Oscar Foronda Pallarés (born 13 September 1970 in

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) is a Spanish actor who has appeared in over 50 films and television series. In his career he has acted in German, English, Swedish, US, Korean and Spanish productions.

Career

In the early 1990s Foronda started performing in commercials and amateur theatre. He continued acting in different episodes of well known Spanish TV-series such as ''El Comisario'' and ''Los Serrano'' among others. His passion for theatre and his talent on stage allowed him to play a "wonderful impassioned" Macduff in ''

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'' (2003) at the

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, directed by

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. In the years to follow Foronda became a prolific television actor, acting in many Spanish television and film productions. His international career began in 2010 with an appearance in the British television production ''

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'', a mini-series directed by Michael Samuels in which Foronda played the role of Faustino Angel alongside

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. In the years to follow he appeared in other international film and TV productions. In 2017 Foronda played a journalist in the German TV series '' Tatort, Barcelona Krimi'' (2017). Different and more prominent roles in international projects followed. In 2019 Foronda was seen in the Swedish ''

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'' with the credited role of the cunning and implacable Columbian drug dealer "El Largo". In 2020 he appeared as a Crusader Knight in the

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TV series '' Warrior Nun'' (2020). In the

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'' (2017) Foronda played Argentinian businessman, Señor Alvarez, while in

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'' (2020) Foronda played the historical character Constantino Davidoff, an Argentinian businessman deemed by some as responsible for starting the

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in 1982. In the

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'' (2021) Foronda played Sebastiá Serra, a Mallorcan sous chef.''The Mallorca Files''
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website

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Foronda, Oscar 1970 births Living people People from Barcelona Male actors from Barcelona Spanish male film actors category:Spanish male television actors Spanish male stage actors Male stage actors from Catalonia Male film actors from Catalonia Male television actors from Catalonia