Santiago Segura

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Not to be confused with Santiago Segura (American actor).
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Segura and the second or maternal family name is Silva.

Santiago Segura
Attending the 32nd Goya Awards in 2018
Born
Santiago Segura Silva

(1965-07-17) 17 July 1965 (age 58)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Film director
  • actor
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1989–present

Santiago Segura Silva (born 17 July 1965) is a Spanish filmmaker and actor. He also worked to a lesser extent as a television presenter, voice actor and comic book writer, as well as being a collector of original comic books.

At 12, he began making films with a Super-8 camera, and, after a recommendation from Fernando Trueba, began to make films in 35 mm, funded by his appearances in TV game shows.

He earned early recognition for his performance as a metalhead in 1995 film The Day of the Beast (billed as a "satanic comedy"),[1] which won him the Goya Award for Best New Actor.

Great success would come with his directorial feature debut, 1998 dark action comedy and box-office hit

Torrente 3: El protector, Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis and Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas
) that made the highest-grossing Spanish film series.

He then went on to direct films with a lighter tone, likewise churning domestic box-office hits with children comedies such as Father There Is Only One (and its two sequels) and The Kids Are Alright.[3]

Life and career

Santiago Segura Silva was born in

US$
50). In 1992 he went on to direct his first professional short Evilio, followed with Perturbado in 1993.

Segura is a recurring actor in the works of directors

Alex de la Iglesia and Guillermo del Toro
.

In 1993, he had a small role in Alex de la Iglesia's film

computer game (Torrente: El juego).[11]

Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella made €22,838,500 at the Spanish

El gran Vázquez,[14] based on the life of the legendary cartoonist/wastrel Manuel Vázquez Gallego.[15]

In 2014 he released Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas with Alec Baldwin as guest star,[16] and was the top release of 2014 in Spain.[17][18]

He has since made his way into American culture by making appearances in movies such as Pacific Rim, Hellboy, Hellboy II: The Golden Army and Blade II (all of them by Del Toro), Perdita Durango (by De la Iglesia), Jack and Jill and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London.

He has also dubbed video games to Spanish, like Jack Black's role in Brütal Legend.[19]

Because of his success, Santiago Segura has become a producer.[20] He owns Amiguetes Entertainment company, he is associated with the theater in Estación del Norte in Madrid,[21] and has produced Promedio rojo (2004) (featuring Nicolás López)[22][23] and Aquí mando yo... y punto com.[24]

In 2018 he appeared in the third season of MasterChef Celebrity.[25] He was the 10th contestant to be eliminated.[26]

Filmography

Film

Year Work Director Writer Producer Notes Ref.
1998
Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley
 (Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law)		 Yes Yes No [27]
2001
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella
 (Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella)		 Yes Yes Uncredited executive producer [28]
2005
Torrente 3: El protector
 Yes Yes Uncredited Also uncredited executive producer [29]
2011 Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis Yes Yes Uncredited [30]
2014 Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas Yes Yes Uncredited [31]
2018 Sin rodeos (Empowered) Yes Yes Yes [32]
2019 Padre no hay más que uno (Father There Is Only One) Yes Yes Yes [33]
2020 Padre no hay más que uno 2 (Father There Is Only One 2) Yes Yes Yes [34]
2021 ¡A todo tren! Destino Asturias (The Kids Are Alright) Yes Yes Yes
2022
Padre no hay más que uno 3
 Yes Yes Yes
A todo tren 2: Sí, les ha pasado otra vez
 No Yes Yes [35]
2023
Vacaciones de verano
 Yes Yes Yes [36]

Producer only

Year Work Role
2001 I Murder Seriously Co-producer
2002 Promedio rojo Producer
2003 Una de zombies
2004 The Amazing World of Borjamari and Pocholo
2006 Dance Machine
2010 Unresolved Sexual Tension
2016 Three-60

Short film

Year Work Director Writer Producer Notes
1989 Relatos de la medianoche Yes Yes Yes Also cinematographer and editor
1992 Evilio Yes Yes No
1993 Perturbado Yes Yes No
1995 Evilio vuelve (el purificador) Yes Yes No
2012 Wild Flower No No Associate producer
2015 Consumo Responsable (Nivel 7) Yes Yes No Advertising short

