Santiago Segura

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name = Santiago Segura Silva


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Santiago Segura Silva (born July 17, 1965) is a Spanish film actor, scriptwriter, producer and director.

Santiago was born in the Carabanchel neighbourhood in Madrid. After studying Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, he decided to pursue a career as a film-maker and in 1989 he directed the short "Relatos de medianoche" with a budget of 7000 pesetas (around US$50). In 1992 he went on to direct his first professional short "Evilio", followed with "Perturbado" in 1993.

In 1993 he had a small role in Alex de la Iglesia's film "Acción mutante". Two years later he starred in "El día de la Bestia", from the same director and that role made him famous in Spain. In 1998 he directed the film that brought him to stardom, ' (1998), in which he also acted as the lead character José Luis Torrente. Its popularity led to a sequel (') and a computer game ("Torrente: El juego").

"Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella" made €22,838,500 at the Spanish box office, becoming the highest grossing Spanish film of all time. "", the third film in the series, was released in September 2005. Its advertising campaign parodied "Batman Begins", using the phrase "Torrente Acabado" ("Torrente Finished"). Although he declared "Torrente 3: El Protector" would be the last of the Torrente series, he is currently casting people for "Torrente 4".

He has since made his way into American culture by making appearances in movies such as "Hellboy", "Perdita Durango", "" and "Blade 2".

Because of his success, Santiago Segura has become a producer. He owns Amiguetes Entertainment company and has produced "Promedio Rojo" (featuring Nicolás López).

Filmography

* "Relatos de .anoche" (1989) (short)
* "Eduardo" (1990) (short)
* "Evilio" (1992) (short)
* "El cobrador del gas sólo llama una vez" (1992) (short)
* "Acción mutante" (1993)
* "Perturbado" (1993) (short)
* "Evilio vuelve" (1994) (short)
* "El día de la Bestia" (1995)
* "Killer Barbys" (1996)
* "Perdita Durango" (1997)
* "" (1998) (actor, writer and director)
* "La niña de tus ojos" (1998)
* "Muertos de risa" (1999)
* "París-Tombuctú" (1999)
* "El corazón del guerrero" (2000)
* "Sabotage!" (2000)
* "Obra maestra" (2000)
* "" (2001) (actor, writer, director and producer)
* "Chica de Río" (2001)
* "Blade 2" (2002)
* "Asesino en serio" (2002) (co-producer)
* "El oro de Moscú" (2003)
* "Tiptoes" (2003)
* "Una de zombis" (2003) (actor and producer)
* "" (2004)
* "Hellboy" (2004)
* "Isi Disi" (2004)
* "Promedio rojo" (2004) (producer)
* "Dí que sí" (2004)
* "El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo" (2004) (actor and producer)
* "" (2005) (actor, writer, director and producer)
* "Isi & Disi, alto voltaje" (2006)
* " Asterix at the Olympic Games" (2008)
* "King Shot" (2009)

External links

*imdb name | id=0782213 | name=Santiago Segura