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Alberto San Juan
Spanish film, television, and theater actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alberto San Juan Guijarro (born 1 November 1967) is a Spanish film, stage and television actor. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including two Goya awards.
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Biography
Alberto San Juan was born on 1 November 1968 in Madrid, the son of cartoonist Máximo San Juan and radio announcer Pilar Guijarro Ortiz de Zárate.[1][2] He was raised in the well-off neighborhood of El Viso.[3] He attended the Colegio Estilo and joined its theatrical group, where he acquainted with his long-term friend Guillermo Toledo.[4] He also spent many of his childhood's summers in Cañamares, province of Cuenca.[5] He studied journalism and worked for two years at Diario 16 before pursuing an acting career.[6] At age 24, he joined the Cristina Rota's atelier to train his acting chops.[7]
He landed his big screen debut with a bit part in You Shall Die in Chafarinas (1995).[8] Jointly with Guillermo Toledo, Nathalie Poza and Ernesto Alterio, San Juan founded the theatre group 'Ración de oreja', which merged with Andrés Lima's 'Riesgo' into the theatre company Animalario.[9] His first film success and main film role was Juanma Bajo Ulloa's Airbag (1997).[10][11] For his character of Paco, a scoundrel, actors Javier Bardem and Viggo Mortensen were previously considered.[12][13]
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Filmography
Film
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Accolades
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