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Mark Consuelos was born in Zaragoza, Spain, to an Italian mother, Camilla, and a Mexican father, Saul Consuelos. He grew up in Lebanon, Illinois and Tampa, Florida. He attended Bloomingdale High School in Valrico, Florida and Notre Dame University. While living in Illinois, Mark appeared in "Hello, Dolly" at the Looking Glass Playhouse. Before joining All My Children (1970) in February 1995, Mark has guested on television shows such as Fortune Hunter (1994) and SeaQuest 2032 (1993). Mark enjoys traveling to Italy, which he does once a year. His hobbies include working out and playing many sports, particularly softball and soccer. He has one brother, who is a doctor, and a sister, who is a lawyer.- Writer
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The father of cinematic Surrealism and one of the most original directors in the history of the film medium, Luis Buñuel was given a strict Jesuit education (which sowed the seeds of his obsession with both religion and subversive behavior), and subsequently moved to Madrid to study at the university there, where his close friends included Salvador Dalí and Federico García Lorca.
After moving to Paris, Buñuel did a variety of film-related odd jobs in Paris, including working as an assistant to director Jean Epstein. With financial assistance from his mother and creative assistance from Dalí, he made his first film, the 17-minute Un chien andalou (1929), in 1929, and immediately catapulted himself into film history thanks to its shocking imagery (much of which - like the sliced eyeball at the beginning - still packs a punch even today). It made a deep impression on the Surrealist Group, who welcomed Buñuel into their ranks.
The following year, sponsored by wealthy art patrons, he made his first feature, the scabrous witty and violent L'Age d'Or (1930), which mercilessly attacked the church and the middle classes, themes that would preoccupy Buñuel for the rest of his career. That career, though, seemed almost over by the mid-1930s, as he found work increasingly hard to come by and after the Spanish Civil War he emigrated to the US where he worked for the Museum of Modern Art and as a film dubber for Warner Bros.
Moving to Mexico in the late 1940s, he teamed up with producer Óscar Dancigers and after a couple of unmemorable efforts shot back to international attention with the lacerating study of Mexican street urchins in The Young and the Damned (1950), winning him the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival.
But despite this new-found acclaim, Buñuel spent much of the next decade working on a variety of ultra-low-budget films, few of which made much impact outside Spanish-speaking countries (though many of them are well worth seeking out). But in 1961, General Franco, anxious to be seen to be supporting Spanish culture invited Buñuel back to his native country - and Bunuel promptly bit the hand that fed him by making Viridiana (1961), which was banned in Spain on the grounds of blasphemy, though it won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
This inaugurated Buñuel's last great period when, in collaboration with producer Serge Silberman and writer Jean-Claude Carrière he made seven extraordinary late masterpieces, starting with Diary of a Chambermaid (1964). Although far glossier and more expensive, and often featuring major stars such as Jeanne Moreau and Catherine Deneuve, the films showed that even in old age Buñuel had lost none of his youthful vigour.
After saying that every one of his films from Belle de Jour (1967) onwards would be his last, he finally kept his promise with That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), after which he wrote a memorable (if factually dubious) autobiography, in which he said he'd be happy to burn all the prints of all his films- a classic Surrealist gesture if ever there was one.
- Megan Montaner was born in Huesca, Aragón, Spain. Megan is an actor, known for Sin identidad (2014), 30 Coins (2020) and La caza. Monteperdido (2019).
- Alexandra Jiménez was born on 4 January 1980 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for The Distances (2018), 100 Meters (2016) and Superlopez (2018).
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Elena Rivera was born on 29 August 1992 in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for Heirs to the Land (2022), Sequía (2022) and Alba (2021).- Writer
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Spanish director, writer, producer (2 films) and actor (2 films). His interest in cinema started when he was very young. His mother, who was a pianist, instilled in him the liking for music, and his brother, Antonio, who was a painter, the passion for art. When he was an teenager he started to practice photography, and in 1950 he made his first illustrated feature films with a 16 mm camera. Carlos Saura is an excellent photographer, an activity that he shares in a sporadic way with the making of films.
