Asier Etxeandia
Asier Gómez Etxeandia (born 27 June 1975) is a Spanish actor, whose work encompasses television, theatre and cinema.
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Born | Asier Gómez Etxeandia 27 June 1975 Bilbao, Spain |
Occupation | Actor |
Biography
Asier Etxeandia took his first acting course in a Biscayan school.[1]
Asier Etxeandia left his native Basque Country and moved to Madrid when he was 20 years old. In Madrid he first worked as a sex shop assistant while also taking acting classes. In 1995, he debuted on TV as a contestant in the game show Uno para todas (Telecinco), presented by Goyo González. The production company Globomedia hired him for the first season of Un Paso Adelante, where he played Beni, a gay student who enrolls in a Performing Arts school to become an actor. Etxeandia left the series because he feared becoming typecast. In spite of this, he recognises that this role opened doors and got him his first friends in the business, among them actress Natalia Millán.[2]
Natalia Millán thought of him for the adaptation of musical play Cabaret, that she was also going to star in, offering him the role of Master of Ceremonies. In this production he also worked with Manuel Flag and Emilio Alonso León.
In film he landed a role in Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces, a small role as a blind waiter that eventually was not included in the final cut, but which is included as additional content in the DVD release. He later played a supporting role in Almodóvar's 2019 drama Dolor y Gloria.
Etxeandia is openly gay.[3]
Filmography
Television
- Dirty dishes, character episódico (2000)
- A step forward, as Benito "Beni" López (2002)
- Remember When, as Mateo (2004)
- The commissioner, as Óscar; one episode: Secret to voices (2005)
- The Serrano, as Tomás Cruz; one episode: I azuzo (2005)
- Personal reasons, as David (2006)
- Letters to Sorolla (2006)
- Countdown, as Víctor; one episode: Street of Orpheus and Eurídice, 2. 21:38 hours (2008)
- Question of sex, as Yago (2008)
- Heirs, as Gorka (2008–2009)
- The men of Paco, as Blackman (2009–2010)
- Flight IL 8714, as Emilio. Miniseries (2010)
- El ángel de Budapest (The Angel of Budapest), as Barrueta (2011)
- The escape, as Miguel Reverte (2012)
- Storm, as Carlos. Miniseries (2013)
- Love is for ever, as Rubén Tudela (2013)
- Velvet, as Raúl de la Riva (2014–2016)
- Velvet Colección, as Raúl de la Riva (2017–present)
Feature films
- The violet look, as Sergio. Dir. Nacho Pérez of the Peace and Jesús Ruiz (2004)
- The Next Orient, as Abel. Dir. Fernando Colomo (2006)
- Alone coffee or with them, as Javi. Dir. Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo (2006)
- Las 13 rosas (The 13 roses), as Enrique. Dir. Emilio Martínez Lázaro (2007)
- Siete minutos (Seven minutes), as Vicente. Dir. Daniela Fejerman (2008)
- Lies and Fat, as Christ. Dir. Alfonso Albacete (2008)
- King Conqueror, as Pascual Muñoz. Dir. José Antonio Escrivá, Félix Miguel and Pepón Sigler (2009)
- El Capitán Trueno y el Santo Grial (Captain Thunder and the Holy Grail), as Hassan. Dir. Antonio Hernández (2011)
- Los días no vividos, as Jaime. Dir. Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas (2012)
- Musarañas (Shrew's Nest), as Jaime. Dir. Juanfer Andrés and Esteban Roel (2014)
- Ma ma, as Julián. Dir. Julio Medem (2014)
- La novia (The Bride), as The Groom. Dir. Paula Ortiz (2015)
- La puerta abierta (The open door), as Lupita. Dir. Marina Seresesky (2015)
- Dolor y Gloria (Pain and Glory), as Alberto Crespo. Dir. Pedro Almodóvar (2019)
Short films
- After!, as Koldo. Dir. Oskar Bilbao (1996)
- Give me another end. Dir. Nerea Castro (2000)
- Vertexes, as Mario. Dir. Juanan Martínez (2004)
- Unione European, as Tomás. Dir. Andrés M. Koppel (2007)
- Final. Dir. Hugo Martín Crooked (2007)
- Together. Dir. Gigi Romero (2009)
- By always ham. Dir. Ruth Díaz (2014)
Theatre
- Nightclub (2003–2005)
- The hell (2005)
- The divine comedy, as Dante Alighieri (2005)
- The dream of a night of summer, like Teseo and Oberón. Dir. Tamzin Towshend (2006–2007)
- Baroque, like Valmont (2007)
- The Mondays can expect (2008)
- Hamlet (2009)
- Medea (2009)
- Homer, The Iliada, reading dramatizada. Dir. Andrea D'Odorico (2010)
- The failure (2011)
- The chunga. Dir. Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (2013)
- The interpreter (2013)
Discography
- Musical Nightclub, B.S.Or. (2003)
- A ray of light, subject: But the world goes round (2006)
- Play The dream of a night of summer, subjects: Song of Oberón and Tears of Rocío (2007)
- Film The 13 roses, subject: J'attendrai (2007)
- Baroque play, B.S.Or. (2007)
- Play Hamlet, B.S.Or. (2009)
- X1END: Together by the Sahara, subject: Simpathy for the devil, duet with Pastora (2009)
- The transcendental step of the vodevil to the astracanada, subject: Why to me it costs me so much?, duet with Fangoria (2010)
- Play Something of noise does, B.S.Or. (2011)
- Collaboration in the song Third World of the disk The Motionless Trips of Nach (2014)
Prizes and nominations
Year | Category | Film | Resulted |
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2015 | Best Male Actor | The girlfriend | Nominated |
Fotogramas of Silver
Year | Category | Work | Resulted | ||||
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2014 | Best Actor Television Series | Velvet | Nominated | ||||
2013 | Best Actor Theatre | The Interpreter | WON | ||||
2003 | Best Actor Theatre | Nightclub | Nominated |
Union of Actors
Year | Category | Work | Resulted |
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2015 | Best Actor Cinema | The girlfriend | Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor TV series | Velvet | Nominated | |
2013 | Best Actor Theatre | The Interpreter | WON |
2011 | Best Actor Theatre | The failure | WON |
2007 | Best Actor Theatre | Baroque | Nominated |
2003 | Best Actor disclosure | Nightclub | WON |
Year | Category | Play | Resulted |
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2012 | Best Actor | The failure | Nominated |
2009 | Best Actor | Baroque | Nominated |
2005 | Best Actor | Hell | Nominated |
Prizes Ercilla
Year | Category | Play | Resulted |
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2009 | Best Actor Theatre Production | Baroque | WON |
Spanish film festival of Málaga
Year | Category | Play | Resulted |
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2009 | Prize Renfe to new values of the Spanish cinema | 7 minutes | WON |
References
- Interview "to Play to Be" in Pastiche
- Faltan siglos El Correo digital.com
- Entrevista 20minutos.es
- Diéguez, Antonio (21 January 2016). "Asier Etxeandia: "Si alguien no me ha dado trabajo por ser homosexual, él se lo pierde"". El Mundo (Spain) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2019.