Héctor Noguera


Héctor Eugenio Noguera Illanes was a Chilean television, theatre and film actor, and also a theatre director.

Life and career

Noguera was the son of Héctor Noguera Prieto. He studied at Colegio San Ignacio school and graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He was married to Isidora Portales and they had two daughters, Amparo and Piedad. Later, he married Claudia Berger and had three children with her, Diego, Emilia and Damián. Héctor debuted on the fotonovelas "Ecran" and "Cine Amor" in the 1960s and on the film El Chacal de Nahueltoro directed by Miguel Littín.
Noguera is best known for his telenovelas at TVN like "Sucupira", "Romané", "Pampa ilusión", and others. In 2003, he joined Canal 13 with Machos, which was a great success. He won the APES award for "Best Actor" in 1996, 2000 and 2003 for his roles in "Sucupira", "Romané" and "Machos", respectively. In 2015, the Havana Film Festival New York awarded him the Havana Star Prize for "Best Actor" for his role in the Uruguayan film Mr. Kaplan. He was part of Chilevisión where he recorded "Sin Anestesia" and "Mujeres de Lujo".
In 2015 he received Chile's National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts.
Noguera died from cancer on October 28, 2025, at the age of 88.

Filmography

Telenovelas and television series

  • 1963 – El invernadero Jaime Callifer
  • 1965 – El litre 4196 Gerardo Olivares
  • 1967 – Los días jóvenes – Álvaro Arrau
  • 1972 – La sal del desierto – Bernardo Covarrubias
  • 1975 – Parejas de trapo
  • 1975 – La pérgola de las flores – Carlucho
  • 1977 – Padre Gallo – Patricio
  • 1985 – Matrimonio de papel – Javier Moyano
  • 1988 – Semidiós – Ponce
  • 1991 – Volver a empezar – Ignacio Urmeneta
  • 1992 – Trampas y caretas – Américo
  • 1993 – Ámame – Américo de Bantes
  • 1994 – Rompecorazón – Alvaro Sulivan/Mario Barrientos
  • 1995 – Estúpido Cupido – Obispo
  • 1996 – Sucupira – Federico Valdivieso
  • 1997 – Oro verde – Ignacio Meyer
  • 1998 – Sucupira, la comedia – Federico Valdivieso
  • 2000 – Romané – Melquiades Antich
  • 2001 – Pampa ilusión – William Clark
  • 2003 – Machos – Ángel Mercader
  • 2004 – Tentación – Julián Domínguez
  • 2006 – Descarado – Franco Miretti
  • 2006 – Huaiquimán y Tolosa – Carlos Montoya
  • 2007 – Heroes – Ambrosio O'Higgins
  • 2007 – Lola – Carlos Aguirre
  • 2009 – Sin anestesia – Dr. Alfonso Valenzuela
  • 2010 – Mujeres de lujo – Ronny Palma
  • 2011 – Infiltradas – Faustino Santo Domingo
  • 2012 – La sexóloga – Hernán "Nano" Hidalgo
  • 2014 – Las 2 Carolinas – Rolando Vallejos
  • 2014 – Sudamerican rockers – Alfredo Benítez
  • 2017 – Perdona nuestros pecados – Obispo Subercaseaux
  • 2017 – Neruda, la serie – Senador
  • 2018 – Casa de muñecos – Sergio Falco
  • 2019 – Juegos de poder – Patricio Egaña
  • 2020 – Historias de cuarentena – Aníbal Bustamante
  • 2021 – Pobre novio – Arturo Thompson
  • 2023 – Como la vida misma – Armando Morales
  • 2024 – El señor de La Querencia – Mons. Mariano Echaurren
  • 2025 – Aguas de oro – ''Ernesto Ruiz-Tagle''

Films