He is one of the best-known and most popular film and theatre actors in Spain and Argentina. He debuted in film with Fausto Canel’s Juego de poder (1983), and a few years later played Columbus’ son in Ridley Scott’s 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992). His first major success arrived with his part in Montxo Armendáriz’ Historias del Kronen (1995), thanks to which he landed the first of his three Goya nominations. He has worked under directors like Mariano Barroso (Éxtasis, 1996), Gerardo Vera (La Celestina, 1996), Alfonso Albacete, David Menkes and Miguel Bardem (Más que amor, frenesí, 1996), Manolo Lombardero (En brazos de la mujer madura, 1997), Adolfo Aristarain in Martín (Hache) (1997), which received critical acclaim, and Imanol Uribe (Plenilunio, 1999), which brought him his second Goya nomination for Best Actor. He garnered his third Goya nomination with Víctor García León’s Vete de mí (2006). Among his other films as an actor are Gregory Nava’s Bordertown (2006) and La ciudad del silencio (2007).
Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia