Leonardo Sbaraglia
Encyclopedia
Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (born June 30, 1970) is a prominent Argentine film actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina
and Spain
.
He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in Red Lights.
. His mother, Roxana Randon, is a local actress and theater coach. He started his acting career at the age of 16 in the film La Noche de los lápices (Night of the Pencils), a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera
.
In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentine youth for his role in the TV series Clave de sol. In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in the theater (e.g., in La Soledad de los Campos de Algodon, Closer).
In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine director Marcelo Piñeyro
in Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito. They came together again for Caballos salvajes (1995), for which Leonardo Sbaraglia earned the Jury Prize for Best Acting at the Huelva International Film Festival, and later for Cenizas del paraíso (1997) and an acclaimed performance in Plata quemada
(2000).
Sbaraglia went to Spain
in 1998. He starred with Eusebio Poncela
in Intacto
(Intact), a 2001 thriller directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
, and received a Goya Award for Best New Actor. Other starring roles of his include Deseo (Desire) (2002), a Gerardo Vera
film in which he plays at the sides of Leonor Watling
and Cecilia Roth
, and Carmen
(2003), an adaptation of Prosper Mérimée
's classic by director Vicente Aranda
.
Sbaraglia worked again in 2005 with director Antonio Hernández
, with whom he had already shot En la ciudad sin límites
in 2002. This and his contribution to Sebastián Borensztein's mini TV series Tiempofinal (2000) after their production of El Garante, for which he earned the Martín Fierro Award for best performance by an actor; Hernández and Piñeyro are the only directors with whom Sbaraglia has worked with more than once. He was nominated for the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor
in 2007 for his role of Jesús Irurre in the film Salvador (Puig Antich)
in which he starred with German actor Daniel Brühl
. The City of Huelva
awarded Sbaraglia an honorary award (Premio Honorífico) in 2005.
Sbaraglia returned to Argentina in 2008, and starred in Marcelo Piñeyro's Las viudas de los jueves (Thursday Widows) in a role nominated for an Argentine Film Critics Association Silver Condor Award. He was cast with Robert De Niro
, Sigourney Weaver
, and Cillian Murphy
in Red Lights, directed by Rodrigo Cortés
.
Sbaraglia married the Argentine sculptor Guadalupe Martín in 2001, and in the winter of 2006, their daughter Julia was born.
Goya Awards
Premios Sur
Silver Condor Awards
Screamfest Festival Trophy Awards
Martín Fierro Awards
Huelva International Film Festival
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and Spain
Cinema of Spain
The art of motion-picture making within the nation of Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.In recent years, Spanish cinema has achieved high marks of recognition as a result of its creative and technical excellence...
.
He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in Red Lights.
Life and work
Leonardo Sbaraglia was born in Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. His mother, Roxana Randon, is a local actress and theater coach. He started his acting career at the age of 16 in the film La Noche de los lápices (Night of the Pencils), a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera
Héctor Olivera
Héctor Olivera is a film director, producer and screenwriter.He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has contributed to numerous films in the United States.-Biography:...
.
In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentine youth for his role in the TV series Clave de sol. In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in the theater (e.g., in La Soledad de los Campos de Algodon, Closer).
In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine director Marcelo Piñeyro
Marcelo Piñeyro
Marcelo Piñeyro is an Argentine award-winning film director, screenwriter, and film producer.-Biography:Born in Buenos Aires, Piñeyro studied cinematography at the University of La Plata's School of Fine Arts...
in Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito. They came together again for Caballos salvajes (1995), for which Leonardo Sbaraglia earned the Jury Prize for Best Acting at the Huelva International Film Festival, and later for Cenizas del paraíso (1997) and an acclaimed performance in Plata quemada
Plata Quemada
Plata quemada is an Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras.The film won, among other awards, the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in 2001....
(2000).
