Néstor Cantillana
Biography
Néstor Cantillana is a Chilean actor who works in theater, film and television. Born in Santiago and raised in Curicó, he trained at the theater academy of Fernando González. He began stage work in 1994 and appeared in Historia de la Sangre, which he took to Montreal in 1995 and to Berlin in 1996; he performed in Germany with La misión. In 1996 he won a best actor award for Despertar de Primavera at the third Nuevas Tendencias Teatrales festival. His television debut came as Patricio Tepano in Iorana (1998) on TVN. He was nominated for an Altazor Award for Romané and won an APES award as best actor in 2000. He played the lead role of Miguel in Corazón de María (2007), had a main role in the HBO series Prófugos, and appeared in the TVN series Los Archivos del Cardenal. He appeared in No (2012), an Oscar-nominated film, and in A Fantastic Woman (2017), an Oscar-winning drama.
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 20 years2005 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025Disconnected 2IMDb rating 5.3
- 2020The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting MirrorIMDb rating 6.3
- 2016NerudaIMDb rating 6.8
- 2005The Sacred FamilyIMDb rating 6.2
Genres
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Néstor Cantillana movies on Netflix
Disconnected 2as Jefe
The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirroras Silva (voice)
Nerudaas Ministro del Interior
The Sacred Familyas Marco
Worked with
Néstor Cantillana shares two films with Jaime Vadell, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.







Films together
Jaime Vadell2 films together, 2016 to 2025
Jaime Vadell's page Disconnected 22025IMDb rating 5.3Cantillana as JefeVadell as Rigoberto
Neruda2016IMDb rating 6.8Cantillana as Ministro del InteriorVadell as Arturo Alessandri
Sergio Hernández2 films together, 2005 to 2020
Sergio Hernández's page The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror2020IMDb rating 6.3Cantillana as SilvavoiceHernández as Viudovoice
The Sacred Family2005IMDb rating 6.2Cantillana as MarcoHernández as Father
Gael García Bernal1 film together, 2016
Gael García Bernal's page Neruda2016IMDb rating 6.8Cantillana as Ministro del InteriorBernal as Óscar Peluchonneau
Alfredo Castro1 film together, 2016
Alfredo Castro's page Neruda2016IMDb rating 6.8Cantillana as Ministro del InteriorCastro as Gabriel González Videla
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba1 film together, 2016
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba's page Neruda2016IMDb rating 6.8Cantillana as Ministro del InteriorCaba as Picasso
Alejandro Goic1 film together, 2016
Alejandro Goic's page Neruda2016IMDb rating 6.8Cantillana as Ministro del InteriorGoic as Jorge Bellet
Pablo LarraínDirector, 1 film, 2016
All films by Pablo Larraín Neruda2016IMDb rating 6.8Cantillana as Ministro del Interior
Sebastián LelioDirector, 1 film, 2005
All films by Sebastián Lelio The Sacred Family2005IMDb rating 6.2Cantillana as Marco
Raúl RuizDirector, 1 film, 2020
All films by Raúl Ruiz The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror2020IMDb rating 6.3Cantillana as Silvavoice
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.
