Juan Diego Botto

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Juan Diego Botto Rota (born 29 August 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish film, stage and television actor.

Born in Argentina, he moved to Spain together with his mother (the actress and acting coach Cristina Rota) in 1978. Following early film appearances as a child actor, he landed a breakthrough role in the 1995 film Stories from the Kronen. He has since starred in films such as Martín (Hache) (1997), Plenilune (2000), Broken Silence (2001), Obaba (2005), Go Away from Me (2006) and Ismael (2013). He has also worked as a stage director and playwright and debuted as a film director with the 2022 social drama-thriller On the Fringe.

Early life

Botto was born on 29 August 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, son of Template:Ill and Cristina Rota.[1] His parents were both actors. His father (a member of the Peronist Youth and Montoneros)[1] was kidnapped and murdered in 1977 during the Argentine Dirty War.[1] In 1978, together with his mother and older sister María, he moved to Madrid, Spain, where his little sister, Template:Ill, was born.[2][3][4][5] His sisters are both actresses. His mother taught acting classes out of their apartment, before creating her own academy.

Botto attended high school in New York and lived there for two years.[6]

Career

Botto studied acting at the school founded by his mother in Madrid, which later became the Center for New Creators, based in the Sala Mirador. Later he moved to New York to continue his studies under the direction of Uta Hagen.[7]

Botto's first film appearance was at the age of eight in the film Game of Power, by Fausto Canel (1983).[8]

During the 1980s, Botto played small roles in films and appeared in the 1990 American television series Zorro. In 1992, he landed a role as the son of Christopher Columbus in the film 1492: Conquest of Paradise, by Ridley Scott. Three years later he starred in the film Stories from the Kronen, an adaptation by Montxo Armendáriz of the novel of the same name, in which he achieved great success and popularity.[9]

Botto's role in the 1999 film Sobreviviré (I Will Survive), about a woman who falls in love with a man who, unknown to her, is homosexual, got him more national and international recognition.[10]

Botto's career has included films such as Martín (Hache), by the director Adolfo Aristarain; Broken Silence, by Montxo Armendáriz, Plenilunio, by Imanol Uribe, Asfalto, by Daniel Calparsoro; Go Away from Me, by Víctor García León; Todo lo que tú quieras, by Achero Mañas; as well as several works abroad, such as The Dancer Upstairs, directed by John Malkovich and starring Javier Bardem; Bordertown, by Gregory Nava, starring Jennifer Lopez; The Anarchist's Wife, by Marie Noëlle and Peter Sehr; and El Greco, by Yannis Smaragdis, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cairo Film Festival in 2008.[8][11][12][13]

In his professional career he has always combined cinema and theater. He is the coordinator of the Sala Mirador theater.[14]

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Juan Diego Botto in 2006

In 2005, he directed the play El privilegio de ser perro (The Privilege of Being a Dog), written by himself, about the tough life immigrants are subjected to while trying to sneak into and live in a new country. In December 2008, and after a tour throughout Spain, Hamlet premiered at the Theatre of María Guerrero in Madrid, which he directed and starred in, along with José Coronado, Marta Etura and Nieve de Medina, among others. He is also the author of the plays Despertares y celebraciones, directed by his mother Cristina Rota, and The Last Night of the Plague, directed by Víctor García León.[15][16][17]

In 2012, he wrote the play Un trozo invisible de este mundo. The text, which deals with immigration and exile, mixes drama and humor with commitment. In it he acted, directed by Sergio Peris-Mencheta. In 2014, Botto won the Max Theater Awards for Best Actor and Best New Author for this work, which also won the Max Award for Best Play of the year.[18][19]

He has received numerous cinematographic distinctions. He has been nominated for the Goya Awards four times for his appearances in the films Historias del Kronen, Plenilunio (2000), Vete de mí (2006) and Ismael (2013). His career in the theater has also made him the winner of a Fotograma de Plata Award for best theater actor in 2008 for his participation in Hamlet, as well as two Max Awards and a Cosmopolitan Award.[20][18]

In the 2010s, he participated in the films Silencio en la Nieve (2012), by Gerardo Herrero, Ismael (2013), by Marcelo Piñeyro, Hablar (2015), by Joaquín Oristrell, and La ignorancia de la sangre (2014), by Manuel Gómez Pereira.[21][22][23][24]

From 2016 to 2017, Botto starred in the TNT drama series Good Behavior, playing Javier, a charming hitman with a moral code who crosses paths with Letty (Michelle Dockery), a professional thief. Underneath their cold and calculating work, they both hide a harsh and dark family reality.[25][26][6][27][28]

In January 2017, he worked on the suspense series Pulsaciones, on Antena 3, where he played Rodrigo Ugarte.[29]

He played General Presidente Silvio Luna in the 2021 DC Extended Universe film The Suicide Squad, directed by James Gunn.[30]

His debut as a feature film director is the film On the Fringe,[31][32] selected for screening at the 79th Venice International Film Festival's Horizons section.[33]

