Alfredo Landa


Alfredo Landa Areta MML was a Spanish actor.

Biography

He was born in Pamplona, Navarre. He finished his pre-university studies in Donostia-San Sebastián. He then began university studies in law, where he began to work with university school groups. He left university to work in the theater.
After working as a dubbing actor for a short time in the 1950s, he debuted with his first considerable role in film in José María Forqué's Atraco a las tres in 1962.
During the growth of sex comedies in Spanish cinema, Landa became the "sexually repressed" role of that trend. The trend came to be known as landismo.
Afterwards, Landa changed his image, taking much deeper roles, like his bandit in El Bosque animado.
Landa, along with Francisco Rabal, won the Best Actor award at 1984 Cannes Film Festival for his memorable performance in Los santos inocentes.
He is now widely recognized as a great dramatic actor.
After a career with more than one hundred and twenty movies, one dozen of television series, and several stage successes, with a great amount of Spanish and European awards, 74-year-old Landa announced his retirement at the X Festival de Cine de Málaga while receiving a new award.
Landa died on May 9, 2013, following complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 80.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

In 2008 he received the Prince of Viana Prize from the Government of Navarre for promoting his homeland, but he also has received many film prizes throughout his career:
Cannes Film Festival
YearAwardFilmResult
1984Best Actor AwardLos santos inocentesWon

Goya Awards
Fotogramas de Plata
YearAwardFilmResult
1984Best Film ActorLos santos inocentesNomitated
1987Best Film Actor¡Biba la banda!
El bosque animado
El pecador impecable		Nomitated
1992Best TV ActorEl Quijote de Miguel de CervantesNomitated
1993Best TV ActorLleno, por favorNomitated
2007Best Film ActorLuz de domingoNomitated

Spanish Actor's Guild
YearAwardFilmResult
1992Best Film Leading ActorLa marranaNomitated
1993Best TV Leading ActorLleno, por favorNomitated
2007Best Film Leading ActorLuz de domingoWon

TP de Oro
YearAwardFilmResult
1984Best actorNinette y un señor de MurciaWon
1986Best actorTristeza de amorWon
1993Best actorLleno, por favorWon

Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos
YearAwardFilmResult
1981Best actorEl crackWon
1994Best actorCanción de cunaWon
2007Best actorLuz de domingoWon

Honours