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1. Antonio Banderas. Actor. Producer. Writer. The Mask of Zorro (1998) Antonio Banderas, one of Spain's most famous faces, was a soccer player until breaking his foot at the age of fourteen; he is now an international movie star known for playing Zorro in the eponymous movie series.
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Jun 14, 2019 · List of famous film actors and actresses from Spain, listed by their popularity with photos when available. Spain has given birth to some great movie actors and actresses over the years, many of who have gone on to star in comedies, dramas, horror movies and more. These are some of the best Spanish screen actors in the history of the world, so ...
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- José Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac
- Dolores Del Río, María Candelaria
- Cantinflas, Passepartout
- Cesar Romero, The Joker
- Desi Arnaz, Ricky Ricardo
- Gilbert Roland, ‘Gaucho’
- Lupe Vélez, Carmelita Fuentes
- Lupita Tovar, Eva
- Pedro Infante, Tizoc
- Ramon Novarro, Ben-Hur
(Photo by Courtesy the Everett Collection) 75% Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) With dozens of theatrical and screen credits to his name, José Ferrer broke barriers many times over throughout his career, becoming the first Hispanic Oscar winner and the first actor to receive the National Medal of Arts. Originally born in Puerto Rico, Ferrer and his family...
(Photo by Courtesy the Everett Collection) 92% Maria Candelaria (1944) Not far from those storied Hollywood sites of the Oscars, the Dolby Theater and the TLC Chinese Theatre, sits a sculpture known as “The Four Ladies of Hollywood” modeled after the likeness of early icons Dorothy Dandridge, Anna May Wong, Mae West, and Dolores del Río, one of the...
(Photo by Courtesy the Everett Collection) 72% Around the World in 80 Days (1956) Although he’s perhaps best known as Mexico’s answer to Charlie Chaplin, Mario Moreno created a buoyant on-screen persona that’s memorable in its own right. The actor’s most popular character, Cantinflas, often talked circles around those he wanted to charm, escape or ...
(Photo by TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.) 72% Batman Decades before Jack Nicholson smothered his face in white paint and donned a purple suit for the 1989 movie adaption of Batman, the 1960s TV series featured Cesar Romero as the hero’s archvillain, the Joker. Born to Cuban parents in the U.S., Romero began his a...
(Photo by Courtesy the Everett Collection) 91% I Love Lucy: Season 1 (1951) “Lucy, I’m home!” The man behind one of TV’s most popular shows was Cuban-born musician-turned-entertainer, Desi Arnaz. Along with his co-creator, co-star, and then-wife, Lucille Ball, the pair became America’s first TV couple, breaking boundaries as the first show to pione...
(Photo by Courtesy the Everett Collection) 80% The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) Born in Mexico as Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, Gilbert Roland picked his screen name from two of his favorite stars and headed to Hollywood to make it in showbusiness. And make it he did, with around six decades worth of work including his turn opposite Kirk Douglas a...
(Photo by Courtesy the Everett Collection) 75% The Girl From Mexico (1939) Always charismatic no matter the role, Lupe Vélez lit up the screen like few others in her time. The Mexican-born actress made her way to Hollywood from the vaudeville stage, playing supporting characters of various ethnic origins. When Vélez made the move to sound, she foun...
(Photo by Courtesy the Everett Collection) - - In the early days of the Sound Era, some studios would make extra versions of a film in different languages since the art of dubbing was still in its infancy. Perhaps one of the best-known examples of this brief and costly practice is the Spanish language version of 1931’s Dracula. Filmed on the same s...
(Photo by Courtesy the Everett Collection) Tizoc (1957) Singer and actor Pedro Infante is one of the most famous names in the Golden Era of Mexican Cinema. Beginning in 1939, Infante launched his busy movie career playing heroic roles, comedic love interests, and song-filled cowboys for his frequent collaborator and director, Ismael Rodríguez. In 1...
(Photo by Courtesy the Everett Collection) 96% Ben-Hur (1925) One of the first Mexican stars of the Silent Era, Ramon Novarro changed his name from José Ramón Gil Samaniego just as his career was taking off in the 1910s. By the 1920s, he was playing adventurous lead roles in Scaramouche and the silent film adaptation of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Chris...
Oct 2, 2014 · 1. Sofia Vergara. October 02, 2014, 10:00am. On “Modern Family,” Sofia Vergara plays what could have been a one-dimensional stereotype with a distinct wink to the audience. Her approach to ...
1. Javier Bardem is a Spanish actor. He was born on March 1, 1969, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. He comes from a family of actors and filmmakers, including his mother, Pilar Bardem, and his siblings, Carlos and Mónica Bardem. Bardem began his acting career in Spain, appearing in several Spanish-language films and television shows.
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