Juan Leyrado

Acting

Juan Leyrado

Born

1952-08-18 (74)

Place of birth

Barracas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Juan Leyrado es un actor argentino de cine, teatro y televisión que nació en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el 18 de agosto de 1952) y ha desarrollado una intensa carrera profesional.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

A Giraffe on the Balcony poster
7.5

Lidia Muñoz is a retiree who has been living in Barcelona since 1978. Lidia was forced to exile from Argentina after the military dictatorship that ruled the country at that time tried to kidnap her and make her disappear. Pregnant with her only daughter, Valeria, she managed to escape to Spain. Forty years later, she receives a summons from the Argentine Ministry of Justice to testify in the trial for the kidnapping and disappearance of Oscar Medina, her boyfriend at the time and Valeria's father.

A Giraffe on the Balcony

2024

The Red Star poster
6.0

The investigation about an alleged international spy after the Nazi refugees in Argentina gives way to a plot that expands, becomes delirious and branches off. A mockumentary that has, at its center, an elusive woman whose trail can be traced in the most emphatic convulsions of the 20th century.

The Red Star

2021

Oliva poster
5.8

Olive farmer Pascual del Vecchio ends up in a coma due to the shock of seeing his wife Graciela’s infidelity. But when he awakes, he thinks he is a Sicilian mafia boss, and starts tasking his youngest son, Miguel, with carrying out his “criminal” orders. With Graciela out of town on a semi-permanent vacation, the situation comes to a head for Miguel: after a year of pretending to be a Sicilian mobster, his girlfriend Gina, whom he hasn't told about his father’s mental state, will visit the family farm for the first time. But Gina won’t be the only one arriving, as Miguel’s older brother Felipe, who’s also in the dark about Pascual’s new persona, unexpectedly returns with a business deal to run by his father. Miguel must find a way to save his family’s past life or get them to accept the new one.

Oliva

2023

2010s · 4 titles

Un Fueguito: La historia de César Milstein poster
NR

It narrates the life of the last argentine who won the Nobel Prize, César Milstein. Perfect combination of science and adventure. This documentary traces through memories, anecdotes and descriptions, , how a scientist feels and how an adventurer thinks. An intensive course that shows his life from childhood in a family in southern Argentina, to his adult life in Cambridge (England) and his adventures in the mountains, islands and pyramids. Since 1963, their questions and discoveries have produced countless benefits, resulting in applications in medicine, biology and immunology, are major advances in basic scientific knowledge. César Milstein, a great scientist, whom colleagues describe him as a good fellow, hardworking and tenacious. His greater certainty was that, without adventure, would not science.

Un Fueguito: La historia de César Milstein

2010

Matar a Videla poster
NR

Julian plans to leave a legacy to society. The murder of genocidal dictator Jorge Rafael Videla. Result of a violent society, making a decision violent, Julian run huge risks, but the key is to not become the same monster that wants to kill.

Matar a Videla

2010

Dispuesto a todo poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Dispuesto a todo

2015

To Fool a Thief poster
6.3

Sebastian meets Natalia when trying to steal an important piece of art from a museum, and she wins the hand. Rivals declared, the two have to work together later in a robbery more complex: a valuable and unique bottle of Malbec from Bordeaux in the mid-nineteenth century, listed as one of the best wines in the world and jealously guarded in the vault of a bank, in Mendoza. In a world full of glamor, between vineyards and mountains, the thieves will have to display their magic, but while preparing discover theft, each to his own, that nothing will be as thought

To Fool a Thief

2013

2000s · 10 titles

El día que me amen poster
5.9

Mental illness and the power of friendship. Mara and Joaquín were childhood friends, next-door neighbors. They are now in their early 30s. She's returned to Acassuno after eight years abroad, ostensibly to audition for a part in a musical. Joaquín has been a recluse in his parents' house, perhaps because Mara left without a word years before. Mara seeks to renew the friendship, which may be good f

El día que me amen

2003

Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz poster
7.8

When Belén is hired as a cook at a gloomy orphanage, she discovers a group of children living under the cruel rule of its corrupt director and his ruthless assistant. Determined to restore hope and happiness to their lives, Belén joins forces with the children to expose the truth, overcome their oppressors, and build the loving family they have always dreamed of.

Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz

2001

Maradona, the Hand of God poster
5.7

Dramatizing of the many shocking highs and lows of Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona, an extraordinary athlete and arguably the greatest player in the history of the sport.

