Fabián Arenillas

Acting

Fabián Arenillas

Born

1963-03-31 (63)

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Acting

Credits

75 titles

Fabián Arenillas was born in 1964 in Bánfield, Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Ciega a citas (2009), Son of the Bride (2001) and Thesis on a Homicide (2013). Studied acting with Carlos Moreno, Augusto Fernandes, Norman Briski and Ricardo Bartis. Father of Mora Arenillas.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 23 titles

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

Notes for My Son poster
7.4

Battling terminal cancer, a woman writes a one of a kind notebook about life, death and love for her son to remember her by. Based on a true story.

Notes for My Son

2020

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

Neither Hero Nor Traitor poster
6.8

Matías dreams of going to study music in Spain. He must convince his girlfriend to join him later and deal with his father's opposition. But the board changes completely when the Falklands war is declared and he is called to fight.

Neither Hero Nor Traitor

2020

Bigli poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bigli

2021

A Summer Tale poster
NR

Jorge hustles his way through Buenos Aires' ruthless financial district, making cash and enemies by the minute. Crude, chaotic, and a magnet for disaster, he's burned just about every bridge, including the one to his estranged daughter. But after a near-fatal heart attack, Jorge is hit with an unfamiliar urge: to become a better man. Or at least look like one. Fueled by guilt, nicotine, junk food, and questionable life choices, he sets out to win back his daughter's trust and prove he’s changed – without actually changing too much. Because old habits die hard… and Jorge's aren't even close to dying.

A Summer Tale

2025

Causality poster
6.3

Claudia shows up at a bar to meet Luis, a doctor who contacted her through a dating app. Claudia doesn't suspect what fate has in store for her. A kidnapping that ends with an inevitable and unpredictable death. A suspense story with surprising twists until the last second, narrated in a sequence shot without cuts.

Causality

2021

Yes, Over poster
4.0

A private detective spends her days in her car following a suspect she hardly ever sees. As she tries to make progress with the case, she reviews her closest ties. The unexpected appearance of Alicia, a neighbor, disrupts the investigation and her personal life.

Yes, Over

2026

Paytime poster
7.2

An Argentinian money exchanger finds himself involved in a series of problems that lead him on a marathon odyssey against the clock.

Paytime

2024

The Star I Lost poster
10.0

Renowned actress Norma Reyes rehearses a mediocre commercial play while her daughter Celeste decides to move out. Despite the stress of the premiere and the pain caused by her daughter's absence, Norma carries on.

The Star I Lost

2024

Sentadas en el umbral poster
5.0

Teresa and Valeria, two lawyers who successfully solve a case, discover that they were actually used and in an unexpected action decide to take revenge.

Sentadas en el umbral

2020

Flipper poster
6.0

A man steals his wife's diamond ring and sells it to buy a pinball. Three friends travel to the coast to buy a pinball but are scammed and receive unexpected help. A woman accidentally kills her lover, disposes of his body, and later learns that he might have diamonds on top of him. Three absurd stories of love and crime around the popular machines.

Flipper

2021

Frozen Heels poster
NR

In the heart of downtown Buenos Aires, Celia —a young prostitute— learns the know-how from the experienced Betty.

Frozen Heels

2026

Death Doesn't Exist, and Love Doesn't Either poster
6.9

Emilia is a young psychiatrist living in Buenos Aires with her boyfriend. She has a steady life but is not fully satisfied. She receives an invitation to go back to her hometown in Patagonia to spread Andrea's ashes, Emilia's best friend who died five years earlier.

Death Doesn't Exist, and Love Doesn't Either

2020

Ecosistemas de la Costanera Sur poster
4.0

A documentary about the Costanera Sur (south boardwalk) of Buenos Aires, Argentina, including Super 8 filmmakers, conspiracies, choripanes and myths.

Ecosistemas de la Costanera Sur

2020

Chaco poster
7.8

In 1934, Bolivia is at war with Paraguay. Liborio and Ticona and other Bolivian indigenous soldiers are lost in the hell of the Chaco, under the commandment of German Captain Kundt. They're looking for the Paraguayan enemy that they haven't seen for months, and that they will never find. They leave together in a search that will make them realize, progressively, the destiny they have been pushed into and the inevitable condition of a defeated troop. They're walking like shadows, wandering forever in the middle of dust and silence.

