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Javier Gutiérrez was born on 17 January 1971 in Luanco, Asturias, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Marshland (2014), The Motive (2017) and Champions (2018).- Paula Echevarría was born on 7 August 1977 in Candás, Asturias, Spain. She is an actress, known for Velvet (2013), El comisario (1999) and Las locuras de Don Quijote (2006). She was previously married to David Bustamante.
- Actress
Blanca Romero was born on 2 June 1976 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. She is an actress, known for After (2009), Welcome to Eden (2022) and The End (2012). She was previously married to Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez.- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Sergio G. Sánchez was born in 1973 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He is a writer and producer, known for Marrowbone (2017), The Orphanage (2007) and The Impossible (2012).- Frank Braña was born on 24 February 1934 in Pola de Allande, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor, known for Pieces (1982), Slugs (1988) and Where Time Began (1977). He died on 13 February 2012 in Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
- Actress
- Animation Department
- Make-Up Department
Paula Méndez Pérez (Oviedo, Asturias, August 16) is a Spanish actress and model.
After finishing her Bachelor degree in Physical Education, and concluded her education at the Royal Ballet Academy of Dance in Oviedo, she moved to Madrid to continue her artistic training.
Once installed in the capital, she began her drama classes at the Madrid Film Institute, and participated on some plays at several playhouses around Madrid.
She is featured on the film "Luz de Domingo" by the Director Jose Luis Garci and several short films. Later on she participates as special guest in hit TV series such as "Los hombres de Paco" (Paco's Men) by Antena 3, "Aida" by Telecinco, "Physics and Chemistry" by Antenna 3, "Red Eagle" by TVE and "Cita a ciegas" by Channel Four.
As a model, she appeared and performed in multiple advertising campaigns and fashion catalogs for brands such as Agent Provocateur, Clean & Clear, Nivea, Mario Valentino, Women's Secret and Venca.
Paula Mendez was also cast on leading roles in music videos with prominent artists like Enrique Bunbury, Chayanne and the pop/rock band La Musicalité.- The giant-killing performances were what caught your attention first: hustling an uncompetitive Minardi around Suzuka to finish a barely credible 11th in 2001; seemingly appearing from nowhere to grab his first pole position (Malaysia 2003); and becoming the then-youngest-ever grand prix winner (Hungary, again in '03, appropriately nabbing the honour from Bruce McLaren himself, who'd achieved in way back in 1959) in truly effortless fashion.
With his intent signified, his move to the Renault team gave him the firepower to fulfill his ambition.
Armed with 2005's R25, the greatness that had been glimpsed in snatches was quickly and thoroughly refined. It was immediately apparent at that year's San Marino Grand Prix, where his incredibly precise defence of the lead kept no less than keening, hungry world champion Michael Schumacher at bay. It was a performance marked by the skill of an old veteran rather than a hungry newcomer.
The trickle of victories quickly turned into a torrent: seven wins by the end of the season, but - just as important - a steady stream of podium positions (five runner-up spots and three third places) that cemented his ascent to the title. Underlining the point, his was a world crown won with the seasoned experience of a master, not that of a fresh-faced youngster feeling his way nervously toward his first championship.
He was crowned in Brazil, finishing third behind - presciently - two McLarens. Standing on the podium, his ear was turned by Ron Dennis, who quietly assured the Spaniard that his future surely lay in one of Woking's silver cars.
A deal was quickly signed - but for 2007, leaving him to once again race for Renault in '06. That season, the old enemy - Schumacher - was back in contention, and both he and his Ferrari team used every weapon in their sizeable armoury to peg back Fernando's progress.
It made for a tense, nervy and paranoid season - but one where Fernando once again triumphed by playing the numbers game whenever he lacked the outright competitiveness to win. For the record, he still scored seven victories, and backed those up with seven further runner-up spots.
His 2006 title made him the sport's then-youngest-ever double world champion.
