Alfred Molina

The son of an Italian mother and a Spanish father, hence his last name, Alfred Molina was born in London on May 24, 1953. He speaks Spanish and Italian fluently and his first film appearance was at the age of 28, under the orders of Steven Spielberg in Raiders of the Lost Ark . He then continued to build his film career in films such as Lady Hawk , directed by Richard Donner in 1985; a small role in the drama Eleni , and a 1987 biographical comedy titled Open Your Ears .

His dark hair and eyes and his appearance, perhaps not very British, have led him to be required for roles of French, Greek, Russian characters, such as From Liverpool with love , and even Arabs, as was the case in Not without my daughter (1991) . ), where he played the Iranian husband of Sally Field , who followed the laws of that country to the letter and put his wife and daughter through hell. The following year, the role of a bad husband came back to his hair in An Enchanted April . The actor has declared that his roles in these two films have been the favorites of his career.

Following several made-for-TV movies, Molina appeared in The Kafka Trial (1993), a drama directed by David Hugo Jones and starring Anthony Hopkins and Kyle MacLachlan . In 1994 with Vuelve Colmillo Blanco he entered family cinema, and the same year he repeated with Donner in Maverick , along with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster .

He is not an actor of a single genre, but he is good at enigmatic roles with a touch of evil, as in Boggie Nights , Chocolat , Texas Rangers or Identity . Comedy has been one of the fields that he has not let pass, there are Dudley de la montaña , Los impostores , Funerarias SA or the recentThe Pink Panther2 . In the biographical Frida , starring Salma Hayek , Molina played Diego Rivera, the painter’s husband, a job for which he had to gain a lot of weight; thanks to his interpretation, he was nominated for a Bafta award. He had a hand in another 2003 biography, this time that of Luther , with Joseph Fiennes in his role as a Protestant reformer. Alfred Molina played a clergyman. In 2006 he donned the habits again in his role as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa in the controversial The Da Vinci Code .

But one of his most remembered roles is that of the villain of Spider-Man 2 (2004), playing Doctor Octopus, where he gave life to an evil superhero who became a huge octopus with leadership plans. On the other hand, Molina has participated on the small screen, in different television series, and that is how he has been seen in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit , The Company and Monk .

Regarding the personal, Alfred Molina is a great fan of music, especially jazz; He has been married since 1985 to the actress Jill Gascoine, who already had two children, whom Alfred adopted. He has a biological daughter named Rachel from a previous relationship. He claims to try to humanize all his roles to make them closer and among his favorite actors are Spencer Tracy , Cary Grant , and the Italian, Alberto Sordi . With an average of two films per year, Alfred Molina is at his best moment. His schedule is full of professional commitments such as The Tempest , a film based on the play by William Shakespeare , in which he will share the screen with Helen Mirren .and Djimon Hounsou . In 2010 we will see him in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time , an adaptation of a video game where he will work side by side with Jake Gyllenhaal and Ben Kingsley .