Chaco

2020

Esencial poster
10.0

A couple, dragged by the bustle of their daily lives, are increasingly estranged from each other. With the arrival of the pandemic and social isolation, despite the vicissitudes, they work to recover what they had joined: the essential.

Esencial

2021

Los Amigos del Anillo poster
2.5

A conspiracy bromance in quarantine times

Los Amigos del Anillo

2020

Un jabalí al acecho poster
NR

A corrupt high-ranking police chief associated with a drug trafficker, a beautiful young woman who uses him as a mule, an innocent young man with family problems, are the three protagonists of this noir detective story.

Un jabalí al acecho

2021

No Guilt poster
6.8

The life of Berta Muller, a successful writer, is shaken when, at the peak of her career, she is exposed in the media for plagiarism. Far from taking responsibility, she will deny the accusations and try to justify himself ridiculously, even if it means exposing all her darkness.

No Guilt

2024

Erdosain poster
9.0

A film adaptation of the TV series "Los siete locos y los lanzallamas" by Roberto Arlt.

Erdosain

2020

No Exit poster
10.0

A movie about human trafficking.

No Exit

2024

Biónica poster
8.5

A quadriplegic woman undergoes unusual treatment to regain her mobility and also gain other skills.

Biónica

2025

2010s · 21 titles

Thesis on a Homicide poster
6.3

Roberto is a Law professor whose life is thrown into chaos when he becomes convinced that one of his best students has committed a brutal murder. Determined to uncover the truth, he begins a personal investigation…

Thesis on a Homicide

2013

Death in Buenos Aires poster
5.9

Detective Chávez, a family man and a tough cop, is put in charge of the investigation into a homicide that took place in the most exclusive circles of high society 1980s Buenos Aires. At the crime scene, Chávez meets officer Gómez, nicknamed The Goose, a good-looking rookie who becomes his right-hand man and goes undercover as bait to catch the murderer.

Death in Buenos Aires

2014

The Sharks poster
6.2

While a rumor about the presence of sharks in a small beach town distracts residents, 14-year-old Rosina begins to feel an instinct to shorten the distance between her body and Joselo's.

The Sharks

2019

The Mystery of Happiness poster
6.2

Life-long business partners Santiago and Eugenio care for each other, and need each other. When Eugenio suddenly vanishes, Santiago and Eugenio’s wife, join forces to look for him. What they discover is not what they set out to find, and their shared journey becomes a surprising and lighthearted meditation on friendship, love, and loyalty.

The Mystery of Happiness

2014

Videogames poster
8.0

Rocío can’t handle the idea of separating from her best friend, who’s about to move and change schools. Her pain and frustration translate into spite until the increasing tension between them becomes irreversible when they clash in a duel at the arcade where they meet every afternoon.

Videogames

2014

3 poster
5.1

Dissatisfied with his new life (and wife), a man tries to insinuate himself back into the home of the ex-wife and daughter he left ten years before.

3

2012

The Last Party poster
4.8

Alan, Dante and Pedro are three friends who grew up together from an early age. One of them ends a long relationship with his girlfriend and remains disconsolate. His two friends decide to lift his spirits by organizing a party.

The Last Party

2016

No artwork available
NR

A marriage enters into crisis due to a “health” issue. They have decided to quit smoking and their lives, more or less ordered, slide towards disaster. Or is quitting smoking not a vice like any other?

No fumar es un vicio como cualquier otro

2011

Strangers in the Night poster
4.3

When Martín and Sol try to solve the enigma of a missing neighbor, they will discover that nothing is what it seems, that your hearing can trick you just like your imagination and that your heart is a double-edged weapon.

Strangers in the Night

2012

Ningún amor es perfecto poster
9.2

No synopsis available yet.

Ningún amor es perfecto

2012

Tres historias cuatro poster
NR

Susana receives an envelope with photos that demonstrate her husband's infidelity. In the same building, in other apartments, a woman who hopes to be the winner of the lottery; a teenager is locked in his room; and a man who cooks for someone who doesn't arrive.

