Tristán (actor)
Tristán | |
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,_detalle.JPG) Tristán in La guerra de los sostenes (1976) | |
| Born | Tristán Antonio Díaz Ocampo 27 October 1936 Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 25 March 2023 (aged 86) Córdoba, Argentina |
Tristán Antonio Díaz Ocampo (27 October 1936 – 25 March 2023), best known as Tristán, was an Argentine actor and comedian, whose career spanned over five decades.
Life and career[edit]
Born in Pergamino, orphan of his father, Ocampo started working at the age of ten as a baker and then made a large number of low-paid jobs, including dishwasher, waiter, shop assistant, street vendor and door-to-door salesman.[1] He started his career as a comedian in the late 1950s, in the radio show Farandulandia.[1] He adopted his stage name as some of his relatives considered his artistic activity dishonourable.[1] In 1960, he moved to Buenos Aires, where he had his breakout in the television show Telecómicos, and later became active in revue theater and films.[1] Specialized in slapstick and physical stunts, in the mid-1980s he also had a one-man-show, Las travesuras de Tristán.[1] After over two decades of large popularity, starting from the late 1980s the physical comedy went progressively out-of-fashion in Argentina and Tristán focused his activities on stage.[1] In 2015, his career had an unexpected relaunch from the villain role of "El coronel" in the TV drama series Historia de un clan, which got him a Martín Fierro Award for best supporting actor.[1][2] In 2018, he was accused by actress Rita Pauls, the daughter of writer Alan Pauls and a colleague in the series, of sexual harassment, an accusation he denied, describing it as a "looking for fame" attempt.[3]
In December 2019 Tristán fell and broke his hip, never fully recovering.[1][3] He died of bilateral pneumonia on 25 March 2023, at the age of 86.[1][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Courau, Guillermo (25 March 2023). "Tristán, el actor que comenzó a trabajar por necesidad a los 10 años e hizo del humor un oficio, a pesar de que nunca se reía". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Murió Tristán: el cómico falleció hoy a los 86 años". Infobae (in European Spanish). 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Murió Tristán a los 86 años, el humorista que compartió escenario con los mejores capocómicos del país". Clarín (in Spanish). 25 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.