Sbaraglia went to Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
in 1998. He starred with Eusebio Poncela
Eusebio Poncela
Eusebio Poncela is a Spanish actor.His debut on stage was with the Federico Garcia Lorca play Mariana Pineda....
in Intacto
Intacto
Intacto is a film thriller first released in Spain during November, 2001, and then internationally on the film festival circuit in 2002. It was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo....
(Intact), a 2001 thriller directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is a Spanish film director, script writer, and producer. He directed Intacto and 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. His film Esposados was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1996.-Early life:Fresnadillo was born in...
, and received a Goya Award for Best New Actor. Other starring roles of his include Deseo (Desire) (2002), a Gerardo Vera
Gerardo Vera
Gerardo Vera is a Spanish set costumer, Opera director, writer, actor, film and theatre director....
film in which he plays at the sides of Leonor Watling
Leonor Watling
Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling is an award-winning Spanish film actress and singer.-Early life:Watling was born in Madrid, Spain to a Spanish father and a British mother, and has three siblings, with whom she speaks English. Her father died when she was a teenager.When she was a child, she...
and Cecilia Roth
Cecilia Roth
Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress.Her father, Abrasha Rotenberg , a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Ukraine, is an editor and a journalist. He met Cecilia's mother, an Argentinian singer of Sephardic descent Dina Rot, in Argentina. Cecilia Roth has made appearances in numerous television series...
, and Carmen
Carmen (2003 film)
Carmen is a 2003 film about the classical romance of the same name by Prosper Mérimée. Director Vicente Aranda bases the plot on Mérimée's original novella from 1847 , changing some details about the love story between Carmen and José...
(2003), an adaptation of Prosper Mérimée
Prosper Mérimée
Prosper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.-Life:...
's classic by director 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...
.
Sbaraglia worked again in 2005 with director Antonio Hernández
Antonio Hernández
Antonio Hernández is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.In 1994, he created the TV company Zeppelín Televisión.-Director:*1980: F.E.N.*1981: Apaga.....
, with whom he had already shot En la ciudad sin límites
En la ciudad sin límites
En la ciudad sin límites is a 2002 Spanish-Argentine thriller directed by Antonio Hernández and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia and Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film was nominated for four Goya Awards in 2003, winning the award for Best Original Screenplay and Geraldine Chaplin winning the award for...
in 2002. This and his contribution to Sebastián Borensztein's mini TV series Tiempofinal (2000) after their production of El Garante, for which he earned the Martín Fierro Award for best performance by an actor; Hernández and Piñeyro are the only directors with whom Sbaraglia has worked with more than once. He was nominated for the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor
Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards....
in 2007 for his role of Jesús Irurre in the film Salvador (Puig Antich)
Salvador (Puig Antich)
Salvador is a 2006 Spanish film directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the Francesc Escribano book , which describes the execution of Salvador Puig Antich, the last person executed by garrote under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at...
in which he starred with German actor Daniel Brühl
Daniel Brühl
Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo is a Spanish/German actor. He is best known as Daniel Brühl.-Personal life:Brühl was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His father was the late German stage director Hanno Brühl and his mother was a Spanish professor. He also has a brother and a sister...
. The City of Huelva
Huelva
Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...
awarded Sbaraglia an honorary award (Premio Honorífico) in 2005.
Sbaraglia returned to Argentina in 2008, and starred in Marcelo Piñeyro's Las viudas de los jueves (Thursday Widows) in a role nominated for an Argentine Film Critics Association Silver Condor Award. He was cast with Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
, Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...
, and Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy is an Irish film and theatre actor. He is often noted by critics for his chameleonic performances in diverse roles and distinctive blue eyes and general sex appeal....
in Red Lights, directed by Rodrigo Cortés
Rodrigo Cortés
Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez is a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and occasional actor.-Career:Cortés' fondness for film making started at an early stage. At 16 he had already directed his first short film in Super 8...
.
Sbaraglia married the Argentine sculptor Guadalupe Martín in 2001, and in the winter of 2006, their daughter Julia was born.
