Imanol Arias
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Imanol Arias | |
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 Imanol Arias in 2014 | |
| Born | Manuel María Arias Domínguez 26 April 1956 |
| Years active | 1976–present |
Manuel María Arias Domínguez (born 26 April 1956 in Riaño, León, Spain) better known as Imanol Arias, is a Spanish actor and film director.
Career
[edit]Imanol Arias began his career with a travelling theatre group performing in the Basque Country of northern Spain. He debuted on television in 1976 and his first film was Humberto Solás's Cecilia (1982). In 1987 he won the prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival for the role of Eleuterio Sánchez in El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987).
Since 1976 he has appeared in some seventy different films and television series. In 1996 he made his film debut as director in Un asunto privado.[1] The only other work he directed was a TV programme in 1989.
Between 2001 and 2023, he starred in the Televisión Española prime-time series Cuéntame cómo pasó as Antonio Alcántara, the father of a Spanish middle-class family during the years of the rule of Francisco Franco, the transition to democracy, and the current democracy.
In 2013 Arias worked on the Spanish dubbing of the video game Battlefield 4 as Captain Roland Garrison.
At Gijón International Film Festival in 2014, he received the Nacho Martinez Award.[2][3]
Imanol Arias is Ambassador for UNICEF.[4][5][6]
On 7 April 2016, Imanol Arias was accused of tax evasion and money laundering in the Panama Papers scandal as the owner of an offshore company, Trekel Trading Limited, based on the island nation of Niue that held a bank account under his complete control at the Swiss bank Banque Franck SA.[7][8][9]
In June 2024, Arias paid €275,000 in order to settle his debts with the tax office and avoid going to trial on tax evasion charges.[10]
Filmography
[edit]- La Corea (1976), by Pedro Olea
- Elisita (1980), by Juan Caño Arecha
- Cecilia (1982), by Humberto Solás
- Labyrinth of Passion (1982), by Pedro Almodóvar
- Demons in the Garden (1982), by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
- The Beehive (1982), by Mario Camus
- Bearn o La sala de las muñecas (1983), by Jaime Chávarri
- Camila (1984), by María Luisa Bemberg
- Eternal Fire (1984), by José Ángel Rebolledo
- La Muerte de Mikel (1984), by Imanol Uribe
- Lulu by Night (1985), by Emilio Martínez Lázaro
- Bandera Negra (1986), by Pedro Olea
- Tiempo de Silencio (1986), by Vicente Aranda
- El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987), by Vicente Aranda
- Divine Words (1987), by José Luis García Sánchez
- El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free (1988), by Vicente Aranda
- Alone Together (1990), by Eduardo Campoy
- Veraz (1991), by Xavier Castano
- A Woman in the Rain (1992), by Gerardo Vera
- The Bilingual Lover (1993), by Vicente Aranda
- Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas (1993), by Jaime Chávarri
- Intruder (1993), by Vicente Aranda
- Sálvate si puedes (1994), by Joaquín Trincado
- All Men Are the Same (1994), by Manuel Gómez Pereira
- La leyenda de Balthasar el castrado (1995), by Juan Miñón
- The Flower of My Secret (1995), by Pedro Almodóvar
- A tres bandas (1996), by Enrico Coletti
- Comanche Territory (1996), by Gerardo Herrero
- Ilona Arrives with the Rain (1996), by Sergio Cabrera
- Rigor mortis (1996), by Koldo Azkarreta
- In Praise of Older Women (1996), by Manuel Lombardero
- África (1996), by Alfonso Ungría
- Buenos Aires me mata (1997), by Beda Docampo Feijóo
- Quiero morir (2000), by Toni Meca
- Waiting for the Messiah (2000), by Daniel Burman
- His Master's Voice (2000), by Emilio Martínez Lázaro
- A House with a View of the Sea (2001), by Alberto Arvelo Mendoza
- Savages (2001), by Carlos Molinero
- Besos de gato (2003), by Rafael Alcázar
- Laura (2004), by Tote Trenas
- La semana que viene (sin falta) (2006), by Josetxo San Mateo
- Lo que tiene el otro (2007), by Miguel Perelló
- Nocturna (2007), by Víctor Maldonado and Adrià García
- Paper Birds (2010), by Emilio Aragón
- My First Wedding (2011), by Ariel Winograd
- Spy Time (2015), by Javier Ruiz Caldera
- De sable et de feu (2019), by Souheil Ben-Barka
- The Legacy of the Bones (2019), by Fernando González Molina
- Offering to the Storm (2020), by Fernando González Molina
- Retrato de mujer blanca con pelo cano y arrugas (2020), by Ivan Ruiz Flores
Television
[edit]- Cervantes (TVE, 1981)
- Juanita, la Larga (TVE, 1982)
- Anillos de oro (TVE, 1983)
- Brigada Central (TVE, 1989–1992)
- Querido maestro (Telecinco, 1997)
- Camino de Santiago (1999)
- Dime que me quieres (Antena 3, 2001)
- Severo Ochoa. La conquista de un Nobel (TVE, 2001)
- Cuéntame cómo pasó (TVE, 2001–2023)
- Atrapados (2003)
- Mentiras (2005)
- Un país para comérselo (TVE, 2010)
- Velvet Colección (Movistar+, 2017)
- La última palabra, (2020)
References
[edit]- ^ Albert, Antonio (12 May 1993). "Imanol Arias debuta como director de cine con 'Un asunto privado'". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Argüelles, J. L. (13 November 2014). "Imanol Arias recibe el premio del Festival de Cine de Gijón por 40 años de trabajo". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Editorial Prensa Asturiana, S.A. Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Imanol Arias Premio Nacho Martínez en el Festival de Cine de Gijón". Gota de Luz (in Spanish). 10 December 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Imanol Arias, embajador de UNICEF". Europa Press (in Spanish). 2 June 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Europa Press (2 June 2014). "Imanol Arias, embajador de UNICEF". Diario Sur (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Europa Press (2 June 2014). "Imanol Arias, embajador de UNICEF". Hoy (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Pérez, Fernando Jesús (10 May 2016). "Ana Duato e Imanol Arias recogen en la Audiencia la querella por delito fiscal". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ Vázquez, Ángeles (6 May 2016). "Anticorrupción acusa a Imanol Arias y Ana Duato de haber defraudado tres millones de euros". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid: Unidad Editorial. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "La Fiscalía pide que Imanol Arias y Ana Duato declaren por fraude fiscal". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 6 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Imanol Arias abonó este lunes 275.000 euros para saldar su deuda con Hacienda". La Voz de Galicia. 6 June 2024.
External links
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- Imanol Arias at IMDb
- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Montaña de Riaño
- Spanish male television actors
- Male actors from Castile and León
- Spanish male film actors
- Spanish film directors
- Film directors from Castile and León
- People named in the Panama Papers
- People from Ermua
- Male actors from the Basque Country (autonomous community)