Manuel Bandera (born 12 December 1960) is a Spanish actor and dancer. He became popular for his performance in the 1989 film ''

The Things of Love ''The Things of Love'' ( es, Las cosas del querer, links=no) is a 1989 Spanish musical film directed by Jaime Chávarri which stars Ángela Molina, Ángel de Andrés López, and Manuel Bandera. Plot Set in Francoist Spain, the plot tracks a homo ...

''.

Biography

Born on 12 December in 1960 in

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, Bandera started his career performing as dancer in the game show '' Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez''. He landed a

breakthrough role A breakthrough role, also known as a breakout role, is a term in the film industry to describe the performance of an actor or actress which contributed significantly to the development of their career and beginning of critical recognition. The si ...

with his performance in the

Jaime Chávarri Jaime Chávarri (born 20 March 1943) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter, best known for his films ''El desencanto'' and ''Bicycles Are for the Summer, Las bicicletas son para el verano''. Life and career Chávarri comes from a prom ...

's film ''

'' (1989), which garnered him public recognition. He played Mario, a homosexual artist victim of the Francoist repression, inspired by the real-life . He performed minor roles in the

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's films ''

Átame ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' ( es, link=no, ¡Átame!, , "Tie Me!") is a 1989 Spanish dark romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Victoria Abril and Antonio Banderas alongside Loles Léon, Francisco Rabal, Juli ...

'' and ''Kika''. Bandera starred in the lead role of

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in the television miniseries '' Réquiem por Granada''. He has performed several main cast roles in soap operas, including '' El súper'', ''

Amar en tiempos revueltos ''Amar en tiempos revueltos'' (Spanish for "Love in Troubled Times", or, more literally, "Loving during Turbulent Times"), is a Spanish soap opera set in the times of the Spanish civil war and Francoist Spain. The serial was aired from 2005 to 20 ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. At present (2021-2022), he is playing a main character in "A Chorus Line" promoted by Antonio Banderas.

Filmography

;Television ;Film

References

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