1975, just before the onset of Argentina's brutal military dictatorship, he went into exile in Spain after receiving death threats from the Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance, or Triple A.
In exile, he began a long association with Spanish cinema, appearing in films such as El crimen de Cuenca (“The Crime of Cuenca”) and A un dios desconocido (“To an Unknown God”), his performance in the latter winning him the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Despite settling in Spain, he never stopped performing in Argentine films. He starred in four national films nominated for Academy Awards, including La tregua (“The Truce,” 1974), Camila (1984) and El hijo de la novia (“Son of the Bride,” 2001).
Most notably, Alterio starred as the right-wing adoptive father of a toddler abducted by the last dictatorship in La historia oficial ("The Official Story," 1985) - which won the 1986 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Alterio, who also held Spanish nationality, was described by the Spanish film academy as “one of the most outstanding performers of his generation.” In 2004 he was awarded the Goya Award for Lifetime Achievement for his career.
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Veteran Argentine actors Héctor Alterio and Norma Aleandro confront each other over the realization they have adopted a toddler abducted by the fascist last dictatorship in the Oscar-winning The Official Story (1985).
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote on X that he was “deeply sorry” at the actor’s passing, calling him an immense and beloved performer whose talent and humanity will live on in his work.