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Santiago Segura

Santiago Segura

Birthday: 1965-07-17 | Place of Birth: Madrid - Spain

Born in Madrid, Santiago Segura started his career by making his first short movie at the age of fourteen. After studying Arts in Madrid, he finally decided to become a filmmaker. His first short film Relatos de la medianoche (1989) was made with a budget of only 7.000 pts. (about 60 dollars). After that, he appeared as a contestant in several Spanish TV quiz shows, such as  Locos por la tele (1990) and No te rías, que es peor (1990). With the money he made of those appareances, he directed Evilio. (1992) and shortly after, Perturbado (1993), winning a Goya for the best short film in 1994. His last short film is the sequel Evilio vuelve (El purificador) (1994). He's a very good friend of the Spanish director  Álex de la Iglesia and he has appeared in all of his films. In 1998, he directed his firt feature film, the smashing hit Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley (1998).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
El desafío

as    Jurado

2020
Father There Is Only One 2

as    Javier García

2020
Ibáñez

as    Self - Filmmaker

2019
Hoy no, mañana

as    Himself - Presenter

2019
Father There Is Only One

as    Javier García

2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond

as    Rugen Zelig

2017
You Only Live Once

as    Tobías López

2015
My Big Night

as    Benítez

2014
Le Chef

as    Juan

2013
Viaje al centro de la tele

as    Narrador

2011
As Luck Would Have It

as    David Solar

2011
The Last Circus

as    Padre-Payaso tonto

2008
A Matador's Mistress

as    Guillermo

2003
Comandante

as    Self (uncredited)

2003
Beyond Re-Animator

as    Speedball

2001
Girl from Rio

as    Paulo

1999
Dying of Laughter

as    Nino

1997
Dance with the Devil

as    Shorty Dee

1996
Vampire Killer Barbys

as    Baltasar