José Luis Gómez García (born 19 April 1940) is a Spanish film actor and director. He has appeared in 33 films since 1968. At the

1976 Cannes Film Festival The 29th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 28 May 1976. The Palme d'Or went to ''Taxi Driver'' by Martin Scorsese. In 1976, "L'Air du temps", a new section which was non-competitive and focused on contemporary subjects, was introduced. This ...

, he won the award for

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...

in the film ''

Pascual Duarte ''Pascual Duarte'' is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Ricardo Franco. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where José Luis Gómez won the award for Best Actor. It is based on the novel '' The Family of Pascual Duarte'' by ...

''. Gómez was elected to Seat ''Z'' of the Real Academia Española on 1 December 2011; he took up his seat on 26 January 2014.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1976) * '' In Memoriam'' (1977) * ''

Blindfolded Eyes ''Blindfolded Eyes'' ( es, Los ojos vendados) is a 1978 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Luis (Gómez) is a drama teacher producing a play about repression and torture, he even ...

'' (1978) * ''

Dedicatoria ''Dedicatoria'' is a 1980 Spanish drama film directed by Jaime Chávarri. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Patricia Adriani * María Amezua * Francisco Casares * José Luis Gómez * Claude Legros * Marie Mansart * A ...

'' (1980) * ''

Rowing with the Wind ''Rowing with the Wind'' a.k.a. ''Remando al viento'' (Spanish title) is a 1988 Spanish film written and directed by Gonzalo Suárez. The film won seven Goya Awards. It concerns the English writer Mary Shelley and her circle. Plot In the summer ...

'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1988) * ''

Prince of Shadows ''Beltenebros'', also known as ''Prince of Shadows'', is a 1991 Spanish crime-thriller mystery film co-written and directed by Pilar Miró and starring Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez, Geraldine James and Simón Andreu. It ...

'' (1991) * ''

The End of a Mystery ''The End of a Mystery'' ( es, La luz prodigiosa, links=no) is a 2003 Spanish-Italian drama film directed by Miguel Hermoso. The screenplay was penned by Fernando Marías, who adapted his own 1991 novel ''La luz prodigiosa''. Cast Production ...

'' (2003) * ''

Goya's Ghosts ''Goya's Ghosts'' is a 2006 biographical drama film, directed by Miloš Forman (his final directorial feature before his death in 2018), and written by him and Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman and Stellan Skars ...

'' (2006) * ''

Los Abrazos Rotos ''Broken Embraces'' ( es, Los abrazos rotos, links=no) is a 2009 Spanish romantic thriller film written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Almodóvar regulars, it stars Lluís Homar as a blind M ...

'' (2009) * ''

The Skin I Live In ''The Skin I Live In'' ( es, link=no, La piel que habito) is a 2011 Spanish science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet and Roberto Ál ...

'' (2011) * '' El Mudo'' (2013)

References

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* 1940 births Living people Members of the Royal Spanish Academy Spanish male film actors People from Huelva 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners {{Spain-actor-stub