The actor Juan Diego (Bormujos, Seville, 1942) He died this Thursday at the age of 79 in Madrid after a long illness, as confirmed by the Film Academy and the Association of Performing Artists, Management Society (AISGE).
Juan Diego won three Goya Awards, with 9 nominationsfive awards for best actor at the Malaga Festival and has received the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastian Festival for his work in “Vete de mí”, by Víctor García León.
Faithful defender of the importance of culture for society, the actor did not hold his tongue when talking about the political class. In an interview on laSexta Noche, Juan Diego defended that as long as the human being and freedom exist, culture has the duty to resist. Critical of the “political persecution” of culture and very active against cultural VAT, he said that “whoever is in charge, we will be against him and we will criticize him.”
The Association of Performing Artists, Management Society (AISGE) publishes on its Tiwtter account: “How sad to say goodbye to you, dearest #JuanDiego. Partner, teacher, comrade, friend. Example of humble nobility, cultured man that he knew how to do to himself when the circumstances were less favorable. He flies high, he flies free. All our love.”
Born in Bormujos (Seville) on December 14, 1942, precisely Last Saturday, April 2, the town paid tribute to him and named him Favorite Son Township. The actor took to the stage for the first time in 1961 and since then, after he moved to Madrid, he has not stopped reaping film successes, in programs, plays and series.
Juan Diego leaves an extensive curriculum for his participation in films that have earned him countless awards, medals, goyas and recognition for his work. In theater he participated in plays such as ‘The cat on a zinc roof’ ‘El pianista’ or ‘Hipólito’ and on television in ‘Paco’s men’, ‘Official shift’ or ‘The thieves go to the office’, among many. She is a prominent figure in Spanish cinema, she also participated in ‘The Holy Innocents’, ‘Paris-Timbuktu’ or ‘The Way of the English’. Her last film was ‘El Cover’, from 2021.
Source: Lasexta
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