Roberto Álamo

Spanish actor
Roberto Álamo
Roberto Álamo in 2017
Born
Roberto Martínez Felipe

(1970-01-01) 1 January 1970 (age 54)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActor
Years active1996-present

Roberto Martínez Felipe (born 1 January 1970), better known as Roberto Álamo, is a Spanish actor who has appeared in more than fifty films since 1996. Álamo won the Goya Award for Best Actor for his performance as Javier Alfaro in May God Save Us (2016).[1]

Life and career

Roberto Martínez Felipe was born in Madrid in 1970.[2][3] He developed an interest in cinema at a young age after watching Jack Lemmon in Days of Wine and Roses.[2] He trained at the Cristina Rota acting school and was a member of theatre company Animalario [es].[3] He made his feature film debut in The Ugliest Woman in the World (1999).[4]

The theatre play Urtain marked a turning point in his career.[5] Álamo starred from 2008 to 2010 in the aforementioned play as the Basque boxer José Manuel Urtain,[6] winning a Max Award for Best Actor for his performance.[2]

His portrayal of Alfaro, a violent police inspector under the spotlight of their superiors and colleagues chasing a rapist and murderer of elderly women, in Rodrigo Sorogoyen's thriller film May God Save Us (2016) won him the Goya Award for Best Actor.[7][8][9]

Selected filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2003 Días de fútbol (Football Days) Ramon
2009 Gordos (Fat People) párroco
2011 De tu ventana a la mía (Chrysalis) Paco
2011 La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In) Zeca
2013 La gran familia española (Family United) Benjamin
2016 Que Dios nos perdone (May God Save Us) Javier Alfaro [10]
2017 La niebla y la doncella (The Mist and the Maiden) Teniente Navas [11]
Zona hostil (Rescue Under Fire) Capitán Torres [12]
Es por tu bien (It's for Your Own Good) Poli [13]
2023
El fantástico caso del Golem (The Fantastic Golem Affairs) Antonio
[14]
2024
Rita José Manuel
[15]
Odio el verano (I Hate Summer) Alonso
[16]
TBA El cautivo (The Captive)
[17]
TBA Hora y veinte
[18]

Television

Year Series Network Character Notes
1996 Éste es mi barrio Antena 3 1 episode
1998 La casa de los líos Antena 3 1 episode
2005 Maneras de sobrevivir Telecinco Josete 13 episode
2007 Génesis: En la mente del asesino Cuatro Director documental 1 episode
Los Serrano Telecinco Arturo 1 episode
La familia Mata Antena 3 1 episode
2007 - 2008 Los hombres de Paco Antena 3 Aliado Uriarte 5 episode
2008 Sin tetas no hay paraíso Telecinco 2 episode
Aída Telecinco Martillo 1 episode
LEX Antena 3 1 episode
2009 Hermanos y detectives Telecinco 1 episode
2009 - 2013 Águila roja La 1 Juan de Calatrava 44 episode
2011 Estudio 1 La 1 Urtain 1 episode
2013 Luna, el misterio de Calenda Antena 3 Diego Mendoza 7 episode
2014 Bienvenidos al Lolita Antena 3 Cúper 8 episode
Hermanos Telecinco Xabi 4 episode
2015 Bajo sospecha Antena 3 Federico Sanz 3 episode
2017 - 2019 Estoy vivo La 1 Andrés Vargas Soto 8 episode
2018 Fugitiva La 1 José K. 8 episode
El Continental La 1 Juan León de Baena 10 episode
2020 Caronte Prime Video / Telecinco Samuel Caronte 13 episode
Antidisturbios #0 José Antonio Úbeda 6 episode
2020 Porvenir #0 Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas 4 episode
2021 La reina del pueblo Atresplayer Diego 6 episode
2022 Historias para no dormir Prime Video Claudio 1 episode

