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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-02-24

Place of Birth

Tarrasa, Tarragona, Cataluña, Spain

Jan Cornet

Biography

Jan Cornet (born February 24, 1982, in Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish film and television actor. He began his career in Spanish television, gaining early attention for his role in the thriller series Motivos personales (2005). ​Cornet gained international recognition for his breakthrough performance as Vicente in Pedro Almodóvar’s psychological thriller The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito, 2011). His performance earned him the Goya Award for Best New Actor (Mejor Actor Revelación) at the 26th Goya Awards in 2012. ​Following his breakthrough, Cornet appeared in international film productions including Rodrigo Cortés's thriller Red Lights (2012) and Kevin Reynolds's biblical drama Risen (2016). On television, he is widely recognized for his recurring roles in Spanish dramas such as El barco (The Boat), Estoy vivo, and Cuéntame cómo pasó.

Known for

Cuéntame cómo pasó

Cuéntame cómo pasó

Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.

The Gold

The Gold

On 26 November 1983, six armed men break into the Brink's-Mat security depot, stumbling across gold bullion worth £26m.

The Boat

The Boat

A global cataclysm, caused by a fatal accident in Geneva (Switzerland) during the implementation of the particle accelerator will lead to the crew and students of the school-ship Polar Star to live the greatest adventure of their lives. Isolated and aware that we only have each other, the ship will become their only home.

The Mallorca Files

The Mallorca Files

Amongst the vibrant international community of the eponymous Spanish island, a British and a German detective with very different approaches to policing have a clash of personalities. Despite - or perhaps because of - their very different approaches, the sleuths form a perfect complementary partnership as they seek to solve a new crime on the island each week.

The Skin I Live In

The Skin I Live In

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

Motivos personales

Motivos personales

Estoy vivo

Estoy vivo

A policeman dies chasing a serial killer and is reincarnated in another policeman five years later, granted immortality in exchange of never revealing his true identity.

Angel or Demon

Angel or Demon

Red Lights

Red Lights

Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.

Risen

Risen

Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.

Masculine_32

Masculine_32

Two men that have never met before arrange to meet at one of them’s house for a sex date. The lack of connection between them generates an increasingly awkward situation.

Hay alguien ahí

Hay alguien ahí

Rocambola

Rocambola

Dante is a professional thief who makes ends meet through carefully selected, small jobs. His new target is a secluded big house which he thinks is unoccupied. But he's not alone, he will meet a strange couple whose reaction to his intrusion is to ask him for breakfast. They are hiding other plans.

Sorry If I Call You Love

Sorry If I Call You Love

A successful, attractive, intelligent and brilliant advertising executive is longing to finally find emotional stability in his life, and decides to propose to his girlfriend. After she refuses his proposal, his life takes a turn when a new young lady enters his life.

Gummy

Gummy

A serial killer goes out one night in search of a new victim and ends up encountering his worst nightmare.