Miguel Ángel Solá
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Miguel Ángel Solá is a prolific Argentine actor who has made over 60 film appearances in film and TV in Argentina since 1973.
Solá belongs to the Vehil's dinasty of actors, eight generations of actors originally from Catalonia
. His mother was Paquita Vehil and his aunt the legendary Luisa Vehil
. His sister Mónica is also an actress. He was born in Buenos Aires
and began working in television in 1973 and made his big screen debut with Más allá del sol
in 1975.
His theater beginnings were in 1971, by 1976 he achieved stardom in Peter Shaffer
's Equus
with Duilio Marzio
.
He is well remembered in The Elephant Man (play)
, Deathtrap (play)
, Jean Cocteau
's The two-headed eagle
, etc.
By the 1980s, he had become a major film actor appearing in major films such as Asesinato en el senado de la nación
(1984) and A dos aguas
(1988). In 1995, he portrayed the 1920s-era doctor and epidemiologist, Salvador Mazza
, in the biopic Casas de fuego. In the 2000s he acted in La Fuga
(2001), The Impatient Alchemist
(2000), La puta y la ballena (2004) and Arizona Sur
(2004).
He moved to Spain
where he has a notable career in theater, movies and TV. Solá married to Spanish actress Blanca Oteyza in 1996. He was nearly crippled on November 2006 while bathing on a beach in the Canary Islands
, and spent two months recovering from the accident.
Solá belongs to the Vehil's dinasty of actors, eight generations of actors originally from Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
. His mother was Paquita Vehil and his aunt the legendary Luisa Vehil
Luisa Vehil
Luisa Vehil was an Uruguayan theater and movie actress who had a notable career in Argentina...
. His sister Mónica is also an actress. He was born in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and began working in television in 1973 and made his big screen debut with Más allá del sol
Más allá del sol
Más allá del sol is a 1975 Argentine film....
in 1975.
His theater beginnings were in 1971, by 1976 he achieved stardom in Peter Shaffer
Peter Shaffer
Sir Peter Levin Shaffer is an English dramatist and playwright, screenwriter and author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed.-Early life:...
's Equus
Equus (play)
Equus is a play by Peter Shaffer written in 1973, telling the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses....
with Duilio Marzio
Duilio Marzio
Duilio Marzio is a well-known Argentine cinema and theatre actor.-Life and work:He was born Duilio Perruccio in Buenos Aires to Sicilian immigrants, in 1923. He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires Law School, obtaining a juris doctor...
.
He is well remembered in The Elephant Man (play)
The Elephant Man (play)
The Elephant Man is a 1977 play by Bernard Pomerance. The production's Broadway debut in 1979 was produced by Richmond Crinkley and Nelle Nugent, and directed by Jack Hofsiss...
, Deathtrap (play)
Deathtrap (play)
Deathtrap is a play by Ira Levin in 1978 which encompasses many plot twists and is essentially a play within a play. It is a play in two acts with one set and five characters. It holds the record for the longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway and was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best...
, Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...
's The two-headed eagle
L'Aigle à deux têtes
L'Aigle à deux têtes is a French play in three acts by Jean Cocteau, written in 1943 and first performed in 1946. It is known variously in English as The Eagle with Two Heads, The Eagle Has Two Heads, The Two-Headed Eagle, The Double-Headed Eagle, and Eagle Rampant...
, etc.
By the 1980s, he had become a major film actor appearing in major films such as Asesinato en el senado de la nación
Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación
Asesinato en el senado de la nación is a 1984 Argentine historical crime drama film directed by Juan José Jusid and written by Carlos Somigliana. The film starred José Soriano, Miguel Ángel Solá and Oscar Martínez and premiered on 13 September 1984 in Buenos Aires...
(1984) and A dos aguas
A Dos Aguas
An opera prima. The Entire Life is a 1988 Argentine drama film directed by Carlos Olguin-Trelawny and written Martha Gavensky starring Miguel Ángel Solá and Bárbara Mújica.-Plot:...
(1988). In 1995, he portrayed the 1920s-era doctor and epidemiologist, Salvador Mazza
Salvador Mazza
Salvador Mazza was a noted Argentine physician and epidemiologist, best known for his strides in helping control American trypanosomiasisan endemic disease among the rural, poor majority of early 20th century South America....
, in the biopic Casas de fuego. In the 2000s he acted in La Fuga
La Fuga
La Fuga is an Argentine 2001 film directed by Eduardo Mignogna.The picture stars Mignogna's friend and frequent collaborator, Ricardo Darin, as well as Miguel Angel Sola, Gerardo Romano, Patricio Contreras, Ines Estevez, Alejandro Awada and Norma Aleandro.-Plot:In the summer of 1928, seven inmates...
(2001), The Impatient Alchemist
The Impatient Alchemist
The Impatient Alchemist is a 2002 Argentine thriller film directed and written by Patricia Ferreira. The film starred Ingrid Rubio and Miguel Ángel Solá.-Plot:...
(2000), La puta y la ballena (2004) and Arizona Sur
Arizona Sur
Arizona Sur is a 2004 Argentine comedy film directed and produced by Daniel Pensa and Miguel Angel Rocca and written by Alan Pauls. The film starred Nazareno Casero and Daniel Freire and premiered on 18 January 2004 in Buenos Aires.-Plot:The film begins with a pregnant 70-year-old woman in a coma...
(2004).
