Ludwig Emilio Buale Coka (born 26 November 1972) is an Equatoguinean-born Spanish actor, known internationally for his role as Baharat in the science fiction-horror movie '' The Platform'' (2019).

Early life and career

Born in

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descent, Buale moved to

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, with his parents and brothers, when he was six years old. He had no intention of becoming an actor until one day, in 1995, when casting director Paco Pino discovered him as they both waited in a subway station in

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. Pino needed a black actor to play ''Ombasi'', one of the main characters of ''Imanol Uribes

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(1996). Before that, Emilio was studying to become a construction engineer, as well as working as a fireman. He accepted Pino's offer traveling to

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two weeks later for the filming of the movie. Buale made his debut, along with two well-known Spanish actors

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and María Barranco. Buale continued getting work in films, TV series and, especially, in theatre. He was a member of the National Classical Theater Company of Spain for a couple of years appearing in many of stage productions such as "La entretenida", "Amar después de la muerte", "Los chicos de la banda" and "Yonquis y Yanquis".

Personal life

Buale is a polyglot, being fluent in Spanish,

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and Bube. He continues to work as a fireman in Madrid. In fact, he has played a fireman in a few TV series and films: * "Código fuego" (2003) * Semen, una historia de amor (2005) * and an episode of the third season of "La que se avecina" (2007)

Films

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'' - 1996 *''Adiós con el corazón'' - 2000 *''Mi hijo Arturo'' - 2000 *'' Salvajes'' - 2001 *' - 2003 *''Semen, una historia de amor'' - 2005 *''Hienas'' - 2009 *'' The Platform (El Hoyo)'' - 2019

Short films

*Cien maneras de hacer el pollo al txilindrón (1997) by Kepa Sojo *Feliz Navidad (1998) by Óscar del Caz *Impotencia (2002) by

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*Así fue mi sueño (2003) by

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*¿Y tú qué harías (2003) by

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*El niño que jugaba con los trenes (2004) by

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*Chantal Lis (2004) by

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*Cara Sucia (2004) by Santiago Zannou *Salomón (2007) by

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Television

* Tío Willy (1998) by Eduardo Ladrón de Guevara *

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(1998) by Daniel Écija *

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(1999) by Antonio Hernández * Pratos combinados (2000) by Chema Fernández * Arrayán (2001) by Eva Bermúdez de Castro, Jaime D. Triviño y Santiago Pumarola * Código fuego (2003) by Miguel Ángel Díez y Eva Lesmes * Hospital Central (2005) by José Mª Caro y Carlos Gil *

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(2007) by Daniel Écija * El comisario (2008) by Ignacio del Moral * Cazadores de Hombres (2008) by Joan Barbero, Verónica Fernández and Aitor Gabilondo *

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(2009) by

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, Daniel Deorador *

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(2009) by Rodolfo Sirera *

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(2009) * ''La fuga'' (2012)

References

External links

National Classical Theater Company of Spain
(Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico- en Español) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buale, Emilio 1972 births Living people Equatoguinean emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Spanish male film actors Spanish people of Bubi descent Equatoguinean film actors Equatoguinean musical theatre actors Bubi people