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Alfredo Landa

Profession
Acting
Born
March 4, 1933 · Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Died
May 9, 2013

Biography

Alfredo Landa (3 March 1933 – 9 May 2013) was a Spanish actor. Alfredo Landa Arena born in Pamplona (Navarre), Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to work with university school groups. He left university to work in the theater. After working as a dubbing actor for a short time in the 1950s, he debuted with his first considerable role in film in José María Forqué's Atraco a las tres in 1962. When Francisco Franco died in 1975, censorship began to disappear. This led to a growth of erotic comedies on Spanish cinema. Landa became the "sexually repressed" role of that trend, especially under directors Mariano Ozores and Pedro Lazaga. He even created his own trend, that some people called landismo.[2] Afterwards, Landa changed his image, taking much deeper roles, like his bandit in El Bosque animado. Landa, along with Francisco Rabal, won Best Actor award at 1984 Cannes Film Festival for his memorable performance in Los santos inocentes. He is now widely recognized as a great dramatic actor. After a career with more than one hundred and twenty movies, one dozen of television series, and several stage successes, with a great amount of Spanish and European awards, 74-year-old Landa announced his retirement at the X Festival de Cine de Málaga (10th Movie Festival of Málaga) while receiving a new award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfredo Landa (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Around the World in 80 Days poster
Around the World in 80 Days
Film · 1956 · ★ 6.7
The Executioner poster
The Executioner
Film · 1963 · ★ 7.6
The Holy Innocents poster
The Holy Innocents
Film · 1984 · ★ 7.8
Moscow Gold poster
Moscow Gold
Film · 2003 · ★ 5.5
The Heifer poster
The Heifer
Film · 1985 · ★ 6.7
El crack poster
El crack
Film · 1981 · ★ 7.2
La ciudad no es para mí poster
La ciudad no es para mí
Film · 1966 · ★ 6.4
Robbery at 3 O'clock poster
Robbery at 3 O'clock
Film · 1962 · ★ 6.8
The Enchanted Forest poster
The Enchanted Forest
Film · 1987 · ★ 7.0
Profesor eróticus poster
Profesor eróticus
Film · 1981 · ★ 6.1
Cateto a babor poster
Cateto a babor
Film · 1970 · ★ 5.6
El crack dos poster
El crack dos
Film · 1983 · ★ 6.9

Filmography