Néstor Cantillana

Acting

Néstor Cantillana

Born

1975-06-19 (51)

Place of birth

Santiago, Chile

Known for

Acting

Credits

77 titles

Néstor Igor Cantillana (born July 19, 1975 in Santiago) is a Chilean actor in theater, movies and TV. He made his debut in the Soap Opera world in the role of Patricio Tepano in Iorana (1998) from TVN, he then performed some other characters, among them, an AIDS victim, a common employee, a frustrated detective and a young homosexual doctor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Néstor Cantillana, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 15 titles

In Her Place poster
6.1

After Chilean writer María Carolina Geel murders her lover, the case captivates shy legal secretary Mercedes, sparking a connection between the two women.

In Her Place

2024

Disconnected 2 poster
7.7

Your favorite overstimulated family is back! Chile’s favorite manic mother Victoria has swung from one extreme to the other, and is now a full-on helicopter mom. At work, she also lands a coveted opportunity for her to take the kids with her for a new position in Miami. But Julian and Clara aren’t on board to leave their friends behind, and it’s a battle of the wits in this laugh out loud sequel.

Disconnected 2

2025

Cuerpo Celeste poster
7.2

Celeste is a carefree 15-year-old coming of age after the fall of Pinochet when her life changes drastically and unexpectedly. Now, the desert and oceanside she once embraced feels alien. In an uncertain nation going through a transition of its own, Celeste is thrust into an adult world where she must grow up faster than she could have ever imagined.

Cuerpo Celeste

2025

Fever poster
NR

Nino is a spoiled child who, immersed by a strong fever, is absorbed by a mysterious painting. Even though his mother had warned him, the trick that made him fall prey of the painting is unleashed. And so, Nino does nothing but get lost in a maze of images trying to return home.

Fever

2026

The Punishment poster
6.6

A child disappears from his parents sight in a mysterious but haunting forest after a punishment.

The Punishment

2022

The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror poster
6.7

A man's wife commits suicide and appears to him as a ghost. The ghost follows him everywhere – under the bed, under tables… After seeing the ghost so frequently, the man begins to resemble her.

The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror

2020

The Wave poster
5.1

A music student’s testimony ignites a feminist uprising on her campus, where protest becomes performance and collective voice becomes an act of resistance.

The Wave

2025

Trascender poster
NR

In the near future, María faces the unexpected death of her husband after New Year's Eve. After being depressed for some time due to this sudden loss, she goes to a place where, through a simulation, they manage to recreate their last important memory together, where she manages to have a connection with him.

Trascender

2025

Apps poster
4.5

Four stories where an app will open the doors to horror. A young woman in the hands of a sinister network dedicated to the online transmission of abuse for high spheres of power. A voyeur will discover that his neighbors are hiding dark secrets that he wishes he had never heard. A little boy, used by his father to find dates online, will discover an enormous power within himself. A group of friends on their way to a beautiful cabin rented online, will fall into the hands of a sinister occult group.

Apps

2021

The Character poster
NR

Transvestite is the character David must play for the annual school play. Bullying will be his main enemy as he plays the character.

The Character

2023

Codes poster
NR

Camila is a Law student who will take an exam where a teacher who abused her a year ago will be present. A round of questions will change the paradigm of the protagonists because Camila decides to tell the truth

Codes

2020

No One poster
10.0

The most successful and famous bank robber in Chilean history. Now, convinced that he has been the victim of other people's mistakes, he decides to return to crime to take revenge for his fate.

No One

2023

Mensajes privados poster
NR

Stories from the intimacy of a private space launched to the screen. How we are as mothers, as fathers or as children. Stories of pain, of hope, of love, or of facing that which was never faced. Disturbing testimonies, but also full of humanity. Crises make us reflect and leave a record of who we are, in case we cease to exist. Visual notes that make up a film about our being and what we say when all certainties collapse.

Mensajes privados

2022

A Yard of Jackals poster
NR

In the winter of 1978, under Chile’s dictatorship in Santiago, disabled architectural model maker Raúl Peralta leads a quiet life caring for his ailing mother. His routine is shattered by the arrival of new neighbors whose sinister activities seem to hide dark secrets.

