Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (; born 30 June 1970) is an Argentine actor, with extensive credits in both

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and

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. He has also worked in

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, and was cast in his first English-language role in '' Red Lights''.

Biography

Sbaraglia was born in

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. His mother, Roxana Randon, is a local actress and theater coach. He started his acting career at the age of 16 in '' La Noche de los lápices'' (''Night of the Pencils''), a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera.Interview in the Spanish TV show ''

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'', broadcast 2 December 2005. In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentine youth for his role in the TV series ''Clave de sol''. In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in the theater (e.g., in ''La Soledad de los Campos de Algodon'', ''Closer''). In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine director

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in '' Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito''. They came together again for '' Caballos salvajes'' (1995), for which Leonardo Sbaraglia earned the Jury Prize for Best Acting at the

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, and later for ''

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'' (1997) and an acclaimed performance in ''

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'' (2000). Sbaraglia emigrated to

in 1998.¿Se acuerdan de mí?
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in ''

Intacto ''Intacto'' (English: ''Intact'') is a 2001 Spanish thriller film directed and co-written by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and starring Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López, Antonio Dechent, and Max von Sydow. It was first released in S ...

'' (''Intact''), a 2001 thriller directed by

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, and received a

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for Best New Actor. Other starring roles of his include ''Deseo'' (''Desire'') (2002), a

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film in which he plays at the sides of

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and

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, and ''

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'' (2003), an adaptation of

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's classic by director

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. Sbaraglia worked again in 2005 with director Antonio Hernández, with whom he had already shot '' En la ciudad sin límites'' in 2002. This and his contribution to

Sebastián Borensztein Sebastián Borensztein (born 22 April 1963) is an Argentine screenwriter and film director, best known for the films '' Chinese Take-Away'' (2011), ''Heroic Losers'' (2019) and the horror television miniseries ''El garante'' (1997). Early life ...

's mini TV series ''Tiempofinal'' (2000) after their production of ''

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'', for which he earned the

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for best performance by an actor; Hernández and Piñeyro are the only directors with whom Sbaraglia has worked with more than once. He was nominated for 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 ...

in 2007 for his role of ''Jesús Irurre'' in the film ''

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'' in which he starred with German actor

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. The City of

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awarded Sbaraglia an honorary award (''Premio Honorífico'') in 2005. Sbaraglia returned to Argentina in 2008, and starred in Marcelo Piñeyro's ''Las viudas de los jueves'' (''Thursday Widows'') in a role nominated for an

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Silver Condor Award. Among his notable later roles was one opposite

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and

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' '' Red Lights'' (2012); and as one of two men in a caught in a road duel in

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's acclaimed '' Wild Tales'' (2014).

Family

Sbaraglia married the Argentine sculptor Guadalupe Martín in 2001; the couple has one child.El gaucho castizo
DeCine21.com; accessed 22 May 2015.

Filmography

Film

Television

* '' Todos mienten'' (TBD) * ''

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'' (2012–2014) * ''Dos lunas'' (2013) * ''

Lo que el tiempo nos dejó ''Lo que el tiempo nos dejó'' () is a 2010 Argentine TV miniseries of six telefilms about key events of the History of Argentina during the 20th century. They were produced by historian Felipe Pigna. The viewpoint of the stories is not on the eve ...

'' (2010) * ''Impostores'' (2009) * ''

Epitafios ''Epitafios'' ( en, Epitaphs) is a 2004 13-episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: ''El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written''. The series, which takes place in an unnamed South American city, was shot in Buenos ...

'' (2009) * ''Al filo de la ley'' (2005) * ''Tiempo final'' (2000) * ''La argentina de tato'' (1999) * ''Bajamar, la costa del silencio'' (1998) * ''Casablanca'' (1998) * ''

'' (1997) * ''De poeta y de loco'' (1996) * ''Cartas de amor en cassette'' (1993) * ''Alta comedia'' (1991) * ''El gordo y el flaco'' (1991) * ''Amores'' (1991) * ''Atreverse'' (1990) * ''Clave de Sol'' (1987)

Awards

International Emmy Awards The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based International Academy of Television Arts and Sci ...

Goya Awards The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...

Premios Sur The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences Awards are given by the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences ( es, Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina) to honor achievement in Argentine cin ...

Silver Condor Awards The Argentine Film Critics Association ( es, Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina) is an organization of Argentine-based journalists and correspondents. The association presents the ''Silver Condor Awards'' (''Premios Cóndor ...

Screamfest Festival Trophy Awards

Martín Fierro Awards The Martín Fierro Awards ( es, Premios Martín Fierro) is the name of the most prominent awards for Argentine radio and television, granted by APTRA, the Association of Argentine Television and Radio Journalists. History The awards were first g ...

References

External links

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Leonardo Sbaraglia Fans Group in Yahoo!
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sbaraglia, Leonardo 1970 births Living people Male actors from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine male film actors Argentine male television actors 20th-century Argentine male actors 21st-century Argentine male actors