Manuel Bandera

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Manuel Bandera
(Manuel Bandera) Donostia Kultura. El amor esta en el aire; Bibiana Fernandez & Manuel Bandera .jpg
Born (1960-12-12) 12 December 1960 (age 63)
Málaga, Spain
Occupation(s)Actor, dancer

Manuel Bandera (born 12 December 1960) is a Spanish actor and dancer. He became popular for his performance in the 1989 film The Things of Love .

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Biography

Born on 12 December in 1960 in Málaga, [1] [2] Bandera started his career performing as dancer in the game show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez . [3]

He landed a breakthrough role with his performance in the Jaime Chávarri's film The Things of Love (1989), which garnered him public recognition. [1] [4] [2] He played Mario, a homosexual artist victim of the Francoist repression, [2] inspired by the real-life Miguel de Molina  [ es ]. [5] He performed minor roles in the Pedro Almodóvar's films Átame and Kika. [6] [7] Bandera starred in the lead role of Boabdil in the television miniseries Réquiem por Granada . [8]

He has performed several main cast roles in soap operas, including El súper , [9] Amar en tiempos revueltos , [7] Bandolera [10] and Acacias 38 . [11] At present (2021-2022), he is playing a main character in "A Chorus Line" promoted by Antonio Banderas.

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1990 Réquiem por Granada Boabdil Lead role [8]
1999 El súper Main. Introduced in season 3 [9]
2008–2009 Amar en tiempos revueltos Ramón RivasMain. Introduced in season 4 [12]
2011–2013 Bandolera Juan CaballeroMain [13]
2018 El Continental Comisario [14]
2019Los nuestros 2General Gamón [15]
2019–2021 Acacias 38 José, "el Choco"Main [16]
Film
YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1989 Las cosas del querer (The Things of Love)MarioStarring. Character inspired in Miguel de Molina  [ es ] [5]
1993 Tirano Banderas (Banderas, the Tyrant)Currito mi alma [17]
1994 Las cosas del querer II  [ es ]MarioSequel to Las cosas del querer [18]
1997 Pajarico (Little Bird)Uncle Juan [19]
2000 Papá es un ídolo  [ es ]Mauricio [20]
2001 El lado oscuro del corazón 2 (The Dark Side of the Heart 2)El Muerte [21]
2010 Don Mendo Rock ¿La venganza?  [ es ]PacoStarring [22]
2016Parada en el infierno (Stop Over in Hell)Tim Rogers [23]

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