Carlos López Hipólito (born 1956), better known as Carlos Hipólito, is a Spanish actor with a long stage career. He is perhaps most familiar to a television audience for performances in series such as '' Desaparecida'', ''

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'', ''Locked Up'' or '' Caronte'', even though his most enduring television collaboration is his long-lasting voice work as old Carlos Alcántara in ''

Cuéntame cómo pasó ' (Spanish, 'Tell me how it happened'), usually shortened to ''Cuéntame'' and also known in English as ''Remember When'', is a Spanish prime-time television drama series which has been broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española since 2001. It ...

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Biography

Carlol López Hipólito was born in 1956 in

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. He started studies in architecture but he dropped off. A theater buff since childhood due to his mother's influence, he trained his acting chops at the William Layton lab. He started his acting career in stage plays, making his professional debut in 1978. Some of his stage performances include roles in ''

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''; ', '' Todos eran mis hijos'', ''

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''; ''

Don Carlos ''Don Carlos'' is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic play '' Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Friedri ...

'', ''El misántropo'', ''

El médico de su honra ''El médico de su honra'' ( en, The Surgeon of his Honour) is a Spanish language play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. First published in 1637, it is a tragedy about a misunderstanding which leads to the honor killing of the protagonist's wife. ...

'', ''Las comedias bárbaras'', '' Historia de un caballo'', ''El burlador de Sevilla'' and ''Dakota''. Hipólito has been a recurring face in

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's feature films, including '' You're the One'' (2000), ''

Story of a Kiss ''Story of a Kiss'' ( es, Historia de un beso, links=no) is a 2002 Spanish drama film directed by José Luis Garci from a screenplay by Garci and Horacio Valcárcel. The film received seven Goya Award nominations, but did not win a single one. ...

'' (2002), '' Tiovivo c. 1950'' (2004), '' Ninette'' (2005), '' Sangre de mayo'' (2008) or '' Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days'' (2012). In 2003, he was nominated to the Goya Award for his supporting performance in ''Story of a Kiss''. Hipólito has performed the

voiceover Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)—is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations. ...

of Carlos Alcántara in ''

'' since the beginning of the series in 2001. Many seasons after, he made an onscreen performance in ''Cuéntames 21st season (released in 2021), when the timeline of the series made a leap-forward to COVID-19-struck Spain. In 2020, he was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.

Filmography

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