After a period in Europe he went on to Cuba to work with some of the most important South American directors of his time, such as Humberto Solás (La Cantata de Chile) and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, winning the Best Actor award for his role as 'El Conde' in Gutiérrez Alea's The Last Supper at the 1978 Festival Internacional de Cine de Biarritz.
Solas | Humberto Suazo | SOLAS | Humberto Maschio | Humberto Gatica | Luis Humberto Crosthwaite | Humberto Zurita | Humberto Soto | Humberto Solás | Humberto Solas | Humberto Quintero | Humberto López y Guerra | Humberto Álvarez Machaín | Carlos Humberto Reyes | Carlos Humberto Paredes |
When Humberto Solas founded the Cine Pobre Film Festival in 2003, the choice of Gibara as the principal venue was quite unexpected.