Javier Cámara Spanish Actor Born 1967 in Albelda de Iregua

Javier Cámara, born 19 January 1967 in Albelda de Iregua, is a Spanish actor. He is known for Talk to Her (2002) and Bad Education (2004).

Career

His screen career on record begins in 1993 with Rosa Rosae. The 1990s brought Alegre ma non troppo (1994) and Torrente, the dumb arm of the law (1998). His 2000s credits include Paris, je t'aime (2006) and Alatriste (2006). During the 2010s, he worked on I'm So Excited (2013) and Narcos (2015, as Guillermo Pallomari). Work from the 2020s includes The New Pope (2020) and Forgotten We'll Be (2020, as Héctor Abad Gómez).

Javier Cámara’s credits add up to 40 films and 14 TV series from 1993 to 2026. Comedy is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (12), followed by drama (9) and comedy drama (5). His credits run up to 53 Sundays in 2026. Behind the camera, he is listed as director on Yakarta.

Leonor Watling appears in seven of his listed titles, including The Secret Life of Words (2005) and A Gun in Each Hand (2012). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Raúl Arévalo (five titles) and Penélope Cruz (three titles). Nacho G. Velilla directed three of his titles on record, among them 7 vidas (1999) and Chef's Special (2008). Pedro Almodóvar is credited as director on three of them.

Recognition

Javier Cámara’s wins include the Goya Award for Best Actor, awarded in 2014 for Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed. The list of wins also includes the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (2022) and the Premio Feroz for Best Main Actor in a TV Series (2022) for Venga Juan. In total, he has won 5 awards and earned 4 nominations.