Luis Tosar
{{short description|Spanish actor (born 1971)}}
{{family name hatnote|López|Tosar|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Premios Goya 2018 - Luis Tosar.jpg
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| caption = Tosar in 2018
| birth_name = Luis López Tosar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lugo, Galicia, Spain
| othername =
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actor
- film producer
}}
| yearsactive = 1994–present
| spouse = {{Marriage|María Luisa Mayol|2015}}
| children = 2
}}
Luis López Tosar (born 13 October 1971) is a Spanish actor from Galicia. He is one of the most recognizable and versatile actors in Spain.{{cite journal |title=10 Actors to Look Out for in an Increasingly Global Business |url=http://www.luistosar.com.es/prensa/hollywoodreporter_28102010.pdf |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |via=www.luistosar.com |access-date=8 August 2013 |date=28 October 2010 |pages=1–3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224548/http://www.luistosar.com.es/prensa/hollywoodreporter_28102010.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
He landed his film debut in Atilano for President (1998), followed by other roles in feature films such as Flowers from Another World (1999), Common Wealth (2000) and No News from God (2001).{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/imagenes/cinemania/noticias/premios-goya-2023-luis-tosar-5097817/2/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=11 February 2023|title=Así ha cambiado Luis Tosar en el 25 aniversario de su primera película}} He won early acclaim and recognition for his performances in Mondays in the Sun (2002) and Take My Eyes (2003).
After a career turning point in the wake of his performance as Malamadre in Cell 211, he has been often typecast in thriller films.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/espana/2023/04/28/luis-tosar-el-mejor-malo-y-tambien-el-mejor-bueno-del-cine-espanol/|website=Infobae|date=28 April 2023 |first=Beatriz|last=Martínez|title=Luis Tosar, el mejor malo (y también el mejor bueno) del cine español}}
Life and career
{{See also|Luis Tosar filmography}}
Tosar was born on 13 October 1971 in Lugo, although he usually prefers to identify with the parish of {{ill|Xustás|es}} (in the municipality of Cospeito, also in the province of Lugo), where he spent his childhood and teenage years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elprogreso.es/articulo/noticias/un-tipo-humilde-de-xustas/20110926135500236819.html|website=El Progreso|date=26 September 2011|title=Un tipo humilde de Xustás}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/yes/2020/11/14/vez-me-ofrecieron-muchisimo-dinero-dije-/0003_202011SY14P2991.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|title=Luis Tosar: "Una vez me ofrecieron muchísimo dinero y dije que no"|date=13 November 2020|first=Sandra|last=Faginas}}
He began his career playing theater and shorts, but he gained notoriety in Galicia for his performance in 1998 TV Series Mareas Vivas (Televisión de Galicia).{{cite web |title=Filmography |url=http://www.luistosar.com.es/eng/filmografia.html |work=luistosar.com |access-date=8 August 2013 |last=Tosar |first=Luis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235413/http://www.luistosar.com.es/eng/filmografia.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
His supporting performance as Damián in 1999 immigration-themed film Flowers from Another World earned him a nomination the Goya Award for Best New Actor.{{Cite web|date=2 February 2022|title=¿Cuántos premios Goya tiene Luis Tosar y cuántas veces ha estado nominado?|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/premios-goya/2022-02-02/cuantos-premios-goya-y-nominaciones-luis-tosar_3367378/|website=El Confidencial}}
Critically acclaimed for his supporting role in the unemployment drama Mondays in the Sun, abusive husband in Take My Eyes, an executive producer in Even the Rain, and doorman in Sleep Tight, his most acclaimed performance was from 2009 hit Cell 211 which stars Tosar as Malamadre, a prisoner that instigates a riot and befriends an undercover prison guard in the process.{{cite web |last=Bender |first=Austin |title=Luis Tosar: The Greatest Actor You've Probably Never Heard Of |url=http://the-artifice.com/luis-tosar/ |work=The Artifice |access-date=8 August 2013 |date=29 July 2013}} His only major role in an American film was Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006), playing Colombian druglord Montoya.{{Cite web|website=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/miami-vice-1200514626/|title=Miami Vice|first=Brian|last=Lowry|date=23 July 2006}}{{cite web |url=http://www.reelingreviews.com/miamivice.htm |title=Reeling: the Movie Review Show's review of Miami Vice |work=Reeling Reviews |publisher=RobLau Productions |first1=Robin |last1=Clifford |first2=Laura |last2=Clifford}} Besides that he has appeared in other English films The Limits of Control and Mr. Nice.
