Carmelo gomez

He was born on January 2, 1962 and began as a secondary in films such as Voyage to nowhere , Get off the Moor or Crazy poison ; and in series like Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes or the endearing Celia . With an imposing presence, he was not the classic heartthrob to use, who immediately obtains leading roles. But 1992 arrived, when Julio Medem signed him for Vacas , and there he met Emma Suárez , his future film partner in later titles, with a leading role for him. With her he would work again on The Red Squirrel and Tierra , both also by Medem.

José Luis Garci set his sights on Carmelo for Canción de cuna , an acclaimed 1994 film that earned him the Silver Frame for best actor. From the same year is El detective y la muerte , a dark thriller by Gonzalo Suárez , in which Carmelo appeared in the cast with the Oscar – winner Javier Bardem and the veteran Héctor Alterio . For its part, Días contados , was another example of the prominence that Gómez acquired on the national scene, a film that dealt with ETA terrorism and which won eight Goya awards, one of which went to Carmelo, as best actor. That year he was the father of a girl that he had with his wife Esperanza, a marriage that lasted until 1998.

In 1995 she agreed to be part of Entre rojas , Azucena Rodríguez ‘s debut feature , where Carmelo Gómez shared the screen with Penélope Cruz , Ana Torrent and María Pujalte ; and from the same year it is the version for TV of the work by Leopoldo Alas Clarín ,The Regent, in which the priest who made up the actor felt attracted to a penitent,The Regentof the title, incarnated by Aitana Sánchez-Gijón . Both actors received individual Fotogramas de Plata. A year later, Pilar Miró called him together with Emma Suárez for his next two titles, Your name poisons my dreams and the award-winning El perro del manger , a film with which he won an award from the Círculo de Escritos Cinematográficos, a Silver Frame and a Goya nomination.

From then on, Carmelo wanted to limit his work a bit to dedicate more time to personal and paternal land, but he did not stop working. He acted in Secretos del corazón , a film by Montxo Armendáriz , an Oscar nominee for best foreign film; Entre las legas , Mararía or El portero , were other of his works. In 2000, he put himself under the orders of Antonio Cuadri in La gran vida , a comedy where he gave the reply to Salma Hayek and soon returned to drama with La playa de los galgos , a film by Mario Camus. He also did not want to pass up the opportunity to delve into the horror genre with Nos miran , Norberto López ‘s debut film , which was based on a novel by Javier García Sánchez entitled, ‘The Others’. In addition, Carmelo Gómez knew how to combine his career in the cinema with the theater, and between 2004 and 2005 he premiered ‘La cena’ at the theater.

The drama of El metodo , the thriller of La noche de los girasoles and the comedy in Oviedo Express were other titles where Carmelo Gómez showed his good work and his great quality as an actor, since in each one he used different interpretive registers. In 2007, he returned with an adaptation of a novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte , La carta esférica , by Imanol Uribe , a director he had already met in Días contados or El viaje de Carol .

In the recent La casa de mi padre , a drama by Gorka Merchán , he returns to the ETA theme of Días contados, but from the side of the victims, and works together with the new Spanish star, Verónica Echegui , and again coincides with the wonderful Emma Suárez and with Juan José Ballesta ( Carol’s trip ). Now he is preparing Guts , and he has also made room in his schedule for the theater premiere of ‘Days of Wine and Roses’, together with Silvia Abascal , in which both actors play two alcoholics, characters played in the cinema by Jack Lemmon and lee remickin 1962. The theater rewarded him personally in many facets, and he alleges that “fame is a drag”, and that “what is really interesting is getting on a stage and when the stalls go dark and that’s where all the lights come on because you really are an actor”.

Carmelo Gómez has a good-natured air, a strong and brave appearance, and simple and friendly at the same time. He has stated that “one does not have to be a star, they have to be an actor”. His film career has consolidated him within the Spanish scene and it is honestly a pleasure to see him act.