Francisco Reyes (actor)
Francisco Reyes is a Spanish stage, film, and television actor.
Biography[edit]
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[edit]
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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[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ 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.