Personal life

Botto currently lives in Madrid with his wife, Spanish journalist and writer Olga Rodríguez.[34] They have a daughter, Salma.[35] He is also active in politics, protesting the 2003 war in Iraq[36] and taking part in a support group for fellow children of the disappeared.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1984 Los motivos de Berta (Berta's Motives) Luisito
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1986 Teo el pelirrojo Santiago [38]
1989 Si te dicen que caí (If They Tell You I Fell) [39]
1990 Template:Ill Adolfo Older version of Adolfo portrayed by Miguel Rellán [40]
1991 Template:Ill [41]
1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise [39]
1995 Historias del Kronen (Stories from the Kronen) Carlos Template:Sfn
1996 La sal de la vida Charly [42]
Éxtasis Aspirante [43]
La Celestina Calisto [44]
Más que amor, frenesí (Not Love, Just Frenzy) Carlos [45]
1997 En brazos de la mujer madura (In Praise of Older Women) Andrés [46]
Martín (Hache) Hache [47]
1998 Bin ich schön? (Am I Beautiful) [48]
1999 Novios (Couples) Arturito [49]
Sobreviviré (I Will Survive) Iñaki [50]
Template:Ill Miguel [51]
2000 Plenilunio (Plenilune) El asesino [52]
Asfalto Charly [53]
2001 Silencio roto (Broken Silence) Manuel [54]
2002 Template:Ill Jacobo [55]
The Dancer Upstairs Sucre [56]
El caballero Don Quijote (Don Quixote, Knight Errant) Tosilos Template:Sfn
2003 Los abajo firmantes (With George Bush on My Mind) Jorge Also co-writer [57]
2004 Roma Manuel Cueto / Joaquín "Joaco" Góñez Older version of Góñez portrayed by José Sacristán [58][59][60]
2005 Obaba Miguel [61]
La fiesta del chivo (The Feast of the Goat) Amadito García Guerrero [62]
2006 Vete de mí (Go Away from Me) Guillermo [63]
Va a ser que nadie es perfecto (Nobody Is Perfect) Bit part [64]
2007 El Greco Fernando Niño de Guevara [65]
Bordertown Marco A. Salamanca [66]
2008 La mujer del anarquista (The Anarchist's Wife) Justo Álvarez Calderón [67]
— King Conqueror — Unfinished film [68][69]
2009 Las viudas de los jueves (The Widows of Thursdays) Gustavo [70]
2010 Todo lo que tú quieras (Anything You Want) Leo [71]
2012 Silencio en la nieve (Frozen Silence) Arturo Andrade [72][73]
O Theós agapáei to chaviári (God Loves Caviar) Count Lefentarios [74]
Dictado (Childish Games) Daniel [75]
2013 Ismael Luis [76]
2014 La ignorancia de la sangre (The Ignorance of Blood) Javier Falcón [77]
2017 Los comensales [78]
2020 Rocambola Saeta [79]
Los europeos (The Europeans) Antonio [80]
2021 The Suicide Squad Silvio Luna [81]
2022 En los márgenes (On the Fringe) Manuel Also director and co-writer [82]
No mires a los ojos (Staring at Strangers) Sergio O'Kane [83]
2024 The Room Next Door Photographer [84]
2025 Los aitas (Breaking Walls) Juanma
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Tras el verano (The Stepmother's Bond) Raúl
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Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1990 Zorro Felipe (Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro's mute servant)
1996 Lucrecia César TV movie
2003 Augustus Iullus Antonius TV film
2016-2017 Good Behavior Javier Pereira Series lead
2017 Pulsaciones Rodrigo Ugarte 10 episodes
2019 Instincto Pol 5 episodes [90]
2020 White Lines Oriol Calafat 10 episodes [91]
2020 Tales of the Lockdown Director and writer [92]
2022-2024 Todos mienten Sergio 12 episodes [93]
2022 No me gusta conducir Pablo Lopetegui TV miniseries, 6 episodes [94]

Music videos

Director

Theater

  • El privilegio de ser perro (2008)
  • El ultimo dia de la peste (2010)
  • Invisibles (2014)
  • Una noche Sin Luna (2021)

Accolades

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1996 Script error: No such module "sort". Best New Actor Stories from the Kronen Nominated [100]
2001 Script error: No such module "sort". Best Actor Plenilunio Nominated [101]
2007 Script error: No such module "sort". Best Supporting Actor Go Away from Me Nominated [102]
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2010 Script error: No such module "sort". Best Stage Actor in a Leading Role Hamlet Nominated [105][106]
2013 Script error: No such module "sort". Best Stage Actor in a Leading Role Un trozo invisible de este mundo Nominated [107][108]
2014 Script error: No such module "sort". Best Supporting Actor Ismael Nominated [109]
Script error: No such module "sort". Best New Playwright Un trozo invisible del mundo Won [110]
Best Actor Won
2021 Script error: No such module "sort". Best Film Actor The Europeans Nominated [111][112]
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National Theater Prize — Won [39]
2022 Script error: No such module "sort". Best Stage Actor in a Leading Role Una noche sin luna Won [115]
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2023 Script error: No such module "sort". Best Actor in a TV Series I Don't Like Driving Won [118]
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2025
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