He then moved to Madrid to continue his Industrial Engineering career, but his vocation for photography, cinema and journalism made him leave his studies and matriculate at the Instituto de Investigaciones y Estudios Cinematográficos (Cinematographic Study and Research Institute). Sporadically, he combined his cinematographic studies with the courses at the Escuela de Periodismo (Journalism School). In 1957 he finished studying and got the director diploma. At the same time, he finished his end-of-career short film La tarde del domingo (1957). He continued as a professor until 1963. In that year he was removed from the school for strictly political reasons (Franco's censorship).
In 1959 he filmed The Delinquents (1960). In this film he tried to create a sort of Spanish Neo-Realism by tackling the juvenile delinquency in the Madrid's poor quarters from a sociological point of view. In his first stage as director he tried to take a position in favour of outcast people, and he got to make a both lyric and documentary-style cinema.
Saura is a well accepted director both nationally and internationally, and in proof of it he won many awards among which there are the following ones: Silver Bear in the Berlin Festival for The Hunt (1966), in 1965, and for Peppermint Frappé (1967), in 1967. Special Jury Awards in Cannes for Cousin Angelica (1974), in 1973, and for Cría Cuervos (1976), in 1975. Also, the film Mama Turns 100 (1979) got an Oscar nomination in 1979 as the best foreign film, and it also won the Special Jury Award at the San Sebastian Festival. In 1990, he won two Goya awards as best adapted screenplay writer and best director.- Joel Bosqued was born on 29 September 1990 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor, known for Un golpe de suerte (2009), Tierra de lobos (2010) and Iron Reign (2024).
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Gerald Barry Fillmore-García is a, Los Angeles based, British-Spanish actor, writer and filmmaker known in Spain for movies such as "The Footballest" by Miguel Ángel Lamata, "Unfortunate Stories" by, Goya Award Winning director, Javier Fesser and "What Lucía Saw" by, Goya Award Winning director, Imanol Uribe, and hit TV series like Movistar Plus "Reyes de la Noche", the prime-time sitcom "Gym Tony", where he was one of the stars and a writer for five seasons, and Amazon Prime series "Little Coincidences" where he acted and wrote with Javier Veiga. Its American version is now being produced by NBC. Gerald has also written for Televisa, Mediaset, Atresmedia, Facebook Watch, the EOP Comedy Show produced by John Leguizamo's NGL, and Sony Pictures will soon premiere "Tequila Repasado" written by Gerald with, Emmy Award winner, Judd Pillot. "Hold For Applause" and "For Pete's Sake", his two latest short-films as writer, director, actor and producer have won 69 international Awards, have been selected in a 193 film festivals around the world. On stage: he joined in 2019 the Spanish National Theatre to be part of the critically acclaimed production and Max Theater Award Nominated "Firmado Lejárraga" directed by Miguel Ángel Lamata. His theater company The Sinflow has premiered several successful shows in Madrid's Gran Via and in 2022 he was awarded at LA's Brisk International Theater Festival (Best Play, Best Writer and Best Director_.- Actor
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Fernando Sancho was born on 7 January 1916 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He was an actor, known for The Son of Captain Blood (1962), La guerrilla (1973) and The Boldest Job in the West (1972). He was married to Maite Pardo. He died on 31 July 1990 in Madrid, Spain.- Actor
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José Luis Gil was born on 9 December 1957 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Aquí no hay quien viva (2003), Little Nicky (2000) and Con el culo al aire (1980).- Composer
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Javier Navarrete was born in 1956 in Teruel, Aragón, Spain. He is a composer, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Wrath of the Titans (2012) and Byzantium (2012).- Luisa Gavasa was born in 1951 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for The Bride (2015), Paris 70 (2023) and Una vida asegurada (2019).
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Ana Gracia was born on 16 February 1959 in Tamarite de la Litera, Huesca, Aragón. She is an actress, known for Truman (2015), Camino (2008) and Silencio Mortal (1991).- Actor
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Francisco Boira was born on 26 August 1971 in Huesca, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Bad Education (2004), Nubes (2010) and Todos los hombres sois iguales (1996).- Actor
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Armando del Río was born on 6 February 1970 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for La leyenda del hombre lento (2006), Sin tetas no hay paraíso (2008) and Death Room (2017). He has been married to Laia Alemany since July 2010.- Producer
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- Director
Nacho G. Velilla was born on 24 September 1967 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is a producer and writer, known for Chef's Special (2008), To Hell with the Ugly (2010) and A Stroke of Luck (2016).- Music Artist
- Actor
- Composer
Enrique Bunbury was born on 11 August 1967 in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is a music artist and actor, known for Veronica (2017), Una de zombis (2003) and Blancanieves (2012). He has been married to Jose Girl since 2012. They have one child. He was previously married to Nona Rubio.- Roberto Camardiel was born on 29 November 1917 in Alagón, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He was an actor, known for Piedra de toque (1963), Ensayo general para la muerte (1963) and For a Few Dollars More (1965). He died on 7 November 1986 in Madrid, Spain.
