Salvador del Solar (born in Lima in 1970) is a Peruvian actor, director, and lawyer. After graduating with a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and studying at Alberto Ísola's workshop, he rose to international fame starring in the acclaimed film Pantaleón y las visitadoras (1999). Expanding his career, he wrote and directed the film Magallanes (2015), establishing himself as a prominent filmmaker. He has also been involved in Peruvian politics, serving as Minister of Culture (2017) and President of the Council of Ministers (2019).

Filmography

• 2026La Gran Sangre: Ojo por ojo
• 2025Astronaut — Javier
• Delirium
• 2025Ramón and Ramón — Writer, Director
• 2023How to Deal with a Heartbreak — Fernando
• 2023Women on the Edge — Edgardo Sanchez Leven
• Los Prisioneros — Fusión Vendor, Director
• 2021A World For Julius — Voz en Off
• 2017Doble — Fede
• 2091 — Gorlero
• The return of Lucas — Reynaldo
• Amor de Madre — Esteban Bermúdez
• 2015Magallanes — Director, Writer
• 2014Back to School — Esteban
• 2014The Vanished Elephant — Edo Celeste
• Comando Elite — Coronel Ignacio Saravia
• Comando Elite — Coronel Ignacio Saravia
• Amar y temer — Simón Oviedo "El Destructor"
• Correo de Inocentes — Sergio Gaviria
• 2011Greetings to the Devil — Moris
• Regreso a la guaca — Mayor Álvaro Loaiza
• 2009Write Me - Postcards to Copacabana — Felipe
• 2008El acuarelista — Ernesto
• Sin retorno — Rafael
• 2007Muero por Muriel
• Sin Verguenza — Julián Gutiérrez.
• Amores de mercado — Eulalio Ocando Savater
• 2005Piratas en el Callao — Capitán del Windhont
• 2004El atraco — Raúl
• 2001Bala perdida
• 2001El bien esquivo — Carracedo
• Pobre Diabla — Andrés Mejía-Guzmán López
• 1999At Midnight and a Half — Sebastián
• 1999Captain Pantoja and the Special Services — Pantaleon Pantoja
• 1999Courage — Humberto

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Pataclaun — Himself