Diego Peretti

Acting

Diego Peretti

Born

1963-02-10 (63)

Place of birth

Balvanera, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Diego Peretti is an Argentine actor, screenwriter and former psychiatrist. He began his career in the late 1980s in theatre. He made his television debut in 1993 in Zona de Riesgo and in film in 1997 with El sueño de los héroes. He rose to prominence with the television series Los Simuladores (2002-2004) (sometimes considered "the best Argentine series of all time") in which Peretti played Emilio Ravenna and also contributed to the scripts.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 12 titles

Therapy Done Right poster
7.4

A psychoanalyst who's lost faith in traditional therapy crosses every boundary to help a blocked novelist in this cutting Argentine dark comedy.

Therapy Done Right

2026

The Heist of the Century poster
7.7

In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina. How they robbed the Rio bank is as surprising as what happened afterwards. This is their story.

The Heist of the Century

2020

The Wrath of God poster
6.3

Convinced the tragic deaths of her loved ones were orchestrated by a famous novelist she worked for, Luciana turns to a journalist to expose her truth.

The Wrath of God

2022

Today We Fix the World poster
6.7

David Samaras, "el Griego", is the general producer of the popular talk show "Hoy se arregla el mundo", where supposedly ordinary people resolve relationship, couple, friendship, work, parent and child conflicts. The most enduring bond in his life is Benito, his 9-year-old son, the fruit of a casual relationship. The story changes completely when he learns that Benito is not his son. The search for the real dad will lead them to a crossroads much bigger than the one they set out to face.

Today We Fix the World

2022

Echoes poster
6.2

Julián Lemar, a best-selling suspense writer, goes on vacation with his family to a cabin in the woods. During a strong storm, the power goes out and a woman shows up desperately asking for help: her husband killed her son and now he wants to kill her. From that moment on, danger and deception are a constant threat and for Julián a hellish night begins until he discovers the truth.

Echoes

2022

Risa and the Wind Phone poster
8.3

Risa, after her father's death, discovers she has the ability to communicate with him from beyond the grave. As she explores this supernatural connection, she faces emotional challenges and family secrets that will test her faith in what she thought was possible.

Risa and the Wind Phone

2026

La casa poster
7.0

After many years working for a multinational company, Hugo Vaca is laid off and must face the harsh reality of the job market. On the verge of despair, he connects through a friend with a group of investors who offer to buy his house, valued at one million dollars, at 50 percent of its value, but with usufruct rights until his death. Cornered by reality, he accepts the deal, but things end up becoming much more complicated than he expected.

La casa

2026

Bad Christmas poster
7.5

A peaceful Christmas Eve is interrupted when a thief breaks into a villa. When the family’s little daughter mistakes him for Santa Claus and asks him to fulfill her Christmas wish, he will be forced to perform a miracle that will redeem secrets from the past.

Bad Christmas

2021

Death of a Comedian poster
5.6

Actor Juan Debré has spent a lifetime playing the hero in a TV series while remaining detached from his own identity. When diagnosed with a terminal illness, he embarks on a surreal journey to Belgium, birthplace of his childhood comic book idol, in search of meaning and perhaps redemption.

Death of a Comedian

2025

Ellipsis poster
5.5

Leo is a successful author of mystery novels, who writes under the pseudonym Cameron Graves. While penning his next book in an isolated chalet, he receives a strange visit from Jota, a somewhat troubling character, who claims to be a journalist. No one is aware of Leo’s true identity and only Victoria, his agent, knows his whereabouts, so... How has Jota managed to track him down? What are his intentions? A dark secret linked to Adriana, his young lover, seems to be behind the mysterious visit. Lies, betrayal, threats and death will be the order of the day as the two characters go head to head in a merciless duel.

Ellipsis

2024

Más respeto que soy tu madre poster
6.4

Mirta is doing her best to navigate the social and economic crisis pummeling Argentina on the eve of the 21st century, after all, she's got an unemployed husband, three stressed-out kids, and a drug addict father-in-law to look after. As the crisis promises to boot the family from the middle class, Mirta decides to open a pizzeria that will serve slices with lots of laughs and extra drama.

Más respeto que soy tu madre

2022

Double Speech poster
7.6

An image consultant helps a corrupt politician form a romantic attachment with a journalist who despises him.

Double Speech

2023

2010s · 16 titles

10 Days Without Mom poster
7.1

Vera, the Mom, is stressed out of her mind and she decides to take a vacation away from her family, so Victor, the dad, has to take time off work to take care of the family.

