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Torrente 3
''Torrente 3: el protector'' is a 2005 Spanish black comedy film directed, written, produced and starring Santiago Segura as the lead character, Spanish cop José Luis Torrente. The film was the third in the popular Torrente series (following '' Torrente 2: misión en Marbella'') and was successful at the box office. Santiago Segura decided to make a parody of the American film ''The Bodyguard'', which was directed by Mick Jackson and starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.Torrente 3, el protector Cast * as Torrente[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Segura
Santiago Segura Silva (born 17 July 1965) is a Spanish filmmaker and actor. He also worked to a lesser extent as a television presenter, voice actor and comic book writer, as well as being a collector of original comic books. At 12, he began making films with a Super-8 camera, and, after a recommendation from Fernando Trueba, began to make films in 35 mm, funded by his appearances in TV game shows. He earned early recognition for his performance as a metalhead in 1995 film ''The Day of the Beast'' (billed as a "satanic comedy"), which won him the Goya Award for Best New Actor. Great success would come with his directorial feature debut, 1998 dark action comedy and box-office hit ''Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law'', in which he stars as José Luis Torrente, a racist, homophobic, xenophobic, and fascist former police cop. The film, that won Segura the Goya Award for Best New Director, was followed by four sequels ('' Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella'', '' Torrente 3: El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Mota (humorist) , Brazilian football forward
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José Mota may refer to: *José Mota (footballer, born 1919) (1919–?), Portuguese football forward *José Mota (footballer, born 1964), Portuguese football player/manager * José Mota (baseball) (born 1965), Dominican baseball player/broadcaster *José Mota (comedian) (born 1965), Spanish comedian and actor *José Mota (footballer, born 1979) José Roberto Rodrigues Mota (born 10 May 1979), or simply José Mota, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Mota joined Danish Superliga club Randers FC in September 2004, after having played for Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florentino Fernández (actor)
Florentino José Fernández Román (born 9 November 1972 in Madrid), better known as Florentino Fernández or, simply, Flo, is a Spanish comedian, actor, TV host and showman. He worked as a security guard before taking part in TV shows like '' Esta noche cruzamos el Mississippi'' or '' La sonrisa del pelícano'' with Pepe Navarro, where he impersonated Chiquito de la Calzada and created new characters based on this Spanish comedian such as Lucas Grijánder or Krispín Klander. He went on working in TV programs like '' El informal'' as a conductor; ''7 vidas'', as an actor; or '' El club de la comedia'', as a monologist. He dubbed Mike Myers to Spanish in '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' and ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'' and he performed in the theatre show " 5hombres.com" as a monologist. As an actor, he made his first appearances in films like '' El oro de Moscú'' or '' Una de zombis'', he made some cameos in films like ''Torrente 2'' and ''Torrente 3'' and he ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreu Buenafuente
Andreu Buenafuente Moreno (born: January 24, 1965) is a Spanish late night show host and founder of the group El Terrat. He has worked in TV3, Antena 3, laSexta and #0. He has also worked as a radio host and has published several books with his monologues. He and Silvia Abril hosted the 33rd Goya Awards on 2 February 2019. Career on television *'' Sense Títol'' ( TV3) (1995) *'' Sense Títol 2'' (TV3) (1996) *'' Sense Títol, Sense Vacances'' (TV3) (1997) *'' Sense Títol Sense Número'' (TV3) (1998) *''La cosa nostra'' (TV3) (1999-2002) *'' Una altra cosa'' (TV3) (2002-2004) *'' Buenafuente'' (2005-2011) Antena 3 / laSexta *'' Buenas noches y Buenafuente'' (2012) Antena 3 *''En el aire'' (2013-2015) laSexta *''Late Motiv ''Late Motiv'' (also known as ''Late Motiv de Andreu Buenafuente'') is a Spanish late-night talk show hosted by Andreu Buenafuente. It airs on #0, the flagship TV channel of subscription platform Movistar+, and is Buenafuente's first program to .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for the latter. Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish-language films—such as '' Cronos'' (1993), ''The Devil's Backbone'' (2001), and ''Pan's Labyrinth—''and English-language films, including ''Mimic'' (1997), ''Blade II'' (2002), ''Hellboy'' (2004), '' Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (2008), ''Pacific Rim'' (2013), ''Crimson Peak'' (2015), ''The Shape of Water'' (which he later novelized), '' Nightmare Alley'' (2021), and the stop-motion animated film ''Pinocchio'' (2022). As a producer or writer, he worked on the films '' The Orphanage'' (2007), '' Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' (2010), ''The Hobbit'' film series (2012–2014), ''Mama'' (2013), '' The Book of Life'' (2014), '' Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Landis
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American comedy and fantasy filmmaker and actor. He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed – such as ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''Animal House, National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), The Blues Brothers (film), ''The Blues Brothers'' (1980), ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981), ''Trading Places'' (1983), ''Three Amigos'' (1986), ''Coming to America'' (1988) and ''Beverly Hills Cop III'' (1994), for directing Michael Jackson's Michael Jackson videography, music videos for Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video), "Thriller" (1983) and "Black or White" (1991). Early life Landis was born into a American Jews, Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Shirley Levine (''née'' Magaziner) and Marshall Landis, an interior designer and decorator. Landis and his parents relocated to Los Angeles when he was four months old. Though spending his childhood in California, Landis still refers to Chicago as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Columbus (filmmaker)
Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, ''Adventures in Babysitting'' (1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy ''Home Alone'' (1990) and its sequel '' Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992). The comedy ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' (1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box office success for Columbus. He went on to direct several other films throughout the 1990s, which were mostly met with lukewarm reception. However, he found commercial success again for directing the film adaptations of J. K. Rowling's novels, ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' (2001) and its sequel, ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002), which are his highest-gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of '' Midnight Express'' (1978), and wrote the gangster film remake '' Scarface'' (1983). Stone achieved prominence as writer and director of the war drama ''Platoon'' (1986), which won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. ''Platoon'' was the first in a trilogy of films based on the Vietnam War, in which Stone served as an infantry soldier. He continued the series with ''Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989)—for which Stone won his second Best Director Oscar—and '' Heaven & Earth'' (1993). Stone's other works include the Salvadoran Civil War-based drama '' Salvador'' (1986); the financial drama ''Wall Street'' (1987) and its sequel '' Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps'' (2010); the Jim Morrison biographical film ''The Doors'' (1991); the satirical black comedy crime film ''Natural Born Killers'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucía Lapiedra
Lucía Lapiedra (born Miriam Sanchez on 31 January 1981 in Vallecas, Madrid, Spain) is a former Spanish pornographic actress, who has been called ''the Queen of Porn''. Biography In spite of declaring herself as a pornographic actress at that time, her films were not on sale. Months later she appeared in the Spanish mainstream film '' Torrente 3: El Protector'', directed by Santiago Segura and starring along Oliver Stone. She participated in the Survivor Spain ''Survivor Spain'' is the Spain, Spanish version of the popular reality series ''Survivor (franchise), Survivor''. This version of the show has aired on Spanish broadcast channels Telecinco, from 2000 to 2001 and 2006 to the present, Antena 3 (Spa ... reality TV show, '' Perdidos en Honduras'', in 2008, and won the competition. Awards *2005 FICEB Ninfa Prize winner – Best Spanish Starlet – ''La Santidad del Mal'' *2006 FICEB Ninfa Prize nominee – Best Spanish Actress – ''Posesión'' Partial filmography ''(See e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Testi
Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian actor. After growing up witnessing film work done around Lake Garda, Testi entered the sets of the film and began work as a stuntman and a double on set, where he worked as a stuntman on ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''. Testi continued stunt work and getting roles in low budget genre films until he was cast in Vittorio De Sica's film ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis''. Following this film, Testi became a star in Italy, appearing in some artistic films by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and Claude Chabrol. Testi also continued to work in ''poliziotteschi'' genre films in the 1970s as well as a few '' gialli'', and gained infamy for his publicised relationships with actresses Ursula Andress and Charlotte Rampling. Testi's popularity as an actor slowed towards the 1980s after which he predominantly worked in television series. By the early 2000s, Testi also began appearing in reality shows such as ''Gran Hermano VIP'' and ''Grande Fratello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Leblanc
Ignacio Fernández Sánchez (7 May 1922 – 24 November 2012) better known as Tony Leblanc was a Spanish actor, director, and comedian. Biography Tony Leblanc was born on the grounds of the Museo del Prado at Madrid, where his family lived because of his father's employment as the museum's janitor. In his teens he was fond of boxing, becoming champion of the lightweight Castilla "amateur", while participating in amateur theatre. He was also a soccer player in the Third Division of Real Club Deportivo Carabanchel in which he scored 23 goals, making him the top scorer of the Third Division. Leblanc made his professional acting debut in 1944 with Celia Gámez's company. His earliest appearances on film were in ''Eugenia de Montijo'' (1944), '' Los últimos de Filipinas'' (1945, Antonio Román), and ''Por el gran premio'' (1946, directed by Pierre-Antoine Caron). His greatest prominence was from about 1955 to 1965, in popular titles of Spanish cinema of the era such as ''El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Villén
Enrique Villén Cruz (born 1 May 1960) is a Spanish actor, best known for his supporting performances in films directed by Álex de la Iglesia. He was nominated for the 2005 Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' Ninette''. Biography Enrique Villén Cruz was born on 1 May 1960 in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and .... He worked as a comedian already at age 16. He made his film debut at age 28. Selected filmography References External links * Living people Male actors from Madrid Spanish male film actors Spanish male television actors 21st-century Spanish male actors 1960 births {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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