Filmography
| Title | English title (where applicable) | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| La noche de los lápices | Night of the Pencils | 1986 | Daniel |
| Copyright | 1993 | ||
| Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito | Wild Tango | 1993 | Pedro |
| Fuego gris | Grey Fire | 1994 | |
| Fotos del alma | Pictures of the Soul | 1995 | |
| No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas | Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going | 1995 | Pablo |
| Caballos salvajes | Wild Horses | 1995 | Pedro |
| Carlos Monzón, el segundo juicio | 1996 | ||
| Besos en la frente Besos en la Frente Besos en la frente is a 1996 Argentine drama film directed and written by Carlos Galettini about the love between a high-class old Grand-Dame and a young writer just arrived from the provinces to the great city .... |
1996 | Sebastián Miguez | |
| Cenizas del paraíso | Ashes from Paradise | 1997 | Pedro Makantasis |
| Bajamar | Low Tide | 1998 | |
| Vendado y frío | 1998 | ||
| Plata quemada Plata Quemada Plata quemada is an Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras.The film won, among other awards, the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in 2001.... |
Burnt Money | 2000 | El Nene |
| Intacto Intacto Intacto is a film thriller first released in Spain during November, 2001, and then internationally on the film festival circuit in 2002. It was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.... |
Intact | 2001 | Tomás |
| En la ciudad sin límites En la ciudad sin límites En la ciudad sin límites is a 2002 Spanish-Argentine thriller directed by Antonio Hernández and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia and Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film was nominated for four Goya Awards in 2003, winning the award for Best Original Screenplay and Geraldine Chaplin winning the award for... |
The City of No Limits | 2002 | Victor |
| Nowhere | 2002 | Paolo Brandi | |
| Deseo Deseo Deseo is a solo album by Jon Anderson of progressive rock band Yes.-Track listing:#Amor Real 04:17#A-DE-O 03:19#Bridges 03:32#Seasons 03:34#Floresta 03:04#Cafe 03:19#This Child 02:14#Danca Do Ouro 04:29#Midnight Dancing 03:50... |
Desire | 2002 | Pablo |
| Utopía | 2003 | Adrián | |
| Carmen Carmen (2003 film) Carmen is a 2003 film about the classical romance of the same name by Prosper Mérimée. Director Vicente Aranda bases the plot on Mérimée's original novella from 1847 , changing some details about the love story between Carmen and José... |
2003 | José | |
| Cleopatra Cleopatra (2003 film) Cleopatra is a 2003 Argentine film directed by Eduardo Mignogna and starring Norma Aleandro, Natalia Oreiro, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Héctor Alterio... |
2003 | Carlos | |
| La puta y la ballena | The Whore and the Whale | 2004 | Emilio |
| La mitad negada | 2005 | ||
| Oculto | The Hidden | 2005 | Alex |
| Salvador (Puig Antich) Salvador (Puig Antich) Salvador is a 2006 Spanish film directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the Francesc Escribano book , which describes the execution of Salvador Puig Antich, the last person executed by garrote under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at... |
2006 | Jesús | |
| De bares | Drink Up | 2006 | |
| Concursante | The Contestant | 2007 | Martín Circo Martín |
| El rey de la montaña | King of the Hill | 2007 | Quim |
| Violanchelo Violanchelo Violanchelo is a 2008 drama film starring Bárbara Mori, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Tony Dalton. The film is based on a romantic story.-Sypnosis:... |
Love, Pain and Vice Versa | 2008 | Dr Marquez |
| Santos | 2008 | Arturo Antares | |
| Diario de una ninfómana Diario de una Ninfómana Diario de una Ninfómana is a Spanish erotic drama directed by Christian Molina and starring Belen Fabra and released in 2008.-Title:... |
Diary of a Sex Addict | 2008 | Jaime |
| La viudas de los jueves | Thursday Widows | 2009 | Ronnie |
| El corredor nocturno | Night Runner | 2009 | Lopez |
| Sin retorno | Sin retorno | 2010 | Federico Samaniego |
| El campo | In The Open | 2011 | Santiago |
| Vaquero | Vaquero | 2011 | Alonso |
| Red Lights | 2012 | Leonardo Palladino | |
| Restos | 2012 | Daniel |
Televisión
- Lo que el tiempo nos dejóLo que el tiempo nos dejóLo que el tiempo nos dejó is a 2010 Argentine miniseries of six telefilms about key events of the History of Argentina during the 20th century. They were produced by historian Felipe Pigna...
