Manuel Bandera

Manuel Bandera (born 12 December 1960) is a Spanish actor and dancer. He became popular for his performance in the 1989 film The Things of Love.

Manuel Bandera
Bandera in 2025
Born	(1960-12-12) 12 December 1960 (age 64) Málaga, Spain
Occupation(s)	Actor, dancer

Biography

Born on 12 December in 1960 in Málaga,^[1][2] Bandera started his career performing as dancer in the game show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez.^[3]

He landed a breakthrough role with his performance in the Jaime Chávarri's film The Things of Love (1989), which garnered him public recognition.^[1][4][2] He played Mario, a homosexual artist victim of the Francoist repression,^[2] inspired by the real-life Miguel de Molina [es].^[5] He performed minor roles in the Pedro Almodóvar's films Átame and Kika.^[6][7] Bandera starred in the lead role of Boabdil in the television miniseries Réquiem por Granada.^[8]

He has performed several main cast roles in soap operas, including El súper,^[9] Amar en tiempos revueltos,^[7] Bandolera^[10] and Acacias 38.^[11] At present (2021-2022), he is playing a main character in "A Chorus Line" promoted by Antonio Banderas.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1990	Réquiem por Granada	Boabdil	Lead role	[8]
1999	El súper		Main. Introduced in season 3	[9]
2008–2009	Amar en tiempos revueltos	Ramón Rivas	Main. Introduced in season 4	[12]
2011–2013	Bandolera	Juan Caballero	Main	[13]
2018	El Continental	Comisario		[14]
2019	Los nuestros 2	General Gamón		[15]
2019–2021	Acacias 38	José, "el Choco"	Main	[16]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1989	Las cosas del querer (The Things of Love)	Mario	Starring. Character inspired in Miguel de Molina [es]	[5]
1993	Tirano Banderas (Banderas, the Tyrant)	Currito mi alma		[17]
1994	Las cosas del querer II [es]	Mario	Sequel to Las cosas del querer	[18]
1997	Pajarico (Little Bird)	Uncle Juan		[19]
2000	Papá es un ídolo [es]	Mauricio		[20]
2001	El lado oscuro del corazón 2 (The Dark Side of the Heart 2)	El Muerte		[21]
2010	Don Mendo Rock ¿La venganza? [es]	Paco	Starring	[22]
2016	Parada en el infierno (Stop Over in Hell)	Tim Rogers		[23]