Mario Gas

Mario Gas Cabré is a Spanish actor and director.[1] and winner of a Goya Award.

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on February 15, 1947, while his actor parents were on tour he has Uruguayan citizenship. He is one of the most important figures of the performing arts of Spain and began his acting career in University and took it up seriously after he Failed to complete the law course he was enrolled in.

Family

He comes from a large Acting family. His father, Manuel Gas, was a singer and actor. His mother a dancer was Anna Cabré,(sister of actor Mario Cabré). His daughter Miranda Gas is also a well known Spanish actress.

He is married to theatrical actress Vicky Peña, and they have two children, Orestes and Miranda Gas.

Career

Mario Gas, has directed more than fifty plays. He has also been a stage Director of Opera productions like La Traviata and Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi; Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini and L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti.

As a film actor he has been involved in more than thirty films, with some directors such as Jaime Camino, Vicente Aranda, Bigas Luna, Luis García Berlanga, Félix Rotaeta, Ventura Pons and Josep Maria Forn. He has also done voice over work for actors such as Ben Kingsley, John Malkovich and Geoffrey Rush.

In 1996 he was awarded the Premi Nacional de Teatre de Catalunya, by the Generalitat de Catalunya, for his theatrical production of Sweeney Todd. In 1998 he was awarded a Ciutat of Barcelona in the performing arts for his productions of Guys and Dolls and La reina de bellesa de Leenane.

In 2004 he was appointed director of the Spanish Theatre of Madrid. In September 2006 he was involved in a controversy over a performance.[2] At the time Gas had the backing of number of people in the world of culture.[3] He left his post as director of the Spanish Theatre in 2012.

Theater Work

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Spanish Biography
  2. ↑ La concejala de las Artes dice que "ciertos sectores" han conseguido cambiar la programación de un teatro, en el diario 20minutos
  3. ↑ Más de 400 artistas animan a Mario Gas a no ceder ante hechos ajenos al mundo del teatro, en La Vanguardia, 19 de septiembre de 2006.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.