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Spanish actor. He started his career in theatre in 1939, when he was only 17, with the support of the director Modesto Higueras and the painter José Caballero. His first works were as actor, set decorator and costume designer in non-commercial amateur theatre plays, basically at the 'Teatro de las Organizaciones Juveniles (TOI)' and at the TEU. In cinema, he started as a costume designer in films mostly directed by José López Rubio and Rafael Gil and as an assistant director to Pío Ballesteros and Enrique Herreros.
His debut as a professional actor was in 1946 at the 'Teatro María Guerrero' theatre in Madrid, playing roles in plays like 'El Anticuario', 'El vergonzoso en palacio' or 'La dama boba'. Later he formed part of the companies owned by Conchita Montes and Alberto Closas. His debut as a cinema actor was also in 1946 with a little role in _María Fernanda la Jerezana (1946)_. In 1951, in the film _Esa pareja feliz (1951)_, he appeared in the credits together with two debutant key directors in Spanish cinema: Juan Antonio Bardem and Luis García Berlanga.
His first roles were comic roles in general, and increasingly important. In 1958 he started to have his first successes ('Una muchachita de Valladolid' in theatre together with 'Elisa Montes' and Alberto Closas, and The Little Apartment (1958) in cinema together with Mary Carrillo and Concha López Silva).
Since that moment on, he acted in the best theatre companies and also became an almost indispensable figure in Spanish cinema in the following two decades. Some of his best films from this stage are El cochecito (1960), Placido (1961), Robbery at 3 O'clock (1962) and The Executioner (1963). He met film-makers like Marco Ferreri, Juan Antonio Bardem, José María Forqué and Luis García Berlanga, who were able to extract from his funniness amazing nuances like tenderness, dirtiness, meanness, absurd and even nonsense. His popularity raised dramatically after he worked together with Gracita Morales in several films of less importance under the direction of Mariano Ozores and also performed the main role in the TV series "Tercero izquierda".
In the early 70s he surprisingly started to do good dramatic performances in films like _Peppermint frappé (1967)_, The Garden of Delights (1970), _Bosque del lobo, El (1970)_ (Best Actor Award in the 1971 Chicago Film Festival), _Mi querida señorita (1971)_ (Best Actor Award in the 1972 Chicago Film Festival), _Cabina, La (1970) (TV)_ (winner of an Emmy Award), or Habla, mudita (1973). He made a great success with these films which even got stronger after the international effects caused by his TV film 'La cabina' and his contribution to George Cukor's Travels with My Aunt (1972). And this success set the rest of his career, full of successful films both dramatic and comic (_Escopeta nacional, La (1978)_, _Verdad sobre el caso Savolta, La (1979)_, La colmena (1982), _Corte del faraón, La (1985)_, Mi general (1987), _Largo invierno, El (1991)_...
In 1985 he received the 'Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes' (Arts Gold Medal).- Actor
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Agustín González was born on 24 March 1930 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Belle Epoque (1992), Estudio 1 (1965) and The Grandfather (1998). He died on 16 January 2005 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Javier Bardem belongs to a family of actors that have been working on films since the early days of Spanish cinema.
He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, to actress Pilar Bardem (María del Pilar Bardem Muñoz) and businessman José Carlos Encinas Doussinague. His maternal grandparents were actors Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, and his uncle is screenwriter Juan Antonio Bardem. He got his start in the family business, at age six, when he appeared in his first feature, "El picaro" (1974) (A.K.A. The Scoundrel). During his teenage years, he acted in several TV series, played rugby for the Spanish National Team, and toured the country with an independent theatrical group. Javier's early film role as a sexy stud in the black comedy, Jamón, Jamón (1992) (aka Ham Ham) propelled him to instant popularity and threatened to typecast him as nothing more than a brawny sex symbol. Determined to avert a beefcake image, he refused similar subsequent roles and has gone on to win acclaim for his ability to appear almost unrecognizable from film to film. With over 25 movies and numerous awards under his belt, it is Javier's stirring, passionate performance as the persecuted Cuban writer, Reynaldo Arenas, in Before Night Falls (2000) that will long be remembered as his breakthrough role. He received five Best Actor awards and a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal.- Actor
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Luis Tosar was born on 13 October 1971 in Lugo, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Cell 211 (2009), Sleep Tight (2011) and Take My Eyes (2003). He has been married to María Luisa Mayol since 10 August 2015. They have two children.- Actor
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He began the studies of law. But after his participation in the universitary theater he left the university and entered the school of dramatic arts in Madrid. In 1945 he debuted in the proffesional theater, and in the cinema in 1947.- Actor
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Fernando Rey, the great Spanish movie actor primarily known in the United States for his role as "Frog One" in The French Connection (1971) and its sequel, was born Fernando Casado D'Arambillet on September 20 1917, in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, the son of Colonel Casado Veiga. Originally, the young Fernando intended to become an architect. However, when the Spanish Civil War erupted in 1936, his architectural studies were interrupted, and he gained employment as a movie extra. He took the stage name "Fernando Rey" at the beginning of his career, equivalent, in English, to "Fernando King". Eight years after his movie debut, he was cast in his first major speaking role, as the Duke de Alba in José López Rubio's 1944 movie "Eugenia de Montijo".
Rey enjoyed a long and prosperous career as an actor in movies, the theater, radio, and television. He also was a major voice-over artist in Spain, narrating films and dubbing the voices of actors in foreign films. Rey's most fruitful collaboration was with the great director Luis Buñuel, which began during the 1960s and continued thought the 1970s. The films that Rey appeared in for Buñuel' made him an international star, the first produced by the Spanish cinema. By the early 1970s, Rey's career reached its high point, with his co-starring role in "The French Connection" (Best Picture Oscar Winner for 1971) and his starring role in Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) ("The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie", Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner for 1972). Rey followed up these successes by appearing in The French Connection (1971) in 1974, and Buñuel's tandem That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) ("That Obscure Object of Desire"), an art-house hit that was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Ironically, in the film, Rey's voice was dubbed into French by Michel Piccoli. That same year, he won the Best Actor prize at Cannes for Carlos Saura' Elisa, My Life (1977).
