Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor)
| Eduardo Noriega | |
|---|---|
 Noriega at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2010 | |
| Born |
Eduardo Noriega Gómez 1 August 1973 Santander, Cantabria, Spain |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Height | 1.80 |
| Spouse(s) | Trinidad Oteros (2011-present) |
| Website |
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Eduardo Noriega Gómez[1] (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwarðo noˈɾjeɣa]; born 1 August 1973) is a Spanish film actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in two of Alejandro Amenábar's films: the multiple Goya Award-winning Tesis (English: Thesis) (1996) and Open Your Eyes (Spanish: Abre los Ojos) (1997). He also starred in The Wolf (Spanish: El Lobo) (2004). In the United States, Noriega is probably best known for his role as Enrique in the political thriller Vantage Point (2008).
Early life and education
Noriega was born in Santander, Spain, to a Mexican[2] father and a Spanish mother. He is the youngest of seven siblings and the only one who became an actor. As a child, he devoted himself to music. When he grew up he left his law degree and his love for music and moved to Madrid to become an actor.
Career
He acted in several short films by directors Amenábar, Mateo Gil and Carlos Montero and he appeared in a short role in the well-known Spanish film Stories from the Kronen (Spanish: Historias del Kronen). But it was not until Tesis that he had his first starring role in a film that became one of most-important successes in the history of Spanish films. Amenábar confessed in a T.T interview that at first he did not want Noriega in Tesis, thinking he was just a "pretty face", although his collaborators thought otherwise. In the end he called him again because he preferred him over the other actors in the casting. They became close friends and later worked on different projects together, including Open Your Eyes.
With Leonardo Sbaraglia, he appeared in Plata Quemada (English: Burnt Money) (2000), an Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro. Noriega went on to star in another Piñeyro film, The Method (Spanish: El Método (2005), reuniting with Plata Quemada co-star Pablo Echarri. He appeared as Jacinto in The Devil's Backbone (2001), a film directed by Guillermo del Toro and produced by Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar, about life in an orphanage in the last months of the Spanish Civil War. The film also stars Marisa Paredes and Federico Luppi.
He starred as the main actor in Novo (2002), a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin, where he appeared completely nude.
In 2005, he played the lead role in the independent film Che Guevara produced and directed by Josh Evans.
Noriega appeared as Conde de Guadalmedina in Alatriste (2006). Agustín Díaz Yanes directed the film, starring Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Javier Cámara, Ariadna Gil, Blanca Portillo, and Juan Echanove. Alatriste is based on five novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
Noriega came under spotlight with Vicente Aranda's drama Lolita's Club (2007) where he portrayed Raúl Fuentes and Valentín Fuentes, twin brothers of opposite characters.
He starred in Vantage Point (2008), playing Enrique, a Spanish police officer assigned to protect the local mayor, and who plays an unintended central role in the investigation of the assassination of the American president. He recently portrayed an escaped drug lord in The Last Stand, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Personal life
Noriega married his girlfriend of six years, Trinidad Oteros, on February 8, 2011.[3][4]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | En Casa de Diego | Carlos Montero | |
| 1994 | Soñé Que te Mataba | Mateo Gil | |
| Una Historia Más | Domenico Ciolfi | ||
| 1995 | David | Carlos Montero | |
| Luna | Alberto | Alejandro Amenábar | |
| Historias del Kronen (also known as Stories from the Kronen) | Montxo Armendáriz | ||
| 1996 | Cita | Alberto | Luis López Varona |
| Tesis | Bosco | Alejandro Amenábar | |
| Más Allá del Jardín | Pedro Olea | ||
| 1997 | Cuestión de Suerte | Julio | Rafael Moleón |
| Abre los Ojos (also known as Open Your Eyes) | César | Alejandro Amenábar | |
| 1998 | Allamiento de Morada | Simón Romero | Mateo Gil |
| Cha Cha Cha | Antonio | Antonio del Real | |
| 1999 | La Fuente Amarilla | Sergio | Miguel Santesmases |
| Nadie Conoce a Nadie (also known as Nobody Knows Anybody) | Simón Cárdenas | Mateo Gil | |
| 2000 | Carretera y Manta | Luis | Alfonso Arandia |
| El Invierno de las Anjanas | Eusebio | Pedro Telechea | |
| Plata Quemada (also known as Burnt Money) | Angel | Marcelo Piñeyro | |
| 2001 | El Espinazo del Diablo (also known as The Devil's Backbone) | Jacinto | Guillermo del Toro |
| Visionarios | Joshe | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | |
| 2002 | Guerreros (also known as Warriors) | Teniente Alonso | Daniel Calparsoro |
| 2003 | Novo | Graham | Jean-Pierre Limosin |
| Les mains vides (also known as Where Is Madame Catherine?) | Gerard | Marc Recha | |
| 2004 | El Lobo (also known as The Wolf) | Txema | Miguel Courtois |
| 2005 | Mon ange | Romain | Serge Frydman |
| El Método (also known as The Method) | Carlos | Marcelo Piñeyro | |
| 2006 | Souli | Carlos | Alexander Abela |
| Alatriste | Conde de Guadalmedina | Agustín Díaz Yanes | |
| 2007 | Canciones de Amor en Lolita's Club (also known as Lolita's Club) | Raúl Fuentes/Valentín Fuentes | Vicente Aranda |
| 2008 | Che Guevara | Ernesto 'Che' Guevara | Josh Evans |
| Vantage Point | Enrique | Peter Travis | |
| Transsiberian | Carlos | Brad Anderson | |
| 2009 | Petit Indi (also known as Little Indi) | Sergi | Marc Recha |
| 2010 | El mal ajeno (also known as For the good of others) | Diego | Oskar Santos |
| Agnosia | Carles | Eugenio Mira | |
| 2011 | Gigola | Tony | Laure Charpentier |
| Blackthorn | Eduardo | Mateo Gil | |
| 2013 | The Last Stand | Gabriel Cortez | Kim Jee-woon |
| Sweet Vengeance | Miguel | Logan Miller | |
| 2014 | Beauty and the Beast | Perducas | Christophe Gans |
References
- ↑ Eduardo Noriega Biography (1973-)
- ↑ Diez Minutos - Eduardo Noriega: “Mi novia me ayuda a no dejarme cegar”
- ↑ "Eduardo Noriega se casa con su novia en secreto en una Junta Municipal de Madrid". 20Minutos.Es. 8 March 2011.
- ↑ "Eduardo Noriega se casa en secreto". Fotogramas.es. 16 March 2011.
