Alfredo Landa

Excelentísimo Señor Don

Alfredo Landa

MML
Excelentísimo Señor Don; Alfredo Landa; MML
Born	Alfredo Landa Areta; 3 March 1933; Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Died	9 May 2013 (aged 80); Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957–2007
Spouse(s)	Maite Imaz Aramendi
Children	Ainhoa, Idoia and Alfredo

Alfredo Landa Areta MML (3 March 1933 – 9 May 2013) was a Spanish actor.^[1]

Biography[]

He was born in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on 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.

When Francisco Franco died in 1975, censorship began to disappear. This led to a growth of erotic comedies on Spanish cinema. Landa became the "sexually repressed" role of that trend, especially under directors Mariano Ozores and Pedro Lazaga. He even created his own trend, that some people called landismo.^[2]

Afterwards, Landa changed his image, taking much deeper roles, like his bandit in El Bosque animado.^[3]

Landa, along with Francisco Rabal, won 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 (10th Movie Festival of Málaga) while receiving a new award.^[4]

Landa died on May 9, 2013 following complications from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 80.

Filmography[]

Year	Film	Director
1957		Rafael J. Salvia
1962	Atraco a las tres	José María Forqué
1963	The Fair of the Dove	José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
	El verdugo	Luis García Berlanga
		Arturo González
1964	La niña de luto	Manuel Summers
		José María Forqué
		Franco Castellano and Pipolo
	Aragonese Nobility	Juan de Orduña
1965	Television Stories	José Luis Sáenz de Heredia

		Fernando Fernán Gómez
	La ciudad no es para mí	Pedro Lazaga
		Mariano Ozores
		Pedro Lazaga
		Antonio Eceiza
1966		and
	(episode)	José María Forqué
	Amor a la española
		Pedro Lazaga
		Pedro Lazaga
		Pedro Lazaga
1967
		Mariano Ozores
		José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
		José María Forqué
		Pedro Lazaga
	Forty Degrees in the Shade	Mariano Ozores
		José María Forqué

		Javier Aguirre
		Manuel Summers
1968
		Javier Aguirre
		Manuel Summers
	Farewell to Marriage	Juan de Orduña
1969
		Eugenio Martín
		Mariano Ozores
		Javier Aguirre
		José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
1970		José Luis Sáenz de Heredia



	Vente a Alemania, Pepe	Pedro Lazaga


1971		Vicente Escrivá


		Pedro Lazaga

		Pedro Lazaga

1972
		Pedro Lazaga

1973		Pedro Lazaga
		Mariano Ozores
		Mariano Ozores

		Mariano Ozores
1974		Mariano Ozores

		Mariano Ozores
		Mariano Ozores

1975		José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
		Mariano Ozores
		Mariano Ozores
		Eugenio Martín
		Mariano Ozores
1976		Mariano Ozores
1976	El puente	Juan Antonio Bardem
1977
1978
1978		Fernando Cortés
1979	Las verdes praderas	José Luis Garci
		Didier Haudepin

		José Ramón Larraz
1980		José María Forqué

		Antonio del Real
		Tito Davison
1981	El crack	José Luis Garci

		Antonio Mercero
1982
1982		Juan Bosch
1983		José Luis Garci
	Las autonosuyas	Rafael Gil

1984	Los santos inocentes	Mario Camus
1985		Basilio Martín Patino
1985	La vaquilla	Luis García Berlanga
1986		Pedro Olea
1986	Tata mía	José Luis Borau
1987		Ricardo Palacios

	El bosque animado	José Luis Cuerda
1988		Francesc Betriu
1989		Antonio del Real
1989
1991		Luigi Comencini
1992
1992		José Luis Cuerda
1994	Canción de cuna	José Luis Garci
1994	Por fin solos	Antonio del Real
1995	El rey del río	Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
1996
2000
2002	Historia de un beso	José Luis Garci
2002
2003	La luz prodigiosa	Miguel Hermoso
2003		Jesús Bonilla
2004	Tiovivo c. 1950	José Luis Garci
2007	Luz de domingo	José Luis Garci
2007	El Arca de Noé (voice, as God)^[5]

