Biography
Villanueva Félix Cosse Vega (born 9 November 1933) is a Uruguayan actor, theater director, and writer who has developed a distinguished career in his country and internationally, especially in Argentina, where he has lived since 1973. Villanueva Cosse is the father of Carolina Cosse, the head of the Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining from 2015 to 2019 and Intendant of Montevideo from 2020.
He began his theatrical training at the El Galpón theater in Montevideo in 1953, continued his studies at the Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art (EMAD) in Montevideo until graduating in 1963, and attended Jacques Lecoq's School of Mime and Theater in Paris.Since 1956 he has performed in more than 60 plays in Uruguay and Argentina, taken part in 20 feature films, and in numerous television series and specials.
In 1963, 1972, 1985, and 1996 he directed 11 plays at El Galpón, Teatro Circular, Teatro del Centro, Club de Teatro, and the Comedia Nacional in Montevideo.
He wrote the musical comedy ¿Quién le teme a Lucila Singer?, performed at the Embassy Theater; Feria del miedo, del amor y de la guerra, performed at the San Martín Theater; Compañero del alma in co-authorship with Adriana Genta, edited by Torres Agüero (1992), and performed at La Campana and El Galpón theaters. He adapted Servant of Two Masters (Goldoni), Lysistrata (Aristophanes), and The Government Inspector (Gogol).Cosse participated, as author and director, in international tours and festivals in Buenos Aires, Zurich, Caracas, Montevideo, New York, Mexico City, San Juan, Milan, and Stockholm, making presentations for El Galpón, Théatre Ecole, Open Theater, Cervantes National Theater, San Martín Theater, and People's Theater, among others.
In Argentina he worked as an actor and director – in 1975, in Querido Mentiroso as George Bernard Shaw, antagonist of China Zorrilla in the role of Mrs Patrick Campbell, and then directing Servant of Two Masters, produced by the actress.
Of his extensive career as a theater director, his most notable productions include Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss, Bohemian Lights by Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill, Cocinando con Elisa by Lucía Laragione, New York by Daniel Dalmaroni, and Marathon by Ricardo Monti.
Filmography
all 22
Movies 17
TV Shows 5
Director 1
self 1
Killer Women (2005)
Epitaphs (2004)
Los simuladores (2002)
Héroes y demonios (1999)
Yepeto (1999)
Plaza de almas (1998)
Foolish Heart (1998)
Endless Summer (1998)
Cuentos de Borges (1993)
El caso María Soledad (1993)
El sur (1992)
¿Dónde estás amor de mi vida... que no te puedo encontrar? (1992)
País cerrado, teatro abierto (1990)
The Loves of Kafka (1988)
A King and His Movie (1986)
Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación (1984)
In Retirement (1984)
Keep Waiting for Me (1983)
Nobody's Wife (1982)
Los superagentes no se rompen (1979)
Proceso a la infamia (1978)
La película (1975)
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GenderMale
Birthday1933-11-05 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceMelo, Uruguay
ChildrenCarolina Cosse
CitizenshipsUruguay
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