Buoyed by this momentum, he quickly made his mark at McLaren in 2007, winning his second race for the marque and quickly re-establishing the team at the competitive vanguard after a disappointing '06 season.
More victories followed - he led home an emotional McLaren one-two at Monaco, showcased his controlled aggression to snatch victory at the Nurburgring, and pummeled the opposition into submission at Monza. But his winning progress was matched by his rookie team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who also took four victories - and, at season's end, the McLaren challenge wasn't concerted enough to stem the singular charge of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, who took the title by just one point at the final race in Brazil.
If the title near-miss was a blow, it wasn't the most problematic issue in a season that was overshadowed by competitive rancour both on and off the track. The fallout was intense, both McLaren and Fernando parted company - the Spaniard returning to Renault for two largely uncompetitive seasons before joining Ferrari for 2010.
Fernando's time at the Scuderia was a rollercoaster of highs and lows - he won his very first race in a red car, at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, but went on to lose the title by the narrowest of margins after a strategic error cost him dearly at the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.
In 2011, he scored a solitary victory at Silverstone, then wrestled a less-than-competitive Ferrari to three magnificent victories in 2012 as he spearheaded the charge to usurp world champion Sebastian Vettel. While Fernando gave his all, his brave campaign once again came undone at the final race.
While his final two seasons at Ferrari coincided with a dip in the Scuderia's competitive fortunes, his period with the Maranello squad would repeatedly underline his credentials as the greatest, and most respected, driver in the sport. And while the record books won't fully reflect his successes, history will tell us that Fernando Alonso stood a shoulder above his peers in terms of reputation and ability.
At McLaren-Honda, he has resolutely vowed to take the reunified giants back to the top step of the podium, while at the same time replicating the past successes of his favourite driver and his childhood idol, Ayrton Senna.
While he has yet to drive a McLaren-Honda that does full service to his considerable talents, his drive and ambition remain undimmed. His races throughout 2016, when given the merest sniff of an opportunity, were sublime - and culminated in him claiming the season was one of his best-ever in Formula 1, because his innate confidence in the car enabled him to drive it to the maximum on almost every occasion.
A second stint with McLaren from 2015 to 2018 resulted in no further success.
After a two-year sabbatical, Alonso returned to Formula One in 2021 with Alpine. At the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix, Alonso scored his first podium in seven years. At the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix, he broke the record for most starts in Formula One. Alonso moved to Aston Martin for the 2023 season, where he saw great success at the beginning of the season, with six podium finishes in the first eight races. At the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Alonso scored his 100th podium by finishing third, becoming one of six drivers in the series' history to achieve that feat.
Alonso has won 32 Grands Prix, earned 22 pole positions, and scored 2267 points from 377 starts. He is the only Spanish Formula One driver to have won the World Championship. Until Carlos Sainz's maiden win at the 2022 British Grand Prix, Alonso was the only Spaniard to win a Formula One Grand Prix. Alonso won the 2001 Race of Champions Nations Cup with the rally driver Jesús Puras and the motorcyclist Rubén Xaus for Team Spain and thrice entered the Indianapolis 500 in 2017, 2019 and 2020. - Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Jorge Guerricaechevarría was born on 10 July 1965 in Avilés, Asturias, Spain. He is a writer and producer, known for Cell 211 (2009), The Oxford Murders (2008) and The Day of the Beast (1995).- Archie Lafranco was born on 15 July 1965 in Cadavedo, Asturias, Spain. He is an actor, known for Mañana es para siempre (2008), Mi querida Isabel (1996) and Don't Mess with an Angel (2008).
