{{Short description|Argentine actor, screenwriter, and psychiatrist (born 1963)}} {{Distinguish|Diego Perotti}} {{Infobox person | image = Diego Peretti (cropped).jpg | caption = Peretti in 2014 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|02|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|screenwriter|psychiatrist}} }} '''Diego Peretti''' (born 10 February 1963) is an Argentine actor, screenwriter and former psychiatrist.
== Life and career == Born in Buenos Aires on 10 February 1963 and raised in the neighborhood of Constitución, Peretti was the son of immigrants to Argentina (an Italian school teacher on physics and maths and a Spanish clothier).<ref name="lanacion">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/lifestyle/diego-peretti-un-galan-atipico-nid646386/|website=La Nación|date=24 October 2004|title=Diego Peretti: un galan atípico}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoveloz.com/post/nuestra-militancia-era-mas-apasionada_24106|website=InfoVeloz|date=18 June 2011|title="Nuestra militancia era más apasionada"}}</ref><ref name="tn" /> He studied at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and the Medical School of the UBA, after which he completed a four-year residency to train as a psychiatrist at the Hospital Castex in San Martín.<ref name="tn">{{Cite web|url=https://tn.com.ar/show/famosos/2023/02/10/los-60-anos-de-diego-peretti-el-psiquiatra-que-quiso-ser-futbolista-y-termino-como-un-actor-exitoso/|website=Todo Noticias|date=10 February 2023|title=Los 60 años de Diego Peretti, el psiquiatra que quiso ser futbolista y terminó como un actor exitoso}}</ref> In his youth, he was a member of the Intransigent Party.<ref name="lanacion" />
He practiced as a psychiatrist for fourteen years. Peretti started his acting film career with an appearance in ''{{ill|El sueño de los héroes|es|El sueño de los héroes (película)}}''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://launion.com.ar/nota/-32768/2017/03/tres-viejos-amigos-y-un-reencuentro-poco-deseado|website=Diario La Unión|date=16 March 2017|title=Tres viejos amigos y un reencuentro poco deseado}}</ref> He took part in several movies and TV series, including the 2004 romantic comedy ''No sos vos, soy yo'', and his most famous rol as Emilio Ravenna in the satire ''Los Simuladores'' a popular TV series aired on Telefé. He starred opposite Carolina Peleritti in ''¿Quién dice que es fácil?'', and, drawing on his background in psychiatry for a number of roles, has starred in a number of crime dramas, including ''Bottom of the Sea'' (''The Bottom of the Ocean'', 2004), ''Wakolda'' (2013), ''The Heist of the Century'' (2020), ''Tiempo de Valientes'' (''A Time for Valor'', 2005), and ''La Señal'' (''The Signal'', 2007).<ref>[http://www.pagina12.com.ar/2001/suple/Radar/01-07/01-07-29/nota2.htm ''Página/12''] {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.clarin.com/suplementos/mujer/2005/02/22/m-00411.htm ''Clarín'': Diego Peretti] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020040655/http://www.clarin.com/suplementos/mujer/2005/02/22/m-00411.htm |date=2007-10-20 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref>
In 2012, he starred in a show named ''En terapia'', which was the local adaptation of In Treatment aired on TV Pública, the public channel managed by the National Government.
==Filmography== === Film === {{Column list| *''{{ill|El sueño de los héroes|es|El sueño de los héroes (película)}}'' (1997) *''Punto muerto'' (short subject - 1998) *''Cohen vs. Rosi'' (1998) *''Mala época'' (1998) *''Los últimos días'' (1999) *''Alma Mía'' (1999) *''{{ill|Los Pintín al rescate|es}}'' (2000) *''{{ill|Taxi, un encuentro|es}}'' (2001) *''El Fondo del Mar'' (2003) *''No sos vos, soy yo'' (2004) *''Tiempo de Valientes'' (2005) *''¿Quién dice que es fácil?'' (2007) *''La Señal'' (2007) *''Música en espera'' (2009) *''Al final del camino'' (2009) *''{{ill|Un amor (2011 film)|es|Un amor|lt=Un amor}}'' (2011) *''Maktub'' (2011) *''En fuera de juego'' (2011) *''{{ill|La reconstrucción|es|La reconstrucción (película)}}'' (2013) *''Wakolda'' (2013) *''Papeles en el viento'' (2015) *''Showroom'' (2015) *''No Kids'' (2015) * ''Mecánica popular'' (2016) *''The Night My Mother Killed My Father'' (2016) *''{{ill|Casi leyendas|es}}'' (2017) *''Ten Days Without Mom'' (2017) *''Re loca'' (2018) *''Initials SG'' (2019) *''The Heist of the Century'' (2020) *''{{ill|La noche mágica|es}}'' (2021) *''{{ill|Ecos de un crimen|es}}'' (2022) *''{{ill|La ira de Dios|es}}'' (2022) *''{{ill|Doble discurso|es|Doble discurso (película)}}'' (2023) }}
=== Television === {{Column list| *''Poliladron'' (1994) *''R.R.D.T'' (1997) *''Gasoleros'' (1998) *''Champions of Life'' (1999) *''Culpables'' (2001) *''Máximo corazón'' (2002) *''Los Simuladores'' (2003) *''Locas de amor'' (2003) *''Botines'' (2005) *''Criminal'' (2005) *''El hombre que volvió de la muerte'' (2007) *''En terapia'' (2012-2014) * ''El reino'' (2021) }}
==Awards==
===Nominations=== * 2013 Martín Fierro Awards ** Best actor of miniseries<ref>{{cite web |url= http://personajes.lanacion.com.ar/1680794-todos-los-nominados-a-los-martin-fierro-2014|title= Todos los nominados a los Martín Fierro 2014|trans-title=All the nominations for the 2014 Martín Fierro|language= Spanish|author= |date= 15 April 2014|publisher= La Nación|accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref>
== Personal life == He has a daughter, actress Mora Peretti, who was conceived with his wife Natalia.<ref>[https://www.a24.com/primiciasya/diego-peretti-pense-iba-aconsejarle-hija-vivir-lugar-18052021_NchuzcQ8H Diego Peretti: Jamás pensé que iba a aconsejarle a mi hija vivir en otro lugar<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Cinenacional name|id=diego-peretti|old_id=11405|name=Diego Peretti}} * {{IMDb name|id=0673391|name=Diego Peretti}}
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