Benito Pocino

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Benito Pocino
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Benito Pocino in the summer of 2006
Born (1958-03-21) 21 March 1958 (age 65)
OccupationActor

Benito Pocino (born 21 March 1958), is a former Spanish actor. [1]

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Benito Pocino was born in Barcelona on 21 March 1958. [2] He used to read Mortadelo y Filemón comics, and his classmates gave him the nickname Mortadelo due to his appearance. [3] He works as mailman in Correos. [4]

He is known for playing Mortadelo in La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón (2003). [5] He was replaced by Edu Soto in the sequel Mortadelo y Filemón. Misión: salvar la Tierra (2008), [6] and by Karra Elejalde in Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo (2014). [7] He appeared in Rumores (2007) with Xavi Mira, Núria Prims and Ana Risueño. [8]

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References

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  2. Villoira Prieto, Gloria (3 February 2008). "La verdad oculta del verdadero mortadelo". El Mundo (in Spanish). Mundinteractivos, S.A. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  3. Mora, Miguel (7 February 2003). "Mis amigos me llamaban Mortadelo para fastidiarme". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa . Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  4. Casals, Judith (11 February 2004). "Mortadelo lleva a Correos a los tribunales". El País (in Spanish). Prisa . Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  5. Puente, Ana (21 August 2004). "El actor Benito Pocino, "Mortadelo", visita hoy la localidad de Villalmonte". Diario de León (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. Caballero, Susana (25 January 2008). "versión 2.0". Granada Hoy (in Spanish). Joly Digital . Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  7. Rosado, Juan Carlos (13 December 2014). "Ha sido tan grande como hacer un Shakespeare". El Periódico (in Spanish). Madrid: Grupo Zeta. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. "El negocio de las noticias falsas". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Valencia: Vocento. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.