Many honors came to Rey in the twilight of his career, during the 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded at San Sebastián and Cannes, and was presented with the gold medal of the Spanish Art and Movie Sciences Academy. He became the president of that Academy from 1992 till his death from cancer two years later.- Actor
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Francisco Rabal -- Paco to everyone -- was born in the mining camp where his father worked. His mother owned a small mill. At the age of six, with the Civil War breaking out, the family emigrated to Madrid and he started working as a street salesman and later in a chocolate factory, which later led to him working as an electrician in the Chamartín Film Studios. It was here he started in his first films in crowd scenes and so on. However, following advice from people like Dámaso Alonso, he found his way into the theatre and in 1950 started working with José Tamayo where he met Asunción Balaguer, who was to become his wife and inseparable companion for the rest of his life. One of the plays he starred in was a Spanish version of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." The big breakthrough came when he met Luis Buñuel, one of the greatest of Spanish film directors. They became great friends, in part due to their similar philosophies on life. Nazarín and Viridiana remain as hallmarks of that early period. However, with maturity and the passing of the Franco Régime, Rabal's best work was yet to come, and indeed culminated with his exceptional rôle in _Santos Inocentes, Los (1984)_, one of the best three or four Spanish films of all time. In 1987 he made a wonderful TV series called Juncal (1989) which was probably the character which mostly resembled the real-life Paco Rabal: a veritable "truhan" -- a roguish rascal. However, he has played the character of the Aragonese painter Francisco Goya in three different films, a personage who he became heavily identified with. It is in this period that he received his highest awards in Spain, Cannes, Montreal, etc. He is the only Spanish actor to have been given a Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of his native Murcia. Returning from the XXV Montreal Festival where he was homaged for a lifetime's work, he died over the English Channel aboard the aeroplane bringing him from London to Madrid and, despite the emergency landing in Bordeaux, nothing could be done for him. The pressure inside the plane aggravated his chronic bronchitis and started a fit of coughing which he was not able to overcome. He has published a few books which he called "some little things of mine," but most notably his collection of verses and "coplas" in 1994 and a little later collaborated with Agustín Cerezales on his biography "Si yo te contara" (If I told you all about it). His daughter, Teresa Rabal, is a successful actress, singer and TV presenter, while his son, Benito, also works as film director.- Actor
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Juan Luis Galiardo was born on 2 March 1940 in San Roque, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain. He was an actor and producer, known for El caballero Don Quijote (2002), Familia (1996) and El vuelo de la paloma (1989). He was married to María Elías and Juana Prieto. He died on 22 June 2012 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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He debuted in theater when he was 19 years old and later he worked in the company of the Lara theater where he played as a first actor during 16 years. He participated in a short in 1912 but his cinematographic career mostly began on the 30s, working more in cinema than in theater in the 40s and later on. Of short height and simple character, he usually played secondary roles of the typical spaniard with all its virtues and prejudices.- Actor
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Rafael Alonso was born on 5 July 1920 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for The Grandfather (1998), La colmena (1982) and El baile (1959). He died on 24 October 1998 in Madrid, Spain.- Antonio Ferrandis was born on 28 February 1921 in Paterna, València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain. He was an actor, known for Verano azul (1981), Tiempo y hora (1965) and ¿... Y el prójimo? (1974). He died on 16 October 2000 in València, València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain.
- José Bódalo was born on 24 March 1916 in Córdoba, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Django (1966), Estudio 1 (1965) and El crack (1981). He died on 24 July 1985 in Madrid, Spain.
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Antonio studied journalism, but he always knew he wanted to be an actor. He worked as a sports journalist in Canal Sur Radio and Television. During this period, he often traveled to Madrid so he could assist to the Cristina Rota acting school. His first role in cinema was in Los peores años de nuestra vida (1994) as Emilio Martínez-Lázaro. He succeeded on TV with Padre Coraje and Lleno, por favor. He is known for acting in a lot of Spanish short films. He has worked many times with Daniel Sánchez Arévalo in these short films. Antonio acted on this director's first film called AzulOscuroCasiNegro (2006), which lead him to win The Goya Award as Best Secondary Actor. Antonio has worked also many times with Álex de la Iglesia as a supporting actor, but it was in 2010 when he had the leading role in Balada triste de trompeta, being nominated to The Goyas Awards. In 2009, he took again the leading role in a Sánchez Arévalo film called Gordos, a comedy. He gained 33 kilos to play his role as Enrique. Because of that character, he was rewarded with his second nomination to The Goyas Awards. During next years he kept acting in Daniel Sánchez Arévalo films, as La isla interior (2009), Lope (2010) and Primos (2011). In December 2008, Antonio starred in a stage play named La taberna fantástica, written by Alfonso Sastre and directed by Gerardo Malla. Later, in 2012, he was nominated to The Goyas Awards as Best Leading Role and as Best Supporting actor for his performances in Grupo 7 and Invasor, winning neither of them. He played the leading role in Raúl Arévalo's debut as a film director in Tarde para la ira in 2016. In 2018, Antonio de la Torre starred in El reino with Mónica López and directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen. Antonio received his second The Goya Award as Best Leading Role because of this film.- Actor
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Born in La Rioja (Spain) in 1967. Soon he moved to Madrid to graduate in Dramatic Arts. He use to work as an usher at the Fígaro Theatre in Madrid. His stage debut was in "El caballero de Olmedo" by Félix Lope de Vega back in 1991. After his great success in the TV-sitcom 7 vidas (1999), he worked with Pedro Almodóvar in the acclaimed Talk to Her (2002).- Actor
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José María Prada was born on 31 March 1925 in Ocaña, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He was an actor, known for The Hunt (1966), Aunt Tula (1964) and Estudio 1 (1965). He died on 13 August 1978 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain.- Actor
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Juan Diego was born on 14 December 1942 in Bormujos, Seville, Andalucía, Spain. He was an actor and producer, known for Los hombres de Paco (2005), Cabeza de Vaca (1991) and El triunfo (2006). He was married to Maria Ruiz. He died on 28 April 2022 in Madrid, Spain.- His professional debut took place in 1934 with the Enrique Rambal company, in a spectacular production of "Around the World in 80 Days." After the Spanish Civil War ended, he became part of the Isabel Garcés company Between 1940 and 1943, while he also played important roles in various films. However, he soon returned to the theater, forming his own company and specializing in comedy. He headed it and stayed away from film business until the '60s, when his face returned to the silver screen and was usual in television programs.
