Antonio de la Torre Martín (born 18 January 1968) is a Spanish actor. De la Torre is the actor with most nominations overall to the

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. He won the

Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor The Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor ( es, Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación masculina de reparto) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. It is given in honor of an actor who has deli ...

for ''

Dark Blue Almost Black ''Dark Blue Almost Black'' ( es, Azuloscurocasinegro, links=no) is a 2006 Spanish drama film written and directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo. It was Arévalo's first film. He developed the story from his 2004 short film, ''Física II''. Plot Jo ...

'' in 2007, whereas he earned the

Goya Award for Best Actor The Goya Award for Best Actor (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación masculina protagonista'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Actors that won or were nominated for this category have had a signific ...

for '' The Realm'' in 2019. He has starred in many films directed by

Daniel Sánchez Arévalo Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (born 24 June 1970) is a Spanish screenwriter and film director. He has worked on more than twenty films since 1995. Filmography Film Short film Television References External links * 1970 births Living ...

, with whom he collaborated for the first time in the short film ''Profilaxis'' (2003).

Biography

Antonio de la Torre Martín was born on 18 January 1968 in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

. After earning a

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in Journalism, he worked work for a time as a sports journalist for Andalusian regional broadcaster

Canal Sur Canal Sur ('South Channel') is part of Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA), the public broadcasting company of Andalusia. It was created by means of the devolved powers given to this region by an Act of Parliament in its statute of autono ...

. He trained his acting chops under Cristina Rota in Madrid. He started his acting career in television series such as ' or ''

Los ladrones van a la oficina ''Los ladrones van a la oficina'' (The thieves go to the office) is a Spanish comedy television show, broadcast between 1993 and 1996 on Antena 3. Starring José Luis López Vázquez, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manuel Alexandre, Agustín Gonzále ...

''. He landed afterwards minor film roles in ''

The Worst Years of Our Lives ''The Worst Years of Our Lives'' ( es, Los peores años de nuestra vida, links=no) is a 1994 Spanish comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro and written by David Trueba which stars Gabino Diego, Ariadna Gil, and Jorge Sanz. The film was no ...

'' (1994, his feature film debut), ''

You Shall Die in Chafarinas ''You Shall Die in Chafarinas'' ( es, Morirás en Chafarinas, links=no) is a 1995 crime thriller film directed by Pedro Olea. It is based on the novel by . It stars Jorge Sanz and María Barranco alongside Óscar Ladoire and Javier Albalá. Plot ...

'', ''

The Day of the Beast ''The Day of the Beast'' ( es, El día de la bestia, links=no) is a 1995 Spanish-Italian black comedy film with horror elements co-written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia and starring Álex Angulo, Armando De Razza and Santiago Segura. The p ...

'', '' Hola, ¿estás sola?'' and ''

Not Love, Just Frenzy ''Not Love Just Frenzy'' (or ''Más que amor, frenesí'' in Spanish) is a 1996 adventure and drama film, directed by a triumvirate of Alfonso Albacete, Miguel Bardem and David Menkes. They have a collective name of ''Peliculas Freneticas'' (Frene ...

''. He has since developed a long career in cinema.

Selected filmography

Accolades

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Torre, Antonio de la 1968 births Living people Spanish male film actors People from Málaga Best Supporting Actor Goya Award winners 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Male actors from Andalusia