(2010) - Impostores (2009)
- EpitafiosEpitafiosEpitafios is a 2004 13 episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written. The series, which takes place in an unnamed South American city, was shot in Buenos Aires....
(2009) - Al filo de la ley (2005)
- Tiempo final (2000)
- La argentina de tato - homenaje (1999)
- Bajamar, la costa del silencio (1998)
- Casablanca (1998)
- El garanteEl garanteThe Guarantor: horror miniseries originally transmitted Argentina in 1997 by Channel 9. Directed by Sebastián Borensztein and starred Lito Cruz and Leonardo Sbaraglia- Synopsis :...
(1997) - De poeta y de loco (1996)
- Cartas de amor en cassette (1993)
- Alta comedia (1991)
- El gordo y el flaco (1991)
- Amores (1991)
- Atreverse (1990)
- Clave de Sol (1987)
Premios y candidaturas
International Emmy Awards| Year | Category | Series | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Best Performance by an Actor | Epitafios 2 | Candidato |
Goya Awards
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....
| Year | Category | Film | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Best Actor | Salvador (Puig Antich) Salvador (Puig Antich) Salvador is a 2006 Spanish film directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the Francesc Escribano book , which describes the execution of Salvador Puig Antich, the last person executed by garrote under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at... |
Nominee |
| 2001 | Best Actor | Intacto Intacto Intacto is a film thriller first released in Spain during November, 2001, and then internationally on the film festival circuit in 2002. It was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.... |
Winner |
Premios Sur
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina Awards are given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina to honor achievement in Argentine cinema by Argentina-based filmmakers....
| Year | Category | Film | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Best Actor | Sin retorno | Nominee |
| 2009 | Best Actor | Las viudas de los jueves | Nominee |
Silver Condor Awards
| Year | Category | Film | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best Actor | Las viudas de los jueves | Nominee |
| 2004 | Best Actor | En la ciudad sin límites En la ciudad sin límites En la ciudad sin límites is a 2002 Spanish-Argentine thriller directed by Antonio Hernández and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia and Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film was nominated for four Goya Awards in 2003, winning the award for Best Original Screenplay and Geraldine Chaplin winning the award for... |
Nominee |
| 2001 | Best Actor | Plata quemada Plata Quemada Plata quemada is an Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, and written by Piñeyro and Marcelo Figueras.The film won, among other awards, the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in 2001.... |
Nominee |
Screamfest Festival Trophy Awards
| Year | Category | Film | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Best Actor | El rey de la montaña | Winner |
Martín Fierro Awards
Martín Fierro Awards
Martín Fierro is the name of the most prominent awards for Argentine radio and television, granted by APTRA, the Association of Argentine Television and Radio Journalists. The awards were first given in 1959, limited to television. The next year, the awards adopted its current name, after José...
| Year | Category | Film | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Best Actor | El garante El garante The Guarantor: horror miniseries originally transmitted Argentina in 1997 by Channel 9. Directed by Sebastián Borensztein and starred Lito Cruz and Leonardo Sbaraglia- Synopsis :... |
Nominee |
Huelva International Film Festival
| Year | Category | Film | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Best Actor | Wild Horses Wild Horses (1995 film) Caballos Salvajes is a 1995 Argentine road movie directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Aída Bortnik. It stars Héctor Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Cecilia Dopazo and Federico Luppi in a cameo appearance... |
Winner |