Tres historias cuatro

2012

Juan & Eva poster
5.4

The earthquake in the city of San Juan, in January 1944, is the origin of the love story between Juan Domingo Perón (Osmar Nunez) and Eva Duarte (Julieta Diaz). He was a colonel in the Army and she was a popular radio actress. Eva collaborates with other artists in the collection organized by Peron, from the Secretary of Workr, to raise funds for earthquake victims. Neither then imagine what the future holds them.

Juan & Eva

2011

How to Win Enemies poster
5.8

Lucas, a young lawyer obsessed with crime novels, turns a chance encounter with a beautiful woman into a date ending in his bed. But when he wakes up alone, missing a secret stash of cash, the game’s afoot. Inspired by his favorite gumshoes, Lucas looks for clues. What was once a love story becomes the caper to end all capers.

How to Win Enemies

2015

Bruja poster
7.6

A single mother is an expert in black magic, but has never used it to do evil, until a prostitution network kidnaps her daughter.

Bruja

2019

Alelí poster
6.8

The death of patriarch Alfredo sends his heirs into a downward spiral. With the pending sale of their beach house, a repository of childhood memories, three siblings’ long-simmering resentments are brought to a full boil.

Alelí

2019

Invisible poster
5.7

Ely is 17 years old. After school, she works few hours at a pet shop. When Ely learns that she is pregnant, her inner world explodes even though she tries to go on with her daily routine as if nothing was different. She is afraid and upset, and she knows that, whatever she decides to do, there is no turning back.

Invisible

2017

Recetas para microondas poster
5.0

The story of a woman, her lovers, the man who raped her, and the son that came out from that rape.

Recetas para microondas

2018

Two Shots Fired poster
5.6

Mariano, 16, inexplicably and without warning, shoots himself twice and improbably survives. Then, life goes on. His brother pursues a romance with a girl working at a fast-food joint, his mother takes off on a trip with a stranger, and Mariano recruits a woman to join his medieval wind ensemble.

Two Shots Fired

2014

Justo en lo mejor de mi vida poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Justo en lo mejor de mi vida

2017

Lobos poster
5.8

The Nieto family lives off crime: Assaults and express robberies commanded by policeman Molina, who orders the missions. Nieto executes them, with his son-in-law Boris as henchman. Nieto is already over 60 years old and wants to retire and leave something to his children, Nati, hairdresser, Marcelo, the youngest son who works security in a company and does not want to get involved in these jobs. A final mission could give Nieto the tranquility of retirement and some well-being for his family. But things do not go as expected. Marcelo must return to action and the situation will go from bad to worse.

Lobos

2019

En crítica poster
NR

Buenos Aires. 1928. Midnight at the editorial department of the mythical newspaper 'Critica'. Once again, Roberto Arlt (one of the most renowned Argentine writers) must go on the hunt for a sensationalist story.

En crítica

2014

2000s · 13 titles

Son of the Bride poster
7.5

At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past.

Son of the Bride

2001

El Polaquito poster
6.8

At age 13, a street kid known as "El Polaquito" makes his living mostly by singing tangos on Buenos Aires commuter trains. He falls in love with a 16 year old prostitute, also working for the Mafia controlling child exploitation in one of Argentina's busiest train stations. He tries to rescue her from this cruel life with no future. But to do so, he must confront the ruthless adult gang leaders, as well as the young kids who protect them, believing that this Mafia is truly their only option.

El Polaquito

2003

Empty Nest poster
6.3

Empty Nest tells the story of a couple who have to struggle to find themselves after their children grow up and move out. It starts out as a fairly simple story of a couple but becomes complicated by a series of events that may or may not be occurring only in Leonardo’s mind.

Empty Nest

2008

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

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

Captain Evita poster
8.0

A mix of fiction and documentary, "Evita Capitana" takes place in the final of the 1951 Argentina's soccer championship, where Banfield faced the then imposing Racing Club. An important political figure sides with Banfield, representing the humble and needed, but power thinks otherwise.

