Daniel Guzmán (actor)
{{short description|Spanish actor, screenwriter, and director}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Daniel Guzmán
| image = Malaga Film Festival 2025 - Daniel Guzmán.jpg
| caption = Guzmán in 2025
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1973|09|21}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| occupation = Actor and film director
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Daniel García-Pérez Guzmán (born 21 September 1973),{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Daniel Guzmán|url=https://www.guiadelocio.com/cine/personajes/daniel-guzman|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228202233/http://www.guiadelocio.com:80/cine/personajes/daniel-guzman |archive-date=2015-12-28 |access-date=2020-07-23|website=Guía del Ocio|language=es-ES}} known commonly as Daniel Guzmán, is a Spanish actor, screenwriter and film director.
Biography
File:Daniel_Guzmán_en_los_Premios_Goya_2017.jpg in 2017.]]
He grew up in Las Águilas, an area of Madrid, where during his youth he painted graffiti under the pseudonym Tifón,{{Cite news|url=https://www.elmundo.es/f5/mira/2017/03/18/58b85515268e3e044b8b462b.html|title=Hablamos con Daniel Guzmán: las mil caras de un chico de barrio que conquistó la alfombra roja|access-date=6 November 2018|agency=El Mundo|language=es}} in spite of a large part of the neighbourhood in Aluche being against his paintings. These paintings earned him a certain fame, to the point at which he co-led a docudrama called Mi Firma en las Paredes for the features programme Crónicas urbanas in 1990.{{Cite news|url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/Muelle-sfhir-graffiti-grafiti-reverte-arguello-remebe-artista-urbano-muerte-aniversario_0_403860234.html|title=Muelle: el primero de todos los grafiteros|access-date=6 November 2018|agency=eldiario.es|language=es}}
Various consecutive strokes of luck made him decide to dedicate himself full-time to acting. In 1994, Fernando León de Aranoa offered him a character in his short film Sirenas.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2013-06-12|title=Daniel Guzmán busca actores para su ópera prima|url=https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/mas_actualidad/sociedad/2013/06/12/daniel_guzman_busca_las_redes_sociales_actores_para_opera_prima_120655_1035.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615231057/http://www.diariodenavarra.es:80/noticias/mas_actualidad/sociedad/2013/06/12/daniel_guzman_busca_las_redes_sociales_actores_para_opera_prima_120655_1035.html |archive-date=2013-06-15 |access-date=2020-07-23|website=diariodenavarra.es|language=es}} He later obtained small roles in the films Hola, ¿estás sola?{{Cite web|title=Hola, estás sola? (Una película de Icíar Bollaín) - www.juliomedem.org|url=http://www.juliomedem.org/filmografia/hola.html|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.juliomedem.org}} and Puede ser divertido.{{Cite web|date=2011-02-16|title=Daniel Guzmán|url=https://neox.atresmedia.com/series/aqui-no-hay-quien-viva/sobre-la-serie/daniel-guzman_20110214573af2ef4beb2895a662132d.html|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Neox|language=es}} Shortly afterwards, he headlined the cast of Eso (1997), under the direction of Fernando Colomo, in which Daniel played Domingo, a man in his twenties obsessed over losing his virginity. In 1995 the casting director Sara Bilbatúa took advantage of the image Daniel offered in this film as a representative of a disorientated youth to include him in the cast of Éxtasis, where he played a criminal whose best friend (Rober: Javier Bardem) was confused with the lost son of an older man.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-02-06|title=Daniel Guzmán, Goya a la mejor dirección novel por "A cambio de nada"|url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/daniel-guzman-goya-direccion-cambio_1_4198693.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725002734/https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/daniel-guzman-goya-direccion-cambio_1_4198693.html |archive-date=2020-07-25 |access-date=2020-07-23|website=El Diario|language=es|agency=EFE}} His next complete film, Suerte, confirmed this profile, playing Toni, a character who robbed banks to start a new life with his girlfriend.{{Cite web|date=2017-03-10|title=Suerte (1997) Película - PLAY Cine|url=https://www.abc.es/play/pelicula/suerte-4542/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=abc|language=es}}
