Nicolás Saavedra

Acting

Nicolás Saavedra

Born

1975-09-18 (51)

Place of birth

Santiago, Chile

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

Known for

Film credits

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

The Dance of Reality poster
7.2

'Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.' This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. He was born in 1929 Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.

The Dance of Reality

2013

Tiempos menos modernos poster
8.5

Payaguala, a gaucho living in a desolate area of Patagonia, lives alone in a ranch raising sheep and chickens. As the story begins, we watch a small plane arriving at a desolate airport, then a van is seen traveling to an unknown destination. What is going on, one wonders. Well, it appears Payaguala is getting a box, but he does not even open the door of his shack-like house to receive the messenger.

Tiempos menos modernos

2012

Boca de pozo poster
2.3

Lucho, 48, has been working as a roughneck for a drilling company for the last years. At first, his bulky salary allowed him to explore a life that he had always dreamed of. Over time, the harsh and monotonous work forces him to spend most of his time isolated affecting his ability to think clearly. He becomes trapped... and not even his trailer mate can help him.

Boca de pozo

2014

Alma poster
4.5

Fernando is married to Alma, a very funny woman with bipolar disorder, which kicks him when she learns that he no longer supports her. When Alma meets an Argentine suitor Fernando reacts discovering that still love her. But it's too late.

Alma

2015

Broken Panties poster
4.1

The imminent death of a matriarch forces her whole family to reunite. From her dying confession, other hidden episodes will come to light. Each of the family members will face what they would prefer remained buried. Nobody is free of killing for love.

Broken Panties

2018

Santiago Violenta poster
5.3

Mauro, Noel and Broco have been an inseparable group of friends since grade school. All grown up, their lives are not what they hoped they would be. Life has become so routine that they do nothing more than wait for the weekends to drink themselves into oblivion. One night, a chance encounter leads the group on a wild and deadly chase from Santiago's most dangerous crime boss... Forced to make increasingly risky decisions, their frantic, adrenaline fueled desperation brings them closer to a violent, life-changing end where the friendship will be changed forever.

Santiago Violenta

2014

Ventana poster
NR

Five strangers meet on the beach of Ventanas, where the ocean merges with the industrial waste from the area.

Ventana

2014

The Vineyard poster
5.2

The legend of the 'Tierra De Sangre' vineyard... A tale that takes place a century ago, where love and death collide, and the mystery is darker than anyone could possibly imagine.

The Vineyard

2014

El nombre poster
NR

Santiago leaves a small town jail and, finding no job, gets involved in a robbery that goes wrong, ending up committing a crime. Desperate, runs away and hides in a big city using a random fake name, in search for a second chance. However, that name is the same of another man also hiding a dark secret. Completely made with still photos, The Name explores memory, individual responsibility and the chance to start over.

El nombre

2015

2000s · 7 titles

XS - la peor talla poster
4.1

"La peor talla", a Chilean play on words meaning both "the worst size" and "the worst joke"... Upper middle class teens give the big guy with small penis a hard time, so to speak.

XS - la peor talla

2003

Sub terra poster
6.3

Lota, 1897. In the depths of the largest coal mine in the world, a great rebellion is brewing inside a man's heart.

Sub terra

2003

No artwork available
6.7

A man near his 30s and without a partner is thinking about fatherhood.

XX

2006

Mi mejor enemigo poster
7.4

After losing their bearings, a group of Chilean soldiers learns some lessons about their enemy's humanity in this dark comedy set during the 1970s war between Chile and Argentina. Digging in where they are, the troop soon discovers a nearby Argentinean platoon. Unsure how to handle the situation, the two groups start passing notes via a stray dog, and eventually achieve a wary camaraderie.

Mi mejor enemigo

2005

For Rent poster
5.2

Gastón Fernández has arrived at 34 without too much to show or brag about. He has no money, job, girlfriend, friends or life plan. He's a composer that doesn't compose. The one-time "most likely to succeed" at Santiago's Musical Conservatory has passed from promise to failure. He feels he is beginning to wander alone. Isolated and detached. Gastón feels that everyone judges him and see the word loser tattooed on his forehead. At the same time, an alter-ego, a sort of doppelgänger, haunts him.

