ACTORS from Uruguay

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Uruguayan Actors of all time. This list of famous Uruguayan Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. George Hilton (1934 - 2019)

With an HPI of 54.26, George Hilton is the most famous Uruguayan Actor.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.

George Hilton (born Jorge Hill Acosta y Lara; 16 July 1934 – 28 July 2019) was a Uruguayan actor well known for his many spaghetti Western performances. Sometimes credited as Jorge Hilton, he appeared in over 20 Euro-Westerns as well as several giallo and action films. Born in Montevideo, Hilton moved to Italy in 1963, before he got the lead role in the 1964 Italian pirate swashbuckler film The Masked Man Against the Pirates. The film that launched him to fame was Massacre Time (1966), while his roles as Sartana in the 1970 film Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin and Hallelujah in the 1971 film They Call Me Hallelujah made him a spaghetti Western star. Other films he starred in include The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971), El lugar del humo (1979), and Un coccodrillo per amico (2009).

2. Gustavo Rojo (1923 - 2017)

With an HPI of 53.78, Gustavo Rojo is the 2nd most famous Uruguayan Actor.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Gustavo Rojo Pinto (5 September 1923 – 22 April 2017) was a Uruguayan-Mexican actor.

3. China Zorrilla (1922 - 2014)

With an HPI of 47.26, China Zorrilla is the 3rd most famous Uruguayan Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

China Zorrilla (Spanish: [ˈtʃina soˈriʝa]; born Concepción Matilde Zorrilla de San Martín Muñoz; 14 March 1922 – 17 September 2014) was an Uruguayan theater, film, and television actress, also director, producer and writer. An immensely popular star in the Rioplatense area, she is often regarded as a "Grand Dame" of the South American theater stage. After a long career in the Uruguayan theater, Zorrilla made over fifty appearances in Argentina's film, theater and TV. Her career took off in Uruguay in the 1950 and 1960s, later she settled in Argentina, where she lived for over 35 years and was popular on TV, theater, and cinema. At 90, she retired and returned to Uruguay, where she died in 2014. In 2008, Zorrilla was invested Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government and in 2011, the Correo Uruguayo (the national postal service in Uruguay) released a print run of 500 commemorative postage stamps dedicated to her.

4. Bárbara Mori (b. 1978)

With an HPI of 47.24, Bárbara Mori is the 4th most famous Uruguayan Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 37 different languages.

Bárbara Mori Ochoa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbaɾβaɾa ˈmoɾjoˈtʃoa]) (born 2 February 1978) is an Uruguayan-born Mexican actress, model, producer and writer. She is known for playing the main character in the 2004 telenovela Rubí, one of the most successful telenovelas of all time. Since 2005, she has appeared as the lead character in several Hollywood and Bollywood films such as My Brother's Wife (2005), Violanchelo (2008), Insignificant Things (2008) produced by Guillermo del Toro, Kites (2010), Cantinflas (2014) and Treintona, soltera y fantástica (2016). Mori started her career in 1992 as a fashion model at the age of 14, later she became an actress when she co-starred in 1997 on the smash TV-hit Mirada de mujer with TV Azteca; then, she starred in the telenovela Azul Tequila (1998). She has also appeared in several lists as one of the most beautiful Mexican actresses of all time.

5. Natalia Cigliuti (b. 1978)

With an HPI of 23.41, Natalia Cigliuti is the 5th most famous Uruguayan Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Natalia Cigliuti (born September 6, 1978) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Lindsay Warner on Saved by the Bell: The New Class and as Anita Santos Warner on All My Children.