Joaquim "Quim" Gutiérrez Ylla (; born 27 March 1981) is a Spanish actor. He won the 2006

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for his performance in ''

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''.

Life and career

Joaquim Gutiérrez Ylla was born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

on 27 March 1981. Already at age 12, he landed his television debut in Catalan soap opera '. He studied Humanities at the

Pompeu Fabra University Pompeu Fabra University ( ca, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, UPF, ; es, link=no, Universidad Pompeu Fabra) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. The university was created by the Autonomous Government of Catalo ...

and trained his acting chops at the Nancy Tuñón theatre school in Barcelona. He returned to the small screen with a 5-year-long spell in ''

El cor de la ciutat ''El cor de la ciutat'' (''The Heart of the City'') is a TVC television soap opera first broadcast on TV3 on 11 September 2000 and last broadcast on 23 December 2009. The show is the most watched fiction program in Catalonia, Spain, especially amo ...

''. Gutiérrez was chosen by

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Creative Director

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to star in the brands Autumn/Winter 2013 Advertising Campaign.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* 1981 births Living people Male actors from Barcelona Spanish male film actors Spanish male television actors 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors {{Spain-actor-stub