Close to the Galician Nationalist Bloc, Tosar ran as candidate in the Galeusca list to the 2004 European Parliament election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hoy.es/rc/20110207/mas-actualidad/cultura/luis-tosar-siempre-mais-201102070141.html|website=Hoy|date=7 February 2011|first=Oti|last=Rodríguez Marchante|publisher=Grupo Vocento|title=Luis Tosar: 'Siempre mais'}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/loc/famosos/2020/11/10/5faa55a8fdddff1c308b466b.html|website=El Mundo|date=10 November 2011|first=Javier|last=Blánquez|title=Luis Tosar, el hombre discreto que tonteó con la política y que llegó a convertirse en uno de los actores mejor pagados}}
In 2012 he dubbed George Washington for the videogame Assassin's Creed III.{{cite web |url=http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/telediario/luis-tosar-dobla-george-washington-assasins-creed-3/1547793/ |title=Luis Tosar dobla a George Washington en Assasins [sic] Creed 3 |date=9 October 2012 |access-date=16 July 2018 |work=Radio Televisión Española |language=es}}
In 2015, Tosar married actress María Luisa Mayol.
On 17 November 2018 he received a star in the Almeria Walk of Fame for the films El Niño (2014) and Toro (2016).{{cite news |url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/vivir/Luis-Tosar-estrella-Festival_0_1301270191.html |title=El actor Luis Tosar descubre su estrella en el Paseo de la Fama |first=Fran |last=Murcia |date=17 November 2018 |access-date=23 November 2018 |newspaper=Diario de Almería |language=es |publisher=Grupo Joly}}
He has a music group called "Di Elas".{{cite web |title=Music |url=http://www.luistosar.com.es/eng/musica_05.html |work=luistosar |access-date=9 August 2013 |last=Tosar |first=Luis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716134919/http://luistosar.com.es/eng/musica_05.html |archive-date=16 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Accolades
Tosar won the Málaga Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 Málaga Spanish Film Festival.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2022}}
=''[[Cell 211|Celda 211 (Cell 211) (2009)]]''=
- 2010 Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
- Best Actor (Mejor Actor)
- 2010 Fotogramas de Plata
- Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine)
- 2010 Premios ACE
- Cinema - Best Actor
- 2010 Seattle International Film Festival
- Best Actor
=''[[Take My Eyes|Te doy mis ojos (Take My Eyes) (2003)]]''=
- 2005 Cartagena Film Festival
- Best Actor (Mejor Actor)
- 2004 Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
- Best Actor (Mejor Actor) for: Take My Eyes (2003) and The Weakness of the Bolshevik (2003)
- 2004 Copenhagen International Film Festival
- Best Actor
- 2004 Fotogramas de Plata
- Best Movie Actor (Mejor Actor de Cine)
- 2004 Seattle International Film Festival
- Best Actor
- 2004 Turia Awards
- Best Actor
=''[[Mondays in the Sun|Los lunes al sol (Mondays in the Sun) (2002)]]''=
- 2003 Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
- Best Supporting Actor (Mejor Actor Secundario)
- 2003 Sant Jordi Awards
- Best Spanish Actor (Mejor Actor Español)
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|id=0869088|name=Luis Tosar}}
{{Goya Award for Best Actor}}
{{Actors and Actresses Union Award for Best Film Actor in a Leading Role}}
{{Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor}}
{{Gaudí Award for Best Actor}}
{{Silver Shell for Best Actor}}
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Category:Male actors from Galicia (Spain)
Category:Spanish male film actors
Category:Best Supporting Actor Goya Award winners