He moved to Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
where he has a notable career in theater, movies and TV. Solá married to Spanish actress Blanca Oteyza in 1996. He was nearly crippled on November 2006 while bathing on a beach in the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
, and spent two months recovering from the accident.
Selected filmography
- Arizona surArizona SurArizona Sur is a 2004 Argentine comedy film directed and produced by Daniel Pensa and Miguel Angel Rocca and written by Alan Pauls. The film starred Nazareno Casero and Daniel Freire and premiered on 18 January 2004 in Buenos Aires.-Plot:The film begins with a pregnant 70-year-old woman in a coma...
(2004) - La puta y la ballena (2003)
- El alquimista impaciente (2002)
- OctaviaOctavia-People:*Octavia the Elder, elder half sister of Octavia Minor*Octavia the Younger, sister of Augustus, younger half sister of Octavia Major and fourth wife of Mark Antony*Claudia Octavia, the daughter of Claudius and Valeria Messalina and first wife of Nero...
(2002) - Fausto 5.0 (2001)
- Sé quien eres (2001)
- La fugaLa FugaLa Fuga is an Argentine 2001 film directed by Eduardo Mignogna.The picture stars Mignogna's friend and frequent collaborator, Ricardo Darin, as well as Miguel Angel Sola, Gerardo Romano, Patricio Contreras, Ines Estevez, Alejandro Awada and Norma Aleandro.-Plot:In the summer of 1928, seven inmates...
(2001) - El amor y el espantoEl Amor y el espantoEl Amor y el Espanto is a 2001 Argentine drama film directed by Juan Carlos Desanzo and written by José Pablo Feinmann. Starring Miguel Ángel Solá and Victor Laplace.-Release:The film premiered in Argentina on 17 May 2001...
(2000) - Corazón iluminado (1998)
- TangoTango (1998 film)Tango is a 1998 Argentine tango film written and directed by Carlos Saura and photographed by acclaimed cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. The film is an Argentine and Spanish production.-Plot:...
(1998) - Bajo banderaBajo BanderaBajo Bandera is a 1997 Argentine mystery drama film directed and written by Juan José Jusid with Guillermo Saccomanno. The film starred Miguel Ángel Solá and Federico Luppi....
(1997) - Tape Nº 12 (1997)
- Casas de fuego (1995)
- Fotos del alma (1995)
- La nave de los locos (1995)
- Una sombra ya pronto serás (1994)
- Picado finoPicado FinoFine Powder is a 1993 Argentine drama film, written and directed by Esteban Sapir. The picture features Facundo Luengo, Belén Blanco, Marcela Guerty, among others.-Plot:...
(1993) - Blauäugig (1989)
- Ojos azulesOjos Azules-Origin:Cats with dark blue eyes were discovered in New Mexico among feral cat populations. The first cat, discovered in 1984, was a tortoiseshell named Cornflower. She was bred to males without the trait, which proved to be dominant, as all her kittens showed it...
(1989) - Bajo otro solBajo otro solBajo otro sol is a 1988 Argentine film.Plot Summary: A lawyer decides to take justice into their own hands to avenge the death of a fellow political militancy of the 70. The man chosen to run Vengeance is the personnel manager of a factory, the military informant in those years.-Cast:*Carlos...
(1988) - A dos aguasA Dos AguasAn opera prima. The Entire Life is a 1988 Argentine drama film directed by Carlos Olguin-Trelawny and written Martha Gavensky starring Miguel Ángel Solá and Bárbara Mújica.-Plot:...
(1987) - SurSur (film)Sur is an Argentine drama film written and directed by Fernando E. Solanas. The film features Susú Pecoraro, Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Lito Cruz, Ulises Dumont among others....
(1987) - Malayunta (1986)
- Prontuario de un argentino (1985)
- El exilio de Gardel (1985)
- Tacos altos (1985)
- Asesinato en el Senado de la NaciónAsesinato en el Senado de la NaciónAsesinato en el senado de la nación is a 1984 Argentine historical crime drama film directed by Juan José Jusid and written by Carlos Somigliana. The film starred José Soriano, Miguel Ángel Solá and Oscar Martínez and premiered on 13 September 1984 in Buenos Aires...
(1984) - Los chicos de la guerra (1984)
- No habrá más penas ni olvido (1983)
- Los enemigos (1983)
- La Casa de las siete tumbas (1982)
- Momentos (1981)
- Los miedosLos MiedosLos Miedos is a 1980 Argentine film....
(1980) - Y mañana serán hombres (1979)
- Los médicosLos MédicosLos Médicos is a 1978 Argentine film....
(1978) - Crecer de golpeCrecer de golpeCrecer de golpe is a 1977 Argentine film....
(1976) - El grito de CelinaEl Grito de CelinaEl Grito de Celina is a 1976 Argentine film....
(1975) - Más allá del solMás allá del solMás allá del sol is a 1975 Argentine film....
(1975) - Proceso a la infamiaProceso a la infamiaProceso a la infamia aka Los Años Infames is a 1974 Argentine film directer by Alejandro Doria....
(1974) - La MaryLa MaryLa Mary is a 1974 Argentine film directed by Daniel Tinayre and starring Susana Giménez and Carlos Monzón. Monzón was a boxer, not a professional actor, and his poor speech skills forced producers to hire a professional actor, Luis Medina Castro, to dub Monzón's lines.- Plot :By 1930, Evaristo, a...
(1974)