In his television works in the series Menudo es mi padre (1997), he changed style, taking the role of an exemplary student.{{Cite web|date=2014-05-16|title=Memoria de televisión: "Menudo es mi padre"|url=http://www.eltelevisero.com/2014/05/memoria-de-television-menudo-es-mi-padre/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=El Televisero|language=es}} After a cameo in Barrio, Daniel gained notable roles in El grito en el cielo{{Citation|title=El Grito En El Cielo (1998) - Dunia Ayaso, Félix Sabroso {{!}} Cast and Crew {{!}} AllMovie|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/el-grito-en-el-cielo-v163081/cast-crew|access-date=2020-07-24}} and Rewind.{{Cite web|last=Holland|first=Jonathan|date=1999-07-19|title=Rewind|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/rewind-1200458378/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Variety|language=en}} In theatre, he starred in Yonquis y yanquis (1996–1997) and Joe Killer (1998).{{Cite web|date=2015-09-15|title=ENCUENTRO con DANIEL GUZMÁN y los actores de 'A CAMBIO DE NADA'|url=https://agenda.taiarts.com/encuentro-con-daniel-guzman-director-a-cambio-de-nada/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Agenda TAI|language=es}}
Daniel returned that year to television in the series Policías, en el corazón de la calle (2000–2003) where he played Rafael, an undisciplined police officer who in his youth had trafficked drugs, and who was obligated to arrest his former friends until he was shot, leaving him paraplegic.{{Cite web|title=POLICIAS (en el corazón de la calle) {{!}} Trayectoria {{!}} Josep María Pou|url=https://www.josemariapou.com/trayectoria/12/policias-en-el-corazon-de-la-calle|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.josemariapou.com}} Together with Josep Maria Pou, he was nominated for the Fotogramas de Plata awards for best television actor.{{Cite web|date=|title=Presentadores de la Gala: Diana Palazón y Daniel Guzmán|url=http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/noticias/danieldiana.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723231047/http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/noticias/danieldiana.htm |archive-date=2020-07-23 |access-date=2020-07-23|website=Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos}}
In the early 2000s he took up his political activity once again to actively participate in the protests against the Iraq War, during which he was arrested.{{Cite web |title=Daniel Guzmán |url=https://www.bekia.es/celebrities/daniel-guzman/ |access-date=2020-07-10 |website=Bekia |language=es}}
In February 2015, he played Lucas in the Antena 3 series Velvet.{{Cite web|date=2014-11-27|title=Daniel Guzmán es Lucas en 'Velvet'|url=https://www.antena3.com/series/velvet/noticias/daniel-guzman-une-reparto-velvet_20141127571e8f2d4beb287a291a8dd8.html|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Antena3|language=es}} A year later he received the Goya award for Best New Director for the film A cambio de nada. In 2018 he switched to stage direction for Perfectos desconocidos, written by Paolo Genovese, which he helped adapt.{{Cite news |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3448347/0/daniel-guzman-dirige-version-teatral-perfectos-desconocidos/|title=Daniel Guzmán dirige la versión teatral de 'Perfectos desconocidos'|date=25 September 2018|newspaper=20 minutos}}
Filmography (actor)
= Film =
- Puede ser divertido (1995) - Mensajero
- Hola, ¿estás sola? (1995) - Novio
- Éxtasis (1996) - Max
- Eso (1997) - Domingo
- Suerte (1996) - Toni
- El grito en el cielo (1998) - Salva{{Cite book|title=Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático|first=Francisco María|last=Benavent|year=2000|isbn=84-271-2326-4|location=Bilbao|publisher=Ediciones Mensajero|page=280}}
- Una pareja perfecta (1998) - Terry
- Barrio (1998) - Chico bar de copas
- Rewind (1999) - Andrés
- Aunque tú no lo sepas (2000) - Santi Joven
- El sueño del caimán (2001) - Iñaki
- Cuando todo esté en orden (2002) - Pablo
- A golpes (2005) - Fran
- Arena en los bolsillos (2005) - Mateo
- Mia Sarah (2006) - Gabriel
- Mi gran noche (2015) - Policía municipal
- En tu cabeza (2016) - Charli (segment 'Cabra y oveja')
- Bajo el mismo techo (2019) - Álex
= Short =
- Sirenas (1994)
- Maika (1994) - Amigo 3.