A Yard of Jackals

2025

El Retrato de Ella poster
NR

Ana has just been widowed by a suicidal painter. One day, she discovers a painting in which he painted her in a disturbing way. Ana begins to obsess about how he saw her, developing a psychotic picture.

El Retrato de Ella

2022

2010s · 10 titles

A Fantastic Woman poster
7.0

Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy.

A Fantastic Woman

2017

No poster
7.2

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.

No

2012

Neruda poster
6.3

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.

Neruda

2016

The Memory of Water poster
6.3

After the tragic loss of their 4-year-old son, Javier and Amanda struggle to make sense of their lives together.

The Memory of Water

2015

Spider poster
6.8

Three friends are part of a fascist opposition group in the chaotic Chile of the early 70's and together commit a political crime that changes the history of the country and incidentally involves them in a betrayal that separates them forever.

Spider

2019

Secos poster
NR

Chile is the only country that has privatized its waters, in favor of large corporations, to the detriment of homes in rural and urban communities. Secos is a short that makes this reality visible, through the dialog between anonymous fighters from the most heavily affected provinces, with renowned actors and actresses in the country. The objective is to activate the topic of water as a human right, to achieve in the future the recovery of this vital element as a common good for all communities and territories.

Secos

2017

Un día cualquiera poster
2.0

A story that highlights the charm of a chance and the magic of an unexpected encounter. A new opportunity to fall in love. 5 romantic stories.

Un día cualquiera

2017

This Is Cristina poster
5.4

Cristina and Susana have been best friends since high school. Now, both over 30 years old, they are still living like they did in their teenage years. Or maybe they never grew up.

This Is Cristina

2019

Enigma poster
5.4

Ten years after her daughter was the victim of a hate crime, brutally beaten in the streets of Santiago for being a lesbian, Nancy is asked to participate in an unsolved mysteries TV show that will recreate the incident. Nancy, a hairdresser who has worked very hard to move on with her life, will have to decide if finding justice for her deceased daughter is worth exposing herself and her family on television.

Enigma

2018

No basta con amar poster
3.0

A couple decides to end their relationship and look for the perfect way to tell their son Samir, who surprises them, because he actually knows a lot more than they think they do about what is happening.

No basta con amar

2019

2000s · 11 titles

Radio Corazón poster
6.2

Radio Corazón recreates Chile's most successful radio show of all time. Composed of 3 fun, sexy and romantic short films based on true stories as told by the show's listeners to "Rumpy", an unparalleled radio host.

Radio Corazón

2007

The Newcomers poster
4.5

The story of two brothers who get involved with a sexy stripper and her boss, the nightclub king of Santiago, as told from three perspectives.

The Newcomers

2003

Un ladrón y su mujer poster
9.0

A thief asks his wife to visit him in prison, she goes without imagining that he is planning his escape.

Un ladrón y su mujer

2001

Gracia y el Forastero poster
NR

The fatal relationship between Gracia, the teenage daughter of a retired general officer and Gabriel, an outsider who has just come back to his home at the beach with his father, a leftist militant.

Gracia y el Forastero

2002

The Sacred Family poster
5.9

It's Easter in the beach house of a Chilean well-to-do and nowadays family. A self-centered and successful father, a disoriented mother and a son overshadowed by his successful father. The three of them, wait for the arrival of the son's first official girlfriend; a disturbing and rebellious young lady who will invade the house with her powerful sexual load and other "gifts", breaking loose an emotional cataclysm with no stepping back.

The Sacred Family

2006

Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody poster
7.0

An experimental four-part 2002 Franco-Chilean digital video series written and directed by Raúl Ruiz. The first part won a FIPRESCI Award at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2002 "for the director's personal exploration into his homeland, using DV in a rigorous yet playful manner".

Cofralandes, Chilean Rhapsody

2002

Santos poster
3.5

Santos, a failed comic book artist, lives in a parallel universe where he's a superhero who has to save the world.

Santos

2008

Fragmentos urbanos poster
7.0

Anthology film composed of six standalone shorts.

Fragmentos urbanos

2002

12 Minutes poster
NR

A young director is commissioned with the task of doing a short film for a watch company.

