{{Short description|Spanish actor (1953–2014)}} {{expand Spanish|topic=bio|date=August 2014}} {{family name hatnote|Angulo|León|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | image = Álex Angulo - ukberri.net 02 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Angulo in 2010 | birth_name = Alejandro Angulo León | birth_date = {{birth date|1953|4|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Erandio, Spain | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|7|20|1953|4|12|df=y}} | death_place = Fuenmayor, Spain | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = | spouse = | children = | partner = | website = | awards = }} '''Alejandro Angulo León''' (12 April 1953 – 20 July 2014), better known as '''Álex Angulo''', was a Spanish actor who performed in over sixty films during his career spanning more than 30 years.
== Life == Born in Erandio, Biscay, Angulo made his feature film debut in Imanol Uribe's ''Escape from Segovia'' (1981),<ref>{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a851625/fallece-el-actor-alex-angulo-en-accidente-de-trafico/|title=Fallece el actor Álex Angulo en accidente de tráfic|date=20 July 2014}}</ref> portraying Anot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/2014-07-21/alex-angulo-mucho-mas-que-un-secundario-de-lujo-para-el-cine-espanol_165357/|website=El Confidencial|title=Álex Angulo, mucho más que un secundario de lujo para el cine español|date=21 July 2014|first=Javier|last=Zurro}}</ref>
Angulo died on 20 July 2014 at the age of 61 when the vehicle in which he was travelling veered from a road near Fuenmayor, La Rioja.<ref>{{cite news |title=Muere el actor Álex Angulo tras sufrir un accidente de tráfico |url=http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2014/07/20/actualidad/1405879010_414195.html |newspaper=El País |access-date=20 July 2014 |date=20 July 2014 |first=Gregorio |last=Belinchón |language=es |publisher=Prisa |location=Madrid}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fallece en un accidente de tráfico en La Rioja el actor Alex Angulo |url=http://www.publico.es/culturas/fallece-accidente-trafico-rioja-actor.html |newspaper=Público |date=20 July 2014 |access-date=7 October 2018 |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |language=es |publisher=Grupo Zeta}}</ref> At that moment he was going to the filming of ''Bendita calamidad''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hola.com/cine/2014072172631/alex-angulo-reacciones/ |title=Suspenden el rodaje al que se dirigía Álex Angulo cuando tuvo el accidente que le costó la vida |date=21 July 2014 |access-date=20 January 2020 |magazine=Hola! |language=es}}</ref> Then he was replaced by Luis Varela.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cadenaser.com/ser/2014/08/04/cultura/1407107830_850215.html |title=El actor Luis Varela sustituye a Álex Angulo en el rodaje de 'Bendita Calamidad' |first=Ana |last=Sánchez Borroy |date=4 August 2014 |access-date=20 January 2020 |work=Cadena SER |language=es |location=Zaragoza}}</ref> The Spanish director Mikel Rueda dedicated his film Hidden Away to Angulo posthumously.<ref>{{cite news |author=E.R.J. |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2014/10/07/paisvasco/1412693232_823988.html |title=Mikel Rueda dedica su película ‘A escondidas’ a Álex Angulo |work=elpais.com |date=7 October 2014 |access-date=28 February 2021|language=es}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== ===Films=== {{Div col}} *1981: ''La fuga de Segovia'' *1987: ''El amor de ahora'' - (uncredited) *1988: ''Tu novia está loca'' - Yuste *1990: ''El anónimo... ¡vaya papelón!'' - Evaristo *1991: ''Anything for Bread'' - Genaro *1991: ''The Dumbfounded King'' - Hombre 1 *1993: ''Acción mutante'' - Alex Abadie *1994: ''Los peores años de nuestra vida'' - Hombre en TV *1995: ''Sálvate si puedes'' - Empresario contaminante *1995: ''The Day of the Beast'' - Father Ángel Berriartúa *1995: ''Hola, ¿estás sola?'' - Pepe *1995: ''Así en el cielo como en la tierra'' - Cabrero *1996: ''Matías, juez de línea'' - El alcalde, Eliseo *1996: ''Brujas'' - Conserje *1996: ''Calor... y celos'' - (voice) *1997: ''Sólo se muere dos veces'' - Gastón *1997: ''Dos por dos'' - El portero *1997: ''Live Flesh'' - Conductor del autobús *1998: ''Grandes ocasiones'' - Moncho *1998: ''The Stolen Years'' - Máximo *1999: ''Dying of Laughter'' - Julián *2000: ''Compassionate Sex'' - Pepe *2002: ''My Mother Likes Women'' - Bernardo *2002: ''Todo menos la chica'' - Marco *2002: ''No somos nadie'' - El Chirlas *2002: ''Poniente'' - Director Colegio *2003: ''El oro de Moscú'' - Foto en el ordenador (uncredited) *2003: ''El coche de pedales'' - Don Pablo *2004: ''Isi/Disi - Amor a lo bestia'' - Conductor *2005: ''Otros días vendrán'' - Miguel *2006: ''Pan's Labyrinth'' - Doctor Ferreiro *2006: ''The Backwoods'' - José Andrés *2007: ''Casual Day'' - Arozamena *2008: ''La casa de mi padre'' - Germán *2009: ''Imago Mortis'' - Caligari *2009: ''Brain Drain'' - Cecilio *2010: ''The Great Vazquez'' - Peláez *2011: ''Un mundo casi perfecto'' - Iturrioz *2011: ''Área de descanso'' - Guardia Civil Mayor *2011: ''De tu ventana a la mía'' - Sebastián Esperanza *2011: ''Los muertos no se tocan, nene'' - Iñaqui Mari *2013: ''Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang'' - Sebastián Esperanza *2014: ''Hidden Away'' - Jose *2014: ''Pos eso'' - Manolo (voice) *2014: ''Justi&Cia'' - Ramón *2015: ''Refugios'' - Julián {{div col end}}
===TV series=== *1998-2002: ''Periodistas'' - Blas *2005-2006: ''Aquí no hay quien viva'' - Pedro *2007: ''Los Serrano'' - Julián *2011: ''14 de abril. La República'' - Antonio Prado<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/presentadores/alex-angulo-fallece-en-un-accidente-de-trafico|website=Espinof|title=Álex Angulo fallece en un accidente de tráfico|date=20 July 2014}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Angulo, Alex}} Category:Spanish male film actors Category:Male actors from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Category:1953 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Road incident deaths in Spain Category:People from Erandio