{{Short description|Spanish actor (1947–2025)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{family name hatnote|Bugallo|Aguiar|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | image = Celso Bugallo (Crop).jpg | caption = Bugallo in 2010 | name = Celso Bugallo | birth_name = Celso Bugallo Aguiar | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Sanxenxo, Spain | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|12|20|1947|1|1|df=y}} | death_place = Pontevedra, Spain | occupation = Actor }}
'''Celso Bugallo Aguiar''' (1 January 1947 – 20 December 2025) was a Spanish actor from Galicia. Recognized as a supporting actor,<ref>{{cite web|date=21 December 2025 |publisher=Grupo Vocento |title=Celso Bugallo, a Renowned Spanish Supporting Actor, Passes Away |url=https://www.todoalicante.es/english/celso-bugallo-renowned-spanish-20251221051209-nt_amp.html |website=Todo Alicante}}</ref> he featured in films such as ''Mondays in the Sun'', ''The Sea Inside'' (for which he won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor), ''The Night of the Sunflowers'', and ''The Good Boss''.
== Life and career == Bugallo was born on 1 January 1947 in Vilalonga, Sanxenxo, where he was raised until he was 10.<ref name="a3">{{Cite web|website=Antena 3|url=https://www.antena3.com/noticias/sociedad/muere-celso-bugallo-gallego-gran-actor-reparto-cine-espanol_202512216948320822f0db7daff9f8bc.html|title=Muere Celso Bugallo, el gallego y gran actor de reparto del cine español|first=Lola|last=Márquez Romero}}</ref><ref name="belinchon">{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/cine/2025-12-21/muere-a-los-78-anos-el-actor-celso-bugallo-premio-goya-por-mar-adentro.html|website=El País|date=21 December 2025|title=Muere a los 78 años el actor Celso Bugallo, premio Goya por ‘Mar adentro’|first=Gregorio|last=Belinchón}}</ref> Upon the liberation of his father from the Francoist regime in the 1950s, he moved with his family to Bilbao, and then to Logroño.<ref name="belinchon" /> In Logroño, he began to develop an acting career on stage.<ref name="elperiodico">{{Cite web|author=N.D.|title=Muere a los 78 años el actor Celso Bugallo, ganador de un Goya por 'Mar adentro'|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20251221/muere-actor-celso-bugallo-125021256|website=El Periódico de Catalunya}}</ref> He returned to his native Galicia in 1978.<ref name="belinchon" />
In 1999, he made his big screen debut at age 52 in ''Butterfly's Tongue'', playing a priest in the time of the Second Spanish Republic.<ref name="a3" /><ref name="bestroles" /> Demonstrating a knack for "dry and bitter" characters, Bugallo continued his film career with supporting roles in titles such as ''Lena'' (2001), ''Mondays in the Sun'' (2002), ''The Carpenter's Pencil'' (2003), and ''Your Next Life'' (2004).<ref name="belinchon" /> In ''Mondays in the Sun'', he played an alcoholic former shipbuilding worker suffering from social isolation, winning a Mestre Mateo award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/pontevedra/2025/12/21/muere-celso-bugallo-gallego-convirtio-grandes-actores-reparto-cine-espanol/00031766326900789678206.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|title=Muere Celso Bugallo, el gallego que se convirtió en uno de los grandes actores de reparto del cine español|date=21 December 2025|first=Ramon|last=Leiro}}</ref><ref name="bestroles" />
