Mario Pardo (actor)
{{Short description|Spanish actor (born 1944)}}
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| caption = Pardo at the 2023 FICX
| birth_place = Berga, Spain
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|04|16|df=yes}}
| occupation = Actor
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Mario Pardo (born 16 April 1944) is a Spanish actor. He gained notoriety for his work in television miniseries Fortunata y Jacinta.
Biography
Mario Pardo was born in Berga, province of Barcelona on 16 April 1944.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uco.es/comunica/actualidad/item/5993-20091111?tmpl=component&print=1|website=uco.es|date=11 November 2009|title=Mario Pardo recuerda la posguerra en un coloquio sobre 'La colmena'}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/efemerides-charles-chaplin-a-129-anos-de-su-natalicio/1232674|website=Excélsior|date=16 April 2018|title=Efemérides: Charles Chaplin, a 129 años de su natalicio}} He studied Philosophy and Letters at the University of Salamanca, where he became acquainted with acting, and trained his acting chops at the {{ill|Escuela Oficial de Cine|es|lt=EOC}} in Madrid.{{Cite web|url=https://www.navarrafestival.com/premios-2019|website=Navarra International Film Festival|access-date=7 December 2023|title=Premios 2019}} He later relocated to the Basque Country.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deia.eus/cultura/2017/11/13/refugio-actores-4907937.html|website=Deia|date=13 November 2017|first=Aner|last=Gondra|title=Un refugio para actores}}
He made his big screen debut in Basilio Martín Patino's Love and Other Solitudes (1969).{{Cite web|url=http://www.uco.es/comunica/actualidad/item/5981-20091110|website=uco.es|date=10 November 2009|title=Encuentro con el actor Mario Pardo y proyección de ' La colmena'}} His 1970s resumee include performances in The Wind's Fierce (1970), {{ill|La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea|es}} (1973), Clara is the Price (1974), and {{ill|El Love Feroz|es|El Love Feroz o Cuando los hijos juegan al amor}} (1973).{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodehuelva.es/articulo/cultura/islantilla-cineforum-ya-jurado/20180713114116173433.html|website=Diario de Huelva|date=13 August 2018|title=El Islantilla Cinefórum ya tiene jurado}}{{Cite journal|page=13|journal=Filmhistoria Online|volume=28|issue=1|year=2018|issn=2014-668X|title=El Fénix de las pantallas (Esbozo de filmografía lopesca comentada)|first=Rafael de|last=España|publisher=Universitat de Barcelona}}
His role as Maximiliano Rubín in TVE miniseries Fortunata y Jacinta (1980) earned him notoriety.{{Cite web|date=6 August 2015|title=El festival Luna de Cortos homenajea al actor Mario Pardo|url=https://www.aisge.es/imprimir.php?v=homenaje-a-mario-pardo-en-leon&print=ok|website=Aisge}} Ensuing roles include his portrayals of Iturbe in Escape from Segovia (1981),{{Cite book|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/11836511.pdf|title=La producción cinematográfica en el País Vasco; desde Ama Lur (1968) hasta nuestros días|last=Roldán Larreta|first=Carlos|year=1995|page=259}} Rubio Antofagasta in Mario Camus' The Beehive (1982), and Ramón in Luces de bohemia, the 1985 adaptation of the play of the same name by Ramón del Valle Inclán, written by Camus and directed by Miguel Ángel Díez.{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://idus.us.es/bitstream/handle/11441/38767/1/20160315162453608.pdf?sequence=1|page=176|chapter=Luces de bohemia de Miguel Ángel Díez|first=Ana|last=Recio Mir|title=8 calas cinematográficas en la literatura de la generación del 98|editor-first=Rafael|editor-last=Utrera}} He also appeared in El río que nos lleva (1989),{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a5229/el-rio-que-nos-lleva/|website=Fotogramas|date=29 May 2008|title=El río que nos lleva}} Don Juan in Hell (1991, as Don Juan's esquire Esganarel),{{Cite book|title=Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático|first=Francisco María|last=Benavent|year=2000|isbn=84-271-2326-4|location=Bilbao|publisher=Ediciones Mensajero|pages=222–223}} and Savages (2001, as Turuta).{{Cite journal|journal=Arbor|publisher=Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas|location=Madrid|url=https://arbor.revistas.csic.es/index.php/arbor/article/view/49/49|page=545|volume=182|title=Lola Salvador Maldonado|first=José Luis|last=Martínez Montalbán|doi=10.3989/arbor.2006.i720.49|issue=720|year=2006|issn=0210-1963|doi-access=free}}
