Asier Etxeandía

Asier Gómez Etxeandia (born 27 June 1975) is a Spanish film actor and singer, whose career includes television, theater and film performances. He is best known for his character as Raúl de la Riva in Velvet and Velvet Colección and for Pain and Glory, for which he was nominated for Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Biography Asier Etxeandia studied acting at a Biscayan school, of which he only keeps fond memories of two teachers, Eguzki Zubia and Juan Carlos Garaizabal. He recently commented on its beginnings, noting that "when you are 19 years old, you trust your teachers to the end and sometimes they are not qualified, but in need of your admiration. I believed in them and they almost drove me crazy. They play with personal things, it is dangerous. I learned a lot about what not to do, how not to behave in this profession. The actor complained about the teachers who criticized the students who appeared on TV. He remembers a teacher who cut a boy's hair because she did not like his performance. "They had our brains so drained that we were delighted with that wonderful ritual," he sentenced.

Asier Etxeandia left the Basque Country when he settled in Madrid at the age of twenty. In the capital he came to work as a manager of a sex shop while he was studying acting. He went to the program Uno para todos, (Telecinco) in 1995, presented by Goyo González, as a contestant. The Globomedia production company hired him during the first season of One Step Ahead, where he played Beni, a homosexual who entered an arts academy with the hope of becoming an actor. Asier left the series because he feared possible typecasting. In spite of everything, he recognized that his work there opened doors for him and he met his first friends in the capital, including Natalia Millán.

Natalia Millán thought of him to star in the musical Cabaret offering him the role of Master of Ceremonies, the one in charge of commenting ironically on the events that take place in Germany in the 1930s . Manuel Bandera and Emilio Alonso León also worked on this montage . During the performance, Asier brought out members of the audience chosen at random, whom he put in trouble on stage. In order to carry out his work, Asier moved away from the interpretation that Joel Gray carried out in the film to be able to make his own creation, without thereby giving up the playful, ill-intentioned and captivating character of the character.

In 2005, he starred as Dante in the play Infierno by Tomaž Pandur inspired by the Divine Comedy staged at the Teatro María Guerrero.

He was cast in Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces, playing a small role as a blind waiter, which was not included in the final cut, but whose scene is part of the additional content of the film on DVD.

Personal life Asier is openly gay.

Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes La mirada violeta (The Violet Look) Sergio El próximo Oriente (The Near East) Abel Café solo o con ellas (Love Expresso) Javi Las 13 rosas (13 Roses) Enrique Mentiras y gordas (Sex, Party and Lies) Cristo El Capitán Trueno y el Santo Grial Hassan Los días no vividos Jaime Musarañas (Shrew's Nest) Ma ma Julián La novia (The Bride) El novio ('the bridegroom') La puerta abierta (The Open Door) Lupita Dolor y gloria (Pain and Glory) Alberto Crespo Sordo (The Silent War) Anselmo Rojas Asombrosa Elisa (Amazing Elisa) Héctor Teresa El inquisidor ('the inquisitor') El molino Jaime La cena (The Dinner) Alonso

Short films ¡After!, as Koldo. Dir. Oskar Bilbao (1996) Dame otro final, as a stoner. Dir. Nerea Castro (2000) Vértices, as Mario. Dir. Juanan Martínez (2004) Unione Europea, as Tomás. Dir. Andrés M. Koppel (2007) Final, reparto. Dir. Hugo Martín Cuervo (2007) Together, as a man. Dir. Gigi Romero (2009) Supercool, as uncredited choreographer. Dir. Hugo Silva (2016) Por siempre jamón, script. Dir. Ruth Díaz (2014) El pelotari y la fallera, as Asier.

Television

Theatre Cabaret (2003-2005) El infierno (2005) La divina comedia, as Dante Alighieri (2005) El sueño de una noche de verano, as Teseo y Oberón. Dir. Tamzin Townsend (2006-2007) Barroco, as Valmont (2007) Los lunes pueden esperar (2008) Hamlet (2009) Medea (2009) Homero, La Iliada, lectura dramatizada. Dir. Andrea D'Odorico (2010) La avería (2011) La chunga. Dir. Joan Ollé (2013) El intérprete (2013)

Discography Musical Cabaret, B.S.O. (2003) Un rayo de luz, tema: But the world goes round (2006) Obra de teatro El sueño de una noche de verano, temas: Canción de Oberón y Lágrimas de Rocío (2007) Película Las 13 rosas, tema: J'attendrai (2007) Obra de teatro Barroco, B.S.O. (2007) Obra de teatro Hamlet, B.S.O. (2009) X1FIN: Juntos por el Sahara, tema: Sympathy for the devil, dúo con Pastora (2009) El paso trascendental del vodevil a la astracanada, tema: ¿Por qué a mí me cuesta tanto?, dúo con Fangoria (2010) Obra de teatro Algo de ruido hace, B.S.O. (2011) Colaboración en la canción Tercer Mundo del disco Los Viajes Inmóviles de Nach (2014) Redención, primera canción de Mastodonte, dúo que forma junto al músico italiano Enrico Barbaro (2018) Trilogía "Anatomía de un Éxodo", formada por las canciones Malenka, Glaciar y Este Amor. Disco "Mastodonte" compuesto por Mastodonte, grupo formado por Asier Etxeandía y Enrico Barbaro. "Simplemente Perfecto" canción principal de la BSO de la película "Sordo".

Awards and nominations Latin Grammy Awards

Goya Awards

Platino Awards Year Category Film Result:2018Best Actor in a Series Velvet Collection

Fotogramas de Plata Year Category Film Result: 2016 Mejor actor de televisiónVelvet 2014 Mejor actor de televisiónVelvet 2013 Mejor actor de teatro El Intérprete 2003 Mejor actor de teatro Cabaret

Actors and Actresses Union Awards

Max Awards

Ercilla Awards

Málaga Spanish Film Festival