Juan Diego Botto
| Juan Diego Botto | |
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 Juan Diego Botto at the 2006 San Sebastián international film festival. | |
| Born |
August 29, 1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Spouse(s) | Olga Rodriguez |
Juan Diego Botto-Rota (born August 29, 1975, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Spanish actor.
Botto's father disappeared during the Argentine Dirty War when Juan Diego was only two years old. With his mother and older sister María, also an actress, he moved to Madrid, Spain, where he currently resides.
Botto started acting at the age of 5 in the film Juego de poder (Power Game). His role in the 1999 film Sobreviviré (I will survive), about a woman who falls in love with a man who, unknown to her, is homosexual, got him more national and international recognition.
Botto has appeared on stage in Spain in several critically acclaimed plays. He also directed a play called Privilegio de ser perro (Privilege of Being a Dog), about the tough life immigrants are subjected to while trying to sneak into and live in a new country.
Currently Botto lives in Madrid with his partner, the Spanish journalist and writer Olga Rodriguez. He is also active in politics, protesting the 2003 war in Iraq taking part in a support group for fellow children of the disappeared.
Filmography
- Childish Games (2012)
- God Loves Caviar (2012)
- Todo lo que tú quieras (2010)
- The Anarchist's Wife (2007)
- El Greco (2007)
- Nadie Es Perfecto (Joaquín Oristrell, 2005)
- Bordertown (Gregory Nava, 2005)
- La Fiesta del chivo (Luis Llosa, 2005)
- Obaba (Montxo Armendáriz, 2005)
- Roma (Adolfo Aristarain, 2004)
- Los abajo firmantes (Joaquín Oristrell, 2003)
- Augustus (Roger Young, 2003)
- Trece campanadas (Xavier Villaverde, 2002)
- El Caballero Don Quijote (Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, 2002)
- The Dancer Upstairs, aka Pasos de baile (John Malkovich, 2002)
- Silencio roto (Montxo Armendáriz, 2001)
- Asfalto (Daniel Calparsoro, 2000)
- Ave María (Eduardo Rossoff, 1999)
- Sobreviviré (A. Albacete and D. Menkes, 1999)
- Novios (Joaquín Oristrell, 1999)
- Plenilunio (Imanol Uribe, 1999)
- Bin ich schön?, aka ¿Soy Linda? (Doris Dörrie, 1998)
- Martín (Hache) (Adolfo Aristarain, 1997)
- En brazos de la mujer madura (Manuel Lombardero, 1997)
- Más que amor, frenesí (A. Albacete, M. Bardem and D. Menkes, 1996)
- La Celestina (Gerardo Vera, 1996)
- Éxtasis (Mariano Barroso, 1996)
- La sal de la vida (Eugenio Martín, 1996)
- Historias del Kronen (Montxo Armendáriz, 1995)
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (Ridley Scott, 1992)
- Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el inteno (Ana Belén, 1991)
- Ovejas Negras (José María Carreño, 1990)
- Zorro as Felipe (Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro's mute servant)
- Aventis, aka Si te dicen que caí (Vicente Aranda, 1989)
- Teo el pelirrojo (1985)
External links
- Juan Diego Botto at the Internet Movie Database
- Juan Diego Botto at Cinenacional.com
- The Unofficial Juan Diego Botto Fan Site
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