Lluís Homar
Lluís Homar | |
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 Lluís Homar at the Gaudí Awards (2011) | |
| Born | Lluís Homar i Toboso 20 April 1957 |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1974–present |
Lluís Homar i Toboso (born April 20, 1957) is a Spanish actor and theater director from Barcelona.
Biography
Homar was born on April 20, 1957 in Barcelona. He studied primary education at Escuelas Homar in Horta, a neighbourhood of Barcelona, and was an altar boy at the church of Sant Joan d’Horta. He studied law in the Autonomous University of Barcelona and took some courses at Institud del Teatre of Barcelona.
In 1974, he participated in a production of Othello with director Angel Carmona. A year later, he joined the theatre group Teatre del Escorpi and appeared in their plays including Terra Baixa and Quiriquibú.
In 1976, Homar joined with other actors to fund the cooperative theatre company Teatre Lliure of Barcelona, where he took part in over 30 plays and was artistic director from 1992–1998.
During this time, Homar also appeared in numerous TV commercials, and had minor roles in TV series such as Llibre dels fets del bon rei en Jaume (one episode) and Lletres catalanes (two episodes). He finally appeared on the big screen in the 1981 film based on Mercé Rodoreda's novella The Time of the Doves, where he played the male lead opposite Silvia Munt.
This was followed by roles in the films Bad Education and Broken Embraces, both directed by Pedro Almodovar, and to the lead role of pope Alejandro VI in Antonio Hernandez's film Los Borgia.
Homar's portrayal of the caring household robot Max in the sci-fi film Eva, directed by Kike Maíllo, brought him both the 2011 Goya Award and Gaudi Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Homar appeared in the Spanish TV production 23-F: El dia mas dificil del rey about the days of the putsch attempt of 1981, where he played King Juan Carlos I. He was lauded for his portrayals of Servio Sulpicio Galba, a Roman politician and general, in the TV productions Antena 3 Hispania, La leyenda and Imperium. [1]
Homar lives in Canet de Mar.
Acting career
Homar studied law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, but left before graduating to pursue theater at the Institut del Teatre where he began his trajectory as an actor. Homar is best known for his roles in Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education (2004) and Broken Embraces (2009), as well as Emilio Aragón's Paper Birds (2010) and Kike Maíllo's Eva (2011), for which he won both the Gaudí Award and the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor.[2]
External links
- Lluís Homar at IMDb
References
- ^ https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llu%C3%ADs_Homar. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) (Spanish)) - ^ José De Urdanechea (March 1, 2012). "Lluís Homar: "Si me dan otro Goya, no me enrollaré tanto"". GQ. Retrieved December 9, 2012. (Spanish)
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