Fele Martínez
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![]() Martínez at the 32nd Goya Awards in 2018 | |
Born | Rafael Martínez (1975-02-22) 22 February 1975 (age 49) Alicante, Spain |
Education | RESAD |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1996–present |
Rafael "Fele" Martínez (born 22 February 1975) is a Spanish actor. He gained notoriety for his performance as Chema in Thesis (1996), his feature film debut and for which he won the Goya Award for Best New Actor.[1][2]
Early years
Rafael Martínez was born in Alicante on 22 February 1975.[2][3] He moved to Madrid to study at the RESAD, where he set up a theater and storytelling group, the 'Sex-Peare', along with other school alumni.[4]
Career
His chance at stardom came at the hand of Alejandro Amenábar, who offered him a role in his opera prima Thesis.[5] It was for this work that Fele received the Goya Award for Best New Actor in 1996.[6] It was followed by performances in films such as Open Your Eyes (1997),[7] Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998), The Art of Dying (1999), April Captains (2000), Black Serenade (2001), and Bad Education (2004).[7]
He has also participated in several independent film projects including the short films Pasaia (1996), for which he won Best Actor at the Elche Film Festival, Amigos (1997), La cartera (2000), and El castigo del ángel (2002) which he also directed.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1996 | Tesis (Thesis) | Chema | [8] | |
1997 | El tiempo de la felicidad (Time of Happiness) | Ezequiel | [9] | |
Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes) | Pelayo | [10] | ||
1998 | Insomnio (Sleepless in Madrid) | Rafa | [11] | |
Los amantes del círculo polar (Lovers of the Arctic Circle) | Otto de joven | [12] | ||
Lágrimas negras (Black Tears) | Andrés | [13] | ||
2000 | El arte de morir (El arte de morir) | Iván | [14] | |
Capitães de Abril (April Captains) | Lobão | [15] | ||
Tú qué harías por amor [es] | Luis | [16] | ||
Tinta roja (Red Ink) | Escalona | [17] | ||
2001 | Tuno negro (Black Serenade) | Víctor | [18] | |
Noche de reyes [es] | Trifino | [19] | ||
2002 | Hable con ella (Talk to Her) | Alfredo | [20] | |
Darkness | Carlos | [21] | ||
2003 | Dos tipos duros (Two Tough Guys) | Bebe | [22] | |
Utopía (Utopia) | Jorge | [23] | ||
2004 | La mala educación (Bad Education) | Enrique Goded | [24] | |
Tánger [es] | Fanfan | [25] | ||
2008 | 14, Fabian Road | Enrique Gozalvo | [26] | |
Carmo (Carmo, Hit the Road) | Marco | [27] | ||
El kaserón | Alfredo | [28] | ||
2013 | La Estrella | Baltasar | [29] | |
2015 | Vampyres | Peter | [30] | |
2016 | La noche que mi madre mató a mi padre (The Night My Mother Killed My Father) | Carlos | [31] | |
Nuestros amantes (Our Lovers) | Cristóbal | [32] | ||
2023 | Amigos hasta la muerte (Friends Till Death) | Paolo | [33] | |
Bajo terapia (Under Therapy) | Daniel | [34] |
- El síndrome de Svensson (2006)
- A un metro de ti (2007)
- En Temporada Baja (2022)[35]
- Alpha Males (2022)
Theatre
- Sueños de un Seductor (2004)
- Bajo terapia (2017) [36]
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | 11th Goya Awards | Best New Actor | Thesis | Won | [37] |
2023 | 25th Iris Awards | Best Actor | Alpha Males | Won | [38] |
References
- ^ Elidrissi, Fátima (13 April 2021). "Así han cambiado los protagonistas de Tesis, 25 años después de su estreno". El Mundo.
- ^ a b Barbeta, Amparo (11 October 2019). "Fele Martínez: "Me ponen los desafíos"". Levante-EMV. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Sandoval, Mari Jose (21 January 2022). "¿Quién es Fele Martínez, el actor que acude de invitado a 'Pasapalabra'?". Bluper – via El Español.
- ^ Pita, Elena (20 July 1997). "La generación del relevo". La Revista (92) – via El Mundo.
- ^ "Fele Martínez Biography | Fandango". Fandango. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ "Almodovar's Other Bad Boy". FilmStew. April 12, 2005. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
- ^ a b Vigil, Delfin (December 19, 2004). "Actor Fele Martinez grows up". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
- ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 575. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (15 November 1997). "Time of Happiness". Variety.
- ^ Lázaro-Reboll, Antonio (2012). Spanish Horror Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-7486-3638-9.
- ^ Young, Deborah (15 May 2000). "Captains of April". Variety.
- ^ "¿Tú qué harías por amor?". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- ^ Rooney, David (23 October 2000). "Red Ink". Variety.
- ^ Pérez Millán, Juan Antoni; Pérez Morán, Ernesto (2015). Cien profesores universitarios en el cine de ayer y de hoy. Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. p. 242. ISBN 978-84-9012-503-8.
- ^ "«Noche de Reyes», noche de locos". ABC. 10 August 2001.
- ^ McMenamin, Amanda Eaton (2017). "Hable con ella (Talk to Her) (2002)". In Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
- ^ "Darkness". El Mundo. February 2003. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Dos tipos duros". Zebra Producciones. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (14 April 2003). "Utopia". Variety.
- ^ Silvestre, Juan (18 March 2019). "12 razones por las que seguimos amando 'La mala educación'". Fotogramas.
- ^ Garzón, Raquel (15 May 2004). "Juan Madrid estrena 'Tánger', su primer filme como director". El País.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (21 April 2008). "14, Fabian Road". Variety.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (4 February 2009). "Carmo, Hit the Road". Variety.
- ^ "Inma Cuesta y Fele Martínez okupan 'El Kaseron'". Europa Press. 15 April 2009.
- ^ "Estrena de "La Estrella" als cinemes". TV3. 22 May 2013 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
- ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (24 September 2015). "Los estrenos del 25 de septiembre. 'Vampyres'. La muerte acecha en el bosque". Aisge.
- ^ "María Pujalte: "Inés París crea una comedia de enredo en una espiral sin fin"". La Vanguardia. 26 April 2016.
- ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (1 June 2016). "Los estrenos del 3 de junio. 'Nuestros amantes'. Infieles y románticos". Aisge.
- ^ "Amigos hasta la muerte, actores y personajes: quién es quién en la película de Amazon Prime Video". Mag (in Spanish). 2023-08-10. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ Chico, Fran (17 March 2023). "'Bajo terapia' derriba el machismo patriarcal con una de sus propias armas: los chistes de "cuñaos"". Fotogramas.
- ^ "La película "En Temporada Baja", de David Marqués, en rodaje con Antonio Resines, Coque Malla, Edu Soto y Ana Milán en su reparto ¡Exclusiva! | El Blog de Cine Español". 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Alcalá bulle". elpais.com. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
- ^ "Tesis". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Premios Iris 2024: Todos los ganadores con 'La Unidad Kabul' como gran triunfadora". El televisero. 17 January 2024 – via HuffPost.
External links
- Fele Martínez at IMDb
This page draws heavily on the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia which was accessed in the version of 30 November 2005.
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