Awards and nominations[]

In 2008 he received the Prince of Viana Prize from the Government of Navarre for promoting his homeland,^[6] but he also has received many film prizes throughout his career:

Cannes Film Festival

Year	Award	Film	Result
1984	Best Actor Award	Los santos inocentes	Won

Goya Awards

Year	Award	Film	Result
1987	Best Leading Actor	El bosque animado	Won
1988	Best Leading Actor		Nominated
1989	Best Leading Actor		Nominated
1992	Best Leading Actor		Won
1994	Best Leading Actor	Canción de cuna	Nominated
2003	Best Leading Actor	La luz prodigiosa	Nominated
2007	Best Leading Actor	Luz de domingo	Nominated
2007	Honorary Goya Award		Won

Fotogramas de Plata

Year	Award	Film	Result
1984	Best Film Actor	Los santos inocentes	Nominated
1987	Best Film Actor	El bosque animado	Nominated
1992	Best TV Actor		Nominated
1993	Best TV Actor		Nominated
2007	Best Film Actor	Luz de domingo	Nominated

Year	Award	Film	Result
1992	Best Film Leading Actor		Nominated
1993	Best TV Leading Actor		Nominated
2007	Best Film Leading Actor	Luz de domingo	Won

TP de Oro

Year	Award	Result
1984	Best actor	Won
1986	Best actor	Won
1993	Best actor	Won

Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos

Year	Award	Film	Result
1981	Best actor	El crack	Won
1994	Best actor	Canción de cuna	Won
2007	Best actor	Luz de domingo	Won

Honours[]

Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (Kingdom of Spain, 5 December 2008).^[7]

References[]

^ Rolfe, Pamela (May 9, 2013). "Spanish Actor Alfredo Landa Dies at 80". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
^ Umbral, Francisco (1984-06-18). "Alfredo Landa". El País. Madrid. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
^ "Alfredo Landa, Goya de Honor por su carrera artística". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Madrid. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
^ Picón, Jose Luis (2007-03-16). "Alfredo Landa hace oficial en el Festival de Málaga su retirada del cine". El Mundo. Madrid. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
^ Alfredo Landa as God
^ "Vianako Printzea Kultura saria jaso du Alfredo Landak". Berria. Andoain. 2008-06-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
^ R., Juan Carlos; Corbacho Chaves, Celestino (5 December 2008). "REAL DECRETO 2040/2008, de 5 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en el Trabajo, en su categoría de Oro, a don Alfredo Landa Areta" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid (294): 19797. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

External links[]

Alfredo Landa at IMDb

[HR-obit-1] Rolfe, Pamela (May 9, 2013). "Spanish Actor Alfredo Landa Dies at 80". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

[ElPais-2] Umbral, Francisco (1984-06-18). "Alfredo Landa". El País. Madrid. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

[3] "Alfredo Landa, Goya de Honor por su carrera artística". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Madrid. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2010.

[ElMundo-4] Picón, Jose Luis (2007-03-16). "Alfredo Landa hace oficial en el Festival de Málaga su retirada del cine". El Mundo. Madrid. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

[5] Alfredo Landa as God

[6] "Vianako Printzea Kultura saria jaso du Alfredo Landak". Berria. Andoain. 2008-06-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

[7] R., Juan Carlos; Corbacho Chaves, Celestino (5 December 2008). "REAL DECRETO 2040/2008, de 5 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en el Trabajo, en su categoría de Oro, a don Alfredo Landa Areta" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid (294): 19797. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