Maradona, the Hand of God

2007

Blessed by Fire poster
7.2

A war veteran, haunted by the horrors of war and the experiences he shared with fellow soldiers drafted to the battlefront as an 18-year-old conscript, is forced to confront the memories of his past after a former comrade attempts suicide. 20 years after the war, he finally attempts to reconnect with his past to begin to heal his old wounds.

Blessed by Fire

2005

Paco Urondo, la palabra justa poster
9.0

The life of Francisco "Paco" Urondo, writer, poet, journalist and political activist.

Paco Urondo, la palabra justa

2005

The Good Destiny poster
7.0

It tells the story of a people who stood on the side of the freedom, civilization and progress, but also some who are on the side of unbridled capitalism and race. However, they is still a possibilities of utopia and solidarity.

The Good Destiny

2006

The Hush poster
6.2

Argentina, 1978. On the occasion of the World Cup, two Italian journalists travel to the South American country to provide a report on the event: instead, they will learn about the tragedy of Plaza de Mayo.

The Hush

2009

El país de nomeacuerdo poster
NR

This is the story of an optimistic and amnesiac people who, at the slightest glimmer of light, are prone to forget the pain caused by repeating their mistakes at the polls or by knocking on the doors of the barracks, and rush into hopeful celebration: a dubious World Cup, a war with England, the coming of democracy, etc. And so, between pain and celebration, they await that promised future of abundance.

El país de nomeacuerdo

2005

Antigua vida mía poster
4.5

An abused wife (Cecilia Roth) seeks information about her dead mother, a freedom fighter buried in Antigua.

Antigua vida mía

2001

Cruz de sal poster
9.0

A story about a police commissioner and his doctor friend, the appearance of a woman's corpse and the suspicions that are woven around it linked to committee politics, police corruption, and even myths and legends.

Cruz de sal

2004

1990s · 6 titles

The Dark Side of the Heart poster
7.3

Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets a prostitute, Ana, with whom he falls in love. Back in Buenos Aires, he accepts a contract with a publicity agency to get the money for three days of love with her. Will he get what he's searching for when his ideal of love's pleasure is literally going in levitation while making love?

The Dark Side of the Heart

1992

El sur poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

El sur

1992

Wake Up Love poster
5.4

Ernesto is a journalist in his 40's who comes from a generation which encountered much political persecution and exile; between the memories and unhealed wounds of his past, stands Ernesto. When his good friend Ricardo calls him one day and proposes to get together after 25 years, they decide to gather all the members of the “old gang” in order to revive those old feelings the best way they know how, through some good old rock n' roll. Amongst one of Ernesto's encounters is Ana, an old love who will bring a twisting unexpected turn into his life. The old gang is comprised of Ricardo's depressive, hypochondriac wife Ana and her socially-conscious former lover Ernesto, a journalist who left Ana years ago to pursue his political ideologies in socialist Cuba.

Wake Up Love

1996

Mar de amores poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mar de amores

1998

Vivir mata poster
9.0

A diplomat is sent to Wallachia late nineteenth century. There he meets a young princess. Back in Buenos Aires, and a century later and turned into a vampire, he meets another woman.

Vivir mata

1991

Fine Powder poster
6.5

The problems of a young man, his pregnant girlfriend and his lover.

Fine Powder

1998

1980s · 13 titles

Camila poster
7.2

In 1847 Buenos Aires, a young noblewoman and a young Jesuit fall in love, much to the disapproval of her family and the Church.

Camila

1984

Condemned to Hell poster
4.4

Silvia is incarcerated in a corrupt women prison and forced to participate in drug distribution. When she refuses she is punished and her sister murdered. She will try to get free and get her revenge.

Condemned to Hell

1984

The Day You Love Me poster
7.0

Two communist lovers prepare to move to the Ukraine and work on a collective farm. Meanwhile, a celebrated pop singer visits their small town, and secrets are revealed.

The Day You Love Me

1986

A Friend's Revenge poster
8.0

Ariel Llanarte, writer and journalist forced to live abroad, decides to return to the country. He has the purpose of finding out the reason why his best friend disappeared.

A Friend's Revenge

1987

The Children of the War poster
5.5

Based on the lives of four boys, all of different social classes and psychological makeup, this film tries to reflect through them the political history of Argentina during the years leading up to the Malvinas War.

The Children of the War

1984

Murder in The Senate poster
5.2

Historical film that focuses on political and social events took place in Argentina during the beginning of the 30s. Santafecino Deputy Lisandro de la Torre complaint in Congress Argentine meat business with England.

