Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Eduardo Noriega
Noriega at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2010
Born	Eduardo Noriega Gómez (1973-08-01) 1 August 1973 (age 51) Santander, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	Trinidad Oteros ​ (m. 2011)​

Eduardo Noriega Gómez (pronounced [eˈðwaɾðo noˈɾjeɣa]; born 1 August 1973) is a Spanish actor. He gained notoriety in Spain for his performance in Thesis (1996), which was followed by roles in Open Your Eyes (1997) and The Wolf (2004).

In the United States, Noriega is known for his role as Enrique in the political thriller Vantage Point (2008).

Early life and education

Noriega was born in Santander, Spain, to a Mexican father and a Spanish mother. He is the youngest of seven siblings and the only one who became an actor. As a child, he devoted himself to music. When he grew up he left his law degree and his love for music and moved to Madrid to become an actor.

Career

He acted in several short films by directors Amenábar, Mateo Gil and Carlos Montero and he appeared in a short role in the well-known Spanish film Stories from the Kronen, an adaptation by Montxo Armendáriz of the novel of the same name. But it was not until Tesis that he had his first starring role in a film that became one of the most important successes in the history of Spanish films. Amenábar confessed in a T.T interview that at first he did not want Noriega in Tesis, thinking he was just a "pretty face", although his collaborators thought otherwise. In the end he called him again because he preferred him over the other actors in the casting. They became close friends and later worked on different projects together, including Open Your Eyes.

With Leonardo Sbaraglia, he appeared in Plata Quemada (English: Burnt Money) (2000), an Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro. Noriega went on to star in another Piñeyro film, The Method (Spanish: El Método (2005), reuniting with Plata Quemada co-star Pablo Echarri. He appeared as Jacinto in The Devil's Backbone (2001), a film directed by Guillermo del Toro and produced by Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar, about life in an orphanage in the last months of the Spanish Civil War. The film also stars Marisa Paredes and Federico Luppi.

.....

In 2005, he played the lead role in the independent film Che Guevara produced and directed by Josh Evans.

Noriega appeared as Conde de Guadalmedina in Alatriste (2006). Agustín Díaz Yanes directed the film, starring Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Javier Cámara, Ariadna Gil, Blanca Portillo, and Juan Echanove. Alatriste is based on five novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

Noriega came under spotlight with Vicente Aranda's drama Lolita's Club (2007) where he portrayed Raúl Fuentes and Valentín Fuentes, twin brothers of opposite characters.

He starred in Vantage Point (2008), playing Enrique, a Spanish police officer assigned to protect the local mayor, and who plays an unintended central role in the investigation of the assassination of the American president. .....

Personal life

Noriega married his girlfriend of ten years, Trinidad Oteros, on February 8, 2011. He speaks Spanish, English, French and Catalan fluently.

Filmography

Television

Accolades

See also

In Spanish: Eduardo Noriega para niños