Israel Elejalde

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Israel Elejalde
(Israel Elejalde) Aeterna Producciones. FITCteando con Israel Elejalde. Agosto de 2017.jpg
(August 2017)
BornDecember 10th 1973
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Actor
  • theatre director

Israel Elejalde (born 1973) is a Spanish actor as well as a theatre director. Primarily a stage actor with television and film incursions, he had a breakthrough film performance with his role in the 2014 film Magical Girl , which earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor.

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Biography

Born in 1973 in Villaverde, Madrid, Elejalde's stage debut took place at the Juan de Villanueva High School in Orcasitas. [1] He earned a licentiate degree in Political Science while training as an actor at William Layton's lab. [1] He further trained at the Teatro de La Abadía  [ es ] under José Luis Gómez and studied stage direction at the RESAD. [2] [1]

Some of his most important stage credits include those in Veraneantes, La función por hacer, and Misántropo. [2] Primarily an actor, he also writes and directs. [3] He was in a relationship with actress Bárbara Lennie, along with whom he performed in Magical Girl and different stage plays. [4] [2] [5] [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2013 Gente en sitios (People in Places) [2]
2014 Magical Girl Alfredo [4]
2014El gran salto adelanteAndrés [7]
2015Sicarivs: La noche y el silencioNéstor [8]
2016 El hombre de las mil caras (Smoke & Mirrors)González [9]
2017 Plan de fuga (Getaway Plan) [10]
2021 Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas)Arturo Buendía [11]
2022 Edén Victor [12]
2024
La fianza (The Bond)Ricardo

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2006–10 Cuéntame cómo pasó Raúl [14]
2009 Águila Roja Capitán RodrigoRecurring [14]
2010–11 Amar en tiempos revueltos Matías SalazarMain. Introduced in Season 6 [15]
2015 Carlos, rey emperador Juan Padilla Recurring. 6 episodes [14]
2016 Bajo sospecha Gorka MonteroMain. Introduced in Season 2 [16]
2017–18 Traición Víctor AyalaMain [17]
2019 45 revoluciones (45rpm)Pedro ZabalaMain. Leading antagonist throughout the series [18]
2020 Veneno Pepe Navarro Recurring.
Real-life Pepe Navarro performs a cameo as security guard asking Elejalde to leave
[19]
2021 Ana Tramel. El juego (ANA. all in)Teniente MoncadaMain [20]
2023
Las noches de Tefía (Nights in Tefía)Don Anselmo

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
200415th Critical Eye Awards Theatre AwardWon [22]
201215th Max Awards Best Leading ActorVeraneantesNominated [6]
2015 29th Goya Awards Best New Actor Magical GirlNominated [23]

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