Murder in The Senate

1984

Murder in The Senate poster
5.2

Historical film that focuses on political and social events took place in Argentina during the beginning of the 30s. Santafecino Deputy Lisandro de la Torre complaint in Congress Argentine meat business with England.

Murder in The Senate

1984

From the Abyss poster
8.3

At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, a single mother tells the story of how alcoholism destroyed her personal and professional life.

From the Abyss

1980

The House of the Seven Tombs poster
4.9

Clara and Cecilia are two friends who have evolved very differently, regarding the scary stories that were so important during their childhood.

The House of the Seven Tombs

1982

High Heels poster
5.4

A prostitute falls in love with a painter with whom she believes she can save her life.

High Heels

1985

Lo que vendrá poster
6.0

In a city of the too near future, a city designated for desolation, aggression, and political instability, Miguel Galvan (Hugo Soto) is shot accidentally during a demonstration. This time and space provides a back drop to an intriguing sequence of events where three characters try desperately to survive: the wounded Miguel, an antagonistic policeman (Juan Leyrado), and a foolish vigilante smartly acted by cult rock star Charly Garcia of Sui Generis and Serú Girán fame, who also composed the film's score.

Lo que vendrá

1988

Memorias y olvidos poster
9.0

Two journalists start a documentary with the question ¿What happened to Argentina?

Memorias y olvidos

1987

Los insomnes poster
8.0

Small stories linked by a group of children who at night in Buenos Aires wander through the city and mingle with their families in an abandoned building

Los insomnes

1986

Series credits

Gasoleros poster
8.0

The plot is based on the daily life of the Panigasi family, an impoverished middle-class family.

Gasoleros

1998

PH: Podemos hablar poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

PH: Podemos hablar

2017

Educando a Nina poster
7.3

Educando a Nina is the story of two identical twin sisters separated at birth, who lead opposite lives and are unaware of each other's existence. While Mara was born into a world of luxury, Nina is a dancer and chorus girl, waiting for the moment when life will give her an opportunity. When Mara gets arrested in Ibiza, Nina is offered the job of replacing her while she's away.

Educando a Nina

2016

Graduados poster
7.2

Graduados (English: The Graduates) concerns a group of people who graduated from high school in 1989 and reunite twenty years later. The main character, Andrés Goddzer (Daniel Hendler), discovers that María Laura Falsini (Nancy Dupláa) was pregnant in 1989 and married Pablo Catáneo (Luciano Cáceres), who thought that he was the child's father. The resulting parental dispute, the love triangle of the main characters and 1980s nostalgia are frequent plot elements, and story arcs related to school bullying and LGBT rights are also featured. The frequent flashbacks of the characters to their high-school days use the same actors, playing teenagers.

Graduados

2012

Killer Women poster
6.0

Anthology series, in which every episode introduces fictionalized versions of real cases about women who, for different reasons, ended up committing murder.

Killer Women

2005

Tiempo final poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Tiempo final

2000

Atreverse poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Atreverse

1990

Atreverse poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Atreverse

1990

Atreverse poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Atreverse

1990

Atreverse poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Atreverse

1990

Atreverse poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Atreverse

1990

Atreverse poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Atreverse

1990

Atreverse poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Atreverse

1990

Aliados poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

Aliados

2013

Los cien días de Ana poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Los cien días de Ana

1982

A Rooster for Esculapio poster
7.0

A young working-class man comes from Misiones (an Argentinian province) to Buenos Aires, with a fighting rooster, looking for his brother, and gets involved with low life characters, who introduce him to a world of crime.

A Rooster for Esculapio

2017

The Man of Your Dreams poster
8.1

No synopsis available yet.

The Man of Your Dreams

2011

Cuentos de Borges poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cuentos de Borges

1993

El maestro poster
8.0

El Maestro is an Argentine miniseries co-produced by Pol-ka Productions, Turner Broadcasting System, eltrece and Cablevisión, which is broadcast by TNT, since September 13, 2017. It stars Julio Chávez, in the role of Prat, a former classical dance dancer who knew how to be a world figure.

El maestro

2017

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Santos y pecadores

2013

Conflictos modernos poster
NR

The series proposes a new look at the human bonds of the new century. Each of the chapters develops a unique story. They are focused on the conflicts that their characters face in the face of the resistance of a society that often does not fully accept new realities, a product of the transformations that are currently being experienced.

Conflictos modernos

2015

La muerte poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La muerte

2018

Con pecado concebidas poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Con pecado concebidas

1993

Mía sólo mía poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mía sólo mía

1997

Otro día perdido poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Otro día perdido

2025