Juan Margallo

Juan Francisco Margallo Rivera was a Spanish actor, theatre director and dramaturge.
Margallo was considered one of the main actors in Spanish theater.

Life and career

He worked with Miguel Narros, Luis Escobar Kirkpatrick and José Tamayo. In 1976, he played Woyzeck, by Georg Büchner, and La sangre y la ceniza, by Alfonso Sastre. He was awarded the prestigious national award 'Premio Nacional de Teatro 2022'.
In 2011, he founded with his spouse, Petra Martínez, the Uroc Teatro, which received the Medalla de Oro [al Mérito en las Bellas Artes].
Margallo died from complications of a fall in Madrid, on 2 March 2025, at the age of 84.