Manuel Burque
{{Short description|Spanish screenwriter, radio host, comedian and actor}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Manuel Burque at Premios Goya 2017.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_name = Manuel Burque Hodgson
| birth_place = Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
| occupation = {{Hlist|Radio host|comedian|screenwriter|actor}}
| alma_mater = Pontifical University of Salamanca
}}
Manuel Burque Hodgson (born 1980) is a Spanish screenwriter, radio host, comedian and actor.
Biography
Manuel Burque Hodgson was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1980 and was raised in Galicia.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2016/02/05/madrid/1454675518_925385.html|website=El País|date=8 July 2016|first=Sergio C.|last=Fanjul|title=Un hombre con pies de barrio}} He earned a degree in audiovisual communication from the Pontifical University of Salamanca.{{Cite web|title=XVIII Premio de Teatro Enrique Llovet. Manuel Burque Hodgson|access-date=26 August 2022|url=https://www.malaga.es/culturama/anterior/2006/junio/ganador.html|publisher=Diputación de Málaga}} He earned popularity in 2011 by passing as an Intereconomía reporter in an interview with La Sexta's CEO José Miguel Contreras for El intermedio.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/famosos/2022-01-20/manuel-burque-pelirrojo-leticia-dolera-buenismo_3361628/|date=20 January 2022|title=Manuel Burque: el buenismo de un polifacético y privilegiado pelirrojo|first=Jorge C.|last=Parcero|website=Vanitatis|via=El Confidencial}} His performance in the 2015 film Requirements to Be a Normal Person earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-miguel-herran-mejor-actor-revelacion-premios-goya-2016-papel-cambio-nada-20160206222610.html|website=Europa Press|date=6 February 2016|title=Miguel Herrán, Mejor Actor Revelación en los Premios Goya 2016 por su papel en 'A cambio de nada'}}
Burque has also penned or co-penned the screenplays of the films, Sorry If I Call You Love,{{cite journal |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sorry-i-call-you-love-716583 |title='Sorry If I Call You Love' ('Perdona si te llamo amor'): Film Review |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |last=Holland |first=Jonathan |date=March 7, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2017}} It's for Your Own Good,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20170221/javier-camara-tu-bien-reimos-del-machismo-absurdo-recalcitrante-impregna-nuestra-sociedad/1493612.shtml|website=rtve.es|date=21 February 2017|title=Javier Cámara: "En 'Es por tu bien' nos reímos del machismo absurdo y recalcitrante de nuestra sociedad"}} Undercover Wedding Crashers,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a31400937/operacion-camaron-critica-pelicula/|website=Fotogramas|title=Crítica de 'Operación Camarón'|first=Juan|last=Pando|date=24 June 2021}} and Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/critica-de-tadeo-jones-3-la-tabla-esmeralda-5044660/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Rubén|last=Romero Santos|date=25 August 2022|title=Crítica de 'Tadeo Jones 3. La tabla esmeralda'}} as well as the television series Perfect Life.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.es/living/articulos/leticia-dolera-entrevista-estreno-temporada-2-vida-perfecta-series-movistar|website=Vogue|date=17 November 2021|first=Alberto|last=Sisí Sánchez|title=Leticia Dolera: “Espero que hablar de salud mental sirva para que haya políticas realmente transformadoras en ese ámbito”}}
Since 2018, Burque hosts the Cadena SER show {{ill|Buenismo bien|es}} alongside {{ill|Quique Peinado|es}} and Henar Álvarez.{{Cite web|url=https://prnoticias.com/2020/03/20/buenismo-bien-diario/|website=prnoticias|date=20 March 2020|title=Peinado, Burque y Álvarez convierten ‘Buenismo bien’ en diario para amenizar el aislamiento}}
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Category:21st-century Spanish screenwriters
Category:21st-century Spanish male actors
Category:Spanish male film actors
Category:Spanish male comedians
Category:People from Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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