- Guillermo Marín began alternating the lyrical genre with the dramatic in the twenties, because his mother was an actress. One of his first interventions as a baritone was in the company of Salvador Videgain and Pepe Moncayo meeting at the opening of the Chueca theater in Madrid in 1926. Trained in the theater during the 20s in Ricardo Calvo theatre company, his stage career spanned 40 years. During these 40 years he formed his own company several times, got several hits and received twice the National Theatre Award in 1970 and 1982. Considered an institution in the Spanish theater, he remained onstage until his death, at 83 years and a few months after playing "Cassandra." He had many and memorable film appearances in the '40s, specially under director Edgar Neville's orders, specializing in distinguished roles. Guillermo Marín was very appreciated in the profession and managed to shoot in some international productions that got popularity at the time.
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Cassen was born on 28 October 1928 in Tarragona, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor and writer, known for 07 con el 2 delante (Agente: Jaime Bonet) (1966), Placido (1961) and De professió: A.P.I. (1988). He was married to Mary Carmen Crespo. He died on 4 August 1991 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Actor
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Juanjo Menéndez was born on 15 May 1929 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for Ninette y un señor de Murcia (1984), Verde doncella (1968) and Historias de Juan Español (1972). He was married to Noelle. He died on 7 November 2003 in Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Juan Diego Botto was born on 29 August 1975 in Buenos Aires City, Distrito Federal, Argentina. He is an actor and director, known for La Celestina (1996), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) and On the Fringe (2022). He has been married to Olga Rodriguez since 2015. They have one child.- Actor
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During the spanish civil war he goes with his family to Buenos Aires. There he studies in the Escuela de Arte Dramatico of Margarita Xirgu. He debuts in cinema in 1946 in Argentina and in 1955 he comes back to Spain and still working in cinema and theater. He is the owner of the Marquina theater in Madrid.- Actor
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Imanol Arias began his career with a traveling theatre group in Spain performing in Euskadi (Basque Country). After minor roles on stage, he travels to Cuba to shoot Cecilia (1982) directed by Humberto Solás. In 1987 he won the Concha de Plata of the San Sebastian Film Festival for the biography of Eleuterio Sánchez, El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987) directed by Vicente Aranda.- Actor
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Lluís Homar was born on 20 April 1957 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Broken Embraces (2009), Eva (2011) and Bad Education (2004).- Actor
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Antonio Banderas, one of Spain's most famous faces, was a soccer player until breaking his foot at the age of fourteen; he is now an international movie star known for playing Zorro in the eponymous movie series.
He was born José Antonio Domínguez Banderas on August 10, 1960, in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. His father, Jose Dominguez, was a policeman in the Spanish civil guards. His mother, Doña Ana Banderas Gallego, was a school teacher. Young Banderas was brought up a Roman Catholic. He wanted to play soccer professionally and made much success playing for his school team until the age of 14, albeit his dream ended when he broke his foot. At that time, he developed a passion for theatre after seeing the stage production of "Hair". Banderas began his acting studies at the School of Dramatic Arts in Málaga, and made his acting debut at a small theatre in Málaga. He was arrested by the Spanish police for performance in a play by Bertolt Brecht, because of political censorship under the rule of General Francisco Franco. Banderas spent a whole night at the police station, he had three or four such arrests while he was working with a small theatre troupe that toured all over Spain and was giving performances in small town theatres and on the street.
In 1979, at age 19, he moved to Madrid in pursuit of an acting career. Being a struggling young actor, he also worked as a waiter and took small modeling jobs. At that time, he joined the troupe at the National Theatre of Spain, becoming the youngest member of the company. Banderas' stage performances caught the attention of movie director Pedro Almodóvar, who cast the young actor in his movie debut Labyrinth of Passion (1982). Banderas and Almodovar joined forces in making innovative and sexually provocative movies during the 1980s. In 1984, Banderas made headlines in Spain with his performance as a gay man, making his first male-to-male on-screen kiss in Almodovar's Law of Desire (1987). Banderas' long and fruitful collaboration with Pedro Almodóvar eventually prepared him for international recognition that came with his work in the Academy Award-nominated film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988). In 1991, he appeared as an object of Madonna's affection in Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991).
In 1992, Banderas made his Hollywood debut with The Mambo Kings (1992). Because he did not speak English at that time, his dialogue for the movie was taught to him phonetically. Banderas shot to international fame with his sensitive performance as a lover of Tom Hanks' AIDS-infected lawyer in Philadelphia (1993), then played opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994). Banderas further established himself as one of Hollywood's leading men after co-starring in Evita (1996) opposite Madonna in the title role. In 1998, he won acclaim for his portrayal of Zorro, opposite Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones, in The Mask of Zorro (1998). For the role as Zorro, Banderas took training with the Olympic national fencing team in Spain, and practiced his moves with real steel swords, then he used the lighter aluminum swords in the movie. He also took a month-long course of horse-riding before the filming. He later returned to the role in The Legend of Zorro (2005). In 1999, Banderas made his directorial debut in Crazy in Alabama (1999), starring his wife, Melanie Griffith. He received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros opposite Salma Hayek in Frida (2002). He voiced Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise.