- Marisa Porcel was born on 15 November 1943 in Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She was an actress, known for Historias para no dormir (1966), Who Can Kill a Child? (1976) and Curro Jiménez (1976). She died on 15 August 2018 in Madrid, Spain.
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He debuted in the art scene with only two years, participating in sketch comedy with his parents, jack dancers, in Zaragoza. At 4, she starts working as a clown with his father and the 19 years he settled in Madrid. Involved in several plays and shows. The popularity will come in the 70s for his humorous speeches on television. Since then, becomes a comic with convening power, namely its image on film thanks to the duo forming with Andrés Pajares in many comedies filmed by Mariano Ozores.- Director
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Segundo de Chomón became involved in film through his wife, who was an actress in Pathé films. In 1902 he became a concessionary for Pathé in Barcelona, distributing its product in Spanish-speaking countries and managing a factory for the coloring of Pathé films. He began shooting footage of Spanish locations for the company, then in 1905 moved to Paris where he became a trick film specialist. The body of work he created over five years was outstanding. Films such as The Red Spectre (1907), Kiri-Kis (1907), The Invisible Thief (1909) and A Panicky Picnic (1909) are among the most imaginative and technically accomplished of their age.
De Chomón created fantastical narratives embellished with ingenious effects, gorgeous color, innovative hand-drawn and puppet animation, tricks of the eye that surprise and delight, and startling turns of surreal imagination. It is curious why he is not generally known as one of the early cinema masters, except among the cognoscenti in the field. Perhaps it is because there is a smaller body of work than that created by Georges Méliès (his works can perhaps be described as a cross between that of Méliès and another who combined trickery with animation, Émile Cohl); perhaps it's because he was a Spaniard working in France for the key part of his film career that has meant that neither side has championed him as much as they might have done. De Chomón carried on as a filmmaker, specializing in trick effects, working for Pathé, Itala and others, and contributing effects work to two of the most notable films of the silent era, Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria (1914) and Abel Gance's Napoleon (1927).- Luis Hostalot was born in 1951 in Calaceite, Teruel, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor, known for The Ministry of Time (2015), What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) and Así en el cielo como en la tierra (1995).
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- Actor
Miguel Ángel Lamata was born in 1967 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Unresolved Sexual Tension (2010), Una de zombis (2003) and Our Lovers (2016).- Editorial Department
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David Melero Terrén was born on 27 October 1998 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. David is an editor, known for Charlie Chaplin, Searching for the Tramp, The Legend of Ochi and My Fault (2023).- Itziar Miranda was born in 1978 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for Amar en tiempos revueltos (2005), Amar es para siempre (2013) and El arte de morir (2000).
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- Soundtrack
Antonio Garisa was born on 13 June 1916 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He was an actor, known for Girl from La Mancha (1962), La venganza de Don Mendo (1962) and Los extremeños se tocan (1970). He died on 8 September 1989 in Madrid, Spain.- Carmen Gutiérrez was born on 2 November 1969 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for Amar en tiempos revueltos (2005), El mal ajeno (2010) and 45 rpm (2019).
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- Writer
Cristina de Inza was born in 1965 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress and writer, known for Haciendo cerveza (2017), Plauto, recuerdo distorsionado de un tonto eventual (2004) and Dos vidas (2021).- Andrea Dueso was born on 13 April 1988 in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for May God Save Us (2016), Drug Squad: Costa del Sol (2019) and Corta-t (2005).
