Eusebio Poncela is a Spanish

Spain

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Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

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His debut on stage was with the Federico Garcia Lorca

Federico García Lorca

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...

 play Mariana Pineda

Mariana Pineda

Mariana Pineda is a play by the Spanish playwright and poet Federico García Lorca. It is based on the life of Mariana de Pineda Muñoz, whose republican opposition to Ferdinand VII had become part of the folklore of Granada. The play was written between 1923 and 1925 and was first performed in June...

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His first film was Fuenteovejuna (1969), but his first notable role was the protagonist of the Spanish cult movie Arrebato

Arrebato

Arrebato is a 1980 Spanish art house film written and directed by Iván Zulueta....

(1979), directed by Iván Zulueta

Ivan Zulueta

Juan Ricardo Miguel Zulueta Vergarajauregui known as Ivan Zulueta was a designer and film director...

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Another hit was the TVE miniseries Los gozos y las sombras (1985). With Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas

José Antonio Domínguez Banderas , better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer...

, Poncela co-starred in La ley del deseo

La ley del deseo

Law of Desire or La ley del deseo is a 1987 film by Pedro Almodóvar. Considered to be Almodóvar's first explicitly gay film, it focuses on a complex love triangle between three men...

(1987), directed by Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

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He came back to cinema with Martín (Hache)

Martín (hache)

Martín is a 1997 Spanish and Argentine film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Cecilia Roth and Eusebio Poncela.It was nominated for four Goya Awards in 1998, and Cecilia Roth won one for lead actress....

, by Adolfo Aristarain

Adolfo Aristarain

Adolfo Aristarain is an Argentine film director whom Variety has deemed a "master filmmaker."After leaving Argentina Aristarain started working as assistant director in the Arcente cinema, and then in Europe during his short exile for Mario Camus, Giorgio Stegani and Lewis Gilbert before...

. Another films: Tuno negro (2001) and Remake (2006); or Intacto

Intacto

Intacto is a film thriller first released in Spain during November, 2001, and then internationally on the film festival circuit in 2002. It was directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo....

, by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is a Spanish film director, script writer, and producer. He directed Intacto and 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. His film Esposados was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1996.-Early life:Fresnadillo was born in...

, with Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow is a Swedish actor. He has also held French citizenship since 2002. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more...

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External links

• Eusebio Poncela at IMDB