Eusebio Poncela

Eusebio Poncela
Born
Eusebio Poncela Aprea

(1947-09-15) 15 September 1947 (age 77)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActor

Eusebio Poncela Aprea (born 15 September 1947) is a Spanish actor.

Biography

Eusebio Poncela Aprea was born in Madrid on 15 September 1947.[1]

After graduating in drama, he made his debut onstage in the play Mariana Pineda in the mid-1960s.[1]

He appeared in The Cannibal Man (1972) and A House Without Boundaries (1972), but his first major role was the protagonist of the cult film Arrebato (1979), directed by Iván Zulueta. In that year, he also featured in Guillo Pontecorvo's Ogro.

Another hit was the Televisión Española series Los gozos y las sombras (1982). With Antonio Banderas, Poncela co-starred in Law of Desire (1987), directed by Pedro Almodóvar.

He came back to cinema with Martín (Hache), by Adolfo Aristarain. He has also appeared in Tuno negro (2001), Remake (2006) and Intacto (2001), by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, with Max von Sydow.

At the Gijón International Film Festival in 2004, he received the Nacho Martinez Award.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1976 La muerte del escorpión Luis
1979 Arrebato José Sirgado [2]
1979 Operación Ogro (Ogro) Txabi [3]
1980 Their Golden Years El novio
1986 Matador Comisario
1987 La ley del deseo (Law of Desire) Pablo Quintero [4]

References

  1. ^ a b Torres, Marta (27 September 2017). "Cuando la edad no importa: 5 actores españoles veteranos que siguen triunfando". Bekia.
  2. ^ Marimón, Joan (2 October 2018). Muertes creativas en el cine Portada. Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona. p. 461. ISBN 978-84-9168-117-5.
  3. ^ Martínez Álvarez, Josefina (2022). "La representación cinematográfica de las mujeres víctimas del terrorismo durante los años de la lucha armada (1968-2001)". Mujeres víctimas del terrorismo y mujeres contra el terrorismo. Historia, memoria, labor y legado. Editorial Dykinson. p. 143. ISBN 978-84-1122-182-5.
  4. ^ Méjean, Jean-Max (2007). Pedro Almodóvar. Translated by Berthelot, Caterina. Barcelona: Ediciones Robinbook. p. 194. ISBN 978-84-96222-91-5.