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Spanish actor and director
Israel Elejalde
(August 2017)
BornDecember 10th 1973
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • 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. He earned a licentiate degree in Political Science while training as an actor at William Layton's lab. He further trained at the Teatro de La Abadía [es] under José Luis Gómez and studied stage direction at the RESAD.

Some of his most important stage credits include those in Veraneantes, La función por hacer, and Misántropo. Primarily an actor, he also writes and directs. He was in a relationship with actress Bárbara Lennie, along with whom he performed in Magical Girl and different stage plays.

Filmography

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2021)

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 Gente en sitios (People in Places)
2014 Magical Girl Alfredo
2014 El gran salto adelante Andrés
2015 Sicarivs: La noche y el silencio Néstor
2016 El hombre de las mil caras (Smoke & Mirrors) González
2017 Plan de fuga (Getaway Plan)
2021 Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas) Arturo Buendía
2022 Edén Victor
2024 La fianza (The Bond) Ricardo

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2006–10 Cuéntame cómo pasó Raúl
2009 Águila Roja Capitán Rodrigo Recurring
2010–11 Amar en tiempos revueltos Matías Salazar Main. Introduced in Season 6
2015 Carlos, rey emperador Juan Padilla Recurring. 6 episodes
2016 Bajo sospecha Gorka Montero Main. Introduced in Season 2
2017–18 Traición Víctor Ayala Main
2019 45 revoluciones (45rpm) Pedro Zabala Main. Leading antagonist throughout the series
2020 Veneno Pepe Navarro Recurring.
Real-life Pepe Navarro performs a cameo as security guard asking Elejalde to leave
2021 Ana Tramel. El juego (ANA. all in) Teniente Moncada Main
2023 Las noches de Tefía (Nights in Tefía) Don Anselmo

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2004 15th Critical Eye Awards Theatre Award Won
2012 15th Max Awards Best Leading Actor Veraneantes Nominated
2015 29th Goya Awards Best New Actor Magical Girl Nominated

References

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  2. ^ "Israel Elejalde: "Ambiciono poder seguir eligiendo lo que quiero hacer". Fotogramas (in Spanish). 30 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. Vila, José-Miguel (17 January 2018). "Israel Elejalde: "Broadway está lleno de enormes mierdas"". Diario Crítico.
  4. ^ Iglesias, Eulàlia (17 October 2014). "La maldición de los deseos cumplidos". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  5. López Palacios, Íñigo (13 December 2017). "Bárbara Lennie: "Estoy seca, no puedo más"". Icon (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. Rivera, Alfonso (5 March 2015). "El gran salto adelante: España, un país junto al abismo". Cineuropa (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  8. "'Sicarivs: la noche y el silencio'". Aisge (in Spanish). 13 May 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  9. 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.
  10. Hernández Luján, Raquel (1 May 2017). "Plan de fuga – Crítica del thriller criminal de Iñaki Dorronsoro". HobbyConsolas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  11. 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.
  12. Rivera, Alfonso (14 April 2022). "Estefanía Cortés debuta con Edén, "amadrinada" por Marta Nieto". Cineuropa.
  13. "Traición, poder y supervivencia en 'La fianza', el último 'thriller' de una poderosa Juana Acosta". El Periódico de España. Prensa Ibérica. 2 December 2024.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. "Revolución en "Amar en tiempos revueltos" con 16 caras nuevas". Vertele! (in Spanish). eldiario.es. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  16. "'Bajo sospecha': Todos los fichajes de la segunda temporada". Fotogramas (in Spanish). 22 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  17. Baro, Enrique (20 November 2017). "Quién es quién en 'Traición', el drama familiar de Ana Belén". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. Molina, Berto (19 June 2023). "'Las noches de Tefía': sinopsis de la nueva serie de Atresplayer, estreno, actores..." El Confidencial.
  22. Cruz, Juan (13 July 2015). "Israel Elejalde: "Tu dolor es lo que finalmente te hace artista"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  23. Zamora, Andrea (7 February 2015). "'La isla mínima', vencedora de los Premios Goya 2015". SensaCine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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