Javier Gutiérrez (actor)

Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez (born 17 January 1971) is a Spanish actor. After his 2002 acting debut in cinema, he developed an early career primarily in comedy films,^[1] likewise earning much popularity for his sidekick role as Satur in swashbuckler television series Águila Roja . His performance in 2014 crime thriller Marshland earned him wide acclaim and recognition. He has since starred in films such as The Motive , Champions , The Daughter and Prison 77 and television series such as Estoy vivo and Vergüenza . He has earned numerous accolades, including two Goya awards for Best Actor.

Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez was born in the Asturian parish of Luanco on 17 January 1971.^{[2] [3]} His mother was from the likewise Asturian municipality of Belmonte de Miranda.^[4] When he was barely one year old,^[3] he moved with his parents to Ferrol, Galicia, where he was raised.^{[4] [5]}

Seeking to develop a career as a stage actor, Gutiérrez moved from Galicia to Madrid at age 19.^[3] He appeared in stage plays such as La tinaja (1993) and La cabeza del dragón (1994), with Jesús Salgado as theatre director.^[6] He joined the Animalario  [es] theatre group.^[3] He had his debut in television in 2000,^[6] whereas his debut in a feature film came with his performance in the 2002 musical comedy The Other Side of the Bed , directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro.^[7]

Gutiérrez became very popular to a television audience in Spain for his work in adventure series Águila Roja (2009–2016), portraying Satur (the squire of the protagonist).^{[8] [9] [10]} The role has been highlighted as the most charismatic character of his career.^[11]

He portrayed Falconetti in Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (2013).^[12] He portrayed Tomás de Torquemada in Assassin's Creed (2016).^[13] He first declined it because he was filming The Olive Tree , by Icíar Bollaín, but then he was convinced by the director Justin Kurzel in a Skype call.^[14] He portrayed the fictional character Sergeant Jimeno Costa in 1898: Los últimos de Filipinas (2016).^{[15] [16]} He portrayed Álvaro in The Motive (2017),^[17] for which he received the Goya Award for Best Actor.^[18]

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