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Narciso Ibáñez Menta was born in Sama de Langreo, Asturias, Spain. A member of an important family of theatrical artists, the young Narciso toured with them through Spain and America. He arrived in Argentina aged 7 where he debuted in the suspense film A Light In The Window (Una luz en la ventana), directed by Manuel Romero in 1941. Tied to the cinema of fantasy and horror throughout his career, Ibañez Menta went on to star in Crime Stories (1942, by Manuel Romero) and Three Appointments With Fate (Tres citas con el destino, 1953), appearing in the episode directed by León Klimovsky. In the early 60's, he starred in the landmark Argentine horror film Masterworks Of Terror (1959) directed by Enrique Carreras (and Ibañez Menta, according Narciso himself). The film and the smash television series that followed were created by Narciso and his son Narcisco "Chicho" Ibañez Serrador for Argentine TV. In the ensuing years, Ibañez Menta and "Chicho" conceived, produced, directed and starred in several successful horror and suspense series both in Argentina and Spain. The Man Who Returned From Death (El hombre que volvió de la muerte), a 1969 TV miniseries taped in Argentina, was among his most popular and remembered works. Sadly, very little of his television work in Argentina is currently available as the material on which it was recorded was either lost or taped over with new material. Narciso returned to horror films with The Saga Of Dracula (1972) and was the protagonist of the Sebastián D'Arbo trilogy: Journey to the Beyond (Viaje al más allá, 1980), The Entity (El ser, 1982) and Beyond Death (Más allá de la muerte, 1986). A documentary about this great Spanish artist entitled Nadie inquietó más (No One Was More Unsettling), directed by Gustavo Mendoza, premiered at the Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Film Festival in 2008. The original title initials were those of the artist it honored.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Beatriz Rico was born on 25 February 1970 in Avilés, Asturias, Spain. She is an actress and producer, known for El último negocio (2004), Don Juan Itinerante (1998) and Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004). She was previously married to Nacho Ramírez.- Arturo Fernández was born on 21 February 1929 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor, known for Truhanes (1983), Los cuervos (1961) and ¡Cómo sois las mujeres! (1968). He was married to Carmen Quesada and María Isabel Sensat Marqués. He died on 4 July 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Demetrio González was born on 7 October 1927 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor, known for Dos corazones y un cielo (1959), Los laureles (1961) and El jinete solitario en el valle de los buitres (1958). He died on 25 January 2015 in Tepoztlan, Morelos, Mexico.- Actor
- Director
Germán Robles was born on 20 March 1929 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for El vampiro (1957), The Curse of Nostradamus (1961) and Marisol (1996). He was married to Judy Ponte, Elisa Aragonés and Ana María Vázquez. He died on 21 November 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Susana Estrada was born on 18 June 1949 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. She is an actress, known for The Young Dracula (1976), Las tres perfectas casadas (1973) and Blood and Passion (1976).- Letizia is the Queen of Spain as the wife of King Felipe VI, who ascended on 19 June 2014 on the abdication of his father Juan Carlos I. Before her marriage, Letizia was a journalist and news anchor. She was an award-winning broadcast journalist - she earned both her undergraduate and master's degrees in journalism - who met her husband Felipe while on assignment. Letizia and Felipe have two daughters, Leonor, Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía.
- Ramón Menéndez was born in 1941 in Mieres, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor, known for Los miserables (1973), Cuartelazo (1977) and Sweet Challenge (1988). He died in 2007 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Production Designer
Miguel Asensio Llamas was born in 1967 in Avilés, Asturias, Spain. He is a producer and production manager, known for Knock Knock (2015), The Green Inferno (2013) and Aftershock (2012). He has been married to Paz Bascuñán since 26 April 2008. They have two children.- Actor
- Director
José Lisardo Suárez Sánchez was born in Trubia (Asturias, Spain) on Sept 9th.1919. He was raised in Oviedo until in 1927 the family moved to Logroño.
In 1935 after returning to Asturias his father died and he left school urged to find work. Only 16 when the Spanish Civil War broke out, he entered the Army on the National side, then the Falange. He joined the Legionary Corps (la Legión), and finally volunteered for the División Azul (German infantry division fighting communism) to Russia, returning to Spain in 1943. After the war ended he got a job at the Asturian railways. A well-known Spanish director, Gonzalo Delgrás, selected him after a casting to star in his next film, Altar mayor (1944). It became a success and the start of a long career. Some of his early films were Oro y marfil (1947), La niña de Luzmela (1950), Historia de una escalera (1950), a secondary role in Dawn of America (1951) and then came the young policeman in Criminal Squad (1950). This film became sort of a trademark for him, and from then on he would often play police roles and hard-boiled characters becoming his tall, reserved and dark looks. That same year, 1950, he married his Asturian girlfriend María Luisa, they would have a daughter.
