José Luis Gómez García (born 19 April 1940) is a Spanish film actor and director. He has appeared in 33 films since 1968. At the

1976 Cannes Film Festival The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976. American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition. American filmmaker Martin Scorsese won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama ...

, he won the award for Best Actor in the film ''

Pascual Duarte ''Pascual Duarte'' is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Ricardo Franco (director), Ricardo Franco. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where José Luis Gómez (actor), José Luis Gómez won the award for Best Actor Award (Cann ...

''. Gómez was elected to Seat ''Z'' of the

Real Academia Española The Royal Spanish Academy (, ; ) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other Hispanopho ...

on 1 December 2011; he took up his seat on 26 January 2014.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1976) * '' In Memoriam'' (1977) * ''

Blindfolded Eyes ''Blindfolded Eyes'' () is a 1978 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. Plot An executive director makes an impassioned speech before a tribunal, pleading for the release of world prison ...

'' (1978) * '' Dedicatoria'' (1980) * ''

Rowing with the Wind ''Rowing with the Wind'' a.k.a. ''Remando al viento'' (Spanish title) is a 1988 Spanish film written and directed by Gonzalo Suárez. The film won seven Goya Awards. It concerns the English writer Mary Shelley and her circle. Plot In the summe ...

'' (1988) * '' Lights and Shadows'' (1988) * ''

Prince of Shadows ''Beltenebros'', also known as ''Prince of Shadows'', is a 1991 Spanish crime- thriller mystery film co-written and directed by Pilar Miró and starring Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez, Geraldine James and Simón Andreu. It was ...

'' (1991) * ''

The End of a Mystery ''The End of a Mystery'' () is a 2003 Spanish-Italian drama film directed by Miguel Hermoso. The screenplay by Fernando Marías is an adaptation of his 1990 novel ''La luz prodigiosa''. Cast Production A Spanish/Italian co-production, the f ...

'' (2003) * ''

Goya's Ghosts ''Goya's Ghosts'' is a 2006 biographical drama film, directed by Miloš Forman (his final directorial feature before his death in 2018), and written by him and Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, and Stellan Ska ...

'' (2006) * ''

Los Abrazos Rotos ''Broken Embraces'' () is a 2009 Spanish romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Almodóvar regulars, it stars Lluís Homar as a blind Madrilenian screenwriter who rec ...

'' (2009) * ''

The Skin I Live In ''The Skin I Live In'' () is a 2011 Spanish psychological thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet and Roberto Álamo. It is based on Thierry Jonquet's 1984 n ...

'' (2011) * '' El Mudo'' (2013)

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* 1940 births Living people Members of the Royal Spanish Academy Spanish male film actors People from Huelva 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners {{Spain-actor-stub