Leonardo Sbaraglia

Leonardo Sbaraglia (middle name: "Máximo";Interview in the Spanish TV show Caiga Quien Caiga, broadcast on December 2, 2005.] born June 30, 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine film actor.

Son of actress and theater teacher R. Randon, Leonardo Sbaraglia started his acting career already at the age of 16 in the film "La Noche de los lápices (Night of the Pencils)", a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera.

In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentinian youth for his role in the TV series "Clave de sol". In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in the theater (e.g., in "La Soledad de los Campos de Algodon", "Closer").

In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine director Marcelo Piñeyro in "". They came together again for "Caballos salvajes" (1995), for which Leonardo Sbaraglia earned the "Jury Price for Best Acting" at the "Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva", and later for "Cenizas del paraíso" (1997) and an acclaimed performance in "Plata quemada" (2000).

More recently, Sbaraglia has worked both in Spain, where he has spent most of the time, and in Argentina. In 2001, he starred with Eusebio Poncela in "Intacto" [Intact] , a thriller directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, and received a Goya Award for "Best New Actor". Further of his films include "Deseo" [Desire] (2002), a Gerardo Vera film in which he plays at the sides of Leonor Watling and Cecilia Roth, and "Carmen" (2003), an adaptation of Prosper Mérimée's classic by director Vicente Aranda.

In 2005, Sbaraglia worked again with director Antonio Hernández, with whom he had already shot "En la ciudad sin límites" in 2002. This and his contribution to Sebastián Borensztein's mini TV series "Tiempofinal" (2000) after their production of "El Garante" in 1997 have been the only two times that Sbaraglia has worked with any director on more than a single project since his collaborations with Piñeyro.

In 2007, Sbaraglia was nominated for the Goya Award for "Best Supporting Actor" for his role of "Jesús Irurre" in the film Salvador (Puig Antich) in which he starred at the side of Daniel Brühl.

In 2001, Sbaraglia married the Argentinian sculptor Guadalupe Martin; in the winter of 2006, [ [http://www.diarioperfil.com.ar/edimp/0148/esp_005.html diario perfil] , [http://www.decine21.com/Perfiles/Leonardo-Sbaraglia.asp decine12] ] their daughter Julia was born.

Filmography

* "La Inercia de los cuerpos" (2008) (filming) as Leo
* "Diario de una ninfómana" (2008) (post-production) as Jaime
* "Santos" (2008) as Arturo Antares
* "Violanchelo" [Love, Pain and Vice Versa] (2008)
* "Estrenando sueños" (2008)
* "El rey de la montaña" [King of the Hill (Canada)] (2007) as Quim
* "Concursante" [The Contestant] (2007) as Martín Circo Martín
* "Estrenando sueños" (2007)
* "Salvador (Puig Antich)" (2006) as Jesús Irurre
* "De bares" [US festival title: Drink Up] (2006)
* "Oculto" (2005) as Alex
* "Al filo de la ley" [At the Edge of the Law] (2005) (TV Series) as Álex Villar (13 episodes)
* "Mitad negada, La" (2005)
* "Estrenando sueños" (2005)
* "La puta y la ballena" [The Whore and the Whale] (2004) as Emilio
* "Cleopatra" (2003/I) as Carlos
* "Carmen" (2003/I) as Don José
* "Utopía" (2003) as Adrián
* "Deseo" [Desire] (2002) as Pablo
* "Nowhere" (2002) as Paolo Brandi
* "En la ciudad sin límites" [The City of No Limits] (2002) as Victor
* "Intacto" [Intact] (2001) as Tomás
* "Tiempofinal" [Final Minute] (2000-2002) (TV series)
* "Plata quemada" [Burnt Money, Burning Money (Canada, USA), Vies brûlées (France)] (2000) as El Nene
* "Los libros y la noche" [The Books and the Night] (1999) (documentary) as young Jorge Luis Borges
* "La Argentina de Tato" (1999) (TV Series) as narrator of the series
* "Vendado y frío" (1998) as Playero
* "Bajamar, la costa del silencio" (1998) (TV Series)
* "Casablanca" (1998) (TV Series)
* "El garante" [Collateral Man] (1997) (mini TV Series) as Martin
* "Cenizas del paraíso" [Paradise Ashes, Ashes from Paradise (USA)] (1997) as Pablo Makantasis
* "Besos en la frente" (1996) as Sebastián Miguez
* "Carlos Monzón, el segundo juicio" (1996) as Médico joven
* "De poeta y de loco" (1996) (TV Series)
* "Caballos salvajes" [Wild Horses] (1995) as Pedro
* "No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas" [Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going] (1995) as Pablo
* "Fotos del alma" [Pictures of the Soul] (1995)
* "Fuego gris" [Grey Fire] (1994)
* "Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito [Tanguito, Wild Tango (USA)] (1993) as Pedro
* "Cartas de amor en cassette" [Love Letters in Cassette] (1993) (TV Series)
* "Alta comedia" (1991) (TV Series)
* "El gordo y el flaco" (1991) (TV Series)
* "Atreverse" (1990) (TV Series)
* "Clave de sol" (1987) (TV Series) as Diego
* "La noche de los lápices" [Night of the Pencils] (1986) as Daniel

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0768614|name=Leonardo Sbaraglia
* (in Spanish)
* [http://ar.groups.yahoo.com/group/LeonardoSbaraglia Leonardo Sbaraglia Fans Group in Yahoo!]