He received an award for his role in An Impossible Crime (1954) and would be one of the football players in Once pares de botas (1954). He made Señora ama (1955) with Dolores del Río and then came Main Street (1956) with Betsy Blair, maybe his most well known film, for which he would receive the Triunfo award as best actor. The success of this film at the Venice festival opened him the doors to the Italian cinema. He got leading roles in films like The Challenge (1958), directed by Francesco Rosi, and Il magistrato (1959), directed by Luigi Zampa. He would go on playing mostly detective stories, drama, westerns and some comedies in Spanish and European productions.
In 1971 he was elected mayor and local head of the Movimiento (Franco's regime only political party) for Aller, Asturias, and left Madrid for his homeland, building a house in Moreda where he died after a previous stroke (thrombosis) in 1981. His last role was in 1977 in a popular TV series (Curro Jiménez (1976)).- Ana Villa was born in 1972 in Asturias, Spain. She is an actress, known for Amar en tiempos revueltos (2005), Distancias (2020) and Centro médico (2015).
- Beatriz Escudero was born on 16 November 1951 in Felguera, Asturias, Spain. She is an actress, known for Curro Jiménez (1976), El libro de buen amor II (1976) and Si las mujeres mandaran (o mandasen) (1982).
- Set Decorator
- Art Director
- Production Designer
Gil Parrondo was born on 17 June 1921 in Luarca, Asturias, Spain. He was a set decorator and art director, known for Patton (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004). He died on 24 December 2016 in Madrid, Spain.- Roberto Álvarez was born on 13 May 1956 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. He is an actor, known for En la ciudad sin límites (2002), Manolito Gafotas (1999) and Lena (2001). He was previously married to Marta Molina.
- Mary Paz Pondal was born in 1942 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. She is an actress, known for Tristana (1970), Teatro Club (1976) and Residencia para espías (1968).
- Actor
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Saturno Cerra was born on 25 November 1924 in Sebreño, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor and production designer, known for 7 pistole per i MacGregor (1966), Murder in a Blue World (1973) and The Guns (1964). He died on 5 December 2015 in Sebreño, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Marc Vigil was born on 25 September 1975 in Avilés, Asturias, Spain. He is a director and producer, known for The Ministry of Time (2015), Nasdrovia (2020) and The Silence of the Marsh (2019).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Casting Department
- Actress
Angi Msi was born on 22 May 1981 in Asturias, Spain. She is an assistant director and actress, known for Gran Hotel (2011), The Ministry of Time (2015) and Welcome to Eden (2022).- Lidia Otón was born in Avilés, Asturias, Spain. She is known for Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001), Gitano (2000) and Hospital Central (2000).
- Writer
- Actor
Santiago Alverú was born on 25 February 1992 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He is a writer and actor, known for Selfie (2017), El Futuro and Mylove Lost (2018).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
- Art Department
Tato Loché was born on 13 May 1984 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. He is an assistant director and actor, known for 30 Coins (2020), Infiesto (2023) and Gran Hotel (2011).- Enrique García Álvarez was born in 1896 in Sama de Langreo, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor, known for The Exterminating Angel (1962), Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968) and La mujer marcada (1957). He was married to Carmen Collado. He died on 24 January 1971 in València, València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain.
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Gonzalo Suárez was born on 30 July 1934 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Rowing with the Wind (1988), El extraño caso del doctor Fausto (1969) and El detective y la muerte (1994).- Ernesto Arias was born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He is known for Isabel (2011), Periodistas (1998) and Policías, en el corazón de la calle (2000).