Banderas established himself as internationally known Latin heartthrob with charismatic looks, and was chosen as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People magazine in 1996. He won numerous awards and nominations for his works in film, including three ALMA awards and three Golden Globe nominations, among many other. From 1996 to 2014, Banderas was married to American actress Melanie Griffith and the couple have one daughter, Stella (born 1996). Outside of his acting profession, Banderas has been a passionate soccer fan and a staunch supporter of the Real Madrid Football Club. He shares time between his two residencies, one in the United States, and one in the South of Spain.- Actor
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José Sacristán was born on 27 September 1937 in Chinchón, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for La colmena (1982), Madrid, 1987 (2011) and El diputado (1978).- Actor
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He abandoned his studies of law for the universitary theater. His debut in cinema was in 1962. During the 60's and 70's he participates mainly in not very good comedies. But in the 80's he has revealed as one of the best spanish actors with films like The Holy Innocents (1984) or The Enchanted Forest (1987).- Actor
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Spanish actor and director of cinema and theater. Son of the actress Carola Fernán Gómez. When he was three years old he comes back to Spain from Argentina. He has written comedies, novels and poem books. He plays a wide repertoire of roles from comedy to drama.- Actor
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José Sancho was born on 11 November 1944 in Manises, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain. He was an actor, known for Live Flesh (1997), Talk to Her (2002) and Curro Jiménez (1976). He was married to Reyes Monforte and María Jiménez. He died on 3 March 2013 in Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.- Actor
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Antonio Resines was born on 7 August 1954 in Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Los Serrano (2003), Cell 211 (2009) and Lucky Star (1997). He was previously married to Marisol de Mateo.- Actor
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Jorge Sanz was born on 26 August 1969 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Belle Epoque (1992), Conan the Barbarian (1982) and If They Tell You I Fell (1989).- Actor
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This actor started learning singing and dancing. Then he had very different occupations, including boxing, and even become to be the light weight amateur champion of Castilla, Spain. Later he entered the theatre in 40s, acting in the companies of Revista of Martín and and Celia Gámez, there coincided as a dancer with another dancer, Nati Mistral famous actress later. His entry in cinema was with little and secondary roles (Los últimos de Filipinas (1945) was his first film), many of them as what in spanish is said to be the 'chulo madrileño' (the typical classic Madrid city man, with his genuine verbal accent and special behaviour). With this type of roles he got great success in the 50's. Once he had become a known actor, he started his career as director and producer. He created his own production company and produced three films, but had no success at all with it and the company went to bankrupt. Finally, he decided to continue as an actor. In 1993 he was paid reverence in the Goya Awards Ceremony for his whole career. His wife Concha Paez dead in August 2017.- Actor
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Juanjo Puigcorbé was born on 22 July 1955 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Juanjo is an actor and writer, known for El amor perjudica seriamente la salud (1996), Mi hermano del alma (1994) and Pepe Carvalho (1999).- Actor
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One of Spain's best-recognized artistic personalities, Jordi Mollà is an actor, director, painter and a writer.
Jordi Mollà Perales was born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Jordi was trained as an actor at the Barcelona Institute of Theatre and he also studied in Italy, Hungary and England. As an actor, he has worked in more than fifteen films, with prestigious directors like Bigas Luna, Montxo Armendáriz, Pedro Almodóvar, Ricardo Franco and Fernando Colomo.
Jordi first received in acclaim in Bigas Luna's "Jamón, Jamón", in 1992. Since then Jordi has appeared in "Historias del Kronen" (1994), Director: Montxo Armendáriz; "La Flor de mi secreto" (1994), Director: Pedro Almodóvar; "La Celestina" (1996), Director: Gerardo Vera; "La buena Estrella" (1997), Director: Ricardo Franco (Nominated for the GOYA Awards); "Los años bárbaros" (1998), Director: Fernando Colomo; "Volavérunt" (1999), Director: Bigas Luna; "Nadie conoce a nadie" (1999), Director: Mateo Gil; "Segunda piel" (1999), Director: Gerardo Vera and "Son de Mar", (1999), Director: Bigas Luna.
Critically acclaimed "Blow" with Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz, was Jordi's debut film in Hollywood.
Jordi has also directed two short films: "Walter Peralta" (Alcalá De Henares Award, Generalitat De Cataluña National Cinematographic Award) and "No me importaria irme contigo". His first feature film as a director, "No somos nadie", produced by Lola Films, will be realised in 2002.
Additionally, Jordi has written two books: "Las primeras veces" and "Agua estancada".
