Javier Gil Valle, also known as Javivi, (born June 20, 1961 in

Hervás Hervás (; ) is a Spanish town in the north of the province of Cáceres. It had 3,907 inhabitants in 2023. It is 120 km from Cáceres and 90 km far from Salamanca. It is the capital of the Valle de Ambroz comarca in the Ambroz River ...

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), is a Spanish

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. When he was a child, he lived in

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and he went later to

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, where he studied

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and

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. He worked as a social worker in Madrid Council and he later went back to

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where he received a Ph.D. degree in Sorbonne. In 1994, he went back to Spain, and he started a career as an actor with ''Inocente, Inocente''. His name Javivi is because of his

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Filmography

*'' Abracadabra '' (2017) *'' Altamira'' (2016) *'' Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia'' (2012) *''

The Monk ''The Monk: A Romance'' is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796 across three volumes. Written early in Lewis's career, it was published anonymously when he was 20. It tells the story of a virtuous Catholic monk who give ...

'' (2011) *'' Locos por el sexo'' (2006) *'' Ninette'' (2005) *'' Tiovivo c. 1950'' (2004) *'' Diario de una becaria'' (2003) *'' Haz conmigo lo que quieras'' (2003) *'' El robo más grande jamás contado'' (2002) *'' Noche de reyes'' (2001) *'' Operación gónada'' (2000) *'' La mujer más fea del mundo'' (1999) *''

Los lobos de Washington ''Washington Wolves'' () is a 1999 Spanish thriller film directed by Mariano Barroso and written by Juan Cavestany which stars Javier Bardem, Eduard Fernández, Ernesto Alterio, Alberto San Juan and José Sancho. Plot Miguel and Alberto want to ...

'' (1999) *'' Se buscan fulmontis'' (1999) *'' Mátame mucho'' (1998) *'' El grito en el cielo'' (1998) *'' Pápa Piquillo'' (1998) *'' Brácula. Condemor II'' (1997) *'' Igual caen dos (El atardecer del Pezuñas)'' (1997) *'' Los porretas'' (1996)

References

External links

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Official website
1961 births Living people People from the Province of Cáceres University of Paris alumni Spanish male television actors Spanish male film actors Male actors from Madrid {{Spain-actor-stub