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show v t Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award
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1976–2000	José Luis Gómez (1976) Fernando Rey (1977) Jon Voight (1978) Jack Lemmon / Stefano Madia (1979) Michel Piccoli / Jack Thompson (1980) Ugo Tognazzi / Ian Holm (1981) Jack Lemmon (1982) Gian Maria Volonté (1983) Alfredo Landa / Francisco Rabal (1984) William Hurt (1985) Michel Blanc / Bob Hoskins (1986) Marcello Mastroianni (1987) Forest Whitaker (1988) James Spader (1989) Gérard Depardieu (1990) John Turturro / Samuel L. Jackson (1991) Tim Robbins (1992) David Thewlis (1993) Ge You (1994) Jonathan Pryce (1995) Pascal Duquenne / Daniel Auteuil (1996) Sean Penn (1997) Peter Mullan (1998) Emmanuel Schotte (1999) Tony Leung Chiu-wai (2000)
2001–present	Benoît Magimel (2001) Olivier Gourmet (2002) Muzaffer Özdemir / Mehmet Emin Toprak (2003) Yūya Yagira (2004) Tommy Lee Jones (2005) Jamel Debbouze / Samy Naceri / Roschdy Zem / Sami Bouajila / Bernard Blancan (2006) Konstantin Lavronenko (2007) Benicio del Toro (2008) Christoph Waltz (2009) Javier Bardem / Elio Germano (2010) Jean Dujardin (2011) Mads Mikkelsen (2012) Bruce Dern (2013) Timothy Spall (2014) Vincent Lindon (2015) Shahab Hosseini (2016) Joaquin Phoenix (2017) Marcello Fonte (2018) Antonio Banderas (2019) Caleb Landry Jones (2021)

show v t Goya Award for Best Actor
1980s	Fernando Fernán Gómez (1986) Alfredo Landa (1987) Fernando Rey (1988) Jorge Sanz (1989)
1990s	Andrés Pajares (1990) Fernando Guillén (1991) Alfredo Landa (1992) Juan Echanove (1993) Carmelo Gómez (1994) Javier Bardem (1995) (1996) Antonio Resines (1997) Fernando Fernán Gómez (1998) Francisco Rabal (1999)
2000s	Juan Luis Galiardo (2000) Eduard Fernández (2001) Javier Bardem (2002) Luis Tosar (2003) Javier Bardem (2004) Óscar Jaenada (2005) Juan Diego (2006) Alberto San Juan (2007) Benicio del Toro (2008) Luis Tosar (2009)
2010s	Javier Bardem (2010) José Coronado (2011) José Sacristán (2012) Javier Cámara (2013) Javier Gutiérrez (2014) Ricardo Darín (2015) Roberto Álamo (2016) Javier Gutiérrez (2017) Antonio de la Torre (2018) Antonio Banderas (2019)
2020s	Mario Casas (2020)

show v t Honorary Goya Award
1980s	1986: José F. Aguayo 1987: Rafaela Aparicio 1988: Imperio Argentina 1989: Victoriano López García
1990s	1990: Enrique Alarcón 1991: Emiliano Piedra 1992: Manuel Mur Oti 1993: Tony Leblanc 1994: José María Forqué 1995: Federico Gutiérrez-Larraya 1996: Miguel Picazo 1997: Rafael Azcona 1998: Rafael Alonso 1999: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
2000s	2000: José Luis Dibildos 2001: Juan Antonio Bardem 2002: Manuel Alexandre 2003: Héctor Alterio 2004: José Luis López Vázquez 2005: Pedro Masó 2006: Tedy Villalba 2007: Alfredo Landa 2008: Jesús Franco 2009: Antonio Mercero
2010s	2010: Mario Camus 2011: Josefina Molina 2012: Concha Velasco 2013: Jaime de Armiñán 2014: Antonio Banderas 2015: Mariano Ozores 2016: Ana Belén 2017: Marisa Paredes 2018: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador 2019: Pepa Flores
2020s	2020: Ángela Molina

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Excelentísimo Señor Don Alfredo Landa MML

Born	Alfredo Landa Areta (1933-03-03)3 March 1933 Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Died	9 May 2013(2013-05-09) (aged 80) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957–2007
Spouse(s)	Maite Imaz Aramendi
Children	Ainhoa, Idoia and Alfredo