Alberto San Juan

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Alberto San Juan Guijarro

(1967-11-01) 1 November 1967 (age 56)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActor
Years active1990s–present

Alberto San Juan Guijarro (born 1 November 1967) is a Spanish film, stage and television actor.

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Biography

Alberto San Juan was born on 1 November 1968 in Madrid, the son of cartoonist Máximo San Juan  [ es ] and radio announcer Pilar Guijarro Ortiz de Zárate. [1] [2] He spent many of his childhood's summers in Cañamares, province of Cuenca. [3] He studied journalism and worked for two years at Diario 16 before pursuing an acting career. [4] At age 24, he joined the Cristina Rota's atelier to train his acting chops. [5] Jointly with Guillermo Toledo, Nathalie Poza and Ernesto Alterio, San Juan founded the theatre group 'Ración de oreja', which merged with Andrés Lima's 'Riesgo' into the theatre company Animalario  [ es ]. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1995 Morirás en Chafarinas (You Shall Die in Chafarinas)
1996 Airbag Pako [7]
1997 Insomnio
1998 Los lobos de Washington (Washington Wolves)Antonio [8]
1998 La ciudad de los prodigios
1998 Basado en hechos reales
1998 Entre las piernas
1999 La sombra de Caín Santana [9]
1999 San Bernardo
1999 Zapping Alberto [10]
1999 Sobreviviré [11]
1999 La mujer más fea del mundo (The Ugliest Woman in the World)Luis Casanova [12]
2000 Km. 0 Sergio [13]
2001 Valentín
2002 El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed)Rafa [14]
2002 No dejaré que no me quieras (I Won't Let You Not Love Me)Enrique [15]
2002 Cosa de brujas (The Witch Affair)Ángel [16]
2002 Días de fútbol (Football Days)Jorge [17]
2003 Carta mortal
2003 Haz conmigo lo que quieras (Kill Me Tender)Manolo [18]
2004 Agujeros en el cielo
2004 Horas de luz (Hours of Light) Juan José Garfia  [ es ] [19]
2005 Los 2 lados de la cama (The 2 Sides of the Bed)RafaReprise of role in The Other Side of the Bed [20]
2007 Días de cine (Cinema Days)Federico SoláAlso collaborating writer [21]
2007 Bajo las estrellas (Under the Stars)Benito Lacunza [22]
2007 Casual Day Psicólogo ('psychologist') [23]
2009 La vergüenza (The Shame)Pepe [24]
La isla interior (The Island Inside)Martín [25]
2011 Mientras duermes (Sleep Tight)Marcos [26]
2012 La montaña rusa Luis [27]
Una pistola en cada mano (A Gun in Each Hand)A. [28]
2014 La ignorancia de la sangre (The Ignorance of Blood)Yacub [29]
2015 Las ovejas no pierden el tren (Sidetracked)Juan [30]
2016 Las furias (The Furies)Aki [31]
2020 Sentimental (The People Upstairs)Salva [32]
2022 El cuarto pasajero (Four's a Crowd)Julián [33]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2003 17th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actor The Other Side of the BedNominated [34]
2008 22nd Goya Awards Best Actor Under the StarsWon [35]
2021 35th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actor The People UpstairsWon [36]

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