Osvaldo Laport

Osvaldo Laport was born in Juan Lacaze, Uruguay, from Rubens Sixto and Teresa Natividad. He worked at several casual jobs during his youth. His brother Luis Udaquiola was detained and tortured, suspected of being linked to the guerrilla group Tupamaros. He moved to Buenos Aires in 1976 and started to study drama at Luis Tasca's Drama School. In order to support his acting classes and pay his room in a hotel downtown he had to work in some jobs as clown, warehouse employee and bricklayer. In 1979, he met Viviana Sáez in the same school, whom he married the following year (they have one daughter, Jazmín, born in 1995). In 2006, Laport became UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. He played Martín Fierro in the television sitcom Son de Fierro (2007–2008). Other than the name, the character has no relation with the famous Martín Fierro poem. In 2009, Laport was the first Goodwill Ambassador to visit internally displaced camps and urban refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The trip had an extensive coverage in the media and a prime-time TV documentary shown in Argentina and Uruguay. == Filmography ==

Television • Cara a Cara (1983) as Bruno • Lucía Bonelli (1984) as Eduardo • Duro Como la Roca... Frágil Como el Cristal (1985) • Amor Prohibido (1986) • Tu Mundo y el Mío (1987) • Estrellita Mía (1987) as Miguel Ángel • Ella Contra Mí (1988) as Roberto • Pasiones (1988) as Juan • Pobre diabla (1990) as Ariel Mejía Guzmán • Cosecharás Tu Siembra (1991) as Luca Vanzini • Más Allá del Horizonte (1994) as Catriel • El día que me quieras (1994) as Lucho • El Último Verano (1996) as Diego Morán • 90-60-90 modelos (1996) as Martín Lescano • Milady, la Historia Continúa (1997) as Federico De Valladares • Susana Giménez (1998) • Campeones de la Vida (1999) as Guido Guevara • Franco Buenaventura, el Profe (2002) as Franco Buenaventura • Soy Gitano (2003) as Amador Heredia • Amor en Custodia (2005) as Juan Manuel Aguirre • Brujas (2005) as Vicente Soler • Collar De Esmeraldas (2006) as Martín Rivera • Son de Fierro (2007–2008) as Martín Fierro Film • Maldita Cocaína - Cacería en Punta del Este (2001) as Danny Fusco • Sólo un Ángel (2005) as Gonzalo Ruben == Awards ==

• Martín Fierro Awards • 2000: Best Actor in Comedy (Campeones de la Vida) - Won • 2005: Best Actor in Comedy (Amor en custodia) - Won • 2006: Best Actor in telenovela (Collar de Esmeraldas) - Nominated • 2007: Best Actor in Comedy (Son de Fierro) - Nominated • 2013: Best actor of daily comedy (Mis amigos de siempre) - Nominated ==References==