- Carlos Ballesteros was born on 31 December 1935 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He was an actor, known for Ace of Hearts (1975), Tatuaje (1978) and Estudio 3 (1963). He died on 4 September 2011 in Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
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Miki Nadal was born on 29 September 1967 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Buried (2010), Red Lights (2012) and Little Nicky (2000). He has been married to Carolina Moreno Escámez since 21 June 2014. They have one child.- Laura Gómez-Lacueva was born on February 24, 1975 in Zaragoza, Spain. She started her acting studies in 1994. She created her first company 'Muac Teatro' in 1998. In 2011 she formed her second theater company 'Nueve de Nueve'. Since 2006 she begins her work in audiovisuals. He has participated in the feature films: Historias Lamentables by Javier Fesser, Las Niñas by Pilar Palomero, El Reino by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Uncertain Glory by Agustí Villaronga, La Novia and De tu ventana a la mía by Paula Ortiz and Los Futbolísimos by Miguel Ángel Lamata between others. And for 15 years she has worked for Zapzapmedia with great success for Aragón television: Tres eran tres (sitcom), Vaya Comunidad (late night) and 15 seasons of Oregon Tv (comedy program).
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Antón García Abril was born on 19 May 1933 in Teruel, Aragón, Spain. He was a composer, known for No le busques tres pies... (1968), La fiel infantería (1960) and Los pájaros de Baden-Baden (1975). He was married to Aurea Ruiz. He died on 17 March 2021 in Madrid, Spain.- Actress
- Stunts
Ana Labordeta was born on 19 August 1965 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for Madres. Amor y vida (2020), Plans for Tomorrow (2010) and Acusados (2009).- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Spanish director Florian Rey began his career in the film industry in the 1920s as an actor, but he soon switched careers and directed his first film in 1924. His 1927 film La hermana San Sulpicio (1927) starred Spanish actress Imperio Argentina, whom he later married. His best-known film is La aldea maldita (1930), considered by many film historians to be a masterpiece of early Spanish cinema. His career as a writer and director lasted for more than 30 years, and he directed his last film in 1957. He died in Valenciana, Spain, in 1962.- Writer
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Fernando de Felipe was born in 1965 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Oedipus (1997), Palabras encadenadas (2003) and Darkness (2002).- Actor
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Luis Larrodera was born on 16 September 1973 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Dead Flowers (2016), Manual práctico del amigo imaginario (abreviado) (2008) and The Ministry of Time (2015). He has been married to Laura de la Calle since 19 July 2008. They have one child.- Actress
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- Editor
Salomé Jiménez was born in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is known for 11-11-11 (2011), Una de zombis (2003) and Viral (2013).- Pablo Palitos was born on 8 February 1906 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He was an actor, known for A Voz do Carnaval (1933), El ladrón canta boleros (1950) and ¡Segundos afuera! (1937). He was married to de la Paz Lechuga, María. He died on 26 February 1989 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Actress
- Casting Department
Inma Isla was born on 10 December 1967 in Monzón, Huesca, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for Hospital Central (2000), Caronte (2020) and No te fallaré (2001).- Actress
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- Producer
Raquel Burbano was born on 12 June 1975 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress and writer, known for Uno de vosotros me traicionará (2007), Zorra (2012) and 30 Coins (2020).- Luis Hacha was born on 11 February 1974 in Huesca, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor, known for In the Name of Love (2008), Al salir de clase (1997) and Vampyres (2015).
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- Soundtrack
Miguel Fleta was born on 1 December 1897 in Albalate de Cinca, Huesca, Aragón, Spain. He was an actor, known for Miguelón, o el último contrabandista (1934), Gigantes y cabezudos (1926) and eXtrañas heterodoXias (2021). He died on 28 May 1938 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.- Raquel Grijalba was born in 1968 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She was an actress, known for Paco y Veva (2004), Zapping (1999) and Sabor a ti (1998). She died on 2 July 2013 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Born in Zaragoza (Spain). 1949. He began to study law in Zaragoza. 1952. He began to publish articles about cinema in the newspaper "El Heraldo de Aragon". April 1954-January 1956. Critic of cinema in the same newspaper. 1957. Enters the spanish Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematograficas in Madrid (Official Cinema School) where he later become a teacher. 1964. Direction classes in the Cathedra of Cinema in the University of Valladolid. 1967. He funded his own production company, El Iman.- Actress
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Raquel Meller was born in Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragón (Spain) from a very poor family. Since her parents could not afford her education she was sent to live with an aunt who was a nun at a convent. At age 12 she returned with her parents who were then residing in Barcelona and shortly after began working as a seamstress in a shop that catered to many show business personalities. In 1907 she left the shop to start singing "cuplés" ("couplets") using the name "La Bella Raquel". Although these songs were considered indecent and were initially performed in venues attended by men only, Raquel with her beauty and charismatic presence raised the "cuplé" genre to a more respectable art making it acceptable to families. After a love affair with a German named Moeller, Raquel adopted his last name changing it to Meller to make it sound Spanish.
