Gabino Diego

Gabino Diego

Born: September 18, 1966
in Madrid, Spain
Gabino Diego was born on September 18, 1966 in Madrid.

He started in cinema at the age of seventeen by chance, when he auditioned for a role in Las bicicletas son para el verano.

Titles such as El viaje a ninguna parte, ¡Ay, Carmela! or El rey pasmado made him a figure of Spanish cinema.

He won the Luis Buñuel Award for El viaje a ninguna parte and a Goya Award for ¡Ay, Carmela! He was also nominated for a Goya as best leading actor for El rey pasmado, as supporting actor for Belle Epoque and again as leading actor in Los peores años de nuestra vida.

In 1996 he worked in El amor perjudica seriamente la salud, directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira, and in 1998 he starred in Antonio Mercero's La hora de los valientes, obtaining a Goya Award nomination for best leading male performance.

Santiago Segura hired him for his film Torrente 2: misión en Marbella (Gabino also made a cameo in the 1st part of the saga Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley). In 2018, he premiered Tiempo Después, directed by José Luis Cuerda.

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Movies for Gabino Diego...

FFG, el último gran conversador
Title: FFG, el último gran conversador
Character: Self - Actor
Released: August 27, 2021
Type: Movie
Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921-2007), actor, writer, playwright and film director, was for decades one of the most important figures in Spanish culture. His close friends and relatives reveal another facet in which he stood out above all: that of being an excellent conversationalist, capable of hypnotizing and seducing those who listened to him.
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Some Time Later
Title: Some Time Later
Character: King
Released: December 28, 2018
Type: Movie
Planet Earth, 9177. The remains of humankind live in a post-apocalyptic environment divided into only two social classes: the ruling king and the oligarchs who inhabit the Representative Building and the poor of the world who hardly survive in the slums built around it.
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Our Lovers
Title: Our Lovers
Character: Jorge
Released: February 8, 2016
Type: Movie
Carlos is a professionally frustrated screenwriter, and Irene is not sure what she wants to do with her life. When Irene meets Carlos at a coffee shop, she approaches him and, although she doesn't know him, proposes to play a game.
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1:58
Title: 1:58
Character: Voz en off
Released: October 3, 2014
Type: Movie
A careless driver gets into serious difficulties when she runs into a mysterious group of assailants on an abandoned road.
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Ekipo Ja
Title: Ekipo Ja
Character: Gabino Diego
Released: January 19, 2007
Type: Movie
The Ekipo Ja, a group of sane gypsies led by the gypsy Juan De Dios, is in possession, unknowingly, of a sacred seal able to make wishes to him who possesses it. And who wants to possess above all is the Marquesa, a wealthy stranger who does not hesitate to use cunning Italian art dealer persecuted by the police and associated with the Russian mafia, to remove the seal from Juan de Dios. But neither the Marquesa, neither the Italian nor the Russian, not even the Spanish Police, known the capacity Juan de Dios and his men to mess things up and, incidentally, become involved themselves.
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Desde que amanece apetece
Title: Desde que amanece apetece
Character: Pelayo
Released: July 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Pelayo is leaving to work for his uncle Lorenzo and to find a nice girl to settle down with. Pelayo arrives to find out that Lorenzo's "business" is in fact a male strip show and Lorenzo's dancers are a laughing stock. Lorenzo has all his money tied up in his wedding with ex-prostitute Palmira. With Pelayo arriving life turns upside down. Can Lorenzo keep his infidelities a secret and his crew off the streets? Can Pelayo keep from falling for a prostitute on his way to finding a wife?
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Midsummer Dream
Title: Midsummer Dream
Character: Lisandro (voice)
Released: October 29, 2005
Type: Movie
Based on William Shakespeare's novel.
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Dreaming of Julia
Title: Dreaming of Julia
Character: Armín
Released: October 24, 2003
Type: Movie
The year is 1958, and in Holguín, Cuba, a boy's world is about to change forever.
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Moscow Gold
Title: Moscow Gold
Character: Felipe
Released: March 28, 2003
Type: Movie
In an odd destiny coincidence and hospital employee reiceives some important and confident information from a dying old man. He shares it with one friend and both start a crazy and extravangant adventure.
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The Stone Raft
Title: The Stone Raft
Character: José
Released: September 19, 2002
Type: Movie
An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As the geological fracture deepens and widens, the European community begins to disassociate itself from the calamity, and panic ensues among tourists and residents attempting to escape. When Spain and Portugal physically separate from the continent, the detached Iberian peninsula aimlessly floats off to sea, becoming home to a group of god-like humans.
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Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella
Title: Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella
Character: Cuco
Released: March 30, 2001
Type: Movie
