Óscar Ladoire

Óscar Ladoire
Ladoire in 2024
Born
Óscar Ladoire Montero

(1954-04-01) 1 April 1954
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • director

Óscar Ladoire Montero (born 1 April 1954) is an actor and filmmaker from Spain. He has developed a film career primarily in supporting roles.[1]

Life and career

Óscar Ladoire Montero was born in Madrid on 1 April 1954.[2] He studied at the Faculty of Information Sciences in Madrid, founding the film magazine Casablanca together with Fernando Trueba and Antonio Resines.[1]

He made his big screen debut as an actor portraying Matías in Ópera prima (1980),[3][4] directed by Fernando Trueba and co-written by Ladoire. Ladoire and Trueba founded the production company Ópera Films in 1982.[5] He made his directorial debut with A contratiempo (1982), in which he also starred.[6] He has since featured in titles such as Voyage to Nowhere (1986), The Ages of Lulu (1990), Alegre ma non troppo (1994), Off to the Revolution by a 2CV (2001), and We Treat Women Too Well (2024).[3][7][8] For his part in Alegre ma non troppo, he earned a nomination for the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor.[3]

His performance in Friend Zone (2009) won him the Sant Jordi Award for Best Spanish Actor.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Fernández, Juan (2015). "«El cine español tiene el mejor plantel de secundarios del mundo»" (PDF). Actúa (45): 78–79. ISSN 1698-6091.
  2. ^ "Efemérides: La cantante escocesa Susan Boyle cumple 55 años". Excélsior. 1 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Óscar Ladoire, escollit premi Sant Jordi al millor actor en pel·lícula espanyola". rtve.es. 22 April 2010.
  4. ^ Santos, Noelia (25 March 2020). "21 películas rodadas en un Madrid 'de cine'". Time Out.
  5. ^ "Trueba vuelve a los Oscar con "Chico y Rita"". Diario de Navarra. 24 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Oscar Ladoire interpreta y dirige 'A contratiempo', película 'feminista de un misógino'". El País. 14 March 1982.
  7. ^ Costenla, Tereixa (26 April 2002). "Paco Rabal recrea a un viejo comunista en el último papel de su vida". El País.
  8. ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (11 March 2024). "Los estrenos del 15 de marzo. 'Tratamos demasiado bien a las mujeres'. Maquis perdidos". Aisge.