In addition to regularly exhibiting at PicassoMio Galleries, Jordi has exhibited at Sotheby's Gallery, Madrid (2007) and Galeria Carmen DE la Guerra, Madrid. This multi-faceted artist is a self-trained painter, for whom painting is an act of spontaneity. His works often surprise the viewer both with his ability to manage the media and with his power to express himself on canvas or paper.- Actor
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Eduardo Noriega Gómez was born in Santander, Cantabria, Spain. The youngest of 7 siblings, he had shown a very big talent for artistic activities since he was a child. He began taking piano lessons and got into the Santander Music Conservatory, where he studied for five years. His music professors discovered that he had many conditions for playing piano, so they would keep him practicing for hours until he got tired of it and quit. After finishing high school, he decided to become a lawyer and majored at University of Santander, one of the most prestigious universities in Europe.That wouldn't last long either, because he got the acting bug by chance when attended an acting class alongside a friend that wanted to be an actress, he was invited to participate and enjoyed it enough to do that for living. At 19, he relocated to Madrid to start his drama classes at the R.E.S.A.D. (Madrid Acting Conservatory) and tried to continue with Law School attending the U.N.E.D. (a college where people can study even if they live far away), but due to the time the acting classes demanded him, couldn't focus on his other career and quit after passing the first signature. Once at the Conservatory he met Mateo Gil and Alejandro Amenábar, who was searching for good average students to make his first short films. Noriega shot a few shorts with both of them until he landed one of the starring roles in Amenábar's opera prima Thesis (1996). This movie became the most successful movie of the year in Spain and Eduardo Noriega and Fele Martínez became huge stars. In 1996, Eduardo had a tiny part in Pedro Olea's Más allá del jardín (1996) and the main role in Question of Luck (1997), shot in San Sebastián. During the making of this movie, his mother passed away and he channeled his grief into work by making Open Your Eyes (1997), another Amenábar's movie that became one of the suspense classics worldwide. This part gave Noriega his first Goya Award nomination, but he lost to Fernando Fernán Gómez, although he was consecrated as a very promising actor. Soon after, he tried himself in comedy by taking part in the movie Cha Cha Cha (1998) where he showed his skills as a comedian and met who would be his girlfriend for two years: Ana Alvarez. The relationship ended in good terms and afterward, he arrived to Argentina to make another movie that would become a cult one: Burnt Money (2000). This flick won the Goya Award in 2001 and Eduardo met his now friend Leonardo Sbaraglia. Between 2001 and 2004, he made movies in France, Madagascar and Spain. 2004 was the year that gave him the chance to play a real life character for first time in the movie El Lobo (2004). He played Txema, an insider infiltrated in ETA who gave information to the government to dismantle the terrorist group. Critics and people loved his interpretation and earned him a second Goya nomination. Next year, he had the chance to play another controversial character: Che Guevara, becoming the first Spanish actor to play it. In 2006 Master Kowalski (2006) was released at the same time that the theater play and became a blockbuster in Spain and Argentina, Marcelo Piñeyro was the director and also had directed Burnt Money (2000). His most challenging role was yet to come, nevertheless: Vicente Aranda was preparing to direct Canciones de amor en Lolita's Club (2007)and also looking for an actor who dared play twins who where identical in the outside but totally different inside, because one was a violent smart cop and the other one a mentally retarded sweet man. On December 3, 2007 he won the GQ award as the "Actor of the Year". In 2008 he participated in two American movies: Vantage Point (2008) and Transsiberian (2008). In 2009 he re-teamed with Amenábar (this time as a producer, not director) in El mal ajeno (2010), where he had to look older to play an apparently cold-blooded doctor that used to deal with terminal patients, but his life is stricken when his teenage daughter becomes his patient. With this movie, Eduardo showed his maturity as an actor and next year he could fulfill a dream: making a western. Blackthorn (2011) told the story of Butch Cassidy in exile while staying in Bolivia. Sam Shepard and Stephen Rea were part of this superb cast as well. During the half of 2011 a new suspense TV series called Homicidios (2011) began to be promoted on channel Tele5. This thriller meant the return of Eduardo Noriega to television (he had only had a small part in the 1994-1996 show "Colegio Mayor"). "Homicidios" premiered on 20 September 2011 in prime-time with a very high rating. Although it was switched to different times until even midnight, it had the highest audience of his all time branches. In 2013 he will release the movie The Last Stand, alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.- Actor
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José Sazatornil was born on 13 August 1925 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Espérame en el cielo (1988), Todos a la cárcel (1993) and Tot un senyor (1989). He was married to Carmen. He died on 23 July 2015 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Eduard Fernández was born on 25 August 1964 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for El nino (2014), Everybody Knows (2018) and Biutiful (2010).- Actor
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Carmelo Gómez was born on 2 January 1962 in Sahagún, León, Castilla y León, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Between Your Legs (1999), Cows (1992) and The Method (2005). He was previously married to Esperanza de la Vega.- Actor
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Sergi López is a Spanish actor, whose specialty is villains of all types but whose range also includes dramatizing romantic and comedic roles with equal mastery. He was born outside of Barcelona in the seaside town of Villanova i la Geltrú on December 22nd, 1965. As a youth he was inclined towards the performance arts and headed to France for further studies in the field. In 1991 he auditioned for French director Manuel Poirier who was so impressed with Sergi that he gave him the lead role in "Western." Poirier and López continued to collaborate on "La Petite-Amie d'Antonio," "La Campagne," "Attention Fragile," and "Marion" in subsequent years. Sergi often played the charming Spanish immigrant lost in France in Poirier's films.
Sergi's career was actually cemented in France that catapulted him to public recognition, while Spain was still relatively oblivious to her talented son until 1997. In 1997 Sergi appeared in Catalan auteur Ventura Pons' "Caricies" that also showcased Spain's finest actors. He spoke Catalan in the role. After "Caricies" Sergi appeared in Spanish cinema more frequently such as in "Entre las piernas" with Spanish mega-stars Javier Bardem and Victoria Abril and in "Lisboa" with Spanish legend Carmen Maura. Sergi was then offered plum roles both in France and Spain and split time traveling back and forth between his adopted nation and native motherland.
In 2001 he won the César for his role in Dominick Moll's "Harry, Un Ami Qui Vous Veut du Bien." This role came to define his mastery on villainous roles which continued in "Solo Mia" with Paz Vega as his battered wife, Stephen Frears' "Dirty Pretty Things" with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Audrey Tautou as his scared pawns, and Guillermo del Toro's "El Laberinto del Fauno" with post-Civil Spain as playground for his Vidal's sadism.
However, not all is dark villainy in Sergi's most recognized and praised thespian filmography. Sergi also displayed his comedic talents in "Hombre Felices" and "Janis et John."
