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Israel Elejalde

{{Short description|Spanish actor and director}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Israel Elejalde

| image = (Israel Elejalde) Aeterna Producciones. FITCteando con Israel Elejalde. Agosto de 2017.jpg

| caption = (August 2017)

| birth_date = December 10th 1973

| birth_place = Madrid, Spain

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|theatre director}}

}}

Israel Elejalde (born 1973) is a Spanish actor as well as a theatre director. Primarily a stage actor with television and film incursions, he had a breakthrough film performance with his role in the 2014 film Magical Girl, which earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor.

Biography

Born in 1973 in Villaverde, Madrid, Elejalde's stage debut took place at the Juan de Villanueva High School in Orcasitas.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2014/08/21/babelia/1408620026_650858.html|date=22 August 2014|title=En constante movimiento|last=Aguilar|website=Babelia|publisher=El País|first=Andrea|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}} He earned a licentiate degree in Political Science while training as an actor at William Layton's lab. He further trained at the {{ill|Teatro de La Abadía|es}} under José Luis Gómez and studied stage direction at the RESAD.

Some of his most important stage credits include those in Veraneantes, La función por hacer, and Misántropo. Primarily an actor, he also writes and directs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariocritico.com/entrevistas/israel-elejalde|website=Diario Crítico|title=Israel Elejalde: "Broadway está lleno de enormes mierdas"|first= José-Miguel|last=Vila|date=17 January 2018}} He was in a relationship with actress Bárbara Lennie, along with whom he performed in Magical Girl and different stage plays.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/2014-10-17/la-maldicion-de-los-deseos-cumplidos_251408/|website=El Confidencial|title=La maldición de los deseos cumplidos|first=Eulàlia|last=Iglesias|date=17 October 2014|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/el-relevo/a12347616/israel-elejalde-ambiciono-poder-seguir-eligiendo-lo-que-quiero-hacer/|website=Fotogramas|title=Israel Elejalde: "Ambiciono poder seguir eligiendo lo que quiero hacer|date=30 November 2015|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/13/icon/1513187008_537931.html|website=Icon|publisher=El País|title=Bárbara Lennie: "Estoy seca, no puedo más"|first=Íñigo|last=López Palacios|date=13 December 2017|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

Filmography

{{Incomplete list|date=November 2021}}

= Film =

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Year

! Title

! Role

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align = "center" | 2013Gente en sitios (People in Places)align = "center" |
align = "center" | 2014

| Magical Girl

| Alfredo

|

| align = "center" |

align = "center" | 2014

| El gran salto adelante

| Andrés

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/287658/|website=Cineuropa|title=El gran salto adelante: España, un país junto al abismo|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera|date=5 March 2015|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

align = "center" | 2015

| Sicarivs: La noche y el silencio

| Néstor

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/estrenos-del-14-de-mayo-sicarivs|website=Aisge|title=‘Sicarivs: la noche y el silencio’|date=13 May 2015|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

align = "center" | 2016

| El hombre de las mil caras (Smoke & Mirrors)

| González

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite journal|page=91|first=Francesc|last=Sánchez Llobera|url=https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/filmhistoria/issue/view/1419|volume=26|issue=2|year=2016|title=Paesa: El hombre de las mil caras|journal=Filmhistoria|location=Barcelona|publisher=Universitat de Barcelona|issn=2014-668X|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

align = "center" | 2017Plan de fuga (Getaway Plan)align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/plan-fuga-critica-thriller-criminal-inaki-dorronsoro-97186|website=HobbyConsolas|title=Plan de fuga – Crítica del thriller criminal de Iñaki Dorronsoro|first=Raquel|last=Hernández Luján|date=1 May 2017|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}
align = "center" | 2021

| Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas)

| Arturo Buendía

|

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2021-09-01/madres-paralelas-almodovar-memoria-historica_3263930/|website=El Confidencial|title=Las 'Madres paralelas' de Almodóvar abren Venecia: un drama de sangre y memoria algo desbaratado|date=1 September 2021|first=Marta|last=Medina|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

align = "center" | 2022EdénVictoralign = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/es/newsdetail/424190/|website=Cineuropa|title=Estefanía Cortés debuta con Edén, “amadrinada” por Marta Nieto|date=14 April 2022|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera}}
{{center|2024}}La fianza (The Bond)Ricardo{{center|{{Cite web|url=https://www.epe.es/es/cultura/20241202/traicion-supervivencia-fianza-ultimo-thriller-juana-acosta-pelicula-estreno-112268660|website=El Periódico de España|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|date=2 December 2024|title=Traición, poder y supervivencia en 'La fianza', el último 'thriller' de una poderosa Juana Acosta}}}}

