Nationality Spanish Role Actor Name Luis Tosar | Website www.luistosar.com Years active 1994-present Partner Marta Etura | |
Full Name Luis Lopez Tosar Occupation Actor, Film producer, Musician Nominations Goya Award for Best New Actor Movies Cell 211, Sleep Tight, Even the Rain, Take My Eyes, Miami Vice Similar People Marta Etura, Daniel Monzon, Iciar Bollain, Jaume Balaguero, Alberto Ammann |
El oficio del actor documental con javier bardem luis tosar eduard fernandez mariano barroso 2005
Luis López Tosar (born 13 October 1971) is a Spanish actor and musician. He is one of the most recognizable and versatile actors in Spain, best known for the movies Cell 211 (Celda 211), Take My Eyes (Te doy mis ojos), Sleep Tight (Mientras duermes), Even the Rain (También la lluvia) and Mondays in the Sun (Los lunes al sol). He has a music group called "Menudo" (formerly The Ellas).
Contents
- El oficio del actor documental con javier bardem luis tosar eduard fernandez mariano barroso 2005
- Goya 2010 mejor actor protagonista luis tosar por celda 211
- Early life and career
- Awards
- Mientras duermes Sleep Tight 2011
- Celda 211 Cell 211 2009
- Te doy mis ojos Take My Eyes 2003
- Los lunes al sol Mondays in the Sun 2002
- Filmography
- References
Goya 2010 mejor actor protagonista luis tosar por celda 211
Early life and career

Born in Lugo, Galicia, Spain on 13 October 1971. He began his career playing theater and shorts, but he became famous in Galicia by his performance in 1998 TV Series Mareas Vivas (Galicia Television). Critically acclaimed for his supporting role in the unemployment drama Mondays in the Sun, abusive husband in Take My Eyes, an executive producer in Even the Rain, and doorman in Sleep Tight, his most acclaimed performance has to be from his 2009 hit Cell 211 which stars Tosar as Malamadre, a prisoner that instigates a riot and befriends an undercover prison guard in the process. His only major role in an American film was Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006), starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. Besides that he has appeared in other English films The Limits of Control and Mr. Nice.

Awards

Luis Tosar has won 3 Goya Awards considered as the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards. He has also won the Málaga Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 Málaga Spanish Film Festival.
Mientras duermes (Sleep Tight) (2011)

Celda 211 (Cell 211) (2009)

Te doy mis ojos (Take My Eyes) (2003)

Los lunes al sol (Mondays in the Sun) (2002)