The quality of her voice was a source of debate, but for her fans and theater-goers in general Meller could do no wrong. "Raquel Meller is a genius." exclaimed at one point Sarah Bernhardt. Songs such as "La Violetera", "El Relicario", "Flor de Te", "Mimosa", "Flor del Mal", etc., became standards thanks to her interpretation. She was the first Spanish popular singer to succeed in Europe and the Americas including the United States where her recordings enjoyed great popularity and her live concerts in 1926 broke box-office records in the most important American cities. At the height of her popularity she endorsed several products as well as backing many articles named after her from dolls, to perfume, all of which supplemented her already high income making her one of the wealthiest women in the world.
She was also a hit on the big screen, starring in important films such as_Violettes impériales (1923)_and Carmen (1926). Meller filmed mostly in France but in 1927 she starred in a short sound feature for Movietone Fox in New York in which she sang four of her hits. Charles Chaplin, a big Meller fan, offered her the part of Josephine de Beauharnais in a film he was planning based on life of Napoleon Bonaparte but Raquel could not find time for the project. A few years later Chaplin wanted her for the part of the blind girl in _City Lights (1931)_but Raquel was now involved in a play written especially for her by Maurice Rostand in which she could achieve her dream of becoming a serious stage actress in a respectable Paris theater. Chaplin replaced her with Virginia Cherrill but he kept Raquel's theme "La Violetera" in the film music score taking credit for its composition which resulted in a law suit by the song's composer Jose Padilla.
Raquel continued performing and was a big draw in vaudeville circuits well into the 1940s. Her private life was followed with great interest by the media and the public. She was imperious, ruthless (especially with the competition), lovable, funny, temperamental, generous, witty and totally egomaniac. Her love life was not as turbulent as many believed but among her many admirers there were royalty, heads of state, intellectuals, painters and assorted VIPs. In 1919 she married celebrated Guatemalan journalist diplomat Enrique Gomez Carrillo and adopted a baby girl in Buenos Aires naming her Elena. However after a couple of years of honeymoon bliss came a collision of both temperaments and they divorced in 1922. She had another short lived marriage in 1940 this time to a French businessman named Edmond Sayac and they were together long enough to adopt a baby boy whom they named Jordi Enric.
By then Raquel Meller's career was over, only to surface again in 1957 in the wake of Sara Montiel's box-office success in the films_El último cuplé (1957)_ and_La violetera (1958)_,in which Montiel revived Raquel's greatest hits. As with other rivals in the past, Meller became Montiel's nemesis, but by then a new generation that simply did not know her just plain ignored her. She attempted several comebacks but all were critical and commercial failures. Bitterly, she retired and stayed out of the public eye until her death in Barcelona on July 26, 1962. A plan to film her story starring Sara Montiel (of course) was foiled by Meller's relatives, but some of her story made it to the big screen anyway in Montiel's vehicle La reina del Chantecler (1962).
Most of Raquel's recordings, considered lost for years, have been trickling out on CDs. However her films remain unedited in home video formats and are seldom shown in silent films revivals or festivals. Raquel Meller has been the subject of many books and articles in Europe. There are streets named after her in France and Spain, while her statue commands a plaza with her name in Barcelona. It is inexcusable that film preservationists and the cinemateques of France, Spain and the United States have shown little or no interest in Meller's filmography. Without these films it is impossible to assess Raquel's personal charisma which was the source of her enormous success and fame.- Santiago Meléndez was born on 25 July 1958 in Teruel, Aragón, Spain. He was an actor, known for La Reina del Sur (2011), Motivos personales (2005) and The Ministry of Time (2015). He was married to Pilar Molinero. He died on 5 July 2017 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain.
- Diego Dominguez Llort was born on 13 October 1991 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor, known for Insane Love (2019), Dieciséis (2011) and Eurojunior (2003).
- Nadia Jémez was born on 16 October 1999 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. She is an actress, known for Pesadilla en el paraíso (2022).
- Balbino Lacosta was born on 29 May 1961 in Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He is an actor, known for Goya's Ghosts (2006), The Zone (2017) and Hospital Central (2000).