Eduardo Noriega Gómez (pronounced[eˈðwaɾðonoˈɾjeɣa]; born 1 August 1973) is a Spanish actor. He gained notoriety in Spain for his performance in Thesis (1996), which was followed by roles in Open Your Eyes (1997) and The Wolf (2004).[1]
Eduardo Noriega Gómez was born on 1 August 1973 in Santander,[2] Spain, to a Mexican-born father[3] and a Spanish mother. He is the youngest of seven siblings and the only one who became an actor. As a child, he devoted himself to music. When he grew up he left his law degree and his love for music and moved to Madrid to become an actor.[citation needed]
Career
He acted in several short films by directors Amenábar, Mateo Gil and Carlos Montero and he appeared in a short role in the well-known Spanish film Stories from the Kronen, an adaptation by Montxo Armendáriz of the novel of the same name. But it was not until Tesis that he had his first starring role in a film that became one of the most important successes in the history of Spanish films.[citation needed] Amenábar confessed in a T.T[clarification needed] interview that at first he did not want Noriega in Tesis, thinking he was just a "pretty face", although his collaborators thought otherwise. In the end he called him again because he preferred him over the other actors in the casting. They became close friends and later worked on different projects together, including Open Your Eyes.[citation needed]
Noriega came under spotlight with Vicente Aranda's drama Lolita's Club (2007) where he portrayed Raúl Fuentes and Valentín Fuentes, twin brothers of opposite characters.[citation needed]
He starred in Vantage Point (2008), playing Enrique, a Spanish police officer assigned to protect the local mayor, and who plays an unintended central role in the investigation of the assassination of the American president. He portrayed an escaped drug lord in The Last Stand, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.[citation needed]
Personal life
Noriega married his girlfriend of ten years, Trinidad Oteros, on February 8, 2011.[4][5]
He speaks Spanish, English, French and Catalan fluently.
^Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 575. ISBN84-271-2326-4.