- Telma Ortiz Rocasolano was born in 1973 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Alfonso Iglesias was born on 23 January 1910 in Navia, Asturias, Spain. He was a writer, known for Aventuras de Pinín y sus amigos (1979) and Jandro (1965). He died on 23 February 1988 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.- Paula Prendes was born on 21 January 1983 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. She is an actress, known for Gran Hotel (2011), Víctor Ros (2014) and Hollywood (2010).
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ramón Fernández was born on 26 September 1930 in San Esteban de Pravia, Asturias, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Los ladrones van a la oficina (1993), De hombre a hombre (1985) and El Cristo del Océano (1971). He died on 9 September 2006 in Ronda, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Nacho Martínez was born on 8 July 1952 in Mieres, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor, known for Matador (1986), Adiós pequeña (1986) and La mitad del cielo (1986). He died on 24 July 1996 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Manuel Noriega was born on 24 July 1880 in Colombres, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for Madrid en el año 2000 (1925), El crimen del expreso (1939) and La mala ley (1924). He was married to Pilar Segura Nieva and Hortensia Castañeda Ávila. He died on 12 August 1961 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Actress
- Costume Designer
- Art Department
Elena Bagutta, discovered by Gonzalo Suárez and Pedro Almodóvar, is an accomplished film, television actor and model. She has worked across genres with credits such as Mary in Suárez's drama, _"My name is Shadow" and Lucía in _"Raquel busca su sitio" a television sitcom.
Elena is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish.- Yolanda Arestegui was born in 1965 in Avilés, Asturias, Spain. She is an actress, known for Al salir de clase (1997), Don Juan Itinerante (1999) and Don Juan Itinerante (2000). She is married to Jesús Cisneros. They have two children.
- Antonio Castro was born in 1966 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. He is an actor, known for Spanish Fly (1998), Matadero (2019) and La ley y la vida (2000).
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Paco Ignacio Taibo II was born on 11 January 1949 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Días de combate (1982), Días de combate (1994) and Adios, amor... (1973).- Pablo Castañón was born in 1977 in Mieres, Asturias, Spain. He is an actor, known for Gran Reserva. El origen (2013), La Reina del Sur (2011) and Infiesto (2023).
- José Lamuño was born on 23 January 1987 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He is an actor, known for Un golpe de suerte (2009), Los nuestros (2015) and Hospital Central (2000).
- Actor
- Producer
Born and schooled in Llangreu (Asturias), David Blanka is an accomplished and restless actor, presenter, voiceover artist and producer who has developed his career both standing in front of cameras and working behind the scenes. Trained at Pro Arts School of Gijón, William Layton Theater Laboratory of Madrid and the Actor's Temple of London, he also attended a vast number of courses, including a Clown Workshop at Cirque du Soleil in Spain.
After some years working in Asturias, where he starred in M Is for Miracle (2013), an acclaimed Spanish short film included in the international anthology ABCs of Death 2.5 (2016), Blanka moved to Madrid, where he landed guest roles in TV shows ranging from La que se avecina (2007) to The Ministry of Time (2015). Shortly after, he joined Amania Films, firstly as an recurring actor and then as an associate producer and casting director.
As of 2020, David Blanka does not only keep on working as a reliable actor, but he's now developing his own projects and expanding his artistic interests.- Cinematographer
- Writer
- Director
Carlos Suárez was born in 1946 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Makinavaja, el último choriso (1992), Rowing with the Wind (1988) and Oviedo Express (2007). He died on 19 October 2019 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain.- Carmen Polo was born on 11 June 1900 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. She was married to Francisco Franco. She died on 6 February 1988 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Eduardo Castejón was born on 19 July 1986 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Hospital Central (2000), Serve and Protect (2017) and LJ Detective (2018).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Natalia Estrada was born on 3 September 1972 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. She is an actress, known for Il mammo (2004), The Cyclone (1996) and Jolly Blu (1998). She has been married to Andrea Mischianti since 2007. She was previously married to Giorgio Mastrota.