With such range, talent, and skill, it is no wonder horror master and aficionado Guillermo del Toro said he is "in love" with Sergi's work and insisted on casting him as the stone-cold killer Captain Vidal despite Spanish producers' misgivings. Let us hope that, despite wider international exposure, Sergi continues to retain his unique avant-gardeness and participate only in projects that do his talent justice.- Actor
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Juan Echanove was born on 1 April 1961 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Madregilda (1993), The Flower of My Secret (1995) and Las chicas de hoy en día (1991). He has been married to Cuchita Lluch since 14 May 2015.- Actor
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Tito Valverde was born on 26 April 1951 in Ávila, Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain. He is an actor, known for El comisario (1999), Todos los hombres sois iguales (1996) and Sombras en una batalla (1993). He is married to María Jesús Sirvent.- Actor
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Santi Millán was born on 13 September 1968 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Fermat's Room (2007), 7 vidas (1999) and Va a ser que nadie es perfecto (2006).- Actor
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Josep Maria Pou was born in 1944 in Mollet del Vallés, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Beloved/Friend (1999), Barcelona (A Map) (2007) and The Sea Inside (2004).- Luis Ciges was born on 10 May 1921 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Así en el cielo como en la tierra (1995), Aquel ritmillo (1994) and Labyrinth of Passion (1982). He died on 11 December 2002 in Clínica San Camilo, Madrid, Spain.
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Jose Coronado was born on 14 August 1957 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor, known for The Body (2012), No Rest for the Wicked (2011) and The Vault (2021).- Juan José Ballesta was only nine when he debuted in the TV series Querido maestro (1997) but his real break came when director Achero Mañas gave him the title role in his sensitive Truffaut-like tale of two youths Pellet (2000). The film garnered lots of awards, of which young Juan José got a fairly impressive share,namely the 2001 Best Actor Award given by the Cinema Writers Circle of Spain, the 2001 Best New Actor Goya and 2001 the Newcomer Award by the Spanish Actors Union. Now aged twenty-three, Juan José is still present on the Spanish screens and is on the way for a long career.
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Helio Pedregal was born on 21 September 1949 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He is an actor and costume designer, known for Talk to Her (2002), Estudio 1 (1965) and García! (2022).- Actor
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Antonio Dechent was born on 16 February 1960 in Seville, Seville, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for A puerta fría (2012), Intacto (2001) and Hombre muerto no sabe vivir (2021).- Actor
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Luis Zahera was born on 23 May 1966 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Cell 211 (2009), The Candidate (2018) and The Beasts (2022).- Actor
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Raúl Arévalo was born on 22 November 1979 in Móstoles, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for The Fury of a Patient Man (2016), Marshland (2014) and Ghost Graduation (2012).- Actor
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Quim Gutiérrez was born on 27 March 1981 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor, known for Dark Blue Almost Black (2006), Jungle Cruise (2021) and The Hidden Face (2011).- Actor
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Roberto Álamo was born in 1970 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and talent agent, known for May God Save Us (2016), The Skin I Live In (2011) and Family United (2013).- Actor
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Fernando Cayo was born on 22 April 1968 in Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for The Orphanage (2007), Mi vida es el Cine (2014) and Money Heist (2017).- Actor
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Fernando Guillén was born on 22 November 1932 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Don Juan in Hell (1991) and La saga de los Rius (1976). He was married to Gemma Cuervo. He died on 17 January 2013 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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He is son and grandson of journalists and theater critics. He studied law in Barcelona finishing his career in 1951. He debuted in cinema and theater in 1947, and as a theater director in 1956. In 1965 he became the director of the Teatro Español de Madrid, and in 1972 directed his first film.- Actor
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Miguel Rellán was born on 7 November 1943 in Tetuan, Morocco. He is an actor and writer, known for Spanish Shame (2017), Paco y Veva (2004) and Tata mía (1986).- Actor
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Ramon Fontserè was born in 1956 in Torelló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and assistant director, known for ¡Buen viaje, excelencia! (2003), Soldiers of Salamina (2003) and En un lugar de Manhattan (2007).- Actor
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Tristán Ulloa was born on 6 May 1970 in Orleans, France. He is an actor and director, known for Sex and Lucía (2001), Open Your Eyes (1997) and Pudor (2007).- Actor
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José Luis Gómez was born on 19 April 1940 in Huelva, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor, known for Broken Embraces (2009), The Skin I Live In (2011) and Goya's Ghosts (2006).- Carlos Larrañaga was born on 11 March 1937 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Farmacia de guardia (1991), Sunday Light (2007) and Las verdes praderas (1979). He was married to Ana Escribano, María Teresa Ortiz-Bau, Ana Diosdado and María Luisa Merlo. He died on 30 August 2012 in Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain.
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José María Rodero was born on 26 December 1922 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for La espada negra (1976), Estudio 1 (1965) and Teatro de siempre (1966). He was married to Elvira Quintillá. He died on 14 May 1991 in Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Antonio Ozores was born on 24 August 1928 in Burjassot, València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain. He was an actor and writer, known for Los caraduros (1983), Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor (1982) and The Crazy Story of the Three Musketeers (1983). He was married to Elisa Montés. He died on 12 May 2010 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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José Luis Ozores was born on 18 June 1923 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and writer, known for La hora incógnita (1964), El hombre del paraguas blanco (1958) and La chica del barrio (1956). He was married to Concepción Muñoz. He died on 10 May 1968 in Madrid, Spain.- Luis Barbero was born in Madrid, Spain. He was the son of a musician and was a stage actor for half a century, participating as a comedian in musicals and magazines, with Salvador Videgain working in several companies in 1943, 1945 and 1946, more Later he worked at the Martín theater company and in the seventies he was part of the Calderón company in Madrid together with Andrés Pajares in De Coro al caño 1976, in his interventions in the cinde since the fifties onwards he was known as La Hive (1982), The Astonished King, Journalists (1998) and Family Doctor (1995). He died on August 3, 2005 in Madrid, Madrid.
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Luis Escobar was born on 5 December 1908 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and writer, known for La honradez de la cerradura (1950), Patrimonio nacional (1981) and La canción de La Malibrán (1951). He died on 14 January 1991 in Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Héctor Alterio was born on 21 September 1929 in Chacarita, Buenos Aires City, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Cría Cuervos (1976), Son of the Bride (2001) and El último tren (2002). He has been married to Bacaicoa, Tita since 1969. They have two children.- Actor
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Félix Rotaeta was born on 1 April 1942 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for Chatarra (1991), El placer de matar (1988) and La escopeta nacional (1978). He died on 23 November 1994 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Santiago Ramos was born on 1 August 1949 in Boadilla, Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain. He is an actor, known for Como un relámpago (1996), El techo del mundo (1995) and Thanks for the Tip (1997). He has been married to Paca Almenara since August 2005.