For Rent

2005

Super poster
5.0

Displays the experiences of diverse groups of people inside a supermarket.

Super

2009

Scrambled Beer poster
7.0

After moving into a new house with his friend, Vladimir starts to notice that he awakes every day in a different week as if he has traveled trough time. Could it be the popular local drink -- beer with eggs?

Scrambled Beer

2007

Series credits

Pasapalabra poster
2.0

Game show in which every episode two contestants team with celebrities to play various games. A team's correct responses in these games score seconds, extending their contestant's time limit in the final game, known as 'el rosco'.

Pasapalabra

2018

Verdades ocultas poster
5.0

A woman is faced with the dilemma of selling her four-year-old daughter. 20 years later, fate will reunite them, unleashing unthinkable consequences.

Verdades ocultas

2017

Sin dios, ni late poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sin dios, ni late

2008

La noche es nuestra poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

La noche es nuestra

2018

La divina comida poster
4.0

Four celebrities invite each other to their homes and compete to be the best host, where night after night they must cook for the other guests, who in turn will be both the judges and their rivals.

La divina comida

2016

Los 80 poster
8.0

The story of the Herreras, a middle-class family living in Santiago of Chile. The plot is set between 1982 and 1989, in the military dictatorship, and revolves around historical events during the 80's, especially the economic crisis of 1982 and the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Santiago.

Los 80

2008

Amores de mercado poster
6.0

'Pelluco' Solís, a young lower-middle class waiter, crosses paths with Rodolfo Ruttenmeyer -a man who looks just like him- in an unfortunate accident that will change their lives forever.

Amores de mercado

2001

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

Brujas poster
4.7

Beatriz married Vicente, her ideal man. The problem is that it was not only ideal for her, but for everyone else. Vicente dies in "a night of passion" from a heart attack, Beatriz's uncontrollable jealousy leads her to hires Dante, a poker player who will seduce the five suspects and by doing so, shed light on to the mystery.

Brujas

2005

Iorana poster
4.5

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

Iorana

1998

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

No artwork available
3.8

Stories centered around the last hours of someone's life. Each episode takes place in one place and with no more than three or four characters.

Tiempo final

2004

Corazón rebelde poster
4.3

During a summer camp, a group of teens spend their vacations with affinities and rivalries on the arise, the time passed there will mark the most important year of their lives. They are united by the same passion: music. But their parents and even the school principal are opposed to fulfilling their dreams.

Corazón rebelde

2009

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

Paola y Miguelito, la serie poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Paola y Miguelito, la serie

2022

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

Gen Mishima poster
NR

“The Future Institute" led by Dr. Mishima is a school for gifted children, in which they seek to create the minds of the XXII century through genetic experimentation. Mishima’s students are at risk because a rival laboratory of genetic research needs their genomes for the development of new drugs and creating new children.

Gen Mishima

2008

No artwork available
4.5

The exploits of an investigative police group that from anonymity, solve intricate criminal cases.

Brigada Escorpión

1997

Adiós al séptimo de línea poster
7.3

The adventures of a Chilean female spy and a small Regiment during the Saltpeter War.

Adiós al séptimo de línea

2010

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La sangre del camaleón

2023

No artwork available
NR

Political series based on the fight that broke out after the attack against Augusto Pinochet in 1986, when the dictatorship through its repressive apparatuses began to persecute and assassinate left-wing militants with impunity.

Amar y morir en Chile

2012

¿Y... si fuera cierto? poster
NR

Dramatic recreations from impressive testimonie that no one can explain yet. Exploring themes and paranormal events such as forces from beyond, ghosts, poltergeist, pyrokinesis, telekinesis, telepathy, among others.

¿Y... si fuera cierto?

1996

Gatas y Tuercas poster
4.0

The funny situations that happen inside and outside a mechanical workshop and the mechanics part of it.

Gatas y Tuercas

2005

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Familia moderna

2015

Fabulosas Flores poster
7.5

When an elderly widow uses a state credit to start a taxi service employing only women, her son must live a lie in order to keep the business afloat.

Fabulosas Flores

2015

Behind the camera