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Javier Cámara is a Actor Espagnol born on 19 january 1967 at La Rioja (Espagne)

Javier Cámara

Javier Cámara
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Birth name Javier Cámara Rodríguez
Nationality Espagne
Birth 19 january 1967 (57 years) at La Rioja (Espagne)

Javier Cámara (born 19 January 1967) is a Spanish actor. He starred in the Pedro Almodóvar films Talk to Her (2002) and Bad Education (2004), and the television series 7 Vidas (Seven Lives).

He was born in Albelda de Iregua, La Rioja (Spain). He later moved to Madrid and graduated from the Dramatic Art School. He worked as an usher at the Figaro Theatre in Madrid.

His debut in theatre was in El caballero de Olmedo in 1991. He enjoyed great success in the TV series 7 Vidas and then with Almodóvar. His awards include 12 wins and 22 nominations.

Best films

Talk to Her (2002)
(Actor)
Bad Education (2004)
(Actor)
I'm So Excited! (2013)
(Actor)

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Filmography of Javier Cámara (22 films)

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Everybody Knows, 2h10
Directed by Asghar Farhadi
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darín, Jaime Lorente, Eduard Fernández, Bárbara Lennie
Rating68% 3.44533.44533.44533.44533.4453
Laura vit avec son mari Alejandro et leurs deux enfants à Buenos Aires. À l'occasion du mariage de sa sœur Ana, elle retourne, sans son mari, auprès de sa famille dans son village natal. Elle y retrouve notamment Paco, son ancien amant viticulteur. Mais la réunion familiale dérape lorsqu'Irene, la fille de Laura, disparaît au cours de la soirée de mariage ...
The Queen of Spain, 2h8
Directed by Fernando Trueba
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Actors Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Neus Asensi, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Javier Cámara
Roles Pepe Bonilla
Rating53% 2.651522.651522.651522.651522.65152
Dans les années 1950, en plein franquisme, la superstar internationale Macarena Granada retourne en Espagne, son pays natal, pour incarner Isabelle la Catholique dans un film biographique à grand budget. Quand il apprend son retour, Blas Fontiveros, un réalisateur qui l'a fait tourner dans une comédie musicale en 1938, retourne également à Madrid pour la revoir. Mais son arrivée déclenche une série d'événements inattendus qui perturbent le tournage du biopic surveillé par les hommes de Francisco Franco...
Truman
Truman (2015)
, 1h48
Directed by Cesc Gay
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Ricardo Darín, Javier Cámara, Dolores Fonzi, Àlex Brendemühl, José Luis Gómez, Lucas Hamming
Roles Tomás
Rating72% 3.645473.645473.645473.645473.64547
Julián reçoit la visite impromptue de son vieil ami Tomàs, installé au Canada. Tous deux, ainsi que Truman le chien fidèle de Julian, passent quatre jours ensemble, faits de souvenirs, d'émotion et de surprises intenses, amplifiés par la grave maladie de Julian.
Off Course
Off Course (2015)
, 1h42
Origin Espagne
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Úrsula Corberó, Yon González, Blanca Suárez, Javier Cámara, Carmen Machi, José Sacristán
Roles Próspero
Rating58% 2.9142152.9142152.9142152.9142152.914215
Un couple d'amis surdiplômés, Hugo et Braulio, sont fatigués de chercher du travail en Espagne. Après avoir regardé l'émission Españoles por el mundo, ils décident d'aller tenter leur chance en Allemagne alors décrit comme « le paradis de l'emploi », mais ils se rendront vite compte que la réalité est bien plus difficile...
I'm So Excited!, 1h30
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Origin Espagne
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Javier Cámara, Cecilia Roth, Raúl Arévalo, Lola Dueñas, Hugo Silva, Carlos Areces
Roles Joserra
Rating56% 2.801462.801462.801462.801462.80146
The film opens as ground technician León (Antonio Banderas) removes the chocks from the wheels of an Airbus A340 for Peninsula Flight 2549. He waves to his wife Jessi (Penélope Cruz ), who is towing a luggage cart across the tarmac. The distraction causes her to crash into another ground technician who was checking Twitter. León checks on his wife to make sure she is okay, and she reveals that she is pregnant.
Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed, 1h45
Directed by David Trueba
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Road movies
Actors Javier Cámara, Ariadna Gil, Natalia de Molina, Jorge Sanz, Angel de Andrés Miquel, George Harrison
Roles Antonio
Rating69% 3.49543.49543.49543.49543.4954
It is 1966 in Albacete, an English teacher and die-hard Beatles fan Antonio (played by Javier Cámara) decides to go on a road trip to Almería in the hope of meeting John Lennon, who is shooting How I Won the War there under the direction of Richard Lester. On the way he picks up two hitch-hikers, Juanjo (Francesc Colomer) and Belén (Natalia de Molina), and the unlikely trio follow their dreams and look for their own freedom.
A Gun in Each Hand, 1h35
Directed by Cesc Gay
Origin Espagne
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Ricardo Darín, Javier Cámara, Luis Tosar, Eduardo Noriega, Leonor Watling, Candela Peña
Roles S.
Rating64% 3.245993.245993.245993.245993.24599
Le portrait de de huit quadragénaires dépassés et déconcertés par leur vie. Incapables d'exprimer leurs émotions, ils se retrouvent projetés dans des situations à la fois comiques et pathétiques, révelant leur conflit majeur : la crise d'identité masculine. Entre déprime, séduction, amour, infidélité et solitude, une radiographie de la vie amoureuse des hommes d'aujour'hui qui dépeint sans concession leurs faiblesses et leur quête d'une nouvelle identité.
