Israel Elejalde
- Actor
- theatre director
Israel Elejalde (born 1973) is a Spanish actor as well as a theatre director. Primarily a stage actor with television and film incursions, he had a breakthrough film performance with his role in the 2014 film Magical Girl, which earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor.
Biography
Born in 1973 in Villaverde, Madrid, Elejalde's stage debut took place at the Juan de Villanueva High School in Orcasitas.[1] He earned a licentiate degree in Political Science while training as an actor at William Layton's lab.[1] He further trained at the Teatro de La Abadía [es] under José Luis Gómez and studied stage direction at the RESAD.[2][1]
Some of his most important stage credits include those in Veraneantes, La función por hacer, and Misántropo.[2] Primarily an actor, he also writes and directs.[3] He was in a relationship with actress Bárbara Lennie, along with whom he performed in Magical Girl and different stage plays.[4][2][5][6]
Filmography
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- Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Gente en sitios (People in Places) | [2] | ||
2014 | Magical Girl | Alfredo | [4] | |
2014 | El gran salto adelante | Andrés | [7] | |
2015 | Sicarivs: La noche y el silencio | Néstor | [8] | |
2016 | El hombre de las mil caras (Smoke & Mirrors) | González | [9] | |
2017 | Plan de fuga (Getaway Plan) | [10] | ||
2021 | Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas) | Arturo Buendía | [11] | |
2022 | Edén | Victor | [12] |
- Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2006–10 | Cuéntame cómo pasó | Raúl | [13] | |
2009 | Águila Roja | Capitán Rodrigo | Recurring | [13] |
2010–11 | Amar en tiempos revueltos | Matías Salazar | Main. Introduced in Season 6 | [14] |
2015 | Carlos, rey emperador | Juan Padilla | Recurring. 6 episodes | [13] |
2016 | Bajo sospecha | Gorka Montero | Main. Introduced in Season 2 | [15] |
2017–18 | Traición | Víctor Ayala | Main | [16] |
2019 | 45 revoluciones (45rpm) | Pedro Zabala | Main. Leading antagonist throughout the series | [17] |
2020 | Veneno | Pepe Navarro | Recurring. Real-life Pepe Navarro performs a cameo as security guard asking Elejalde to leave | [18] |
2021 | Ana Tramel. El juego (ANA. all in) | Teniente Moncada | Main | [19] |
2023 | Las noches de Tefía (Nights in Tefía) | Don Anselmo | [20] |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | 15th Critical Eye Awards | Theatre Award | Won | [21] | |
2012 | 15th Max Awards | Best Leading Actor | Veraneantes | Nominated | [6] |
2015 | 29th Goya Awards | Best New Actor | Magical Girl | Nominated | [22] |
References
- ^ a b c Aguilar, Andrea (22 August 2014). "En constante movimiento". Babelia (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Israel Elejalde: "Ambiciono poder seguir eligiendo lo que quiero hacer". Fotogramas (in Spanish). 30 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Vila, José-Miguel (17 January 2018). "Israel Elejalde: "Broadway está lleno de enormes mierdas"". Diario Crítico.
- ^ a b Iglesias, Eulàlia (17 October 2014). "La maldición de los deseos cumplidos". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ López Palacios, Íñigo (13 December 2017). "Bárbara Lennie: "Estoy seca, no puedo más"". Icon (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ a b TorresIsrael Elejalde: “Tu dolor es lo que finalmente te hace artista”, Rosana (15 February 2021). "Los premios Max apuestan por el rigor del nuevo teatro". El País.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (5 March 2015). "El gran salto adelante: España, un país junto al abismo". Cineuropa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "'Sicarivs: la noche y el silencio'". Aisge (in Spanish). 13 May 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Sánchez Llobera, Francesc (2016). "Paesa: El hombre de las mil caras". Filmhistoria (in Spanish). 26 (2). Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona: 91. ISSN 2014-668X. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Hernández Luján, Raquel (1 May 2017). "Plan de fuga – Crítica del thriller criminal de Iñaki Dorronsoro". HobbyConsolas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Medina, Marta (1 September 2021). "Las 'Madres paralelas' de Almodóvar abren Venecia: un drama de sangre y memoria algo desbaratado". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (14 April 2022). "Estefanía Cortés debuta con Edén, "amadrinada" por Marta Nieto". Cineuropa.
- ^ a b c "El nuevo 'Chico Almodóvar' Las 'relaciones 'paralelas' de Israel Elejalde: De Penélope Cruz a Maribel Verdú". rtve (in Spanish). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Revolución en "Amar en tiempos revueltos" con 16 caras nuevas". Vertele! (in Spanish). eldiario.es. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "'Bajo sospecha': Todos los fichajes de la segunda temporada". Fotogramas (in Spanish). 22 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Baro, Enrique (20 November 2017). "Quién es quién en 'Traición', el drama familiar de Ana Belén". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ García Higueras, Laura (8 April 2019). "Israel Elejalde ('45 revoluciones'): "En los 60 había gente que intentaba que se respirara de otra manera en España"" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Palenzuela, Fernando S. (4 October 2020). "'Veneno' Capítulo 5: El inesperado cameo de Pepe Navarro con guiño nostálgico al fin de una etapa". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Dios, Marisa de (20 September 2021). "'Ana Tramel. El juego', la serie de TVE-1 que hace reflexionar sobre la ludopatía". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Molina, Berto (19 June 2023). "'Las noches de Tefía': sinopsis de la nueva serie de Atresplayer, estreno, actores..." El Confidencial.
- ^ Cruz, Juan (13 July 2015). "Israel Elejalde: "Tu dolor es lo que finalmente te hace artista"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Zamora, Andrea (7 February 2015). "'La isla mínima', vencedora de los Premios Goya 2015". SensaCine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.