Accolades

Álamo receiving an award at the closing gala of the 2016 CiBRA Festival held in Toledo
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2014
1st Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Film Family United Nominated
[19]
28th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actor Won
[20]
23rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role Won
[21]
2017
4th Feroz Awards Best Main Actor in a Film May God Save Us Won
[22]
31st Goya Awards Best Actor Won
[23]
2022
9th Feroz Awards Best Main Actor in a Film Josephine Nominated
[24]

References

  1. ^ "Roberto Álamo, mejor actor protagonista por la película 'Que Dios nos perdone' - 20minutos.es". 20minutos.es. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  2. ^ a b c "Quién es Roberto Álamo, el nuevo invitado de Pasapalabra". El Mundo. 17 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Medianoche, Mike (17 January 2024). "Quién es Roberto Álamo, el ganador del Goya que hoy participa en 'Pasapalabra' como invitado". Bluper – via El Español.
  4. ^ "El 31 Festival de Cine de l'Alfàs rendirá homenaje a Roberto Álamo, Leticia Dolera y a Chicho Ibáñez Serrador". Festival de Cine de l'Alfàs. 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ Montoya, Àlex (19 September 2016). "Roberto Álamo: a la caza del asesino". Fotogramas.
  6. ^ Crespo, Laura. "Roberto Álamo: "Madrid es un corazón que late muy impulsivo"". Madridiario.
  7. ^ Rull, Carles (26 October 2016). "Antonio de la Torre: "Sobre la España negra, siempre hay una película que hacer y una causa que ganar"". 20minutos.es.
  8. ^ "'Que Dios nos perdone' un thriller violento de Sorogoyen". Telemadrid. 16 September 2016.
  9. ^ Domínguez, Andrés (27 February 2017). "El ganador del Goya a mejor actor nos habla de su comedia 'cuñada'". El País.
  10. ^ Martín, Javi P. (27 October 2016). "'Que Dios nos perdone': Sorogoyen dirige el mejor thriller del año". ecartelera.
  11. ^ "El largometraje rodado en La Gomera 'La Niebla y la doncella' se estrenará hoy en Málaga". Gomera Verde. 18 March 2017.
  12. ^ Hernández Luján, Raquel (10 March 2017). "Zona hostil - Crítica de la aventura bélica protagonizada por Ariadna Gil". HobbyConsolas.
  13. ^ "José Coronado, Javier Cámara y Roberto Álamo pasan de padres a suegros en 'Es por tu bien'". Diez Minutos. 3 June 2020.
  14. ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (13 June 2023). "Los estrenos del 16 de junio. 'El fantástico caso del Golem'. Las sorpresas de la vida". Aisge.
  15. ^ Stojiljković, Marko (19 August 2024). "Review: Rita". Cineuropa.
  16. ^ Cazallas, Javier (30 April 2024). "Odio el verano, la nueva comedia de Fernando García-Ruiz, presenta su tráiler y fecha de estreno". HobbyConsolas.
  17. ^ "Alejandro Amenábar finaliza el rodaje de 'El cautivo' en el Castillo-Fortaleza de Santa Pola". Onda Cero. 7 May 2024.
  18. ^ "La conquense Sorenfilms finaliza el rodaje 'Hora y veinte', con Macarena Gómez, Roberto Álamo y Emma Suárez". Europa Press. 31 January 2024.
  19. ^ Agudo, Jesús (28 January 2014). "Lista de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2014". Ecartelera.
  20. ^ "Los ganadores de los Goya 2014". La Vanguardia. 9 February 2014.
  21. ^ Redondo, David (11 March 2014). "'El tiempo entre costuras' triunfa en los Premios Unión de Actores". Cadena SER.
  22. ^ Zurbano, Janire (24 January 2017). "Palmarés de los Premios Feroz 2017: 'Tarde para la ira', más cerca de los Goya". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  23. ^ "Palmarés: todos los ganadores de los Premios Goya 2017". El Confidencial. 4 February 2017.
  24. ^ "Palmarés de los Premios Feroz 2022: todos los ganadores en la noche del cine español". Vaniatis. 30 January 2022 – via El Confidencial.
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