What's a Bear For?, 1h53
Genres Comedy
Actors Javier Cámara, Emma Suárez, Gonzalo de Castro, Geraldine Chaplin, Jesse Johnson, Oona Chaplin
Roles Guillermo
Rating53% 2.656912.656912.656912.656912.65691
A biologist, Guillermo (Camara) returns to his native Spain after discovering a plant growing in the Antarctic ice. The signs are that he is ready to give up his planet-saving cause. He contacts his wildlife-photographer brother, Alejandro (Castro), who lives in a woodland hut with an enthusiastic young Californian, Vincent (Jesse Johnson), both hoping that the bears that once inhabited this area of Spain will eventually return.
Chef's Special, 1h51
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Javier Cámara, Benjamín Vicuña, Lola Dueñas, Chus Lampreave, Fernando Tejero, Luis Varela
Roles Maxi
Rating60% 3.045523.045523.045523.045523.04552
Maxi (Javier Cámara) is the chef and owner of a restaurant, Xantarella, who aspires to win a Michelin Star but is having financial difficulties. He helps Álex (Lola Dueñas), a maître d’ who is desperately looking for a boyfriend. It has been a while since Maxi has come out of the closet and declared his homosexuality. Since then, he left behind his wife and his two children whom he hasn’t seen in the last seven years. His wife’s death leads him to have to take care of his two estranged kids. Meanwhile, an Argentinian soccer player, Horacio (Benjamín Vicuña), comes into Maxi and Alex’s lives and passes himself off as heterosexual when in reality he’s homosexual. The film develops from the love triangle formed between Maxi, Álex, and Horacio, Maxi’s responsibility to his kids, and the future of the restaurant.
La torre de Suso
Origin Espagne
Genres Comedy
Actors Javier Cámara, Gonzalo de Castro, Fanny Gautier, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Roles Cundo
Rating63% 3.192673.192673.192673.192673.19267
Cundo emigrated to Argentina to seek a new life. Ten years later he returns home, to the funeral of an old friend, Suso. The film chronicles the reunion with family and friends and how Cundo wants to fulfill the ultimate dream of Suso. The film is a tribute to friendship. And above all friendship in an age where it is not so clear why you should remain friends with your childhood friends.
Paris Je T'aime, 1h55
Directed by Wes Craven, Gérard Depardieu, Bruno Podalydès, Alfonso Cuarón, Sylvain Chomet, Alexander Payne, Olivier Assayas, Christopher Doyle, Gus Van Sant, Richard LaGravenese, Walter Salles, Vincenzo Natali, Nobuhiro Suwa, Isabel Coixet, Gurinder Chadha, Oliver Schmitz, Tom Tykwer, Daniela Thomas, Frédéric Auburtin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Anthology film, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Vampires in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Julie Bataille, Steve Buscemi, Bruno Podalydès, Sergio Castellitto
Roles Le cancérologue (Bastille)
Rating71% 3.597873.597873.597873.597873.59787
Génération AMOUR...Au fil des quartiers, des histoires d'amour passager, voilé, mimé, vampirisé, malmené ou révélé...Un Pari(s) moderne émouvant et drôle, un film plein de vie(s) sur le thème de l'Amour.
Fiction
Fiction (2006)
, 1h47
Directed by Cesc Gay
Actors Eduard Fernández, Javier Cámara
Roles Santi
Rating66% 3.3323253.3323253.3323253.3323253.332325
Àlex, a shy and reserved filmmaker suffering from screenwriter's block, goes on holiday to a village in the Pyrenees to stay with his old friend Santi, who has a cabin there. Together the two friends go to have dinner with Santi's lesbian neighbor, Judith, who in turn is receiving the visit of a Monica, a violinist. At Judith's house an attraction between Alex and Monica starts almost imperceptibly over the dinner table when Monica identifies with the character that Àlex describes at the protagonist of his next film project. The friendship between Monica and Àlex develops further when they go horseback riding.
Alatriste
Alatriste (2006)
, 2h25
Directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes
Origin Espagne
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Actors Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Eduard Fernández, Ariadna Gil, Juan Echanove
Roles Conde Duque de Olivares
Rating60% 3.0477453.0477453.0477453.0477453.047745
The story takes place during the 17th century in the Spanish Empire. Diego Alatriste is a soldier in the service of King Philip IV of Spain, during the Eighty Years War. The story begins in the Netherlands, where the tercio of Diego Alatriste fights against the Dutch during the Dutch Revolt. Lope Balboa (father of Íñigo and friend of the captain) is killed here. Diego decides to return to Madrid where he receives the young Íñigo Balboa in his care.
The Secret Life of Words, 1h55
Directed by Isabel Coixet
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Julie Christie, Javier Cámara, Steven Mackintosh, Eddie Marsan
Roles Simon
Rating73% 3.695623.695623.695623.695623.69562
Taciturn, partially deaf Hanna (Polley) is a Yugoslavian native working in a factory in Northern Ireland. She is forced to take a vacation by her boss, who tells her that her co-workers have been offended by her lack of socializing. After overhearing a conversation about a need for a nurse, she takes on a job as private nurse for burn victim Josef (Robbins). He is bedridden on an offshore oil rig after a fire on the rig, and has severe burns and is temporarily blinded. The rig is not operational awaiting an investigation, and few people remain on board.