Daniel Hendler (born 3 January 1976) is a Uruguayan film, television, and theatre actor and director, who has mostly worked in Argentina. Hendler made his feature film debut, starring as the protagonist, Ariel Goldstein, in Daniel Burman's Jewish-themed comedy drama, Waiting for the Messiah (2000), for which he was nominated for Breakthrough Actor by the Argentine Film Critics Association. Prominent roles followed in 25 Watts (2001) and he again worked with Burman in Todas las azafatas van al cielo (2002), Lost Embrace (2004) and Family Law (2006). For his role as Ariel Makaroff in Lost Embrace, he was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 54th Berlin International Film Festival. Hendler was nominated for Best Actor by the Argentine Film Critics Association for both Lost Embrace and Family Law. In 2003, he starred as protagonist and neurotic architect in Damián Szifron's film, Bottom of the Sea, receiving a nomination for Best Actor from the Argentine Film Critics Association. Prominent roles followed in The Paranoids (2008), Phase 7 and the box office smash, Mi primera boda (2011). In 2012, he starred in the telenovela, Graduados, which became a phenomenon in Argentina. He reunited with Burman for Argentina's first original Netflix series, Edha (2014). He later starred in The Lost Brother (2017) and The Intruder (2020). He starred in two seasons of the acclaimed Netflix comedy series, División Palermo (2023-2025) by Santiago Korovsky. He made his debut as screenwriter and director with the film Norberto's Deadline in 2010. He has since written and directed A Loose End (2025) and 27 Nights (2025). Hendler is part of the generation of actors who revitalized the Uruguayan cinema with films like 25 Watts, and is one of the regular actors of the so-called New Argentine Cinema. (Via Wikipedia)