Santiago Segura

Not to be confused with Santiago Segura (American actor).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Segura and the second or maternal family name is Silva.

Santiago Segura
Attending the 32nd Goya Awards in 2018
Born
Santiago Segura Silva

(1965-07-17) 17 July 1965 (age 59)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Film director
  • actor
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1989–present

Santiago Segura Silva (born 17 July 1965) is a Spanish filmmaker and actor. He also worked to a lesser extent as a television presenter, voice actor and comic book writer, as well as being a collector of original comic books.[1]

At 12, he began making films with a Super-8 camera, and, after a recommendation from Fernando Trueba, began to make films in 35 mm, funded by his appearances in TV game shows.

He earned early recognition for his performance as a metalhead in 1995 film The Day of the Beast (billed as a "satanic comedy"),[2] which won him the Goya Award for Best New Actor.

Great success would come with his directorial feature debut, 1998 dark action comedy and box-office hit Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law, in which he stars as José Luis Torrente, a racist, homophobic, xenophobic, and fascist former police cop.[3] The film, that won Segura the Goya Award for Best New Director, was followed by four sequels (Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella, Torrente 3: El protector, Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis and Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas) that made the highest-grossing Spanish film series.

He then went on to direct films with a lighter tone, likewise churning domestic box-office hits with children comedies such as Father There Is Only One (and its two sequels) and The Kids Are Alright.[4]

  1. ^ Nombela, Carolina G. (1 August 2020). "Santiago Segura, en cifras". Forbes España (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  2. ^ Kercher, Dona (2015). Latin Hitchcock: How Almodóvar, Amenábar, De la Iglesia, Del Toro, and Campanella Became Notorious. Columbia University Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-231-17208-0.
  3. ^ Egea, Juan F. (2020). Filmspanism. A Critical Companion the Study of Spanish Cinema. London and New York: Routledge. p. 83. ISBN 9780367111526.
  4. ^ Zurro, Javier (18 July 2022). "Santiago Segura vuelve a salvar la taquilla del cine español con 'Padre no hay más que uno 3'". eldiario.es.