Manuel Bandera

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Manuel Bandera
File:Malaga Film Festival 2025 - Manuel Bandera.jpg
Bandera in 2025
Born (1960-12-12) 12 December 1960 (age 65)
Málaga, Spain
OccupationsActor, dancer

Manuel Bandera (born 12 December 1960) is a Spanish actor and dancer. He became popular for his performance in the 1989 film The Things of Love.

Biography

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Born on 12 December in 1960 in Málaga,[1][2] Bandera started his career performing as dancer in the game show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez.[3]

He landed a breakthrough role with his performance in Jaime Chávarri's film The Things of Love (1989), which garnered him public recognition.[1][4][2] He played Mario, a homosexual artist victim of the Francoist repression,[2] inspired by the real-life Miguel de Molina (es).[5] He performed minor roles in the Pedro Almodóvar's films Átame and Kika.[6][7] Bandera starred in the lead role of Boabdil in the television miniseries Réquiem por Granada.[8]

He has performed several main cast roles in soap operas, including El súper,[9] Amar en tiempos revueltos,[7] Bandolera[10] and Acacias 38.[11] At present (2021-2022), he is playing a main character in "A Chorus Line" promoted by Antonio Banderas.

Filmography

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Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref
1990 Réquiem por Granada Boabdil Lead role [8]
1999 El súper Main. Introduced in season 3 [9]
2008–2009 Amar en tiempos revueltos Ramón Rivas Main. Introduced in season 4 [12]
2011–2013 Bandolera Juan Caballero Main [13]
2018 El Continental Comisario [14]
2019 Los nuestros 2 General Gamón [15]
2019–2021 Acacias 38 José, "el Choco" Main [16]
Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref
1989 Las cosas del querer (The Things of Love) Mario Starring. Character inspired in Miguel de Molina (es) [5]
1993 Tirano Banderas (Banderas, the Tyrant) Currito mi alma [17]
1994 Las cosas del querer II (es) Mario Sequel to Las cosas del querer [18]
1997 Pajarico (Little Bird) Uncle Juan [19]
2000 Papá es un ídolo (es) Mauricio [20]
2001 El lado oscuro del corazón 2 (The Dark Side of the Heart 2) El Muerte [21]
2010 Don Mendo Rock ¿La venganza? (es) Paco Starring [22]
2016 Parada en el infierno (Stop Over in Hell) Tim Rogers [23]

References

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