Manuel Bandera
{{Short description|Spanish actor}}
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| image = Malaga Film Festival 2025 - Manuel Bandera.jpg
| caption = Bandera in 2025
| occupation = Actor, dancer
| birth_place = Málaga, Spain
| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1960|12|12|df=y}}
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Manuel Bandera (born 12 December 1960) is a Spanish actor and dancer. He became popular for his performance in the 1989 film The Things of Love.
Biography
Born on 12 December in 1960 in Málaga,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cba24n.com.ar/espectaculos/hechos-ocurridos-el-12-de-diciembre_a5df1d45f5b75f36f25a59bb7|website=Cba24n|title=Hechos ocurridos el 12 de diciembre|first=Susana|last=Curto|date=12 December 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.canarias7.es/hemeroteca/manuel_bandera_no_se_debe_olvidar_lo_que_paso_en_esa_maldita_guerra-EDCSN108286|website=Canarias7|title=Manuel Bandera: "No se debe olvidar lo que pasó en esa maldita guerra"|date=9 September 2008|first=Mercedes|last=Rodríguez}} Bandera started his career performing as dancer in the game show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/television/20180115/bailarines-television-estrellas-espectaculo/276973075_0.html|website=Bluper|title=De bailarines de televisión a estrellas del espectáculo|first=Mike|last=Medianoche|date=15 January 2018|publisher=El Español}}
He landed a breakthrough role with his performance in the Jaime Chávarri's film The Things of Love (1989), which garnered him public recognition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/culturas/cine/manuel-bandera-20171001200827-nt.html|website=Diario Sur|title=Manuel Bandera pisa fuerte las tablas|first=Pablo|last=Marinetto|date=1 October 2017}} He played Mario, a homosexual artist victim of the Francoist repression, inspired by the real-life {{ill|Miguel de Molina|es}}.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/02/22/andalucia/1203636151_850215.html|website=El País|date=22 February 2008|title=Miguel de Molina regresa a su Málaga natal|first=Sergio|last=Mellado}} He performed minor roles in the Pedro Almodóvar's films Átame and Kika.{{Cite book|publisher=Centro de Estudios Andaluces|year=2008|url=https://www.centrodeestudiosandaluces.es/datos/factoriaideas/informe_andalucia_cine.pdf|title=Personajes, acciones y escenarios andaluces en el cine español (1934-2006)|page=82|first=Inmaculada|last=Sánchez Alarcón|first2=María Jesús|last2=Ruiz Muñoz|first3=Marta|last3=Díaz Estévez|first4=Francisco Marcos|last4=Martín Martín}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/tv/noticia-manuel-bandera-saber-publico-te-apoya-da-mucha-responsabilidad-20090225175804.html|website=Europa Press|title=Manuel Bandera: "saber que la público te apoya da mucha responsabilidad"|date=25 February 2009}} Bandera starred in the lead role of Boabdil in the television miniseries Réquiem por Granada.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/entretenimiento/requiem-por-granada-nostalgia-tv|website=Espinof|title='Réquiem por Granada', Nostalgia TV|date=2 November 2014}}
He has performed several main cast roles in soap operas, including El súper, Amar en tiempos revueltos, Bandolera{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/18574/entrevista-manuel-bandera-parece-mucho-mas-interesante-bandolero-que-marques/|website=FormulaTV|title=Manuel Bandera: "Me parece mucho más interesante ser un bandolero que un marqués"|date=28 February 2011}} and Acacias 38.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20210129183486/acacias-28-cancelada-tve-seis-anos-gt/|website=¡Hola!|title='Acacias 38' llega a su fin tras seis años en antena|date=29 January 2021}} At present (2021-2022), he is playing a main character in "A Chorus Line" promoted by Antonio Banderas.
Filmography
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;Television
;Film
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Category:20th-century Spanish male actors
Category:Spanish male television actors
Category:Spanish male film actors
Category:Male actors from Málaga