The Most Famous
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 53.05, George Hilton is the most famous Uruguayan Actor. His biography has been translated into 19 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.
2. Gustavo Rojo (1923 - 2017)
With an HPI of 50.75, Gustavo Rojo is the 2nd most famous Uruguayan Actor. His biography has been translated into 19 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 46.23, China Zorrilla is the 3rd most famous Uruguayan Actor. Her biography has been translated into 19 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 (1978 - )
With an HPI of 45.94, 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 (1978 - )
With an HPI of 19.47, 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 a Uruguayan-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.
Pantheon has 5 people classified as actors born between 1922 and 1978. Of these 5, 2 (40.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living actors include Bárbara Mori and Natalia Cigliuti. The most famous deceased actors include George Hilton, Gustavo Rojo, and China Zorrilla. As of April 2022, 1 new actors have been added to Pantheon including Natalia Cigliuti.
Living Actors
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George Hilton
1934 - 2019
HPI: 53.05
Gustavo Rojo
1923 - 2017
HPI: 50.75
China Zorrilla
1922 - 2014
HPI: 46.23
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