Daniel Hendler

Daniel Hendler
Born	Daniel Hendler (1976-01-03) January 3, 1976 Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality	Uruguayan
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, screenwriter
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Ana Katz
Children	Helena (b. 2008)

Daniel Hendler (born 3 January 1976) is an Uruguayan film, television, and theatre actor who works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, where he lives. He is known for his starring roles in films such as Bottom of the Sea, Family Law, The Paranoids, Phase 7, and award winning Lost Embrace by director Daniel Burman, with whom he worked many times. In 2004, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival for his performance in Lost Embrace. He made his debut as screenwriter and director with the film Norberto's Deadline in 2010. Hendler is part of the generation of actors who revitalized the Uruguayan cinema with films like 25 Watts, and is one of the regular actors of the so-called New Argentine Cinema.

Early life

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1976, Hendler was raised in the neighborhood of Buceo, and also lived in Pocitos, and Cordón. He grew up in a family of Jewish heritage; his father was a merchant and his mother a keen theatergoer. During his youth, Hendler used to play basketball in Hebraica and soccer. He attended the primary Colegio Integral, Hendler said, "I studied in a jewish school and I feel I went through a phase where I wanted to distance from that enviroment, to discern better what I was surrounded with, what I wanted to choose and what I didn't from that set of values." Atypically, he had two bar mitzvah ceremonies because his parents were separated since he was five years old. While he's jewish, he's not religious or believe in God. At 14 he began doing theater with some friends.

He was assistant professor and head of drama at the Catholic University of Montevideo. In 1994, he started to train in acting. He, with a number of friends, created the theatre group "Acapara el 522" (Here-stops the 522), a sort of inside joke and pun where the bus line stop in his hometown. They appeared at the "Youth Contest of Theater in Montevideo", competing with over a hundred plays, and won, "Since then, we made five works, of which three were written and directed by me, another by a friend, and the other by Leo Maslíah, who is like a friend of the group," said Hendler. During his time in "Acapara el 522," he was linked with musician and writer Leo Maslíah, with whom he made a literary workshop, adapted one of his stories, and was directed in the play Abulimia. He also made some short films with Pablo Stoll and Juan Pablo Rebella.

Hendler spent almost five years in the University of Architecture of Montevideo, plus some other years of theatrical training. First, he wanted to be an actor, then musician (studied guitar for several years), then architect, but finally decided on acting. One of his first experiences as an actor was in the play Rompiendo códigos.

Filmography

• Waiting for the Messiah (2000)
• 25 Watts (2001)
• Every Stewardess Goes to Heaven (2001)
• Sábado (2001)
• El Ojo en la Nuca (2001)
• No sabe no Contesta (2002)
• Bottom of the Sea (2003)
• Lost Embrace (2004)
• Whisky (2004)
• Los Suicidas (2005)
• Queens (2005)
• La perrera (2006)
• La Novia Errante (2006)
• Cara de Queso (2006)
• Family Law (2006)
• La ronda (2008)
• The Paranoids (2008)
• Cabeça a prêmio (2009)
• Phase 7 (2011)
• Los Marziano (2011)
• Mi primera boda (2011)

Television

• Mujeres en Rojo: Despedida (2003)
• Sin código (2004) (uncredited)
• Epitafios (2004) (miniseries)
• Aquí no hay quién viva (2008)
• Mujeres asesinas (2008)
• Para vestir santos (2010)
• Cuando me sonreís (2011)
• Los únicos (2011)
• Televisión x la inclusión (2011)
• Los graduados (2012)

Director

• Norberto's Deadline (2010) (written by)

External links

• Daniel Hendler at IMDb
• Daniel Hendler at Cinenacional.com (in Spanish) Template:Es icon.