Eneko Sagardoy Mujika (born 17 January 1994) is a Spanish actor who became known for his performances in Basque language works.

Biography

Eneko Sagardoy Mujika was born in

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, on 17 January 1994. After his beginnings in performing arts taking part in his school's stage plays, he joined the cast of Basque soap opera ''

Goenkale ''Goenkale'' (in English ''High Street'') was a Basque soap-opera, produced by Pausoka Entertainment and ETB, which was broadcast every Monday and Tuesday on Basque Radio-television's first channel, ETB 1. Set in an imaginary Basque seaside to ...

'' at age 18. He studied a degree in audiovisual communication at

Mondragon University Mondragon University ( eu, Mondragon Unibertsitatea, MU) is a non-profit cooperative private university in the Basque Country, officially established and recognised in 1997. It is part of Mondragon Corporation. Its main campus is in Mondragón ...

. His performance as a 2.42 metre tall freak show attraction (he actually stands at just 1.84 m) in '' Giant'' earned him the

Goya Award for Best New Actor The Goya Award for Best New Actor ( es, Premio Goya al mejor actor revelación, links=no) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (s ...

in 2018. He has also featured in films such as ''

Errementari ''Errementari'', also known as ''The Blacksmith and the Devil'', is a 2017 internationally co-produced Basque-language period fantasy horror film directed by and written by Alijo and Asier Guerricaechebarría. The plot is based on the Basque fo ...

'' (2017), ' (2017), ' (2018), ''Soinujolearen semea''/' (2018), '/''Campanadas a muerto'' (2020), ' (2021), ''

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'' (2022), '' Irati'' and television series such as ' (2020) and ''

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'' (2020).

Accolades

References

Actors from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque-language actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Spanish male television actors Spanish male film actors 1994 births Living people {{Spain-actor-stub