Antonio de la Torre Martín (born 18 January 1968) is a Spanish actor. De la Torre is the actor with most nominations overall to the

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. He won the

Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor The Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor ( es, Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación masculina de reparto) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. It is given in honor of an actor who has deli ...

for ''

Dark Blue Almost Black ''Dark Blue Almost Black'' ( es, Azuloscurocasinegro, links=no) is a 2006 Spanish drama film written and directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo. It was Arévalo's first film. He developed the story from his 2004 short film, ''Física II''. Plot Jo ...

'' in 2007, whereas he earned the

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for '' The Realm'' in 2019. He has starred in many films directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, with whom he collaborated for the first time in the short film ''Profilaxis'' (2003).

Biography

Antonio de la Torre Martín was born on 18 January 1968 in Málaga. After earning a

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in Journalism, he worked work for a time as a sports journalist for Andalusian regional broadcaster

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. He trained his acting chops under Cristina Rota in Madrid. He started his acting career in television series such as ' or '' Los ladrones van a la oficina''. He landed afterwards minor film roles in '' The Worst Years of Our Lives'' (1994, his feature film debut), ''

You Shall Die in Chafarinas ''You Shall Die in Chafarinas'' ( es, Morirás en Chafarinas, links=no) is a 1995 crime thriller film directed by Pedro Olea. It is based on the novel by . It stars Jorge Sanz and María Barranco alongside Óscar Ladoire and Javier Albalá. Plot ...

'', '' The Day of the Beast'', '' Hola, ¿estás sola?'' and '' Not Love, Just Frenzy''. He has since developed a long career in cinema.

Selected filmography

Accolades

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Torre, Antonio de la 1968 births Living people Spanish male film actors People from Málaga Best Supporting Actor Goya Award winners 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Male actors from Andalusia