Álex Angulo, one of the most prolific actors in film and television – The World

actor Álex Angulo, who died Sunday in Fuenmayor (La Rioja) in a traffic accident, was nominated three times for Goya and worked on numerous films with directors like Almodóvar, Alex de la Iglesia or Bollain and television series.

Its three Goya nominations were main actor for “ Day of the Beast” (Alex de la Iglesia) and two for Best Actor the “Gran Vázquez” , Óskar Aibar and “Shaun of the Dead ” , from Álex de la Iglesia.

Erandio Born in Bilbao The April 12, 1953, studied Teaching and then worked as a teacher, but at age 23 left teaching for acting.

worked for twenty years in the independent theater company of Bilbao “Karraka” , which toured Euskadi, and after performing small roles in films like “Escape from Segovia” (1981) by Imanol Uribe; “All for the money” (1990) by Enrique Urbizu; “The astounded King” (1991); “Killer Mirindas” (1991) and numerous short, left the company to be hired by Alex de la Iglesia to work on “Mutant Action” (1993).

Since then, Angulo became one of the best known supporting actors , with the films “Halftime” (1992); “Friends of the Dead” (1993); “The Worst Years of Our Lives” (1994); “Save yourself if you can” (1994); “La Boutique crying” (1995); “Lourdes Used” (1995); “Your girlfriend is crazy”; “Goodbye Toby, Goodbye” (1995); “So in heaven and on earth” (1995) and “The barbarians Years” (1998).

starred in the blockbuster Alex de la Iglesia, “The Day of the Beast” (1995 ), a role for which was nominated for a Goya in 1996 for “Best Male Performance” and won the Award Waves in 1996 for this role.

Later, we saw among other films in “Hello! Are you alone?” Bollain (1996); “Witches” by A. Fernandez Armero (1996); ‘Only Dies Twice “(1996), of Ibarretxe brothers; “” Special occasions “(1998) by Felipe Vega and” Flesh “of Pedro Almodovar (1997).

parallel worked theater in works like” A Snacks “Maxi Rodriguez and starred in many TV series like “Villarriba and Villabajo ( 1994)” and “Journalists (1997-1999), where he played Blas, a veteran editor.

In this paper received the award for best TV performer prizes Basque Actors Union.

In 1999 he returned to the movies again with Alex de la Iglesia on “Dead laugh, “work for which was nominated for a Goya for Best Supporting Actor.

Then, between 1999 and 2000, participated in the film” Winged Heart “by Laura Mañá, and rolled to for director and screenwriter Jesus Delgado “Everything but the girl.” Later would come the film “The pedal car” (2003), Ramón Barea, and the television series “Pulling give” (2006) and “Hermanos y detectives” (2007).

Swimming director Max Lemcke worked on “Casual Day” (2007) and in 2008 gave voice to characters in “The Carnivorous crisis,” a feature-length cartoon; the same year was nominated Mexican Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor for “Pan’s Labyrinth” by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro.

after Angulo has worked in films like “Brain Drain” (2009) , Fernando González Molina; House of My Father (2009), Gorka Merchan or “Imago Mortis” (2009), by Stefano Bessoni. In September 2010 he received the prize of Basque Cinema, a tribute “for his long career” in the International Festival of San Sebastián.

On this edition was presented “El Gran Vázquez” (2010) by director Oscar Aibar ribbon for which he received his third nomination and second for a Goya for Best Supporting Actor.

In early 2012 the Basque actor returned to television “Toledo, intertwined destinies , “a series set in the Middle Ages Peninsula Ibérica.Ese year Angulo was on the jury of the Fantastic Film Festival of Bilbao Fant 18.

His recent film credits include” A hidden “(2014), Mikel Rueda, and” Zip and Zap and marble Club “(2013), Oskar Santos, and that year also worked in the television series” Gran Reserva. Origin “. In January 2014 he starred with Antonio de la Torre in RNE the radio version of the film “Blade Runner” .