- Entrevías (1996) - Kike
= Television =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Character !Channel !Episodes |
| 1994-1995
|Menudo es mi padre | |TVE |6 episodes |
| 1995
|Colegio Mayor | |TVE |2 episodes |
| 1996-1998
|Menudo es mi padre |Juanvi |25 episodes |
| 1999
|Severo Ochoa. La conquista de un Nobel |Severo Ochoa (joven) |TVE |2 episodes |
| 2000
|Compañeros |Rafa |2 episodes |
| 2000-2001
|Policías, en el corazón de la calle |Rafael "Rafa" Trujillo |45 episodes |
| 2003
|London Street |Paco |4 episodes |
| 2003-2006
|Roberto Alonso Castillo |75 episodes |
| 2007-2009
|La familia Mata |Pablo Aguilar |26 episodes |
| 2014-2015
|Lucas Ruiz Lagasca |4 episodes |
= Theatre =
- 1989: Sueño de una noche.
- 1989: La zapatera prodigiosa.
- 1993: Fronteras.
- 1993: La dama boba.
- 1994: Peter Pan.
- 1996-1997: Yonquis y yanquis.
- 1998: Joe Killer.
- 2013-2014: Los miércoles no existen
- 2015: Recortes
- 2016: Los tragos de la vida
- 2017: Dos más dos
Filmography (director)
- Sueños (2003, short film)
- A cambio de nada (2015)
- Canallas (2022){{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/canallas-movistar-plus-universal-daniel-guzman-1235209723/|website=Variety|title=Movistar Plus World Premieres Second Original Movie, Daniel Guzmán's 'Canallas'|first=Pablo|last=Sandoval|date=19 March 2022}}
- The Debt (2024, post-production){{cite web
| url =https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463008/
| title =The Debt, Daniel Guzmán’s third film, now in post-production
| last =Rivera
| first =Alfonso
| date =2024-05-31
| publisher = Cineuropa
| access-date =2024-06-03}}
Awards and nominations
= [[Goya Awards|Goya awards]] =
- Málaga Film Festival:{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A cambio de nada / Nothing in return|url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2015/secciones_y_peliculas/made_in_spain/7/630897/in|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723223551/https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2015/secciones_y_peliculas/made_in_spain/7/630897/in |archive-date=2020-07-23 |access-date=2020-07-23|website=San Sebastian Film Festival}}
- Golden Biznaga for A cambio de nada, his first film as a director (2015)
- Silver Biznaga for Best Director
- Silver Biznaga: Critic's Prize
- Public Prize (2002)
- Alcalá de Henares Cinema Festival:
- Public prize of the Certamen Open Screen for A cambio de nada (2015){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Daniel Guzmán gana Pantalla abierta con "A Cambio de nada"|url=https://alcine.org/noticias/220/daniel-guzman-gana-pantalla-abierta-con-quota-cambio-de-nadaquot/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127003128/http://alcine.org:80/noticias/220/daniel-guzman-gana-pantalla-abierta-con-quota-cambio-de-nadaquot/ |archive-date=2015-11-27 |access-date=2020-07-23|website=Alcine}}
- Golden Sprig at the International Festival of Valladolid: Best short film (2002){{Cite web|title=Daniel Guzmán - Garay Talent - Representante de actores, directores y guionistas|url=http://www.garaytalent.com/directores/daniel-guzman|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.garaytalent.com}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0350044}}
- {{twitter|danielguzman}}
- [http://www.mundoplus.tv/noticias/?seccion=cine&relacionadas=rollo&id=439 Interview on winning the Goya Award for "Sueños" (in Spanish)]
- [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cine/Daniel/Guzman/siente/miedo/suenos/adolescencia/elpcinpor/20040109elpepicin_7/Tes Daniel Guzmán feels the fear and the dreams of adolescence (in Spanish)]
- [http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/01/07/cultura/1073507220.html 'Sueños', from the actor Daniel Guzmán, wins the Guindilla Prize for Best Short Film in the Actual de Logroño (in Spanish)]
{{Goya Award for Best New Director}}
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