As an actor

  • Relatos de medianoche (1989, Short)
  • Eduardo (1990, Short)
  • Evilio (1992, Short)
  • El cobrador del gas sólo llama una vez (1992, Short)
  • Acción mutante
     (1993) .... Ezequiel
  • Everyone Off to Jail (1993) .... Ecologista
  • Perturbado (1993, Short)
  • Todo es mentira (1994) .... Vendedor
  • Evilio vuelve (1994, Short) .... Evilio
  • Cuernos de mujer (1995) .... Ciego
  • El día de la Bestia
     (1995) .... José María
  • Two Much (1996) .... Paparazzi
  • Matías, juez de línea (1996) .... Antidisturbios 1
  • Killer Barbys (1996) .... Baltasar
  • Tengo una casa (1996) .... Guardia 1
  • La buena vida (1996)
  • Sólo se muere dos veces (1997) .... Amilibia
  • Airbag (1997) .... Candidato Paiño
  • Perdita Durango (1997) .... Shorty Dee
  • Torrente: El brazo tonto de la ley
     (1998, actor, writer and director) .... Torrente
  • La niña de tus ojos
     (1998) .... Castillo
  • Muertos de risa
     (1999) .... Nino
  • París-Tombuctú (1999) .... El Cura
  • Pídele cuentas al rey (1999) .... Vagabundo
  • La mujer más fea del mundo (1999) .... El presidente de la República (uncredited)
  • El corazón del guerrero
     (1999) .... Netheril / Carlos José
  • Sabotage! (2000) .... Cyrille Léotard
  • Obra maestra
     (2000) .... Benito Cañaveras
  • Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella
     (2001, actor, writer, director and producer) .... Torrente
  • Girl from Rio (2001) .... Paulo
  • Manolito Gafotas en ¡Mola ser jefe! (2001) .... Himself (uncredited)
  • Blade II (2002) .... Rush
  • Asesino en serio (2002, co-producer) .... Padre Gorkisolo
  • Zero/infinito (2002) .... (voice)
  • El oro de Moscú
     (2003) .... Íñigo Fuentes
  • Beyond Re-Animator (2003) .... Speedball
  • Tiptoes (2003) .... Motel Manager
  • Una de zombis (2003, actor and producer) .... Padre Pelayo / Entrecot / Himself
  • Noin (2003) .... Himself
  • Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) .... Santiago
  • Hellboy (2004) .... Train Driver
  • Isi Disi (2004) .... Isi
  • Promedio rojo (2004, producer) .... Doctor
  • Di que sí
     (2004) .... Oscar Vázquez
  • El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo
     (2004, actor and producer) .... Borjamari
  • Torrente 3: El protector
     (2005, actor, writer, director and producer) .... Torrente
  • Bienvenido a casa (2006)
  • La máquina de bailar (2006) .... Johnny
  • Isi & Disi, alto voltaje (2006) .... Isi
  • Ekipo Ja (2007) .... Santiago Segura
  • Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008) .... Docteurmabus
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) .... Distinguished Buyer
  • Manolete (2008) .... Guillermo
  • King Shot (2009)
  • Tensión sexual no resuelta (2010) .... Hacker (uncredited)
  • The Last Circus (2010) .... Padre-Payaso tonto
  • El gran Vázquez
     (2010) .... Vázquez
  • Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis (2011) .... Torrente
  • Koma (2011) .... Vendedor
  • Jack and Jill (2011) .... Eduardo (uncredited)
  • As Luck Would Have It
     (2011) .... David Solar
  • Pa' Habbo (2011)
  • El Chef (2012) .... Juan
  • Pacific Rim (2013) .... Wizened Man
  • Gente en sitios (2013)
  • Witching & Bitching (2013) .... Miren
  • Torrente V: Operación Eurovegas (2014) .... Torrente
  • Pos eso (2014) .... Damián / Obispo / Satán (voice)
  • Rey Gitano (2015) .... Conde de Segura
  • The Strain (2015, TV Series) .... Evil Boxing Coach
  • My Big Night (2015) .... Benítez
  • Wild Oats (2016) .... Carlos
  • The Queen of Spain (2016) .... Castillo
  • Herederos de la bestia
     (2016)
  • Casi leyendas (2017) .... Axel
  • You Only Live Once (2017) .... Tobías López
  • Los resucitados (2017) .... Don Lorenzo, Conde de Evilio
  • Las grietas de Jara (2018) ... Mario Borla[37]
  • Sin rodeos (2018)
  • Padre no hay más que uno
     (2019) .... Javier
  • Little Red Riding Wolf (2023) .... Pharmacist

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1996 10th Goya Awards Best New Actor The Day of the Beast Won [38]
1999 13th Goya Awards Best New Director Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law Won [39]

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