For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid to Marbella in Spain to investigate a villain’s plot to destroy the city with a missile. This James Bond style slapstick comedy became the most successful box-office film in Spanish film history beating out only the first Torrente film.
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Title: El Club de la Comedia
Character: Monologuista
Released: September 26, 1999
Type: TV
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A Time for Defiance
Title: A Time for Defiance
Character: Manuel
Released: December 18, 1998
Type: Movie
After the Spanish Civil War breaks out, the Prado Museum is being evacuated. One of the guards finds a painting by the master, Goya, and takes it to prevent damage to the work of art. In the interim, he meets a young lady with whom he falls in love. Assisted by her and her family members, the soldier attempts to save Goya's masterpiece intact amidst the war and violence.
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Cha Cha Chá
Title: Cha Cha Chá
Character: Gustavo
Released: September 6, 1998
Type: Movie
This Spanish romantic comedy focuses on ad-agency career girl Lucia and her best friend, dance-teacher Maria. Maria's boyfriend is the sexist Pablo. One night Lucia puts away too much alcohol, sleeps with Pablo, and hatches a plan to have Pablo to herself by finding a new man for Maria.
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Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
Title: Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
Character: Atracador 2 (uncredited)
Released: March 13, 1998
Type: Movie
Torrente, The Stupid Arm of The Law by Santiago Segura stars Javier Cámara as a corrupt, poor, delusional, sexist, egocentric, drunk and right-winged Madrid cop named Torrente. This over the top comedy shows Torrente on his search for heroin drug dealers and the outrageous characters he passes on his way. A cult film and one of the funniest Spanish films was the most successful box-office film.
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Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Title: Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Character: Young Santi
Released: July 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Madrid, 1965. When The Beatles arrive in the city, Diana goes to great lengths to meet them.
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Two Much
Title: Two Much
Character: Manny
Released: December 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con job leads to an engagement with a rich divorcee. He gets in deeper when he falls for her sister, and invents a twin brother to be her beau; and deeper still when his fiancée's ex-husband comes looking for revenge.
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On Earth as It Is in Heaven
Title: On Earth as It Is in Heaven
Character: San Juan Evangelista
Released: November 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Matacanes dies and goes to heaven just to discover that it was not as he expected, and everyone there is revolutionized lately. Peter explains that God was concerned about the progress of the world, and decided to send a second son to Earth. However, Jesus hears and does not agree, as they would have to rewrite history.
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Los hombres siempre mienten
Title: Los hombres siempre mienten
Released: February 3, 1995
Type: Movie
When Martin is about to be expelled from some literature courses, an unexpected event gives a turn to his uncertain future as a writer. Taking advantage of the absence of his neighbor, a consecrated novelist who entrusts him with the care of his cat, Martín steals his identity and some pages of his latest novel, presented in the school as a result of his own work. As a result of this, the teacher congratulates him publicly and the girl he is in love begins to look at him with different eyes.
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Los peores años de nuestra vida
Title: Los peores años de nuestra vida
Character: Alberto
Released: September 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Alberto lives with his parents and his brother Roberto, quite attractive, who tells him there are lots of girls. Alberto is a romantic guy, and doesn't find a girl for his own. He knew he was in love as soon as he saw Maria, although he was not very sure of what she thought. His brother told him he would help with her, but things get difficult when Roberto also likes Maria.
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Supernova
Title: Supernova
Character: Saturnino
Released: February 26, 1993
Type: Movie
Count Nado, is in love with Fénix, an intergalactic singer. Unable to achieve it with traditional methods, the evil Nado kidnaps the scientist Avelina to make a replica of the singer, creating Supernova.
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Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas
Title: Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas
Character: Pablo
Released: January 28, 1993
Type: Movie
A youngster recently arrived to Spain from Russia falls in love with his own cousin who is an astonishingly beautiful actress and, besides, much older than him.
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Dollar Mambo
Title: Dollar Mambo
Released: January 2, 1993
Type: Movie
Music and dance nurture the story of a group of people who live in a popular neighborhood. The invasion of North American soldiers to Panama will break the tranquility of the place bringing a wave of violence with them.
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Belle Époque
Title: Belle Époque
Character: Juanito
Released: December 4, 1992
Type: Movie
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
