In 1994, Cuban actor Jorge Perugorria landed one of the most prestigious roles imaginable in his native country, with a lead in the penultimate work of celebrated director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Although the film -- a gentle and thoughtful comedy-drama entitled Strawberry and Chocolate (1994) -- did not officially mark Perugorria's debut (several minor-league efforts had preceded it), it did catapult Perugorria from obscurity to instant stardom, thanks to his accomplished turn as Diego, a homosexual, bohemian iconoclast who falls hard for a heterosexual Communist (Vladimir Cruz). The effort also paved the way for extensive additional film work by Perugorria, in Cuba and around the globe. At this point, Perugorria -- a Havana native who grew up in the Wajay District and spent his early years as an actor doing Cuban nationalist theater -- moved squarely into features and maintained a prolific output; after a second collaboration with the late Alea (on Guantanamera), he quickly extended his reach into features produced in other Spanish-speaking countries. Efforts included the Mexican-Spanish co-production Edipo Alcalde (1996), the Spanish-Italian-French co-production Bambola (1996), and the Spanish-French effort Volaverunt (1999) as Francisco de Goya. Perugorria received a great deal of international attention when he teamed up with another top-tiered Cuban director, Humberto Solas, for a lead as a Cuban exile searching for information on his parentage in the 2001 arthouse hit Honey for Oshun. In the years that followed, Perugorria signed for a role that poised him for even greater global acclaim and recognition, as Joaquin in Steven Soderbergh's massive, ambitious three-hour Che Guevara biopic Che.
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7 Days in Havana
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Amor Cronico
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Ticket to Paradise
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2010 | |||
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Che
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2008 | |||
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Che, Part 1
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2008 | |||
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Horn of Plenty
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2008 | |||
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La Mala
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2008 | |||
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The Heart of the Earth
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Rosa de Francia
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2006 | |||
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@Festivbercine.ron
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Ants in the Mouth
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2005 | |||
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Barrio Cuba
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2005 | |||
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Caribe
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2004 | |||
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Habana Abierta
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2003 | |||
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Roble De Olor
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2003 | |||
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Rencor
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2002 | |||
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Honey For Oshun
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2001 | |||
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Vajont
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2001 | |||
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Estorvo
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2000 | |||
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Great Day in Havana
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2000 | |||
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Tierra Del Fuego
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2000 | |||
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Waiting List
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2000 | |||
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Cuando vuelvas a mi lado
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1999 | |||
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Volaverunt
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1999 | |||
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Doña Bárbara
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1998 | |||
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Amor Vertical
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1997 | |||
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Life According to Muriel
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1997 | |||
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Things I Left In Havana
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1997 | |||
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Bambola
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1996 | |||
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Edipo Alcalde
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1996 | |||
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Oedipus Mayor
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1996 | |||
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Guantanamera
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1995 | |||
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La Sal de la Vida
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1995 | |||
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Strawberry and Chocolate
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