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Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-12-12

Place of Birth

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Manuel Bandera

Biography

Manuel Bandera nació el día 12 de diciembre del año 1960 en Málaga. Sus primeros trabajos fueron en Málaga, donde participó en varias obras de teatro, marchándose luego a Madrid para estudiar baile y educación física, lo que le ha facilitado protagonizar diversas obras musicales, como “Cabaret” o ”Chicago”. En los escenarios ha representado, aparte de musicales,  tanto a los clásicos, como “Eurípides” como a autores contemporáneos, como en “Trampa para pájaros”, pasando por dramas históricos como “Mariana Pineda”. Su popularidad sin embargo se la dió el cine, que lo convirtió en un rostro famoso en el año 1989, cuando le surgió la oportunidad de participar en el largometraje Las cosas del querer de Jaime Chávarri y compartiendo cartel con Ángela Molina, La película tuvo una secuela, que también protagonizó.   Al año siguiente rodó con Pedro Almodóvar, que lo escogió para un pequeño papel en la película ¡Átame!. Más tarde volvería a trabajar a las órdenes del director manchego en el largometraje Kika. Del resto de su filmografía destacan “Tirano Banderas”, de José Luis García Sánchez, “Valparaíso”, de Mariano Andrade, “Bámbola”, de Bigas Luna, Más allá del jardín, de Pedro Olea o Pajarico, de Carlos Saura En lo que hace referencia a la televisión, debutó en este medio en el año 1990, al participar en la serie de Vicente Escrivá Réquiem por Granada. Al cabo de unos años participó en la serie “El Super, historias de todos los días”, en el papel de Ramón. En los últimos tiempos ha participado en series tan exitosas como “Bandolera” o en la prestigiosa telenovela “Amar en tiempos revueltos”, en la que daba vida a Ramón Rivas, personaje que representaba el dueño de unos almacenes. Es de destacar que participó en el concurso de televisión “Mira quien baila”, resultando ganador de la 7ª edición. En cuanto a su vida personal sse casó con Marisol, con la cual tiene un hijo.

Known for

Love in Difficult Times

Love in Difficult Times

Amar en tiempos revueltos is a Spanish soap opera set in the times of the Spanish civil war and the early Francoism. The serial has been aired from 2005 and has won prizes in Spain and a Silver Medal in the «New York Festivals». In January 2013 will air on Antena 3 with new name, Amar es para siempre

Tu cara me suena

Tu cara me suena

Bandolera

Bandolera

Lo Siguiente

Lo Siguiente

El Continental

El Continental

Bambola

Bambola

Her name is Mina, but she is called Bambola (doll). Upon the death of her mother, she and her homosexual brother, Flavio, open a pizzeria. A man named Ugo loans Bambola the money, but is then killed in a fight with another one of her boyfriends, Settimio. While visiting Settimio in jail, she meets a sadistic man named Furio, and they begin a relationship.

Parking

Parking

Adrian is a young poet who decides to leave Romania and go live to Spain. He wants to change his life, earn some money and learn Spanish. Upon arriving in Cordoba, he works at a car dealership that sells both old and new cars. During the day he hides in a small caravan in the parking lot of the car dealership. One day, Adrian finds a package with a CD and poster for a tour of one flamenco / jazz band. He is enchanted by the music and by the picture of Maria, who plays a bass guitar in the band. They both meet after a concert on the beach, where they begin their relationship full of passion, problems and surprises.

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.

Requiem for Granada

Requiem for Granada

In the late 15th century, the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain after eight centuries of splendor, faces its final days. As the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella launch their campaign to conquer the Emirate, internal rivalries, palace intrigues, and power struggles within the Nasrid dynasty — particularly between Sultan Muley Hacén, his son Boabdil, and the rival factions of the Abencerrajes and Zegríes — accelerate the kingdom’s downfall. Blending historical events with drama, romance, and epic battles, Réquiem por Granada recounts the tragic and glorious history of the fall of Granada from a perspective centered on its Muslim rulers and people, capturing the cultural richness, betrayals, and human cost of one of the defining moments in Spanish history.

Nowhere

Nowhere

In a country (alluded to be Chile) under dictatorship, a police night raid comes up with a few usual anti-regime suspects. They are sent to a camp in the middle of nowhere. Their friends on the outside start to plan their escape.

Kika

Kika

When American author Nicholas brings in a cosmetologist named Kika to prepare the corpse of his recently deceased son, she inadvertently revives the young man, then falls in love with him. Forces conspire against the couple, though, as Nicholas wants Kika for himself.

Wild Boys

Wild Boys

The Things of Love

The Things of Love

In 1940's Madrid. Juan plays piano for Pepita and her on-stage partner Mario. Although Mario really wants to steal Juan for himself, Juan is not interested and Mario resorts to a string of lovers as consolation. When he loves (and leaves) a young nobleman, the young man wants revenge.

The Ravine of the British

The Ravine of the British

Andersen visits the English Cemetery of Málaga, fantasizing about the possibility that the great Danish writer found there his mermaid

Banderas, the Tyrant

Banderas, the Tyrant

In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels trying to seize power by force while some liberals try a change of government legally.