12 Minutes

2007

No artwork available
8.0

Two young men are vying for the love of a young peasant girl named Rosa.

El pozo

2001

Time Off poster
6.0

When Camilo and his girlfriend, Pola, start to struggle in their relationship, she asks for a week away from him to assess the situation. Although Camilo agrees, he feels confused, as his undemanding life is made uncomfortable for the first time. Soon he meets Mikela, a disaffected teenage girl whom he befriends. However, when Camilo discovers Mikela's past diagnosis as a schizophrenic, he begins to worry about her safety.

Time Off

2005

Series credits

Mentiras verdaderas poster
5.5

Daily interviews discussing the guest's personal lives and national contingency.

Mentiras verdaderas

2011

Sigamos de largo poster
2.0

The most important events of the day, with a relaxed tone and high doses of humor. Each episode tackles the most relevant events that dominate the public eye, with guests who contribute their views on the matter.

Sigamos de largo

2018

The House of the Spirits poster
8.5

The epic tale of a proud and passionate family, secret loves, and bloody revolution. The Trueba family's passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the proud, tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter towards opposite sides of the fence.

The House of the Spirits

2026

Corazón de María poster
2.0

Miguel loses his wife Maria in a tragic car accident just hours after getting married. However, Maria's heart will continue to beat on another woman's body. The transplant that marks the death of María will also be synonymous of Elisa's new life.

Corazón de María

2007

Casado con hijos poster
6.5

The life of a crazy family of Chilean middle class. Based on the original US comedy "Married... with Children" (1987-1997) but with local twists.

Casado con hijos

2006

Los Pincheira poster
6.0

Four bandit siblings try to take revenge on the landowners who killed their father.

Los Pincheira

2004

La jauría poster
7.3

Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their lives and that of their families at risk. As they look for Blanca and investigate, they will find out that behind this gender crime there is much more than just one offender.

La jauría

2020

La jauría poster
7.3

Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their lives and that of their families at risk. As they look for Blanca and investigate, they will find out that behind this gender crime there is much more than just one offender.

La jauría

2020

De pé a pá poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

De pé a pá

1996

El circo de las Montini poster
6.0

A circus family must face a new season of performances, under the risk that this may be their last tour.

El circo de las Montini

2002

Pampa Ilusión poster
2.0

The exiled daughter of an English businessman returns home, in the midst of the class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat in the Humberstone nitrate office, during the acute 1930s financial crisis.

Pampa Ilusión

2001

Romané poster
6.7

A caravan of gypsies arrives in Mejillones, Chile, to celebrate the marriage of their patriarch, without imagining that the unexpected arrival of his daughter after two decades, will revive a stormy past.

Romané

2000

Secretos en el jardín poster
2.0

A series of crimes occur in Viña del Mar during the 80s. The detective Ramiro Opazo and the journalist Javier Montes will investigate those responsible for the murders and robberies.

Secretos en el jardín

2013

Viuda Alegre poster
2.0

In a coastal town, Beatriz Sarmiento is known for her fortune and charisma, also for having lost four husbands in different circumstances. When her lastest husband passes away, Rodrigo appears at her brother's funeral with hidden intentions, unleashing countless conflicts in the lives of the villagers, including Beatriz.

Viuda Alegre

2008

Iorana poster
4.5

Cristian is in love with the beautiful "pascuense" Vaitea, but external interests interpose between them.

Iorana

1998

La fiera poster
5.5

Catalina Chamorro, is a woman who rejects every wooer interested in her. The matter would not be important if it were not because, according to an old promise of love, Catalina's father, Pedro Chamorro, refuses to give his youngest daughter, Blanca, in marriage until his oldest daugher has married.

La fiera

1999

Pacto de sangre poster
7.0

The lives of four lifelong friends change dramatically after a bachelor party.

Pacto de sangre

2018

Profugos poster
5.7

Four men become fugitives after a failed drug deal, running from north to south of Chile.

Profugos

2011

Wena profe poster
2.0

When the musical career of a failed upper-class musician, ends up collapsing, he decides to fool the rigid director of a school in Santiago, assuring that he is a teacher who seeks job. He will demonstrate to a group of young people that more important than to be successful, is to do things with passion.