Captain Evita

2000

Normal, así lo resuelve Trovato poster
6.5

In a secondary school where classes have not been taught for the last five years, teachers must resume their "usual" task, given the arrival of a new director.

Normal, así lo resuelve Trovato

2005

Felicidades poster
8.0

Three stories of ordinary people intersect on Christmas Eve: a dentist desperate to find his son's toy; a writer who is not happy and decides to look for the woman of his dreams; and a doctor who intends to flirt with a Spanish woman.

Felicidades

2000

Elementary Training for Actors poster
5.0

Sergio is a drama teacher for children. Through his classes we learn something about him and his students. Pain is above fear. Children can only act as children. A child cannot act as a policeman, an old man, a prostitute, for example. The great advantage of a child is that he is the only one who can act as a child naturally. Therefore, their greatest competitors are animals.

Elementary Training for Actors

2009

Encarnación poster
6.2

This film focuses on an aging starlette (Silvia Perez) was once an it-girl. She returns to her hometown for her niece's birthday party and has to deal with her conservative family who does not agree with her chosen lifestyle.

Encarnación

2007

The Magic Gloves poster
6.4

This film follows the crisscrossed fortunes of, among others, a rock musician, a flight attendant, a dog walker with an alarming penchant for over-the-counter medication, and a cab driver, who doesn’t really care about his life spiralling out of control, as long as he can sit in his old Renault 12.

The Magic Gloves

2003

Bahía mágica poster
7.0

A ship supposedly loaded with toys from the East, sails to the south coast of Argentina while hiding, inside its false bottom, a deathly load of radioactive residue

Bahía mágica

2002

No Escape poster
6.0

The spiritual journey of a man with a debt that cannot be paid. In a Korean supermarket not too important, a small embezzlement is discovered. Luciano, a young man who works there, is pressured by the Koreans to return the money he stole in less than twenty-four hours.

No Escape

2003

Series credits

Sres Papis poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sres Papis

2014

Casados con Hijos poster
8.1

Argentine re-make of American television series Married... with Children. It follows the Argento family and their lives.

Casados con Hijos

2005

Montecristo poster
5.3

Montecristo was an Argentine telenovela produced by Grupo Telefe, premiered on April 24, 2006, on Telefe, which achieved great national and international success.

Montecristo

2006

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

Tu parte del trato poster
5.1

No synopsis available yet.

Tu parte del trato

2019

Community Squad poster
8.0

The members of a diverse vigilante group formed to boost the police's image are put in jeopardy when they stumble upon an unexpected drug deal.

Community Squad

2023

Monzón: A Knockout Blow poster
6.4

The story about Argentinian boxer Carlos Monzón in his career and life in prison.

Monzón: A Knockout Blow

2019

Apache: The Life of Carlos Tevez poster
7.7

This gritty dramatization of the life of Carlos Tevez shows his rise to soccer stardom amid the harrowing conditions in Argentina's Fuerte Apache.

Apache: The Life of Carlos Tevez

2019

Hermanos y detectives poster
8.3

An administrative police officer, Franco Montero, receives as an inheritance the care of a half-brother that he did not know. Lorenzo Montero, a child prodigy with an IQ of 200 who changes his way of life and his work. The eleven-year-old's intelligence puts Franco and his assistant Gustavo Mansilla in charge of the homicide division. By deducing and exploring the three, they solve the most striking cases.

Hermanos y detectives

2006

En viaje poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

En viaje

2017

Coppola, the Agent poster
8.1

The life and stories of Guillermo Coppola, famous "bon vivant" and Diego Armando Maradona's agent.

Coppola, the Agent

2024

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Santos y pecadores

2013

Variaciones Walsh poster
10.0

In each episode, which takes place independently of each other, commissioners Jiménez (Luis Luque) and Laurenzi (Darío Grandinetti) must solve different police cases that will be presented to them and will be a challenge for them, for which they will receive the help of the editor literary Daniel Hernández (Nicolás Cabré) who is looking to write a book about crimes.

Variaciones Walsh

2015

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

Nébulo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nébulo

2018

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cartoneros

2016

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Final de juego

2002