Juan Diego Botto

Juan Diego Botto
Botto at the 32nd Goya Awards in 2018
Born
Juan Diego Botto Rota

(1975-08-29) 29 August 1975 (age 49)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citizenship
  • Argentine
  • Spanish
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1983–present
Spouse
(m. 2017)
Children1
MotherCristina Rota
RelativesMaría Botto (sister)

Juan Diego Botto Rota (born 29 August 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish film, stage and television actor.

Born in Argentina, he moved to Spain together with his mother (the actress and acting coach Cristina Rota) in 1978. Following early film appearances as a child actor, he landed a breakthrough role in the 1995 film Stories from the Kronen. He has since starred in films such as Martín (Hache) (1997), Plenilune (2000), Broken Silence (2001), Obaba (2005), Go Away from Me (2006) and Ismael (2013). He has also worked as a stage director and playwright and debuted as a film director with the 2022 social drama-thriller On the Fringe.