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The renowned actor Daniel Fanego died this Thursday, September 19. The news was confirmed by the Argentine Actors Association through its official X account, in a heartfelt message“It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to our member and former union leader, actor and director Daniel Fanego. With extensive experience in theatre, television and film, he was one of the most beloved and award-winning actors of his generation. We send our most sincere condolences to his family and loved ones, accompanying them in this difficult time,” says the text that received dozens of responses in just a few minutes.
It was also reported that the actor’s farewell will take place on Friday 20th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Legislature of Buenos Aires, located at Avenida Presidente Julio A. Roca 575 in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. According to his son Manuel, the actor passed away at home, “surrounded by the love of family and friends, absolutely at peace.”
Born on March 30, 1955, before dedicating himself fully to acting, Fanego almost completed his law degree, but at the age of 23 he decided that he should follow his deepest desire and went on stage, the place he preferred above all others. He debuted, like Carlos Calvo, Alicia Aller and other actors of his generation, in a controversial play that became a classic of the Buenos Aires scene: The anatomy lessonin 1977. The following year, he was called to join the cast of Mrs. Rosita, the spinster, and continued with The silent woman y Pygmalion.
The actor made his television debut in style: playing Romeo in a special ATC program
Throughout his extensive career, he participated in numerous works such as Porteños, The three sisters, Camille, Twelve men in conflict, Open couple, Medea, The misanthrope, Pygmalion, Flight to Capistrano, Letters from the absent y The lion in winter, Modestly Fanegoamong many others. As a director, he presented the works Sardines, After the rehearsal, Christ Wins, Roberto Zucco, About doubt, Cumbia morena cumbia. He was also one of the founders of the Teatro x la Identidad cycle. “In my youth, I had no political activism or relationship with reality. Rather, I was disconnected, and the theater connected me and gave me an integrality of thought. If there was a place where I was formed, it was in the theater and that was what took me to the highest point of my level of political expression, Teatro x la Identidad, where I try to participate every year,” the actor told the blog Noticias Educativas.
Daniel Fanego at the beginning of his career
But beyond his extensive career on stage, television was quick to add him to its ranks, first as a “heartthrob” and then as the star of soap operas, to which he lent his porteño stamp. His first leading role was in Romeo and Juliet (1981), an ATC special that brought him together with the then teenager Andrea Del Boca. Later, he was one of the boys at the bar The Rafathe great success of Channel 9 in the early eighties. From there, he went directly to head daytime soap operas as a leading man. Mrs. Ordonezalongside Luisina Brando and Arturo Bonín; To love… the savagewith Gabriela Gili and Antonio Grimau; y The Sister-in-lawthe creation of Alberto Migré in which he shared the bill with María Valenzuela and Gustavo Garzón; and My little girlalso with Garzón and Margarita Ros, helped him earn his own place in the world of entertainment.
The leading men of The Sister-in-Law, Fanego, Gustavo Garzón and Eduardo Sapac
In 1993 he decided to give his television career a turn and ventured into comedy, on the program I live with a ghostwhich aired successfully on Channel 13 and starred him alongside Mario Pasik and Alberto Martín. Immediately afterward came The Malesthe weekly dramatic comedy that marked an era and in which he shared the bill with Rodolfo Ranni, Darío Grandinetti and Garzón.
Over the years, he would participate in some of the most popular and critically acclaimed programs, such as The marginal, Epitaphs, Treat me well, The kingdom, The chosen one, Killer women, Black Archive, I will resist, The first of us, Guilty and The bronze garden.
In cinema, he participated in a wide variety of films, among which stand out Betibú, The Angel, Moon of Avellaneda, From the abyss, Accused, Eva does not sleep, Akelarre, The world against me, The loves of Laurita, The clouds, The punk teacher, We almost did not realize, We all have a plan y The Creole Faust. To that long list will be added The Jockeythe film by Luis Ortega that opens in theaters next Thursday.
“I choose the roles based on the empathy I have with them, that is fundamental and then I also pay a lot of attention to the empathy I have with the director,” he said in an interview published by THE NATIONwhen asked about how he chooses which roles to play. “You work very closely in this profession, so if there is no empathy at some point you are going to have problems. That is true regardless of job opportunities and the fact that one works in this field. I say that I like to do what I want to do and I try to put desire into what I do, otherwise it is very difficult to work in something as subjective as acting.”
The actor alongside Celeste Cid in a scene from Resistiré, the soap opera for which he received a Martín Fierro for best supporting actor
Thanks to his talent, he received numerous awards. He won the ACE award for best director for Roberto Zuccoanother as best dramatic actor for The winter lion; a Silver Condor for best supporting actor Moon of Avellanedaanother for The Angel and a third for We all have a plan; the Konex for his theatrical career and also for his work in cinema and a Martín Fierro for his performance in I will resist.
Alicia Zanca and Fanego in a scene from the film The Loves of Laurita
Not even during his days as a leading man did he allow his private life to become a public issue. Jealous of his privacy, Fanego rarely referred to his love relationships, although he did speak proudly about his children, Manuel, who followed in his footsteps in acting, and Camila. “He was the best father in the world,” the actor said goodbye to him. Cris Miró (she/her)in an emotional post on her social networks.
“I am a Buddhist, I belong to a religious group called Soka Gakkai, which is Japanese; both my wife and I practice Buddhism,” he said in January of last year, in conversation with the website Portada de Punta del Este. “I believe that the Law of Cause and Effect is something that governs the universe and that it is an inescapable mystical truth. (…) When we invoke, we do so for world peace, for the happiness of all living beings. Because when one lights a lamp to illuminate the path of another, one illuminates one’s own. When one opens one’s heart, nothing is impossible; when one opens one’s heart, nothing is impossible.”
With information from Pablo Montagna
Conocé The Trust Project
