Eduardo Gómez
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Eduardo Gómez is a Spanish
actor
who was born in Madrid
, Spain
.
Gómez got into acting late in life. In his early forties, he was accompanying a friend to a shooting. The production team convinced him to say a few phrases to the camera. Andrés Pajares
, a comedian and actor, saw him during the production and asked him whether he acted. Gómez answered that he wasn't an actor but if he paid him, he would act. Of the experience, Gómez has said, "The next day I went, he paid me and to this day! [...] What has happened to me doesn't happen to many people. I'm very happy".
He went on to perform in small parts in Spanish television and cinema, including parts in the Goya Award winning movies La comunidad
and La lengua de las mariposas
. He later appeared in the latest sequel of Santiago Segura
's Torrente series, Torrente 3: El Protector. He also had a part in the movie version of the legendary Spanish comic strip
Mortadelo y Filemón
.
He was cast in the part of Emilio's father in the hit Spanish comedy
Aquí no hay quien viva
. Originally a small, recurring role, Gómez joined the regular cast after the first season and his character of Mariano is now widely recognized in Spain. Gómez has also starred in the CBBC
television programme "The Chuckle Brothers".
Gómez has one son from a previous marriage who is an actor. He is reportedly living with a long-time female partner and is very happy with their relationship.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
who was born in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
Gómez got into acting late in life. In his early forties, he was accompanying a friend to a shooting. The production team convinced him to say a few phrases to the camera. Andrés Pajares
Andrés Pajares
Andrés Pajares is an award-winning Spanish actor born on 6 April 1940 in Madrid, Spain.Credits include: ¡Ay Carmela! 1990.-Awards:* Won 1991 Goya Award for Best Actor: ¡Ay Carmela!...
, a comedian and actor, saw him during the production and asked him whether he acted. Gómez answered that he wasn't an actor but if he paid him, he would act. Of the experience, Gómez has said, "The next day I went, he paid me and to this day! [...] What has happened to me doesn't happen to many people. I'm very happy".
He went on to perform in small parts in Spanish television and cinema, including parts in the Goya Award winning movies La comunidad
La comunidad (film)
La comunidad is a 2000 Spanish black comedy film directed by Álex de la Iglesia.-Plot:Carmen Maura plays a real estate agent who discovers a fortune in the apartment of a dead man...
and La lengua de las mariposas
Butterfly (1999 film)
Butterfly's Tongue is the English language DVD release title for , a 1999 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda. The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936...
. He later appeared in the latest sequel of Santiago Segura
Santiago Segura
Santiago Segura Silva is a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, producer and director.Santiago was born in the Carabanchel neighbourhood in Madrid. After studying Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, he decided to pursue a career as a film-maker and in 1989 he directed the short Relatos de...
's Torrente series, Torrente 3: El Protector. He also had a part in the movie version of the legendary Spanish comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Mortadelo y Filemón
Mortadelo y Filemón
Mort & Phil is one of the most popular Spanish comics series, published in more than a dozen countries. It appeared for the first time in 1958 in the children's comic-book Pulgarcito drawn by Francisco Ibáñez...
.
He was cast in the part of Emilio's father in the hit Spanish comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
Aquí no hay quien viva
Aquí no hay quien viva
Aquí no hay quien viva is a Spanish television comedy focusing on the inhabitants of the fictional building in Desengaño 21, Calle Desengaño being a street between the Districts of Gran Via and Chueca in Madrid...
. Originally a small, recurring role, Gómez joined the regular cast after the first season and his character of Mariano is now widely recognized in Spain. Gómez has also starred in the CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
television programme "The Chuckle Brothers".
Gómez has one son from a previous marriage who is an actor. He is reportedly living with a long-time female partner and is very happy with their relationship.
Partial filmography
- El milagro de P. Tinto (1998)
- Muertos de risa (199)
- La lengua de las mariposasButterfly (1999 film)Butterfly's Tongue is the English language DVD release title for , a 1999 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda. The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936...
(1999) - La comunidadLa comunidad (film)La comunidad is a 2000 Spanish black comedy film directed by Álex de la Iglesia.-Plot:Carmen Maura plays a real estate agent who discovers a fortune in the apartment of a dead man...
(2000) - El oro de Moscú (2002)
- 800 Balas (2002)
- La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón (2003)
- Aquí no hay quien viva (2003)
- El chocolate del loro (2004)
- Crimen ferpectoCrimen FerpectoCrimen Ferpecto is a 2004 Spanish black comedy film directed by Álex de la Iglesia.-Plot:Rafael is a women's clothing clerk at a large Madrid department store, Yeyo's. His department is filled with beautiful, comely young women whom Rafael routinely seduces...
(2004) - Torrente 3: El Protector (2005)