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Karra Elejalde was born on 10 October 1960 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, País Vasco, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Timecrimes (2007), Even the Rain (2010) and Spanish Affair (2014).- Actor
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Alberto San Juan was born on 1 November 1968 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Sleep Tight (2011), Bajo las estrellas (2007) and The Other Side of the Bed (2002).- Actor
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Manuel Manquiña was born on 2 August 1953 in Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Airbag (1997), O home e o can (2022) and Era visto (2011).- José Orjas was born on 26 February 1906 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Los chicos del Preu (1967), El alcalde de Zalamea (1954) and Robbery at 3 O'clock (1962). He was married to Concha Sancha Cobo. He died on 16 December 1983 in Madrid, Spain.
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José María Caffarel was born on 10 November 1919 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Supersonic Man (1979), Los gozos y las sombras (1982) and Tristana (1970). He died on 6 November 1999 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Actor
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Sancho Gracia was born on 27 September 1936 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and producer, known for The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002), Curro Jiménez (1976) and Eight Hundred Bullets (2002). He was married to Noela Aguirre. He died on 8 August 2012 in Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Álvaro de Luna was born on 10 April 1935 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Curro Jiménez (1976), Sweet Hours (1982) and Teo el pelirrojo (1986). He was married to Carmen Barajas. He died on 2 November 2018 in Madrid, Spain.- Joan Dalmau was born on 19 February 1927 in Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for The Sea Inside (2004), Julia's Eyes (2010) and Soldiers of Salamina (2003). He died on 6 February 2013 in Coria del Río, Seville, Andalusia, Spain.
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Jordi Dauder was born on 5 March 1938 in Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Azaña (2008), Camino (2008) and La teranyina (1990). He died on 15 September 2011 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Guillermo Toledo was born on 22 May 1970 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Ferpect Crime (2004), The Other Side of the Bed (2002) and 7 vidas (1999).- Actor
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In his almost 50 years as an actor, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba has worked continuously in theater, film, and television. He has worked with renowned directors on the big screen and has become a legend of the theater. Since his debut in the sixties, he has brought over a hundred characters to life in dozens of series, plays and more than 80 films. Emilio Gutiérrez Caba was born in Valladolid in 1942 into an iconic entertainment family. He is the son of Emilio Gutiérrez and Irene Caba Alba, and the brother of the actresses Irene Gutiérrez Caba and Julia Gutiérrez Caba. The actor spent his childhood and adolescence in an environment marked by acting and the arts, so it did not take long to awaken his vocation. Gutiérrez Caba studied philosophy, but his interest in acting was consolidated at university. He made his debut in the theater in 1962 when he joined Lilí Murati's company and he won his first film role in 1963 in Jesus Franco's 'El llanero'. He went on to join forces with actress María José Goyanes to create their own company in 1968. Since 1979, he has starred in works by classical authors such as Gil Vicente, Calderón, Shakespeare, Joyce, and Juan Ruiz de Alarcón; and pieces by contemporary playwrights such as Álvaro del Amo, Jorge Díaz, Fermín Cabal, and Juan García Larrondo. His interpretation of Don Diego in 'The Maidens' Consent' by Moratín in 1996 is legendary. In 2003, he was nominated for a Best Actor Spanish Actors Guild Award for 'The Prince and the Showgirl'. His performance in 'Mourning Becomes Electra' was recognized with a Max Award for Best Supporting Actor. Although Gutiérrez Caba's career has played out mainly on stage, making him a true theatrical legend, he has combined stage with screen in the literary adaptations: 'The Beehive', 'Werther', 'Requiem for a Spanish peasant' and 'La sombra del ciprés es alargada'. He has also participated in 'Bicycles are for the Summer' by Jaime Chávarri, and worked with Pedro Almodóvar in 'What Have I Done to Deserve This?' On television he has given life to characters such as San Juan de la Cruz in the successful series 'Teresa de Jesús' and Don Vicente Cortázar in 'Gran Reserva', for which he received the Best Actor Ondas Award and another Spanish Actors Guild Best Actor Award. Emilio's other credits include 'The First Night of my Life' and 'Goya in Bordeaux.' His work in 'Common Wealth' is especially noteworthy and earned him the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the CEC and Spanish Actors' Guild Awards in the same category. Shortly thereafter he received a second Goya for 'Ten Days Without Love'. Among his more recent work is Julio Medem's 'The Tree of Blood', Jaume Balaguero's 'Way Down', 'Despite Everything' directed by Gabriela Tagliavini, Juan Jose Alfonso's play 'After The Rehearsal' and the series 'La Templanza,'for Amazon Prime.- Actor
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Fernando Guillén Cuervo was born on 11 March 1963 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Quantum of Solace (2008), Bulgarian Lovers (2003) and Cinco minutos para medianoche (2010). He was previously married to Ana Milán and Elena González.- Actor
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Ernesto Alterio was born on 25 September 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor, known for The Other Side of the Bed (2002), Clandestine Childhood (2011) and Los lobos de Washington (1999). He is married to Juana Acosta. They have one child.- Actor
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Álex Angulo was born on 12 April 1953 in Erandio, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain. He was an actor and producer, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), The Day of the Beast (1995) and Live Flesh (1997). He died on 20 July 2014 in Fuenmayor, La Rioja, Spain.- Actor
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Manolo Morán was born on 30 December 1905 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and assistant director, known for ¡Viva lo imposible! (1958), Barrio (1947) and Brindis a Manolete (1948). He died on 27 April 1967 in Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.- Actor
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Alfonso del Real was born on 27 December 1916 in Atlantic Ocean. He was an actor, known for Una señora llamada Andrés (1970), Carlota: Amor es... veneno (1981) and Estudio 1 (1965). He was married to María Teresa. He died on 16 January 2002 in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.- Manolo Gómez Bur was born on 21 April 1917 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Juana la Loca... de vez en cuando (1983), Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor (1982) and Todo es posible en Granada (1982). He died on 30 May 1991 in Bailén, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain.
