Juan Diego is one of Spain’s best-known film and television actors. The Seville actor, who died this Thursday in Madrid, has become one of the biggest names in Spanish culture, starring in more than 50 films, more than a hundred TV series and twenty plays.
On the small screen, everyone will remember his role as Commissioner Don Lorenzo in “Paco’s Men” or his role in the legendary TV show “Thieves go to the office.” We cannot forget his participation in the films ‘Innocent saints’ or ‘Vete de mí’ in the cinema. Next, we’ll examine some of Juan Diego’s most important characters, both in film and on television.
Señorito Iván in ‘Holy Innocents’
His involvement in the work of Mario Camus “has had a before and an after in his career,” as Juan Diego admitted in several interviews. The Sevilla actor “started to take on the other heavy lifting” thanks to his interpretation of the character ‘El Señorito Iván’.
Alfonso Armada in ’23-F, the movie’
Juan Diego got into the skin of General Armada in the tape of the Chema de la Peña about the coup in Spain.
Commissioner Don Lorenzo on ‘Paco’s Men’
His performance in Antena 3’s legendary fiction garnered audience recognition and made him one of the most recognizable faces on television.
Santiago ‘Get out of me’
Víctor García León’s film was one of the biggest successes of Spanish cinema in 2006. Juan Diego played the role of theater actor Santiago, who comes to visit his thirty-year-old son, whom his mother is visiting. He was kicked out of the house. This role earned him the best actor Goya.
Boronat in ‘Paris-Timbuktu’
The actor also starred in Luis García Berlanga’s latest film. In ‘Paris-Timbuktu’ Juan Diego played Boronat, an anarchic nudist.
Source: Informacion
