Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
José Garcia (actor)
Spanish-French film and television actor (born 1966) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
José Doval Garcia (Galician pronunciation: [xoˈse doˈβal ɣaɾˈθia]; born 17 March 1966), sometimes credited as José Luis Garcia,[2] is a Spanish-French film and television actor.
 |
Remove ads
Early life and education
He was born as José Doval in Paris, France[3] to Galician parents from O Carballiño, Ourense, who emigrated to the country escaping the Spanish Civil War and poverty.[4]
At age 20, he received two years of training in the Classe libre ("Free Class") for actors at the Cours Florent in Paris, with Francis Huster as a teacher. He completed his training through the Annie Fratellini Circus School (where he met his future wife Isabelle Doval) and taught in France following an Actors Studio course.[5]
He also holds a degree in accounting.
Remove ads
Career
Since 1989, Garcia has made acting appearances in over forty-five films.[2] Additionally, he has made appearances, some in acting roles but mostly as himself, in over twenty television productions.[2]
Personal life
Garcia married actress Isabelle Pinelli and together had two daughters, Laurène and Thelma.[6][7][8] They announced their divorce in 2021.[9]
Filmography
Remove ads
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads