Javier Gutiérrez (actor)
{{short description|Spanish actor}}
{{family name hatnote|Gutiérrez|Álvarez|lang=Spanish}}
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| birth_place = Luanco, Spain
| birth_name = Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez
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Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez (born 17 January 1971) is a Spanish actor. After his 2002 acting debut in cinema, he developed an early career primarily in comedy films,{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20150213/javier-gutierrez-montoro-esta-de-caza-de-brujas-entre-los-actores-3938935|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|date=13 February 2015|title=Javier Gutiérrez: "Montoro está de caza de brujas entre los actores"|first=Juan|last=Fernández}} likewise earning much popularity for his sidekick role as Satur in swashbuckler television series Águila Roja. His performance in 2014 crime thriller Marshland earned him wide acclaim and recognition. He has since starred in films such as The Motive, Champions, The Daughter and Prison 77 and television series such as Estoy vivo and Vergüenza. He has earned numerous accolades, including two Goya awards for Best Actor.
Biography
Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez was born in the Asturian parish of Luanco on 17 January 1971.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/sociedad/201502/13/pareja-moda-cine-espanol-20150213115313.html|website=Las Provincias|date=13 February 2015|title=La pareja de moda del cine español|first=Julián|last=Méndez}} His mother was from the likewise Asturian municipality of Belmonte de Miranda. When he was barely one year old,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cope.es/actualidad/cultura/noticias/javier-gutierrez-cumple-anos-casa-papel-familia-20210116_1081758|website=Cadena COPE|title=Javier Gutiérrez cumple 50 años: el motivo por el que rechazó 'La casa de papel' y su discreción familia|date=16 January 2021}} he moved with his parents to Ferrol, Galicia, where he was raised.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lne.es/sociedad/2014/10/26/javier-gutierrez-asturiano-mes-septiembre-19935642.html|website=La Nueva España|title=Javier Gutiérrez, "Asturiano del mes" de septiembre por su triunfo en San Sebastián|first=Tino|last=Pertierra|date=26 October 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20150213/javier-gutierrez-montoro-esta-de-caza-de-brujas-entre-los-actores-3938935|website=El Periódico|title=Javier Gutiérrez: "Montoro está de caza de brujas entre los actores"|date=13 February 2015|first=Juan|last=Fernández}}
Seeking to develop a career as a stage actor, Gutiérrez moved from Galicia to Madrid at age 19. He appeared in stage plays such as La tinaja (1993) and La cabeza del dragón (1994), with Jesús Salgado as theatre director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnortedecastilla.es/culturas/seminci/actor-javier-gutierrez-20201020122337-nt.html|website=El Norte de Castilla|date=20 October 2020|title=El actor Javier Gutiérrez será el padrino de la 65 Seminci}} He joined the {{ill|Animalario (theatre group)|es|Animalario (grupo de teatro)|lt=Animalario}} theatre group. He had his debut in television in 2000, whereas his debut in a feature film came with his performance in the 2002 musical comedy The Other Side of the Bed, directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtpa.es/noticias-sociedad:Javier-Gutierrez,-Goya-al-mejor-actor-protagonista-por-El-autor_111517730977.html|website=RTPA|title=Javier Gutiérrez, Goya al mejor actor protagonista por "El autor"|date=4 February 2018}}
Gutiérrez became very popular to a television audience in Spain for his work in adventure series Águila Roja (2009–2016), portraying Satur (the squire of the protagonist).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/tele/20170612/satur-protagonizara-estoy-vivo-en-tve-6100767|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|title=Satur protagonizará 'Estoy vivo' en TVE|date=12 June 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latribunadetalavera.es/amp/noticia/z5099d966-c2be-7f86-84c135a7c6b20555/20120421/aguila/roja/seguira/no/es/television/publica/sera/privada|website=La Tribuna de Talavera|title="'Águila Roja' seguirá, si no es en la televisión pública será en la privada"|first=Leticia G.|last=Colao|date=21 April 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lne.es/vida-y-estilo/gente/2018/01/15/luanquin-javier-gutierrez-mejor-actor-19123327.html|website=La Nueva España|date=15 January 2018|title=El luanquín Javier Gutiérrez, mejor actor en los premios "Forqué"}} The role has been highlighted as the most charismatic character of his career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/culturas/premios-goya/premios-goya-mejor-actor-todo-sobre-javier-gutierrez-20220112173029-nt.html|website=Las Provincias|date=12 February 2022|title=Todo sobre Javier Gutiérrez, el actor de moda en el cine y la televisión en España}}
He portrayed Falconetti in Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (2013).{{cite news |url=http://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/Javier-Gutierrez-Satur-Aguila-Zape_0_1393360665.html |title=Javier Gutiérrez, de Satur en "Águila Roja" a malvado director de colegio en "Zipi y Zape" |date=19 September 2012 |access-date=21 January 2019 |newspaper=El Diario |publisher=Vertele! |language=es}} He portrayed Tomás de Torquemada in Assassin's Creed (2016).{{cite journal |url=http://cinemania.elmundo.es/noticias/assassins-creed-primera-foto-de-javier-gutierrez-como-torquemada/ |title=Assassin's Creed: Primera foto de Javier Gutiérrez como Torquemada |date=30 June 2016 |access-date=21 January 2019 |journal=Cinemanía |language=es |publisher=El Mundo}} He first declined it because he was filming The Olive Tree, by Icíar Bollaín, but then he was convinced by the director Justin Kurzel in a Skype call.{{cite news |url=http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20161116/javier-gutierrez-assassins-creed-damos-vuelta-tuerca-torquemada/1444181.shtml |title=Javier Gutiérrez: "En 'Assassin's Creed' damos una vuelta de tuerca a Torquemada" |date=16 November 2016 |access-date=21 January 2019 |first=Jesús |last=Giménez |work=Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española}} He portrayed the fictional character Sergeant Jimeno Costa in 1898: Los últimos de Filipinas (2016).{{cite web |url=http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20161128/1898-ultimos-filipinas-epopeya-contumaz-historia-militar-espanola/1447361.shtml |title='1898. Los últimos de Filipinas', la epopeya contumaz de la historia militar española |date=28 November 2016 |access-date=21 January 2019 |first=Esteban |last=Ramón |work=Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española |language=es}}{{cite web |url=http://hoycinema.abc.es/noticias/20160612/abci-pelicula-ultimos-filipinas-tosar-201606120754.html |title=Una mirada desmitificadora sobre los héroes de Baler |first=Israel |last=Viana |date=13 June 2016 |access-date=21 January 2019 |work=Hoy Cinema |publisher=ABC |language=es}} He portrayed Álvaro in The Motive (2017),{{cite news |url=https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/cine/2017/11/16/5a0c6ea5468aeb83418b4597.html |title=Javier Gutiérrez: "Está bien que mi personaje ponga los genitales en la mesa" |first=Javier |last=Estrada |date=17 November 2017 |access-date=21 January 2019 |newspaper=El Mundo |language=es |publisher=Unidad Editorial}} for which he received the Goya Award for Best Actor.{{cite news |url=https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/cultura/javier-gutierrez-goya-al-mejor-actor-protagonista-por-el-autor/10005-3513326 |title=Javier Gutiérrez, Goya al mejor actor protagonista por "El autor" |location=Madrid |date=4 February 2018 |access-date=21 January 2019 |work=Agencia EFE |language=es}}
Filmography
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Accolades
References
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External links
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{{Goya Award for Best Actor}}
{{Feroz Award for Best Main Actor in a Film}}
{{Actors and Actresses Union Award for Best Film Actor in a Leading Role}}
{{Silver Shell for Best Actor}}
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Category:Spanish male film actors
Category:Spanish male stage actors
Category:Spanish male television actors