Emilio Buale
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Emilio Buale Coka is an Equatorial Guinean-Spanish actor
of Bubi descent.
, he moved to Spain, with his parents and brothers, when he was six years old. He had no intention of becoming an actor until one day, in 1995, when casting director Paco Pino discovered him as they both waited in a subway station in Madrid
. Pino needed a black actor to play Ombasi, one of the main characters of Imanol Uribes Bwana (1996). Before that, Emilio was studying to become a construction engineer, as well as working as a fireman. He accepted Pino's offer traveling to Almería
two weeks later for the filming of the movie. Buale made his debut, along with two well-known Spanish actors Andrés Pajares and María Barranco.
Buale continued getting work in in films, TV series and, especially, in theatre. He was a member of the National Classical Theater Company of Spain for a couple of years appearing in many of stage productions such as "La entretenida", "Amar después de la muerte", "Los chicos de la banda" and "Yonquis y Yanquis".
, being fluent in Spanish
, English
, French
and Bube. He continues to work as a fireman in Madrid. In fact, he has played a fireman in a few TV series and films:
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
of Bubi descent.
Early Life & Career
Born in Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the...
, he moved to Spain, with his parents and brothers, when he was six years old. He had no intention of becoming an actor until one day, in 1995, when casting director Paco Pino discovered him as they both waited in a subway station in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
. Pino needed a black actor to play Ombasi, one of the main characters of Imanol Uribes Bwana (1996). Before that, Emilio was studying to become a construction engineer, as well as working as a fireman. He accepted Pino's offer traveling to Almería
Almería
Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
two weeks later for the filming of the movie. Buale made his debut, along with two well-known Spanish actors Andrés Pajares and María Barranco.
Buale continued getting work in in films, TV series and, especially, in theatre. He was a member of the National Classical Theater Company of Spain for a couple of years appearing in many of stage productions such as "La entretenida", "Amar después de la muerte", "Los chicos de la banda" and "Yonquis y Yanquis".
Personal life
Buale is a polyglotMultilingualism
Multilingualism is the act of using, or promoting the use of, multiple languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers. Multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of...
, being fluent in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Bube. He continues to work as a fireman in Madrid. In fact, he has played a fireman in a few TV series and films:
- "Código fuego" (2003)
- Semen, una historia de amor (2005)
- and an episode of the third season of "La que se avecina" (2007)
Films
- Bwana (1996) by Imanol UribeImanol UribeImanol Uribe is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director.He was born in San Salvador, and is of Basque ancestry. Uribe was married to María Barranco...
- Adiós con el corazón (2000) by José Luis García SánchezJosé Luis García SánchezJosé Luis García Sánchez is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 30 films since 1968. He wrote for the 1973 film Habla, mudita, which was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival...
- Mi hijo Arturo (2000) by Pedro CostaPedro CostaPedro Costa is a Portuguese film director.He is acclaimed for using his ascetic style to depict the marginalised people in desperate living situations...
- Salvajes (2001) by Carlos Molinero
- Ilegal (2003) by Ignacio Villar
- Semen, una historia de amor (2005) by Daniela FejermanDaniela FejermanDaniela Fejerman is an Argentine director and film writer and a licensed psychologist. Her brother is Argentine musician Andy Chango. Her sister is Laura Fejerman. She has worked together with Inés París for 13 years.-Filmography:...
and Inés París - Hienas (2009) by Norberto Ramos del Val
Short films
- Cien maneras de hacer el pollo al txilindrón (1997) by Kepa Sojo
- Feliz Navidad (1998) by Óscar del Caz
- Impotencia (2002) by Andoni de Carlos
- Así fue mi sueño (2003) by Javier Albalá
- ¿Y tú qué harías (2003) by Emiliano Melgarejo
- El niño que jugaba con los trenes (2004) by Jorge Blas
- Chantal Lis (2004) by Rut Susa and Maria Pavon
- Cara Sucia (2004) by Santiago Zannou
- Salomón (2007) by Ignacio Lasierra
- Cíclope (2009) by Carlos Morett
Television
- Tío Willy (1998) by Eduardo Ladrón de Guevara
- Médico de Familia (1998) by Daniel Écija
- Mediterráneo (1999) by Antonio Hernández
- Pratos combinados (2000) by Chema Fernández
- Arrayán (2001) by Eva Bermúdez de Castro, Jaime D. Triviño y Santiago Pumarola
- Código fuego (2003) by Miguel Ángel Díez y Eva Lesmes
- Hospital CentralHospital CentralHospital Central is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco network in Spain, and cable/satellite channel Factoría de Ficción reruns them a couple of weeks later...
(2005) by José Mª Caro y Carlos Gil - Los SerranoLos SerranoLos Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on April 22, 2003 and is played on the channel Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid...
(2007) by Daniel Écija - El comisario (2008) by Ignacio del Moral
- Cazadores de Hombres (2008) by Joan Barbero, Verónica Fernández and Aitor Gabilondo
- La que se avecinaLa que se avecinaLa que se avecina is a Spanish television comedy that depicts the life of the inhabitants of Mirador de Montepinar , a fictional apartment building in the outskirts of Madrid...
(2009) by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero, Daniel Deorador - Amar en tiempos revueltosAmar en tiempos revueltosAmar en tiempos revueltos is a Spanish soap opera set in the times of the Spanish civil war and the early Francoism...
(2009) by Rodolfo Sirera - Sin tetas no hay paraísoSin Tetas No Hay ParaísoSin tetas no hay paraíso is a famous Colombian television series, produced and aired by Caracol TV. The show is based on the best-selling novel with the same name written by Gustavo Bolivar....
(2009)
External links
- National Classical Theater Company of Spain (Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico- en Español)
- Emilio Buale on IMDB