Pere Ponce Alifonso (born 1964) is a Spanish actor from Catalonia. He earned early public recognition for the 1992 romantic comedy film '' Amo tu cama rica''. He has featured in television series such as ''

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'' and '' Merlí''.

Biography

Pere Ponce Alifonso was born in

Tortosa Tortosa (, ) is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Baix Ebre, in Catalonia, Spain. Tortosa is located at above sea level, by the Ebro river, protected on its northern side by the mountains of the Cardó Massif, of which Buinaca, one of the hi ...

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, in 1964. He studied a degree in psicology, but decided to pursue an acting career instead. Some of his early career in Catalonia include television works such as ''Pinnic'' and credits in films directed by

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such as ' (1984), ' (1985) and ' (1986). Still rather unknown to a wider audience, he starred alongside the similarly unknown

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's romantic comedy '' Amo tu cama rica'', which earned both leads a shared

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for Best Actors. Performances in films such as ''Atolladero'', '' Alegre ma non troppo'', '' The Law of the Frontier'', ''El pianista'', ''La isla del holandés'', ''

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'', '' The Great Vazquez'', and ''Copito de Nieve'' followed. His performance as Genaro in ''

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'' (2012) earned him an

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nomination for Best Film Actor in a Minor Role, whilst his performance as Colombo in '' The Replacement'' (2021) earned him a nomination to the

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. He played the popular role of Eugenio (a priest with progressive ideals who ends up quitting clergy) in ''

'' from episode 10 on, leaving the series after 139 episodes with the character's onscreen death in 2014. Other television roles include performances in ''Tot un senyor'', ''Jacinto Durante, representante'', ''Falsa culpable'', ''

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'' (playing ), '' El ministerio del tiempo'' (playing

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), '' Merlí'' (playing Eugeni Bosch) and ''

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'' (playing Pere Garcia).

References

1964 births Spanish male television actors Spanish male film actors 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors People from Tortosa Living people {{Spain-actor-stub