- Jorge Sanz
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birthname = Jorge Sanz Miranda
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location = flagicon|SpainMadrid ,Spain
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tonyawards =Jorge Sanz (born
August 26 ,1969 ) is a Spanish actor and is one of the most prominent actors of the Spanish cinema of the 1990s. He is known to international audiences for his roles in the films: "Amantes " (1991) by directorVicente Aranda andFernando Trueba ’s "Belle Époque" (1992 ).Early life
Jorge Sanz Miranda was born on
August 26 ,1969 inMadrid . The youngest of five children, he would have followed a military career in the footsteps of his father, but his mother took him to an audition when he was nine years old and he was cast as the son ofJane Birkin in the film "La Miel" (1979 ) directed byPedro Masó . [ [http://www.portalmix.com/famosos/jorgesanz/ Jorge Sanz - Famosos - Tierra ] ] From then on, he started a prolific career as a child actor mostly in commercial films. His self-confidence and naturalness before the camera made him a popular child actor in the Spanish screens.Between the ages of nine and fifteen, he played in ten features within and beyond the Spanish film industry. Most notably as the young Conan in "Conan the Barbarian" (1982), a role played as an adult by
Arnold Schwarzenegger . His role as a rascal in "Valentina" (1982) made him won his first award as an actor atSan Sebastian Film Festival . [ [http://www.portalmix.com/famosos/jorgesanz/ Jorge Sanz - Famosos - Tierra ] ]Career
Sanz's roles in the films of
Fernando Trueba andVicente Aranda solidified his career. In1986 he starred withMaribel Verdú , in "El Año de las Luces ", his first role as an adolescent. In 1988, as a young adult, he had the leading role inVicente Aranda ’s "Si Te Dicen que Cai", for which he obtained aGoya Award as Best actor. He followed this success with two more film under Vicente Aranda's direction, Los Jinetes del Alba (1990), a made for T.V miniseries, andAmantes (1991 ) that was an international success. Two years later he starred in Belle époque, directed byFernando Trueba . This film won the Oscar as a best foreign film. Jorge Sanz gave in Amantes and Belle Epoque two of his best interpretation and these works remain his best known international films.The decade of the 1990s confirmed his popularity and he made two roles a year. [ [http://www.portalmix.com/famosos/jorgesanz/ Jorge Sanz - Famosos - Tierra ] ] Combining comedies "¿Por qué lo llaman amor cuando quieren decir sexo?" (
1992 ) and "Chá-chá-chá" (1997 ) with more dramatic roles: "Morirás en Chafarinas" (1994 ),Libertarias (1995 ) although he admit that it feels more comfortable with comoc roles. he has also alternated cinema with television. Taking part in the T.V series likeLos Jinetes del Alba (1989) and in comedies like "Colegio Mayor" (1993-95), "Pepa y Pepe" (1995 ) and "A Las Once en Casa" (1999 ).Originally cast to play the role of "Víctor Plaza" in
Carne trémula (1997 ) byPedro Almodóvar He was fired after the second day of shooting because of several disagreements with the director and was replaced with actorLiberto Rabal .He made two more successful films with Fernando Trueba: "
La Niña de tus ojos " (1998 ) andEl Embrujo de Shangai (2002 ). [ [http://www.portalmix.com/famosos/jorgesanz/ Jorge Sanz - Famosos - Tierra ] ]Personal life
Jorge Sanz dated Spanish actress
Lucía Jiménez in1998 and had a son with actress Paloma Gómez, Merlín, born September 25th,2002 . They had met when they were children while filming the movie "Valentina" but began their relationship almost 25 years later, when they met again in a play, they split in2006 .References
* D’Lugo, Marvin: " Guide to the Cinema of Spain", Greenwood Press, 1997. ISBN 0313294747
* Perriam, Chris: " Star and Masculinity in Spanish Cinema: From Banderas to Bardem", Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 098159964.External links
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* [http://www.portalmix.com/famosos/jorgesanz/ Jorge Sanz - Famosos - Tierra ]
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