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The Dumbfounded King
Title: The Dumbfounded King
Character: Rey
Released: November 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Spain, under Philip IV (1621-1665). The film is based on a novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. The King is stunned to see the naked body of Marfisa, the most beautiful prostitute of the town and Court. After that, he also wants to see the Queen naked. However, the King, despite the opposition and the scandal of the Church, will not stop until he reaches his wishes.
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The Longest Night
Title: The Longest Night
Character: Fito
Released: September 23, 1991
Type: Movie
Fifteen years after the plot a lawyer and a military ex-attorney meet and recall the intense days of 1975 when both participated in the decission of war or peace. The film is told in flashbacks of the two protagonists.
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Offsides
Title: Offsides
Character: Antonio Mancilla - Abogado defensor
Released: September 22, 1991
Type: Movie
Comedy as six pensioners in residence take on the sponsorship of the FOOTBALL team in the neighbouring orphanage with unexpected consequences.
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La viuda del capitán Estrada
Title: La viuda del capitán Estrada
Character: Tomás
Released: September 6, 1991
Type: Movie
After the Second World War, the United Nations has declared the blockade of Franco's Spain. In this historical context, for a time little known, lies the story of the widow of a Spanish army captain.
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El crimen de Don Benito
Title: El crimen de Don Benito
Released: March 6, 1991
Type: Movie
July 18, 1902. A woman and her daughter are brutally murdered in the Extremaduran town of Don Benito. Everybody knows the depraved town boss was responsible, but nobody dares to declare against him.
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Ovejas negras
Title: Ovejas negras
Character: Emilio
Released: May 4, 1990
Type: Movie
Adolfo reunites with his old teacher, Father Benito, to confess him the crimes he committed when he was a young boy just to save the soul of the people he loved.
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Ay, Carmela!
Title: Ay, Carmela!
Character: Gustavete
Released: March 16, 1990
Type: Movie
Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel territory by mistake. They are arrested, fear a firing squad, and receive a reprieve from an Italian Fascist commander who loves the theatre. He arranges a performance for his troops, bargaining with Paulino to stage a burlesque of the republic in exchange for the actors' freedom. Will the fiery and patriotic Carmela consent?
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The Sea and the Weather
Title: The Sea and the Weather
Released: June 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Jesus returns to Spain after a long exile in Argentina. The family he meets is very different from the one he left: they live under the sadness of being the losers of the war, Marcela, before a beautiful young woman, is now an alcoholic, and the youngest can not even understand them. Jesus wants to start a new life in Spain but he feels out of place; Time has turned him into an inhabitant of the other side of the 'puddle'.
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Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing
Title: Dawn Breaks, Which Is No Small Thing
Character: North American Spokesman
Released: January 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Teodoro, a Spanish engineer working as a professor in the United States, returns to Spain to enjoy a sabbatical year.
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Title: Gatos en el Tejado
Character: Dani Beltrán
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: TV
This is the story of Manolo Beltra, a mid-aged, unbelieving foul-mouthed but cherished. He is a TV presenter, famous for his participation in a program called "El humor es algo maravilloso". With life more or less settled, a series of events will break this situation and he will have to rethink his way of thinking and deal with his existence.
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Voyage to Nowhere
Title: Voyage to Nowhere
Character: Carlos Piñeiro
Released: October 15, 1986
Type: Movie
The Iniesta-Galván family is a theatre company that goes from town to town offering its performances. Over the years, its members will have to adapt to changes and make decisions, like that of whether or not to continue performing. One day, unexpectedly, a son that he has fathered on his travels presents himself to Carlos Galván.
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Eliminators
Title: Eliminators
Character: Young Guard
Released: January 31, 1986
Type: Movie
A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.
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Title: Segunda Enseñanza
Released: January 23, 1986
Type: TV
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El rollo de septiembre
Title: El rollo de septiembre
Character: Lorenzo
Released: February 28, 1985
Type: Movie
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Bicycles Are for the Summer
Title: Bicycles Are for the Summer
Character: Luisito
Released: January 20, 1984
Type: Movie
In Madrid, the family of Don Luis, his wife Dolores and their children, Manolita and Luisito, share the daily life of the Civil War with their maid and neighbours. Despite having failed his exams, Luisito wants his father to buy him a bicycle. However, the situation forces them to delay the purchase and the delay, like the war itself, is to last much longer than expected.