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Valeriano Andrés was born on 1 July 1922 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (1973), Estudio 1 (1965) and El último café (1970). He died on 21 April 2005 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Antonio Gamero was born on 2 March 1934 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and assistant director, known for El love feroz o Cuando los hijos juegan al amor (1975), Y decirte alguna estupidez, por ejemplo, te quiero (2000) and Crady (1969). He died on 26 July 2010 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Luis Varela was born on 11 January 1943 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor, known for Camera café (2005), Ferpect Crime (2004) and Todo es posible en Granada (1982). He was previously married to Magdalena Durán.- Actor
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Manuel Zarzo was born on 26 April 1932 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and assistant director, known for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Nuevo en esta plaza (1966) and Los nuevos españoles (1974).- Actor
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Manuel Tejada was born on 18 July 1940 in Puente de Génave, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain. He was an actor, known for Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012), The Last Circus (2010) and Cañas y barro (1978). He died on 4 December 2019 in Benidorm, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.- Guillermo Montesinos was born on 10 January 1948 in Castellón de la Plana, Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain. He is an actor, known for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Blood and Sand (1989) and Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985).
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Carlos Iglesias was born in Quintanar de la Orden (Toledo, Spain). His parents migrated to Switzerland until he was 13 years of age and then to Madrid and Alicante, both in Spain. He became an actor by accident while playing the part of an actor who had fallen ill in an independent theater group. He then went on to study at the RESAD (Real Academia de Arte Dramático, or Royal Academy for Dramatic Art). He became first known for his role as Pepelu in Pepe Navarro's TV show "Esta noche cruzamos el Mississippi" ('Tonight We'll Be Crossing the Mississippi', 1995-97). Later on he played Benito, a thick-brush, sloppy painter in the TV series "Manos a la obra" ('Let's Get To It', 1997-2001). It was in this series that he finally became widely popular, as ratings were usually quite high, topping 6 million viewers in a population of 42m. He directed his first big-screen movie, "Un franco, catorce pesetas", in 2006 ('Crossing Borders'). The movie plot (about the life of a Spanish immigrant in Switzerland in the late 1960s) is based on his parents' as well as his own experience as an immigrant.
Having received his diploma from the Real Escuela de Arte Dramático de Madrid (Madrid's Royal School for Dramatic Art), in the 1980s Carlos Iglesias acted mainly in both classic and contemporary theatrical venues. Among others, in 1982 he played a part in Carlo Goldoni's "Arlequín, servidor de dos amos", under Ángel Gutiérrez's direction and, with the same director, in Chejov's "Polinka". He worked in 1983 under director Luis Balaguer in Lauro Olmo's play "Pablo Iglesias"; in Valle-Inclán's "Los cuernos de Don Friolera", directed by José Estruch and Juan José Granda; in 1986 in Sergi Belbel's "Caleidoscopios y faros de hoy", directed by Juan José Granda; in 1987 in Federico García Lorca's "El público", produced by Lluís Pasqual for the Centro Dramático Nacional; in 1990-91 in Jean Genet's "Ella", directed by Ángel Facio; and in 1992 in Valle-Inclán's "Las galas del difunto", directed by Francisco Muñoz, among many other theater plays.
From the early 90s onwards, Carlos Iglesias opted mainly for television shows of all different kinds: drama productions (in José Ramón Larraz's "Goya"; in Mario Camus's "La forja de un rebelde"; in Luis García Berlanga's "Blasco Ibáñez"); TV series (in Vicente Escrivá's "Éste es mi barrio" and "Manos a la obra"; also in "Siete vidas" and Sergio Cabrera's "Cuéntame cómo pasó"); and as main actor in various TV shows, such as in the above-mentioned "Esta noche cruzamos el Mississippi".
For the big screen, he was cast for Pedro Costa's movie "El caso Almería" (1983); for Jaime Camino's "Dragón Rapide" (1986); or Pedro Pinzola's "Siempre felices" (1991). Recently, he has acted as SanchoPanza in Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón's "El caballero don Quijote" (2002) and in José Luis Garci's "Ninette" (2005), alongside Elsa Pataky.
Carlos Iglesias's first big-screen full-length movie as director, "Un franco, catorce pesetas" (Crossing Borders, 2006), was a hit among viewers, as well as a success in the various film festivals it took part in.
"Ispansi!" (literally 'Spaniards!' in Russian, 2010) is his second movie as director.- Ángel de Andrés was born on 25 May 1918 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and writer, known for Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor (1982), Juana la Loca... de vez en cuando (1983) and Estudio 1 (1965). He was married to Conchita Juárez. He died on 6 August 2006 in Madrid, Spain.
- Ángel de Andrés López was born on 23 October 1951 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tapas (2005) and Baton Rouge (1988). He was married to Milena Montes. He died on 4 May 2016 in Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain.
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Eusebio Poncela was born on 15 September 1945 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for El accidente (2017), Águila Roja (2009) and Intacto (2001).- Actor
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Jesús Puente was born on 18 December 1930 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Novela (1963), Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) and El regreso de Al Capone (1969). He was married to Licia Calderón and María Luisa Rubio. He died on 26 October 2000 in Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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Rafael Álvarez 'El Brujo' was born in 1950 in Lucena, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor, known for Vísperas (1987), Lázaro de Tormes (2000) and El crack (1981).- Actor
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Gabino Diego was born on 18 September 1966 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Belle Epoque (1992), Oh, Carmela! (1990) and Los peores años de nuestra vida (1994).- Actor
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Xan das Bolas was born on 30 October 1908 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Malvaloca (1954), La venganza de Don Mendo (1962) and La chica del gato (1964). He died on 13 October 1977 in Madrid, Spain.