Ernesto Malbrán

Biography

Ernesto Fernando Malbrán Vargas (Santiago, Chile, December 25, 1932 – Norway, October 25, 2014) was a Chilean actor, theater and film director, teacher, playwright, and writer. He earned a degree in Literature from the University of Chile and pursued postgraduate studies in the United States at the Yale School of Drama and the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg.

He taught seminars, courses, and workshops on various topics related to literature and drama. A distinguished film actor, he worked in Germany, Norway, Spain, Colombia, and Chile. He was also one of the founders of La Mancha, an international school of gesture and image, located in El Arrayán, Santiago, Chile.