Francisco Reyes (actor)
Francisco Reyes is a Spanish stage, film, and television actor.
Biography
He trained as an actor at the Madrid's RESAD, but developed his early career as an actor in New York theatres from 2004 to 2018.[1][2][3] He featured in Juan Mayorga's play Himmelweg (Way to Heaven) as a Nazi officer,[4] earning critical acclaim and winning an HOLA Award for Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor in 2011.[5][6]
Reyes' performance as Rodrigo Alvarado in Rodrigo Sorogoyen's political thriller The Realm (2018) earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor at the 33rd Goya Awards.[7][2]
Early television work include appearances in Vergüenza and Paquita Salas.[8] He has since featured in several film and television roles, including a SS commander in zombie action film Valley of the Dead (2020),[9] Lagrange in 30 Coins,[10] Winters, a villanous hitman opposed to the title character in satirical spy series ¡García!,[11] riot-police agent Trajano in Asedio (2023),[12] or villainous Vanderveen in swashbuckler series Zorro (2024).[13][3]
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | El reino (The Realm) | Alvarado | [7] | |
| 2020- | 30 monedas (30 Coins) | Lagrange | [10] | |
| 2022 | ¡García! (García!) | Winters | [14] | |
| 2023 | Asedio | Trajano | [12] | |
2024 |
Zorro | Vanderveen |
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011
|
HOLA Awards | Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor (Theatre) | Himmelweg | Won | |
2019
|
74th CEC Medals | Best New Actor | The Realm | Nominated | |
| 33rd Goya Awards | Best New Actor | Nominated |
References
- ^ Caruana, Pablo (6 February 2014). "Objeto teatral no identificado". El País.
- ^ a b "Francisco Reyes presenta el 5 de julio en Valladolid 'El reino', película por la que fue nominado a los Goya". Europa Press. 25 June 2019.
- ^ a b Prieto, Darío (16 January 2024). "Un villano 'de altura' que da la réplica al Zorro más español tras vivir en Nueva York". El Mundo.
- ^ Zatlin (2015). "Spanish Playwrights Without Borders: Examples from Mayorga, Muñoz de Mesa and Araújo". Anales de la literatura española contemporánea. 40 (2): 801–802. JSTOR 24431954.
- ^ "El actor español Francisco Reyes conquista al teatro neoyorquino". reuters. 5 October 2010.
- ^ a b Hetrick, Adam (15 August 2011). "Winners of HOLA Awards Announced; Rubén Blades to Be Honored at October Ceremony". Playbill.
- ^ a b Lorfèvre, Alain (17 April 2019). "Avec "Le Pacte", Sorogoyen signe un thriller noir haletant sur la corruption et le pouvoir". La Libre Belgique.
- ^ Silvestre, Juan (1 July 2019). "'Paquita Salas': los 30 cameos de la T3, de peor a mejor". Fotogramas.
- ^ Estrada, Javier (8 March 2022). "Malnazidos: la 'otra' Guerra Civil con zombis y nazis". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
- ^ a b Cordero, Gonzalo (18 January 2021). "'30 monedas', temporada 2: todo lo que sabemos de la segunda parte (y no es poco)". Esquire.com.
- ^ Estrada, Javier (3 November 2022). "5 razones para ver ¡García!, una de las mejores series españolas del año". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
- ^ a b Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (28 April 2023). "Los estrenos del 5 de mayo. 'Asedio'. La ratonera". Aisge.
- ^ a b Lauber, Nicolas (20 January 2024). "El Zorro, un personaje interminable que tiene nuevas aventuras en streaming y la cara de un ex "Élite"". El País.
- ^ Chamorro, Coral (2022). "¡García! Superagente 1961". Fotogramas. 76 (2149): 86–88. ISSN 1889-9706.
- ^ "'El reino', 'Campeones', 'Todos lo saben' y 'Quién te cantará', las más nominadas en la 74ª edición de las Medallas CEC". Cine y Tele. 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Las Medallas CEC 2019 aúpan a 'El reino' como la gran película española del año". Cine y Tele. 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Premios Goya 2019: lista completa de ganadores". eldiario.es. 2 February 2019.