10 Days Without Mom

2017

The German Doctor poster
6.5

Patagonia, 1960. A German doctor meets an Argentinean family and follows them to a town where the family will be starting a new life. The family welcomes the doctor into their home and entrust their young daughter to his care, not knowing that he is one of the most dangerous criminals in the world.

The German Doctor

2013

Super Crazy poster
6.7

A 36-year-old meek woman realizes that there’s younger people trying to outpace her doing much less, so she makes a risky change by removing her filter.

Super Crazy

2018

No Kids poster
6.5

Gabriel has been separated for four years now. Since then his 8 year old daughter is the center of his life. Completely avoiding getting involved in a new romantic relationship, Gabriel focus all his energy in his daughter and work. This plan gets spoiled when Vicky, a platonic love from his adolescence, now a beautiful and independent woman appears in his life. When romance is about to start, she puts one condition: She would never get involved with a man with children. She just does not want children in her life. When Gabriel is confronted with this, he says he has no children. From that moment on his life becomes a torment, playing every trick at hand in order to hide his child and belongings from Vicky in every date.

No Kids

2015

The Night My Mother Killed My Father poster
5.9

Isabel is torn between the need to feel valued as an actress and her insecurities and contradictions. One night, she hosts a very special dinner: her husband Ángel, who is a scriptwriter, and Susana, Ángel's ex-wife and film director, want to convince Argentinian actor Diego Peretti to star in a movie. But at some point something unexpected happens that surprises everyone and disturbs the evening.

The Night My Mother Killed My Father

2016

Papeles en el viento poster
6.2

When El Mono dies, his three longtime friends try to recover from the loss and want to secure his little girl's future. But for Fernando, Mauricio and El Ruso this will not be easy. They decide to recover a big investment El Mono had made when he had bought a soccer player who was supposed to become a star.

Papeles en el viento

2015

Initials S.G. poster
5.9

An aging, Argentine, Serge Gainsbourg wannabe struggles to deal with a career he can't seem to get on track, an affair he doesn't want, and a crime he didn't mean to commit.

Initials S.G.

2019

The Reconstruction poster
6.4

Eduardo is an obsessive and efficient oil plant worker who finds his solitary routine is altered when summoned to travel to Ushuaia for a few days. The trip and reunion with an old friend and his family tested and make something in it is in motion allowing you rebuild your past, present and maybe the future.

The Reconstruction

2013

Offside poster
4.9

Diego, an Argentine doctor traumatized by the soccer since his childhood, is not satisfied with his life. Javi is a representative of kids who start playing soccer, a Spanish third division manager who dreams of an opportunity to change their fate. Suddenly, the discovery of a young Argentinian star, will join Diego and Javi in a common adventure, full of surprises and and picaresque.

Offside

2012

Casi leyendas poster
5.9

Axel, a Spaniard with Asperger syndrome, decides to travel to Buenos Aires in search of his former companions, with whom he formed in the past a music band that was not successful. Axel meets again with Javier, a geography teacher, and Lucas, a health visitor; three estranged friends who reluctantly come together to become the ones they never were: almost legends.

Casi leyendas

2017

Maktub poster
7.7

The title refers to those strange coincidences that happen to us sometimes and that seem inevitable, like a product of destiny. Inspired by the experience of a Canarian child victim of cancer, the film is conceived as a Christmas story.

Maktub

2011

One Love poster
5.7

A summer vacation in the 70s. Lalo and Bruno are teenagers doing nothing on days full of nothing. But on a hot and humid afternoon, and without asking for permission, Lisa arrives smashing more than the letargy of the town. Thirty years later Lisa comes again to interfere in the lives of these two adults.

One Love

2011

Surviving the 70's poster
5.0

A disgruntled book editor is about to commit suicide when he is interrupted by a woman, who threatens to do the same if he does not read her book.

Surviving the 70's

2015

Aráoz y la verdad poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aráoz y la verdad

2015

Showroom poster
5.6

Out of work, Diego has only one goal: to return to live in the Capital no matter the cost. After leaving his family in Delta del Tigre, he becomes an obsessive salesman inside a building's showroom: a perfect model that will lead him to experience absurd situations on the verge of madness.

Showroom

2014

Más adelante poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Más adelante

2010

2000s · 10 titles

The Bottom of the Sea poster
7.0

An architect trails a man who was hiding under his girlfriend's bed.

