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This article is about the Spanish actor. For the Mexican footballer, see Daniel Guzmán.
Daniel García-Pérez Guzmán
Daniel Guzmán on the RTVE program Lo siguiente
Born21/09/1974
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)Actor and film director

Daniel García-Pérez Guzmán (born 21 September 1974, Madrid), known commonly as Daniel Guzmán, is a Spanish actor, screenwriter and film director.

Biography

Daniel Guzmán at the Goya Awards in 2017.

He grew up in Las Águilas, an area of Madrid, where during his youth he painted graffiti under the pseudonym Tifón[1], in spite of a large part of the neighbourhood in Aluche being against his paintings. He painted as a form of protest against the things going on in the world that he did not agree with, for example the Gulf War.

These paintings earned him a certain fame, to the point at which he co-led a docudrama called Mi Firma en las Paredes for the features programme Crónicas urbanas in 1990.[2] Daniel was fascinated by the experience and decided to become an actor, training under William Layton and studying at the University Centre of the Arts TAI in Madrid. Despite his enthusiasm, he started to take part in firefighting competitions — in order to have stable work in case his acting fell through — and paid his bills preparing stages for the concerts of artists such as Luz Casal. In theatre, he obtained roles in works like La dama boba (1993), Fronteras (1993) y Peter Pan (1994).[citation needed]

Various consecutive strokes of luck made him decide to dedicate himself full-time to acting. In 1994, Fernando León de Aranoa offered him a character in his short film Sirenas.[citation needed] He later obtained small roles in the films Hola, ¿estás sola? and Puede ser divertido. Shortly afterwards, he headlined the cast of Eso (1997)[citation needed], under the direction of Fernando Colomo, in which Daniel played Domingo, a man in his twenties obsessed over losing his virginity. In 1995 the casting director Sara Bilbatúa took advantage of the image Daniel offered in this film as a representative of a disorientated youth to include him in the cast of Éxtasis, where he played a criminal whose best friend (Rober: Javier Bardem) was confused with the lost son of an older man.[citation needed] For his part, Daniel Guzmán was nominated for an award from the Unión de Actores for the best surprise star actor. His next complete film, Suerte, confirmed this profile, playing Toni, a character who robbed banks to start a new life with his girlfriend.[citation needed]

In his television works in the series Menudo es mi padre (1997), he changed style, taking the role of an exemplary student.[citation needed] This work allowed him to go deeper in the world of cinema.

After a cameo in Barrio, Daniel gained notable roles in El grito en el cielo and Rewind.[citation needed] In theatre, he starred in Yonquis y yanquis (1996-1997) and Joe Killer (1998).[citation needed]

As recognition of his work, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences offered him the opportunity to present the Best Actor award at the Goya Awards together with Adrià Collado and Joel Joan in 1999.[citation needed] The three actors took advantage of the occasion to parody the rivalry among young people in the profession.

Daniel returned that year to television in the series Policías, en el corazón de la calle (2000-2003)[citation needed] where he played Rafael, an undisciplined police officer who in his youth had trafficked drugs, and who was obligated to arrest his former friends until he was shot, leaving him paraplegic. Together with Josep Maria Pou, he was nominated for the Fotogramas de Plata awards for best television actor.[citation needed]

In the early 2000s he took up his political activity once again to actively participate in the protests against the Iraq War, during which he was arrested.[citation needed]

In 2006 Guzmán participated as a motorcyclist in the Carrera de Albacete; he came 26th.

In February 2015, he played Lucas in the Antena 3 series Velvet. A year later he received the Goya award for Best New Director for the film A cambio de nada. In 2018 he switched to stage direction for Perfectos desconocidos, written by Paolo Genovese, which he helped adapt.[3]

Filmography (actor)

Films

  • Eso (1997)
  • Hola, ¿estás sola? (1995)
  • Puede ser divertido (1995)
  • Éxtasis (1995)
  • Suerte (1996)
  • El grito en el cielo (1998)
  • Barrio (1998)
  • Rewind (1999)
  • El sueño del caimán (2000)
  • Aunque tú no lo sepas (2000)
  • Cuando todo esté en orden (2002)
  • A golpes (2005)
  • Arena en los bolsillos (2005)
  • Mia Sarah (2006)
  • Mi gran noche (2015)
  • Bajo el mismo techo (2019)

Short films

  • Sirenas (1994)
  • Maika (1994)
  • Entrevías (1995)

Television

Year Title Character Channel Episodes
1994 - 1995 Menudo es mi padre TVE 6 episodes
1995 Colegio Mayor TVE 2 episodes
1996 - 1998 Menudo es mi padre Juanvi Antena 3 25 episodes
1999 Severo Ochoa. La conquista de un Nobel Severo Ochoa (joven) TVE 2 episodes
2000 Compañeros Rafa Antena 3 2 episodes
2000 - 2001 Policías, en el corazón de la calle Rafael "Rafa" Trujillo Antena 3 45 episodes
2003 London Street Paco Antena 3 4 episodes
2003 - 2006 Aquí no hay quien viva Roberto Alonso Castillo Antena 3 75 episodes
2007 - 2009 La familia Mata Pablo Aguilar Antena 3 26 episodes
2014 - 2015 Velvet Lucas Ruiz Lagasca Antena 3 4 episodes

Theatre

  • 1989: Sueño de una noche.
  • 1989: La zapatera prodigiosa.
  • 1993: Fronteras.
  • 1993: La dama boba.
  • 1994: Peter Pan.
  • 1996/7: Yonquis y yanquis.
  • 1998: Joe Killer.
  • 2013/14: Los miércoles no existen
  • 2015: Recortes
  • 2016: Los tragos de la vida
  • 2017: Dos más dos

Filmography (director)

Awards and nominations

Goya awards

Year Category Film Result
2015 Best New Director A cambio de nada Winner
Best Film Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated
2003 Best Fictional Short Film Sueños Winner

Actors' Union awards

Year Category Film Result
1996 Best Surprise Star Éxtasis Nominated
  • Málaga Film Festival:
    • Golden Biznaga for A cambio de nada, his first film as a director (2015)
    • Silver Biznaga for Best Director
    • Silver Biznaga: Critic's Prize
    • Public Prize (2002)
  • Alcalá de Henares Cinema Festival:
    • Public prize of the Certamen Open Screen for A cambio de nada (2015)
  • Golden Sprig at the International Festival of Valladolid: Best short film (2002)

References

  1. ^ "Hablamos con Daniel Guzmán: las mil caras de un chico de barrio que conquistó la alfombra roja" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Muelle: el primero de todos los grafiteros" (in Spanish). eldiario.es. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. ^ 20minutos, ed. (25 September 2018). "Daniel Guzmán dirige la versión teatral de 'Perfectos desconocidos'".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link)
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