He portrayed Mohamed "Moromierda" in crime comedy film Makinavaja, el último choriso (1992) and its sequel {{ill|¡Semos peligrosos! Uséase, Makinavaja 2|es|Semos peligrosos (uséase Makinavaja 2)}} (1993).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQkI2X0BeYQC&pg=PA135|page=135|first=Isabel|last=Santaolalla|title=Los "otros": etnicidad y "raza" en el cine español contemporáneo|publisher=Prensa Universitarias de Zaragoza|year=2005|location=Zaragoza|isbn=9788477337539 }} He portrayed Damián, the tame father of Elena Valdés (María Castro) in television series Tierra de lobos.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/16576/david-martinez-tierra-de-lobos-lucha-entre-modernidad-tradicion/|website=FormulaTV|title=David Martínez: "'Tierra de Lobos' es la lucha entre la modernidad y la tradición"|date=28 September 2010}} His work earned him a nomination to Best Television Actor in a Minor Role at the 20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards.{{Cite web|website=ABC|title=La Unión de Actores entregará sus premios el 31 de octubre|date=6 October 2011|url=https://sevilla.abc.es/20111006/cultura/abci-premiosuinon-201110061558.html}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.farodevigo.es/sociedad/2011/11/01/bardem-sonsoles-benedicto-premiados-union-17713882.html|website=Faro de Vigo|date=1 November 2011|title=Bardem y Sonsoles Benedicto, premiados por la Unión de Autores}}
Late television performances include credits in Adolfo Suárez, el presidente (as Gutiérrez Mellado),{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/01/26/television/1264502729.html|website=El Mundo|title=Adolfo Suárez, el presidente 'inabarcable'|first=Eduardo|last=Fernández|date=27 January 2010|language=es|access-date=1 November 2021}} Cuéntame (as Lorenzo), and ¡García!.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/tv/noticia-hbo-max-estrena-garcia-serie-redefine-significa-patria-ser-espanol-20221026143639.html|website=Europa Press|date=26 October 2022|title=HBO Max estrena '¡García!', una serie que redefine "qué significa la patria y ser español"}} Likewise, he has also appeared in films such as The Platform (2019),{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/productor-el-hoyo-negocia-secuela-remake-netflix-60499/|website=ecartelera|first=Vlad|last=Grigoret|date=27 March 2020|title=El productor de 'El Hoyo' negocia una secuela o un remake con Netflix}} En otro lugar (2022),{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/imprimir.php?v=los-estrenos-del-27-de-mayo-en-otro-lugar&print=ok|website=Aisge|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|title=Los estrenos del 27 de mayo. 'En otro lugar'. Amor entre montañas}} and Close Your Eyes (2023), portraying aging film editor Max Roca.{{Cite web|url=https://www.contracultural.es/cultura/cerrar-ojos-erice/|website=Contracultural|date=6 October 2023|first=Alba|last=Sueiro|title='Cerrar los ojos': mirar al frente sin temor ni esperanza}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20230928/9260849/jose-coronado-manolo-victor-erice-complejo-inteligente-intimidante-hosco.html|website=La Vanguardia|date=28 September 2023|title=José Coronado y Manolo Solo: Víctor Erice es complejo, inteligente, intimidante y hosco}}
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Category:20th-century Spanish male actors
Category:21st-century Spanish male actors
Category:Spanish television actors