Jorge Sanz Miranda (born 26 August 1969) is a Spanish actor and one of the most prominent actors of the Spanish cinema since the 1980s. He is known to international audiences for his roles in the films: Amantes (1991) by director Vicente Aranda and Fernando Trueba’s Belle Époque (1992).
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| Born | Jorge Sanz Miranda 26 August 1969 Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Actor |
Early life edit
Jorge Sanz Miranda was born on 26 August 1969 in Madrid.[1] The youngest of five children, he would have followed a military career in the footsteps of his father, but his mother took him to an audition when he was nine years old and he was cast as the son of Jane Birkin in the film La Miel (1979) directed by Pedro Masó.[2] From then on, he started a prolific career as an actor mostly in commercial films. His self-confidence and naturalness before the camera made him a popular actor in the Spanish screens.
Between the ages of nine and fifteen, he played in ten features within and beyond the Spanish film industry. Most notably as the young Conan in Conan the Barbarian (1982), a role played as an older Conan by Arnold Schwarzenegger.[1] His role as a rascal in Crónica del alba. Valentina (1982), based upon the novel of Ramón J. Sender, won him his first acting award at the San Sebastian Film Festival.[2]
Career edit
Sanz's roles in the films of Fernando Trueba and Vicente Aranda solidified his career. In 1986 he starred with Maribel Verdú, in Year of Enlightment. In 1988, he had the leading role in Vicente Aranda’s If They Tell You I Fell, for which he obtained a Goya Award for Best Actor.[1] He followed this success with two more film under Vicente Aranda's direction, Riders of the Dawn (1990), a made for TV miniseries, and Lovers (1991) that was an international success. Two years later, he starred in Belle Époque, directed by Fernando Trueba. This film won the Oscar as a best foreign film. Jorge Sanz gave two of his best performances in Lovers and Belle Époque and these works remain his better-known international films.
The decade of the 1990s confirmed his popularity and he made two roles per year.[2] Combining comedies Why Do They Call It Love When They Mean Sex? (1992) and Cha-cha-chá (1997) with more dramatic roles: Morirás en Chafarinas (1994), Libertarias (1995) although he admits that it feels more comfortable with comic roles. He has also alternated cinema with television. Taking part in television series such as Riders of the Dawn or comedies like Colegio Mayor (1993-95), Pepa y Pepe (1995) and A las once en casa (1999).
He made two more successful films with Fernando Trueba: The Girl of Your Dreams (1998) and The Shanghai Spell (2002).[2]
Accolades edit
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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1987 |
1st Goya Awards | Best Actor | Year of Enlightment | Nominated | |
1989 |
3rd Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free | Nominated | |
1990 |
4th Goya Awards | Best Actor | If They Tell You I Fell | Won | |
1992 |
6th Goya Awards | Best Actor | Lovers | Nominated | |
1993 |
7th Goya Awards | Best Actor | Belle Époque | Nominated | |
1998 |
13th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Girl of Your Dreams | Nominated | |
2008 |
17th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Oviedo Express | Nominated |
Notes edit
- ^ a b c D’Lugo, Guide to the Cinema of Spain, p. 258
- ^ a b c d Jorge Sanz - Famosos - Tierra Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, pp. 270–272, 274, 281, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8
- ^ "'Las 13 rosas' y las series TVE, favoritas en los premios de la Unión de Actores". 20minutos.es (in Spanish). 18 January 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "La saga Bardem triunfa en los premios de la Unión de Actores". El Mundo (in Spanish). 1 April 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Bibliography edit
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 375-376.
- D’Lugo, Marvin: Guide to the Cinema of Spain, Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN 0-313-29474-7
- Perriam, Chris: Star and Masculinity in Spanish Cinema: From Banderas to Bardem, Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-19-815996-X.
External links edit
- Jorge Sanz at IMDb