Jordi Mollà

Jordi Mollà Perales is a Spanish actor, artist, writer, and filmmaker. He has been nominated three times for the Goya Award for Best Actor for The Lucky Star, Second Skin, and El cónsul de Sodoma.

Early life and education

Jordi Mollà y Perales was born and raised in Barcelona, Spain. He trained at the Institut del Teatre, and furthered his studies in Italy, Hungary, and England. His mother tongues are Catalan and Spanish, and he is fluent in English, Italian, and French.

Career

Acting

Mollà breakout role was in Bigas Luna's 1992 comedy drama Jamón, jamón, where he played the jilted lover of Penélope Cruz's character. Mollà went on to star in other acclaimed films in his native country, including Stories from the Kronen and La Celestina. The latter earned him his first Goya Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His subsequent starring role in The Lucky Star earned him widespread acclaim, earning him a Premios Ondas, a Butaca Award for Best Catalan Actor, and another Goya nomination, this time for Best Actor. He has since been nominated twice more, for Second Skin and El cónsul de Sodoma.
Mollà made his Hollywood debut in the 2001 biographical crime film Blow, where he played a villainous drug trafficker based on Carlos Lehder. Mollà subsequently played a similar character in Michael Bay's 2003 action sequel Bad Boys II, opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. His co-star Gabrielle Union labeled him as "The Tom Cruise of Spain," when praising his performance as drug lord Johnny Tapia. Mollà then starred in The Tulse Luper Suitcases, an ambitious multi-year, multi-media project created by avant-garde director Peter Greenaway. In 2004, he portrayed Juan Seguin, a Spanish-Tejano political and military figure of the Texas Revolution who helped to establish the independence of Texas in the movie, The Alamo.
He has subsequently starred in many high-profile feature films, including Elizabeth: The Golden Age, ''Knight and Day, Che: Part 2, Colombiana, Riddick, In the Heart of the Sea, and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. He starred in the second season of Jack Ryan'' as Venezuelan President Nicolás Reyes.

Directing

Mollà began directing short films in 1994. His debut, Walter Peralta, earned a Goya nomination for Best Documentary Short. He made his feature directorial debut in 2012 with ''88.''

Art

Mollà is a self-taught painter. In the summer of 2002, he exhibited in at the Carmen de la Guerra Gallery, along with a number of other artists.

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	El viatge	Alacots	Episode: "Descansar"
1989–1991	La Granja, menjars casolans	Ramonet	Main cast
1991	Un dels últims vespres de carnaval	Rafello	Television film
1991	Dark Justice	Raul	Episode: "Broken Toys"
1992	Dark Justice	Villain	Episode: "Judgment Night"
1992	Revolver	Jordi Torres	Television film
1993	The Young Picasso: 1881–1906	Ángel F. Soto	Miniseries; 3 episodes
1993	All in the Game	Hotel Receptionist	Miniseries; Main cast
1994	Arnau	Tamim	Miniseries; Main cast
1998	Dollar for the Dead	Federale Captain	Television film
2007	Caravaggio	Cardinal Del Monte	Television film
2008	Stevie	Adrián	Television film
2011	CSI: Miami	Hector Romero	Episode: "Stiff"
2012	China, IL	Dream Reamer	Episode: "The Dream Reamer"
2015	Long Live the Royals	King Diego Belafonte	Miniseries; Episode: "Snore Much"
2018	Genius	Dr. Salvador Ruiz	2 episodes
2018	Queen of the South	Rocco de la Peña	3 episodes
2019	Jack Ryan	Nicolás Reyes	Main cast
2025	MobLand	Jaime Lopez