Wena profe

2017

42 Days of Darkness poster
6.4

In a town in Chile, a woman leads a frantic search to find her missing sister amid a media storm and the police investigation. Inspired by a true case.

42 Days of Darkness

2022

Pushovers poster
1.3

Six men unfairly dismissed from their jobs, decide to take revenge and form an inexperienced band to rob the trucks of their old transport company. But what they ignore is that the new owner is one of the most dangerous mobsters of all South America.

Pushovers

2011

12 días que estremecieron Chile poster
2.0

Fictional stories about Chilean historical events that shook the country through joy, horror, excitement or sadness, and where the great virtues and defects of its national idiosyncrasy were expressed, that marked the lives of many people.

12 días que estremecieron Chile

2011

20añero a los 40 poster
6.0

After a 20 year comma, a man awakens in a time when everything is different and in the body of a man of 40 years old but with a mentality of a twenty-something.

20añero a los 40

2016

Los archivos del cardenal poster
2.0

Two young people from opposite social and political worlds will fight for a common cause: to clarify intricate and dangerous crimes of human rights violations during Pinochet's millitary dictatorship in Chile.

Los archivos del cardenal

2011

El diario secreto de una profesional poster
3.8

The adventures and misfortunes of Javiera, a young psychology student who works part-time in an insurence company at day...and as a high-class escort at night, she takes the name of Angela in an effort to keep her two lives separated.

El diario secreto de una profesional

2012

Invisible Heroes poster
7.4

Invisible Heroes tells the heroic tale of young Finnish diplomats in Chile during 1973’s infamous military coup. Finnish diplomats Tapani Brotherus and Ilkka Jaamala along with Tapani’s wife Lysa Brotherus helped over 2000 left-wing Chileans escape the military junta’s persecution. The Finns acted without official authorization while Swedish ambassador Harald Edelstam was the most visible defendant of human rights with the backing of Sweden’s Prime Minister, Olof Palme.

Invisible Heroes

2019

No artwork available
2.0

Documentary series that takes a nostalgic journey through decades of Chilean theater and its history.

Mierda Mierda, la función debe continuar

2020

62: Historia de un mundial poster
2.0

A sports story about how the feat of realizing the dream of Chile hosting the 1962 World Cup was created.

62: Historia de un mundial

2017

Papá mono poster
2.0

Caco, an irreverent grandfather, decides to stay for a few days in the house of Francisca, his newly divorced daughter who lives with her 11 year old son Nico. Caco with his unconventional and politically incorrect solutions, helps Francisca and her son to solve different problems.

Papá mono

2017

En terapia poster
NR

Follows the development of five psychological patients through nine sessions each.

En terapia

2019

Isabel poster
6.6

From a young age, Isabel was willing to break all the socially accepted standards of her time to pursue happiness and blaze her own path. Then, at the peak of her career, she receives the devastating news that her daughter is on the verge of dying. The pain may have bent her, but it never broke her.

Isabel

2021

La canción de tu vida poster
NR

Eight people meet the famous Chilean radio host, "El Rumpy," and tell him about their love or heartbreak experiences. Be it a drama or a happy ending, there is a song that is part of the story, and the story is part of the song.

La canción de tu vida

2014

Los mil días de allende poster
6.9

The story of the Salvador Allende, former president of Chile, from his presidential campaign to the day of his death on 11 September 1973. Part of the special programming for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the coup.

Los mil días de allende

2023

Príncipes de barrio poster
4.4

A teenager fulfills his dream of entering the professional football world.

Príncipes de barrio

2015

Mira tú poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mira tú

2002

Guerilleros poster
NR

Exclusive testimonies of the actions taken by Chilean guerilla organization FPMR. The stories about the memebers killed in the confrontations against the CNI and the new way of fighting against the oppression Pinochet's dictatorship.

Guerilleros

2015

No artwork available
NR

In southern Patagonia, a detective digs into the disappearance of a Mexican archaeology student who was searching for Chile’s mythical Friendship Island, where extraterrestrial activity and people vanishing have been reported.

Hidden Island

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