Pau Durà (born 1972) is a Spanish actor and director of film, theater, and television, known for his roles in '' Merlí'' and ''

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''. He received a diploma in interpretation from the Superior School of Dramatic Art at the

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, where he was from 1990 to 1993. He joined the cast of the

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series ''

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'' in September 2000, its third season, playing Alex, a brother of Paco (

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). In 2011, he appeared in the

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series '' Crematorio'', playing Zarrategui, the lawyer for the Bertomeu family. Durà says "Zarrategui is an effective lawyer and is congruent with his goals, is neat, and a little mysterious. I do my job, I love him and I try to do my best as a lawyer, without entering into moral disquisitions." In 2014, he joined the Telecinco series ''El Príncipe'', playing Serra, the head of the CNI. At the time he created the persona, he referenced

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's work in the film '' Body of Lies''. In 2014, he directed ''Un aire de familia'', by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, at the in Barcelona. It was nominated for 5

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in 2014, among them Best Director and Best Theater Show, and 7 Butaca Awards, among them Best Director and Best Show. It is the Catalan version of ''Como en las mejores familias'', which Durá acted in 2004 with Javier Cámara, Blanca Portillo,

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and Gonzalo de Castro. That same year, he co-directed ''Ulisses in Berlin'', by Francesc Sanguino, at the . Since September 2015, he has played Toni in the

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series ''Merlí'', the director of the Àngel Guimerà Institute and a work companion of the protagonist, Merlí. In 2017, he directed his first feature film, ''Formentera Lady'', starring José Sacristán, filmed in

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, Denia,

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, and Barcelona.

References

External links

Pau Durà's Vimeo account
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