Jorge Sanz
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Jorge Sanz is a Spanish actor and is 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).
. 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
. From then on, he started a prolific career as a child actor mostly in commercial films. His self-confidence and naturalness before the camera made him a popular child 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 adult by Arnold Schwarzenegger
. His role as a rascal in Valentina (1982) made him win his first award as an actor at San Sebastian Film Festival.
and Vicente Aranda
solidified his career. In 1986 he starred with Maribel Verdú
, in El Año de las Luces
, his first role as an adolescent. In 1988, as a young adult, he had the leading role in Vicente Aranda
’s Si Te Dicen que Cai, for which he obtained a Goya Award as Best actor. He followed this success with two more film under Vicente Aranda's direction, Los Jinetes del Alba (1990), a made for T.V miniseries, and Amantes (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 in Amantes and Belle Epoque two of his best interpretation and these works remain his best known international films.
The decade of the 1990s confirmed his popularity and he made two roles a year. Combining comedies ¿Por qué lo llaman amor cuando quieren decir sexo? (1992) and Chá-chá-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 TV series like Los Jinetes del Alba
(1989) and in comedies like Colegio Mayor (1993-95), Pepa y Pepe (1995) and A Las Once en Casa (1999).
Originally cast to play the role of "Víctor Plaza" in Carne trémula
(1997) by Pedro Almodóvar
He was fired after the second day of shooting because of several disagreements with the director and was replaced with actor Liberto Rabal.
He made two more successful films with Fernando Trueba: La Niña de tus ojos
(1998) and El Embrujo de Shangai (2002).
in 1998 and had a son with actress Paloma Gómez, Merlín, born September 25, 2002. They had met when they were children while filming the movie Valentina but began their relationship almost 25 years later, when they met again in a play, they split in 2006.
Vicente Aranda
Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the...
and Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Between 1974 and 1979 worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper EL PAIS. In 1980, founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA, which he edited and directed during its first two years...
’s Belle Époque
Belle Epoque (film)
Belle Époque is a 1992 Spanish film directed by Fernando Trueba. The title derives from the period in French history known as the Belle Époque .-Plot:...
(1992).
Early life
Jorge Sanz Miranda was born on August 26, 1969 in MadridMadrid
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...
. 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
Jane Birkin
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :...
in the film La Miel (1979) directed by Pedro Masó
Pedro Masó
Pedro Masó was a Spanish director, producer, and scriptwriter.His relation with the cinema began at an early age when he was employed as a boy in the Estudios Chamartín in Madrid...
. From then on, he started a prolific career as a child actor mostly in commercial films. His self-confidence and naturalness before the camera made him a popular child 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 adult by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
. His role as a rascal in Valentina (1982) made him win his first award as an actor at San Sebastian Film Festival.
Career
Sanz's roles in the films of Fernando TruebaFernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Between 1974 and 1979 worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper EL PAIS. In 1980, founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA, which he edited and directed during its first two years...
and Vicente Aranda
Vicente Aranda
Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the...
solidified his career. In 1986 he starred with Maribel Verdú
Maribel Verdú
Maribel Verdú is a Spanish actress. She is known to English-speaking audiences for playing Luisa in the 2001 film Y tu mamá también and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth. In Spain she is known for films such as Belle Époque, Tetro, and Huevos de oro.Verdú was born María...
, in El Año de las Luces
El Año de las Luces
Year of Enlightment is a 1986 Spanish film directed by Fernando Trueba, starring Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verdú. The film is a coming of age story of a sixteen year old boy finding love and sex in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War...
, his first role as an adolescent. In 1988, as a young adult, he had the leading role in Vicente Aranda
Vicente Aranda
Vicente Aranda , is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Due to his refined and personal style, he is one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founded member of the Barcelona School of Film and became known for bringing contemporary Spanish novels to life on the...
’s Si Te Dicen que Cai, for which he obtained a Goya Award as Best actor. He followed this success with two more film under Vicente Aranda's direction, Los Jinetes del Alba (1990), a made for T.V miniseries, and Amantes (1991) that was an international success. Two years later he starred in Belle époque, directed by Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Between 1974 and 1979 worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper EL PAIS. In 1980, founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA, which he edited and directed during its first two years...
. This film won the Oscar as a best foreign film. Jorge Sanz gave in Amantes and Belle Epoque two of his best interpretation and these works remain his best known international films.
The decade of the 1990s confirmed his popularity and he made two roles a year. Combining comedies ¿Por qué lo llaman amor cuando quieren decir sexo? (1992) and Chá-chá-chá (1997) with more dramatic roles: Morirás en Chafarinas (1994), Libertarias
Libertarias
Libertarias is a Spanish historical drama made in 1996. It was written and directed by Vicente Aranda.In 1936, Maria , a young nun is recruited by Pilar , a militant feminist, into an anarchist militia following the onset of the Spanish Civil War...
(1995) although he admits that it feels more comfortable with comic roles. he has also alternated cinema with television. Taking part in TV series like Los Jinetes del Alba
Los Jinetes del Alba
Riders of the Dawn is a 1990 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda, an adaptation of a novel by Jesús Fernández Santos. It stars Victoria Abril and Jorge Sanz...
(1989) and in comedies like Colegio Mayor (1993-95), Pepa y Pepe (1995) and A Las Once en Casa (1999).
Originally cast to play the role of "Víctor Plaza" in Carne trémula
Carne trémula
Live Flesh is a 1997 Spanish romantic drama thriller film, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Liberto Rabal, Javier Bardem, and Francesca Neri...
(1997) by Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...
He was fired after the second day of shooting because of several disagreements with the director and was replaced with actor Liberto Rabal.
He made two more successful films with Fernando Trueba: La Niña de tus ojos
La niña de tus ojos
The Girl of Your Dreams is a 1998 Spanish drama film produced and directed by Fernando Trueba based on facts: during the Spanish Civil War, cinema studios supported the Republic, so Franco's followers had to go to Germany or Italy to make fictional films at Universum Film AG, known as UFA studios...
(1998) and El Embrujo de Shangai (2002).
Personal life
Jorge Sanz dated Spanish actress Lucía JiménezLucía Jiménez
Lucía Jiménez , is a Spanish actress.She started with a David Trueba movie, La Buena Vida, and she became very popular thanks to the TV series Al salir de clase.-Movies:- TV :- External links :...
in 1998 and had a son with actress Paloma Gómez, Merlín, born September 25, 2002. They had met when they were children while filming the movie Valentina but began their relationship almost 25 years later, when they met again in a play, they split in 2006.