Manuel Burque Hodgson (born 1980) is a Spanish screenwriter, radio host, comedian and actor.

Biography

Manuel Burque Hodgson was born in

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in 1980 and was raised in Galicia. He earned a degree in audiovisual communication from the

Pontifical University of Salamanca The Pontifical University of Salamanca (in Spanish: ''Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca'') is a private Roman Catholic university based in Salamanca, Spain. History This Pontifical University has its origins in the unique University of Sa ...

. He earned popularity in 2011 by passing as an Intereconomía reporter in an interview with

La Sexta La Sexta (; "The Sixth"; stylized as laSexta) is a Spanish free-to-air television channel. It is privately owned and was originally founded on 18 March 2001 as Beca TV that began broadcasting on 1 April 2001, that same year. By 21 July 2003, the ...

's CEO José Miguel Contreras for ''

El intermedio ''El Intermedio'' (''The Intermission'' in Spanish) is a news satire television program produced by ''Globomedia'' (a Spanish TV producer) and broadcast in ''La Sexta''. It is the work of Miguel Sánchez Romero, who is the responsible of the creat ...

''. His performance in the 2015 film '' Requirements to Be a Normal Person'' earned him a nomination to 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 ...

. Burque has also penned or co-penned the screenplays of the films, ''

Sorry If I Call You Love ''Sorry If I Call You Love'' ( es, Perdona si te llamo amor, links=no) is a 2014 Spanish romance film directed by Joaquín Llamas based on the novel by Federico Moccia. It stars Paloma Bloyd and Daniele Liotti. Cast Production Penned by Fran ...

'', '' It's for Your Own Good'', ''

Undercover Wedding Crashers ''Undercover Wedding Crashers'' ( es, Operación Camarón, links=no) is a 2021 Spanish action comedy film directed by Carlos Therón which stars Julián López, Natalia de Molina, Carlos Librado and Miren Ibarguren, among others. It is an adaptat ...

'', and ''

Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet ''Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet'' ( es, Tadeo Jones 3. La tabla esmeralda, links=no), released in the UK as ''Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy'', and in Australia as ''Tad the Explorer: The Mummy Adventure ''is a 20 ...

'' as well as the television series '' Perfect Life''. Since 2018, Burque hosts the

Cadena SER La Cadena SER (the SER Network) is Spain's premier radio network in terms of both seniority (it was created in 1924) and audience share (it had a regular listenership in 2018 of 4,139,000). The acronym SER stands for ''Sociedad Española de Radi ...

show ' alongside and Henar Álvarez.

References

1980 births Living people 21st-century Spanish screenwriters 21st-century Spanish male actors Spanish male film actors Spanish male comedians {{Spain-actor-stub