The Bottom of the Sea

2003

It's Not You, It's Me poster
6.4

Thirty-year-old Javier is a surgeon and in his free time works as a disc jockey. He decides to marry and move to the United States with his girlfriend María. They make all their plans; they wed, and then María is the first to move and make contacts in their new home, while Javier packs up in Argentina and prepares to start his new life in the States. While he is on the way to the airport, he receives a call from María telling him that she is confused and has been seeing someone else.

It's Not You, It's Me

2004

On Probation poster
7.5

Mariano is a psychologist who must fulfill community service after losing a lawsuit by a traffic accident. He is forced to provide therapeutic support to Alfredo, a policeman depressed over his wife cheating on him. Mariano is then accidentally involved in a double homicide investigation being conducted by Alfredo.

On Probation

2005

The Pintins to the Rescue poster
6.2

The family Pintín: Ada, Bepo and grandfather Fierro must rescue Luna, the youngest daughter of the family, who was kidnapped by humans and taken to an island that functions as a private zoo.

The Pintins to the Rescue

2000

Al final del camino poster
5.2

A photographer and a journalist who despise each other must pretend that they are a couple when they are sent to cover the story of a guru, and encounter a number of off-the-wall situations en route through Galicia.

Al final del camino

2009

Who Says It's Easy? poster
5.8

A methodical man falls for a pregnant woman with a very particular life story.

Who Says It's Easy?

2007

Music on Hold poster
6.8

Ezequiel is a film music composer that can't find the inspiration he needs to compose a new score and Paula is a pregnant woman recently abandoned by her boyfriend whose mother has just came from Spain to meet her husband. Together they will try to solve their problems.

Music on Hold

2009

The Signal poster
5.9

During the last days of Eva Peron, a pair of low-ranking detectives are thrust into a case of corruption involving the Mafia.

The Signal

2007

Revelaciones poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Revelaciones

2009

Taxi, An Encounter poster
7.7

After robbing a taxi, a man is torn between preserving his life and helping a gunshot victim in the back seat.

Taxi, An Encounter

2001

1990s · 6 titles

Series credits

PH: Podemos hablar poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

PH: Podemos hablar

2017

The Kingdom poster
7.3

After his running mate's murder, a controversial televangelist becomes Argentina's presidential candidate. But nothing about him is as holy as he seems.

The Kingdom

2021

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

Los simuladores poster
8.7

A small team of con artists for hire use their skills to solve common people's life problems.

Los simuladores

2002

En Terapia poster
6.1

En Terapia is a 2012 Argentine remake of In Treatment. The main actors of the 2012 season are Diego Peretti, Julieta Cardinali, Germán Palacios, Ailín Salas, Dolores Fonzi, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Norma Aleandro. The second season added Carla Peterson, Gonzalo Slipak, Roberto Carnaghi and Luisana Lopilato.

En Terapia

2012

Poliladron poster
6.0

Gustavo "el Nene" Carrizo (Adrián Suar) is a con artist and opportunist, but he is also a friendly thief who wins people over with his incredible charisma and his desire to help others. He came to Argentina from Spain with the purpose of avenging the death of his father, assassinated by a gang of drug traffickers. And at the moment of carrying out his revenge, he ran into the police.

Poliladron

1995

Criminal poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

Criminal

2005

Cuestión de sexo poster
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Cuestión de sexo

2007

Campeones de la vida poster
NR

Campeones de la vida is an Argentinian telenovela produced by Pol-ka in 1999 starring Osvaldo Laport, Soledad Silveyra and Mariano Martinez.

Campeones de la vida

1999

Culpables poster
3.7

No synopsis available yet.

Culpables

2001

R.R.D.T. poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

R.R.D.T.

1997

El hombre que volvió de la muerte poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

El hombre que volvió de la muerte

2007

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Alma de artista

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Locas de amor poster
5.2

Locas de Amor was an Argentine series, produced by Pol-ka Producciones and transmitted originally from April to December 2004. It was written and adapted for television by Suzana Cardozo. It was directed by Luis Barone and Daniel Barone. It starred Leticia Brédice, Julieta Díaz and Soledad Villamil. 52 episodes were made. The show tells the story of three young mental hospital inmates: Juana, Simona and María, and their attempts to reinsert themselves into society after being released from the psychiatric institution.

Locas de amor

2004

Otro día perdido poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Otro día perdido

2025

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