= Television =

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Year

! Title

! Role

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align = "center" | 2006–10

| Cuéntame cómo pasó

| Raúl

|

| align = "center" |

align = "center" | 2009

| Águila Roja

| Capitán Rodrigo

| Recurring

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align = "center" | 2010–11

| Amar en tiempos revueltos

| Matías Salazar

| Main. Introduced in Season 6

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/videos/actualidad/revolucion-amar-tiempos-revueltos-nuevas_1_7752736.html|website=Vertele!|publisher=eldiario.es|title=Revolución en "Amar en tiempos revueltos" con 16 caras nuevas|date=26 August 2010|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

align = "center" | 2015

| Carlos, rey emperador

| Juan Padilla

| Recurring. 6 episodes

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20211005/israel-elejalde-penelope-cruz-mariven-verdu-madres-paralelas-ana-tramel/2179600.shtml|website=rtve|title= El nuevo 'Chico Almodóvar' Las 'relaciones 'paralelas' de Israel Elejalde: De Penélope Cruz a Maribel Verdú|date=5 October 2021|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

align = "center" | 2016

| Bajo sospecha

| Gorka Montero

| Main. Introduced in Season 2

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/series-tv-noticias/g11149772/bajo-sospecha-todos-los-fichajes-de-la-segunda-temporada/|website=Fotogramas|title='Bajo sospecha': Todos los fichajes de la segunda temporada|date=22 October 2015|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

align = "center" | 2017–18

| Traición

| Víctor Ayala

| Main

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/series-tv/g1922336/quien-es-quien-en-traicion/|website=Diez Minutos|date=20 November 2017|title=Quién es quién en ‘Traición’, el drama familiar de Ana Belén|first=Enrique|last=Baro|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

align = "center" | 2019

| 45 revoluciones (45rpm)

| Pedro Zabala

| Main. Leading antagonist throughout the series

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|title=Israel Elejalde ('45 revoluciones'): "En los 60 había gente que intentaba que se respirara de otra manera en España"|first=Laura|last=García Higueras|date=8 April 2019|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/noticias/entrevista-45revoluciones-bambu-pavonkamikaze-israelelejalde-antena3-teatro-musica-libertad_8_7441458.html|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

align = "center" | 2020

| Veneno

| Pepe Navarro

| Recurring.
Real-life Pepe Navarro performs a cameo as security guard asking Elejalde to leave

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/veneno-cameo-pepe-navarro-capitulo-5-103964/|website=FormulaTV|title='Veneno' Capítulo 5: El inesperado cameo de Pepe Navarro con guiño nostálgico al fin de una etapa|date=4 October 2020|first=Fernando S.|last=Palenzuela|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

align = "center" | 2021

| Ana Tramel. El juego (ANA. all in)

| Teniente Moncada

| Main

| align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/ocio/tv/series/2021/09/20/ana-tramel-juego-serie-tve-57476866.html|website=El Periódico de Aragón|title='Ana Tramel. El juego', la serie de TVE-1 que hace reflexionar sobre la ludopatía|date=20 September 2021|first=Marisa de|last=Dios|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

{{center|2023}}

| Las noches de Tefía (Nights in Tefía)

Don Anselmo{{center|{{Cite web|website=El Confidencial|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/series-tv/2023-06-19/noches-tefia-estreno-sinopsis-actores_3668496/|title='Las noches de Tefía': sinopsis de la nueva serie de Atresplayer, estreno, actores...|first=Berto|last=Molina|date=19 June 2023}}}}

Awards and nominations

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! Category

! Work

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align = "center" | 200415th Critical Eye AwardsTheatre Award{{won}}align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2015/07/12/actualidad/1436724993_541073.html|website=El País|title=Israel Elejalde: "Tu dolor es lo que finalmente te hace artista"|date=13 July 2015|first=Juan|last=Cruz|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}
align = "center" | 201215th Max AwardsBest Leading ActorVeraneantes{{nom}}align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2012/02/15/actualidad/1329308693_175698.html|website=El País|title=Los premios Max apuestan por el rigor del nuevo teatro|date=15 February 2021|first=Rosana|last=TorresIsrael Elejalde: “Tu dolor es lo que finalmente te hace artista”

}}

align = "center" | 201529th Goya AwardsBest New ActorMagical Girl{{nom}}align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.sensacine.com/noticias/cine/noticia-18523809/|website=SensaCine|title='La isla mínima', vencedora de los Premios Goya 2015|date=7 February 2015|first=Andrea|last=Zamora|access-date=2 November 2021|language=es}}

References

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Category:1973 births

Category:21st-century Spanish male actors

Category:Spanish male television actors

Category:Spanish male film actors

Category:Spanish male stage actors

Category:Living people

Category:Male actors from Madrid