SLP, Mexico.- Whether due to its participation in To the beat of the sound, The Orphans of the Workin the series Day and night or like Ignatius, in Sapphires, blue madnessthe actor Barbaro Marin has earned an unquestionable place in the history of Cuban cinema.
Born in Havana in 1961, he began his acting career in 1984 in the theater group “Olga Alonso”, directed by Humberto Rodríguez, after graduating from the National School of Art Instructors (ENIA). Since then, his path In the world of acting it would take him to numerous stages and collaborate with renowned film directors.
Under the guidance of Humberto Rodríguez, Marin gave life to characters in works such as Maria Antoniaby Eugenio Hernández Espinosa; Andobaby Abraham Rodríguez; Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare; The ambushby Roberto Orihuela and Requiem for Yariniby Carlos Felipe.
Due to his versatility, he has played roles in theater, film and television. His time in the police series Day and nightbetween 1993 and 1996, stamped its image in the Cuban collective memory.
However, his interpretations in Passion and Prejudice, The Orphans of the Work and Pending Issues They also consecrated him as a leading man of soap operas.
In the cinema we cannot miss the mention of Caravan (1989), Amanda’s prophecies (1998), The horn of plenty (2008), where his talent was expanding.
His profession and ability took him to Colombia in 1996, where he participated in series such as The Toads Cartel and The Capo.
However, after working on several television productions in that country and on four films, he returned to Cuba in 2018 to be closer to his family. family. Since then, he has resided on the Island.
With Tahimí Alvariño, who was his romantic partner, he filmed a film in the Dominican Republic, The Sharkwhich appears on his social networks as Marín’s most recent work in cinema. The film’s synopsis states that “Three couples from Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti unite their destinies in search of a better life… but a shark will change the course of their journey.”
In the tragicomedy directed by Dominican filmmaker and actor Félix Germán, Marín and Alvariño share the screen with Dominicans Dalisa Alegría and Mozart La Para, and Haitians Dominique Telemaque and Cyndie Lundy.
The former couple also premiered the television program “Alianza en la casa” on the Cubavisión channel in 2022.
Actor and musician
In an interview with broadcaster Bárbara Sánchez Novoa, the artist said this year that he identifies more with another of his passions: music.
“I think I’m more of a musician who acts, without having studied music, and it’s not that I want to call myself a musician or anything, but it’s what I have most inside me, what I’m most passionate about of all is music, not the acting,” he said.
In the conversation, he revealed that he has sung with Carlos Varela in concerts in Bogotá, with David Torrens, with Kelvis Ochoa, with Polito Ibáñez.
At the Madrigal café bar, in Vedado, Marín has a musical club with guests every week.
