Pol López
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| Born | 1984 (age 40–41) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Education | Institut del Teatre |
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Pol López (born 1984) is a Spanish actor from Catalonia.
Early life and education
Pol López was born in 1984 in Barcelona.[1] He received training at the Institut del Teatre,[2] after which he founded the 'Solitària' theatre group alongside Júlia Barceló and Pau Vinyals.[3]
Career
At age 17, he played a bit part in the comedy film The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant (2003).[4][5] His film work includes appearances in El camino más largo para volver a casa (2014), The Tunnel Gang (2017), and Historias lamentables (2020).[6] In 2021, he played a chilling role as an extreme right thug in The Replacement (2021), a thriller set in 1982 Denia.[7] He also appeared in television series such as Matar al padre, What the Future Holds, Vergüenza, and Santo.[7] His stage credits include performances in American Buffalo and El Curioso incidente del Perro a Medianoche, while he has also directed some plays.[7] Likewise, his role in a play of Hamlet directed by Pau Carrió earned him the Butaca Award for Best Actor in 2016.[8] He portrayed Alceste in a play of The Misanthrope performed at the Teatre Lliure.[9]
He starred alongside Victoria Luengo in the rural thriller Cork (2022) as a couple starting a new life in the cork business.[10] His performance earned him the Gaudí Award for Best Leading Actor.[11] He featured as Emilio Suárez Trashorras, a mentally unstable former miner (and sentenced to 34,715 years in jail), in the crime drama miniseries See You in Another Life (2024), based on the so-called Asturian plot of the 11-M train bombings, the procurement of explosives for the attacks.[12][13] His role earned him the Feroz Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series.[14] He also played the role of the protective brother of a teenage werewolf in Werewolf (2023).[15]
References
- ^ "Pol López: "El suceso histórico que más admiro es la destilación"". Babelia. 24 December 2022 – via El País.
- ^ Molner, Eduard (12 March 2016). "Psicoanàlisi de Hamlet Una conversa amb Pol López, actor, i Pau Carrió, director". La Vanguardia.
- ^ Gomila, Andreu (9 March 2017). "De 'Hamlet' hacia 'Hedda Gabler'". Time Out.
- ^ Fernández, Imma (19 August 2015). "En la escalera del éxito". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ "La generació més precoç de Montagú i Capulet". Ara.
- ^ ""Siliqua", un audio teatro exclusivo de Pol López para el Mas Miro". Diari de Tarragona. 5 July 2022.
- ^ a b c Montoya, Àlex (28 October 2021). "Ricardo Gómez, el poli que cazaba nazis en la España facha de Naranjito". El Nacional.
- ^ Cervera, Marta (19 December 2016). "'Molt soroll per no res' y 'Dansa d'agost' se imponen en los Butaca". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Gomila, Andreu (9 December 2024). "El misantrop". Time Out.
- ^ Mantilla, Daniel (20 September 2022). "'Suro': Mikel Gurrea, el hijo pródigo que vuelve a casa con una reflexión sobre la pareja, la clase y el racismo". Bluper – via El Español.
- ^ "Pol López logra el Gaudí a Mejor protagonista masculino por su interpretación en 'Suro'". Europa Press. 23 January 2023.
- ^ Moragas, Josep (14 April 2024). "Pol López: "M'encantaria fer teatre a l'Argentina"". RAC1.
- ^ Rey, Alberto (25 March 2024). "Nos vemos en otra vida: el gran hallazgo de Emilio Trashorras, un demonio loco clave en el 11-M". El Mundọ.
- ^ Abenia, Enrique (26 January 2025). "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz 2025: 'Salve María' emerge entre 'Casa en llamas', 'Querer' y Almodóvar". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (15 July 2024). "os estrenos del 17 de julio. 'Llobàs' ('Lobisón'). Noches inconfesables". Aisge.