Ricardo Gómez (actor)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parrondo and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Ricardo Gómez
Premios Goya 2018 - Ricardo Gómez.jpg
At the 33rd Goya Awards in 2019
Born
Ricardo Parrondo Gómez

(1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 (age 27)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActor

Ricardo Parrondo Gómez (born 25 February 1994), known professionally as Ricardo Gómez, is a Spanish television, film and stage actor. His early success as actor is intrinsic to his 17-year long performance playing the character of Carlitos Alcántara in the TV series Cuéntame cómo pasó,[1] between 2001 and 2018.

Biography[]

Ricardo Gómez was born in Madrid on 25 February 1994; his family originally lived in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, before moving to the Spanish capital.[2][3]

He joined the cast of the TV series Cuéntame cómo pasó (aired on La 1 since 2001) for the role of Carlos "Carlitos" Alcántara, the younger sibling of the Alcántara family. He was 7 years old when he first performed the character.[4]

During the time he belonged to the cast of Cuéntame, Gómez also performed in other mediums, including his role in José Luis Garci's Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004), short films and stage plays.[5] His breakout performance in a feature film came with 1898. Los últimos de Filipinas (1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines),[3] a 2016 historical war drama film based on the Siege of Baler. He played José, one of the besieged Spanish soldiers garrisoned in the Church of Baler.[3] His performance earned him a nomination for the Goya Award for Best New Actor.[6]

Gómez decided to leave Cuéntame in 2018,[4] after 17 years, 348 episodes and 19 seasons.[1]

Following his exit from Cuéntame, Gómez took part in different theatrical plays such as Mammon (which earned him the Fotograma de Plata Award award for Best Stage Actor) and Rojo,[7] and starred in the series Vivir sin permiso (Unauthorized Living), where he plays Alejandro, a gay teacher and politician.[4][7]

He also joined the cast of three feature films, El sustituto, Mía y Moi and Donde caben dos,[4] a comedy. El sustituto is a story set in 1982 Spain, in which Gómez plays a police inspector destined to a coastal town where people has normalised the presence of hidden Nazis (a plot inspired by the actual stories of Nazi colonies in the Costa Blanca).[8][9] Mía y Moi, in which Gómez co-stars with Bruna Cusí, is the story about two siblings who have suffered domestic abuse reuniting in the rural family house after the death of their mother.[7][10] As of December 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the filming of the three films was completed and they were expected to be released in the future, tentatively in 2021.[4]

Accolades[]

Year Award / Film Festival Category Work Result Ref(s)
2017 31st Goya Awards Best New Actor 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines Nominated [11]
2017 Spanish Actors Union Awards Best New Actor 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines Nominated [citation needed]
2019 69th Fotogramas de Plata Best Stage Actor Mammón Won [12]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Mellado, Ana (3 June 2018). "De San Genaro a Malasaña, las dos vidas de Carlos Alcántara". ABC.
  2. ^ Faginas, Sandra (24 February 2016). "Ricardo Gómez: «Si con 8 años no me convertí en tonto perdido fue por mis padres»". La Voz de Galicia.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Roma, Brais (30 May 2018). "Ricardo Gómez dice adiós a Carlitos: la vida del actor fuera de 'Cuéntame'". El Mundo.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Navas, Sara (11 December 2020). "Ricardo Gómez: "Tengo la sensación de que la gente cree que lo he tenido que pasar fatal por estar toda la vida rodando"". Icon. El País.
  5. ^ "Premian en Nueva York a Ricardo Gómez, el Carlitos de 'Cuéntame'". El Correo. 28 October 2009.
  6. ^ "El actor Ricardo Gómez y «1898, los últimos de Filipinas» en Vila-real". Levante-EMV. 25 January 2017.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c "¿Es Ricardo Gómez un icono gay? El actor habla sobre ello en #YoMeQuedoEnCasa". Shangay. 29 March 2020.
  8. ^ Zurro, Javier (5 November 2020). "¿Nazis ocultos en Denia? Así es 'El sustituto', la nueva película de Ricardo Gómez y Vicky Luengo". El Español.
  9. ^ Boquerini (14 October 2020). "'El sustituto': Nazis ocultos en la Costa Blanca". El Correo.
  10. ^ Boquerini (18 September 2019). "Dos hermanos unidos por el dolor". El Correo.
  11. ^ "Ganadores Premios Goya 2017". Academia del Cine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  12. ^ Herruzo Martínez, Ignacio (4 March 2019). "Los mejores momentos de los 'Fotogramas de plata 2018'". Diez Minutos.
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