Christian Gálvez (b.

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, Madrid; 19 May 1980) is a Spanish television presenter, actor, amateur historian and writer.

Biography

He studied

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Career

He began acting aged 15 in ''

Médico de familia ''Médico de familia'' (Family Doctor) is a Spanish comedy drama television series produced by Globomedia for Telecinco. The series premiered at the end of 1995, to become the most popular Tuesday night show for four years and made Telecinco a pop ...

'', and then in ''

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'' (1996) and ''Al salir de clase'' (1998). Later on he presented TV programs such as ''Verano noche'', ''Humor a toda marcha'' and ''Desperado Club Social'' between 1999 and 2002. He also dubbed the videogame '' Little Big Planet''. He was known as a reporter on ''

Caiga quien caiga ''Caiga Quien Caiga'' (''Whoever May Fall''), also known as ''CQC'', is an Argentine television show. Under the format of the production company Cuatro Cabezas, ''CQC'' has also been adapted in Spain, France, Chile, Italy, Brazil, Portugal and b ...

'' (2005–2007), broadcast on

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and presented by Manel Fuentes. Before finishing ''Caiga quien caiga'', he was chosen to present the game show ''

Pasapalabra ''Pasapalabra'' is a Spanish television game show, adapted from the British format ''The Alphabet Game''. The title is a portmanteau of the Spanish verb ''pasar'', "pass", and ''palabra'', literally "word". Gameplay In each episode, two conte ...

'' on 16 July 2007, which was previously aired on Antena 3, replacing

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. He hosted the show for eleven years; the program received the highest ratings in Spain and was awarded for

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(2008) and several

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. He combined ''Pasapalabra'' with other programs, like the reality show ''Operación Tony Manero'' (2008), ''Tú sí que vales'' (2008–2013), ''Supervivientes'' (2009–2011), ''

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'' (2011) and ''

Acorralados ''Acorralados'' (English: ''Corralled'') is the third Spanish season of '' The Farm''. This season aired on Telecinco after the two first seasons were aired on Antena 3 under the name '' La Granja'', being the actual format its spin-off. The seas ...

'' (2011). In 2010 he published the book ''Sin-vergüenzas por el mundo'', in which he describes his career as a reporter. In 2011 he starred in the film ''Ni pies ni cabeza'' alongside

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and Blanca Jara and directed by

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. In 2014 he voiced

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in '' Assassin's Creed: Unity''. On 2 April 2014 he published ''Matar a Leonardo da Vinci''. In 2017, he was named global expert about

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and he will go on to exhume, recover his

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and endeavour to reconstruct da Vinci's face. In July 2015 he presented the talent show ''¡Vaya fauna!'', in which animals were the stars. Several animal associations sued the program after showing animals which cannot be domesticated so they would have been domesticated with physical maltreatment. The presenter Frank Cuesta uploaded a video on YouTube titled "Mensaje para Christian Gálvez", in which supported the associations and considering the program promoted

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. In that video, Cuesta requested Gálvez to state against the program, but

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and Gálvez stated in favour. On 17 March 2016 he published his second novel ''Reza por Miguel Ángel''. In 2017 he published ''Leonardo da Vinci: cara a cara''. In 2018 he published ''Gioconda descodificada''—about the role of the women in

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. From 2021 to 2022, Gálvez hosted the Saturday morning radio show ''De sábado con Christian Gálvez'' on Cadena 100. From 2021 to 2022 he also hosted ''Alta tensión'', the Spanish adaptation of the American game show '' Wipeout''. After its cancellation it was announced that Gálvez would host ''25 palabras'' instead, the Spanish adaptation of the American game show ''

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''.

Personal life

In 2010 he was the herald of

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and he received the honorary carnet for the

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. In 2007 Gálvez met

Almudena Cid Almudena Cid Tostado (born 15 June 1980 in Vitoria, País Vasco, Spain) is a former Spanish individual rhythmic gymnast who competed on the Spanish national team. She is the only rhythmic gymnast who has competed in four Olympic finals. She bec ...

in ''Pasapalabra'', they dated for three years and were married on 7 August 2010 in

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, Madrid, by the mayor of

. Previously Gálvez was the partner of the Venezuelan model

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from 2005 to 2006. Gálvez and Cid divorced in 2022.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galvez, Christian 1980 births Spanish male television actors Spanish male voice actors People from Móstoles Spanish television writers Writers from Madrid Spanish game show hosts Male actors from the Community of Madrid Living people Male television writers