Dani Rovira

Daniel Rovira de Rivas (born 1 November 1980) is a Spanish comedian and actor.

Career

Early career After graduating in Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Granada, he started touring with Paramount Comedy, performing stand-up comedy all around Spain. He became known for his most famous monologue "Mi familia y yo" ("My family and I"). He then made his first appearance on TV performing in various scenes of a well-known show called Estas no son las noticias (This Isn’t the News) until May 2009. At the same time he worked and played his part in a play called ¿Quieres salir conmigo? (Do You Wanna Go Out with Me?). In February the same year he also appeared in the famous late night show Buenafuente.

In the following years, he established a career in comedy with several appearances on El Club de la Comedia and as a cast member of comedy shows No le digas a mamá que trabajo en la tele and Alguien tenía que decirlo.

2013–present: Ocho apellidos vascos and other roles In 2013 he filmed his first movie Spanish Affair, starring as the main character alongside Clara Lago, Karra Elejalde and Carmen Machi, directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro. The weekend of its premiere in March 2014, the film gathered an audience of 404,020 which resulted in box office gross of 2.72 million euros. The film broke Spanish box-office records, becoming the top-grossing Spanish title of all time with more than $75 million.

Since 2014 Rovira has played the role of Juan Gutiérrez in the comedy TV series B&b, de boca en boca, on Telecinco, until his last appearance in 2015.

On 7 February 2015 he hosted the 29th Goya Awards ceremony. At the same ceremony, he won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for Spanish Affair. On 6 February 2016 he was again host of the 30th Goya Awards ceremony.

In 2015 Rovira starred in the romantic comedy film Ahora o nunca with María Valverde, as well as in Spanish Affair 2, the sequel of the film that rose him to stardom.

He appeared along the comedian Tomás García in the first episode of 99 lugares donde pasar miedo, aired on 27 April 2019 on Discovery MAX.

Personal life In 2013, Rovira began a relationship with his Ocho Apellidos co-star Clara Lago. The couple officially broke up in 2019 after 5 years of dating. On 25 March 2020 he announced he suffers from Hodgkin lymphoma. He and Clara Lago have remained close friends since their breakup. In September 2020, via Instagram, he announced he was cured, writing: "Today's the first day of the rest of my life, I'M CURED!". Dani is vegan and an advocate against eating animals.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Brent McHale voice (Spain) 2014 Ocho apellidos vascos Rafael "Rafa" Quirós 2015 Ahora o nunca Alejandro Fernández 2015 Ocho apellidos catalanes Rafael "Rafa" Quirós 2015 Capture the Flag Richard Carson voice 2016 El futuro no es lo que era Carlos 2016 100 Meters Ramón 2016 Ozzy Fronky voice 2017 Thi Mai, rumbo a Vietnam Andrés 2018 Miamor perdido (Mylove Lost) Mario 2018 Superlópez Juan López / Superlópez 2019 Los Japón Paco Japón 2019 Taxi a Gibraltar León 2021 Jungle Cruise SanchoMediterráneoGerard

Television Year Title Role Notes 2008–10 Nuevos cómicos Himself TV program 2008 Estas no son las noticias Himself TV program 2009 Buenafuente Himself TV program 2010–15 El club de la comedia Himself TV program 2011 Con Hache de Eva Himself TV program 2011 No le digas a mamá que trabajo en la tele Himself TV program 2012 Alguien tenía que decirlo Himself TV program 2013 Óxido nitroso Himself TV program 2014–15 B&b, de boca en boca Juan Gutiérrez García TV series 2014 Todo va bien Himself TV program 2014 Taraská TV Himself TV program 2015 29th Goya Awards Host TV special 2015 MovieBerto Himself TV program 2015 Sopa de gansos Himself TV program 2015–present El Hormiguero Himself TV program 2016 30th Goya Awards Host TV special 2016–2017 LocoMundo Himself TV program 2017 31st Goya Awards Host TV special 2018–present La Resistencia Himself TV program

Awards and nominations