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Francisco Reyes (actor)

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Reyes attending the red carpet of the 2019 Goya Awards

Francisco Reyes is a Spanish stage, film, and television actor.

Biography

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He trained as an actor at the Madrid's RESAD, but developed his early career as an actor in New York theatres from 2004 to 2018.[1][2][3] He featured in Juan Mayorga's play Himmelweg (Way to Heaven) as a Nazi officer,[4] earning critical acclaim and winning an HOLA Award for Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor in 2011.[5][6]

Reyes' performance as Rodrigo Alvarado in Rodrigo Sorogoyen's political thriller The Realm (2018) earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor at the 33rd Goya Awards.[7][2]

Early television work include appearances in Vergüenza and Paquita Salas.[8] He has since featured in several film and television roles, including a SS commander in zombie action film Valley of the Dead (2020),[9] Lagrange in 30 Coins,[10] Winters, a villanous hitman opposed to the title character in satirical spy series ¡García!,[11] riot-police agent Trajano in Asedio (2023),[12] or villainous Vanderveen in swashbuckler series Zorro (2024).[13][3]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 El reino (The Realm) Alvarado [7]
2020- 30 monedas (30 Coins) Lagrange [10]
2022 ¡García! (García!) Winters [14]
2023 Asedio Trajano [12]
2024
Zorro Vanderveen

Accolades

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2011
HOLA Awards Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor (Theatre) Himmelweg Won
2019
74th CEC Medals Best New Actor The Realm Nominated
33rd Goya Awards Best New Actor Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Caruana, Pablo (6 February 2014). "Objeto teatral no identificado". El País.
  2. ^ a b "Francisco Reyes presenta el 5 de julio en Valladolid 'El reino', película por la que fue nominado a los Goya". Europa Press. 25 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b Prieto, Darío (16 January 2024). "Un villano 'de altura' que da la réplica al Zorro más español tras vivir en Nueva York". El Mundo.
  4. ^ Zatlin (2015). "Spanish Playwrights Without Borders: Examples from Mayorga, Muñoz de Mesa and Araújo". Anales de la literatura española contemporánea. 40 (2): 801–802. JSTOR 24431954.
  5. ^ "El actor español Francisco Reyes conquista al teatro neoyorquino". reuters. 5 October 2010.
  6. ^ a b Hetrick, Adam (15 August 2011). "Winners of HOLA Awards Announced; Rubén Blades to Be Honored at October Ceremony". Playbill.
  7. ^ a b Lorfèvre, Alain (17 April 2019). "Avec "Le Pacte", Sorogoyen signe un thriller noir haletant sur la corruption et le pouvoir". La Libre Belgique.
  8. ^ Silvestre, Juan (1 July 2019). "'Paquita Salas': los 30 cameos de la T3, de peor a mejor". Fotogramas.
  9. ^ Estrada, Javier (8 March 2022). "Malnazidos: la 'otra' Guerra Civil con zombis y nazis". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  10. ^ a b Cordero, Gonzalo (18 January 2021). "'30 monedas', temporada 2: todo lo que sabemos de la segunda parte (y no es poco)". Esquire.com.
  11. ^ Estrada, Javier (3 November 2022). "5 razones para ver ¡García!, una de las mejores series españolas del año". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  12. ^ a b Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (28 April 2023). "Los estrenos del 5 de mayo. 'Asedio'. La ratonera". Aisge.
  13. ^ a b Lauber, Nicolas (20 January 2024). "El Zorro, un personaje interminable que tiene nuevas aventuras en streaming y la cara de un ex "Élite"". El País.
  14. ^ Chamorro, Coral (2022). "¡García! Superagente 1961". Fotogramas. 76 (2149): 86–88. ISSN 1889-9706.
  15. ^ "'El reino', 'Campeones', 'Todos lo saben' y 'Quién te cantará', las más nominadas en la 74ª edición de las Medallas CEC". Cine y Tele. 15 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Las Medallas CEC 2019 aúpan a 'El reino' como la gran película española del año". Cine y Tele. 29 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Premios Goya 2019: lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es. 2 February 2019.