He won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of José Sampedro (Ramón Sampedro's brother) in ''The Sea Inside'' (2004).<ref name="bestroles" /> He played a Guardia Civil corporal in ''The Night of the Sunflowers'' (2006).<ref name="elconfidencial">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2025-12-21/celso-bugallo-actor-fallece-pontevedra-1tps_4271007/|website=El Confidencial|title=Muere a los 78 años el actor Celso Bugallo, que conquistó el Goya por 'Mar adentro'|date=21 December 2025}}</ref> He also appeared as the father of Salvador Puig Antich in ''Salvador'' (2006).<ref name="3cat">{{Cite web|url=https://www.3cat.cat/3catinfo/mor-lactor-celso-bugallo-premi-goya-per-mar-adentro-als-78-anys/noticia/3386506/|website=3catinfo|via=3Cat|date=21 December 2025|title=Mor l'actor Celso Bugallo, Premi Goya per "Mar adentro", als 78 anys}}</ref> In ''Wrap Up'', he featured as a Galician immigrant to Argentina coming back home.<ref name="vdglz">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/pontevedra/2008/05/28/doblete-celso-bugallo/0003_6855512.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=28 May 2008|title=Doblete para Celso Bugallo|first=María|last=Conde}}</ref>
Bugallo landed leading roles in ''{{ill|Cenizas del cielo|es}}'' (2008) and ''Amador'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20251221/muere-actor-celso-bugallo-goya-a-mejor-actor-reparto-por-mar-adentro/16868980.shtml|website=rtve.es|date=21 December 2025|title= Muere el actor Celso Bugallo, Goya a Mejor actor de reparto por 'Mar adentro' }}</ref> In the former, he starred as a villager in a struggle against a thermal power station polluting a valley,<ref name="cenizas" /> inhabiting a character "full of life, energy, and purpose".<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08831157.2023.2294501#d1e236|volume=71|doi=10.1080/08831157.2023.2294501|year=2024|journal=Romance Quarterly|title=Aging, Masculinity, and Ecology: Celso Bugallo’s Multiple Insurgencies in Cenizas del cielo|first=Alfredo|last=Martínez-Expósito}}</ref> In the latter, he played an old man taken care of by an immigrant woman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/cultura/2010/10/05/celso-bugallo-postrado-cama-profundizar-25191436.html|website=La Opinión A Coruña|date=5 October 2010|title=Celso Bugallo: "Estar postrado en la cama hace a uno profundizar mucho en la vida"|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|first=Amaia|last=Mauleón}}</ref>
His film career also included performances in ''53 Days of Winter'' (2006), ''Modesty'' (2007), ''Guts'' (2009), ''Palm Trees in the Snow'' (2015), and ''The Art of Return'' (2020).<ref name="elperiodico" /> For his small role as a loyal employee in the social satire ''The Good Boss'' (2021), he earned a nomination for a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor.<ref name="bestroles" />
Bugallo died in Pontevedra on 20 December 2025 at the age of 78.<ref name="belinchon" />
==Selected filmography== {{Expand list|date=August 2022}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Abbrv|Ref.|References}} |- | {{center|1999}} | ''La lengua de las mariposas'' (''Butterfly's Tongue'') || Cura ({{gloss|priest}}) || Feature film debut || {{center|<ref name="bestroles" />}} |- | align = "center" | 2002 || ''Los lunes al sol'' (''Mondays in the Sun'') || Amador || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite journal|page=3|url=https://www.corteidh.or.cr/tablas/R21999.pdf|first=Consuelo|last=Ferreiro Regueiro|title=Los lunes al sol y la explicación del derecho del trabajo|journal=Dereito|volume=17|issue=1|year=2008|issn=1132-9947}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2004}} | ''La vida que te espera'' (''Your Next Life'') || Severo || || align = "center" | <ref name="holland">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/your-next-life-1200536737/|date=29 January 2004|title=Your Next Life|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|website=Variety}}</ref> |- |''Mar adentro'' (''The Sea Inside'') || José Sampedro || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/13793/14213/48506|page=40|publisher=Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca|title=Mar adentro (2004). Una visión diferente seis años después del Óscar|first=Antonio-León|last=Aguado Díaz|first2=Meni|last2=González González|first3=Cristina|last3=Rozada Rodríguez|first4=María Ángeles|last4=Alcedo Rodríguez|journal=Revista de Medicina y Cine|issn=1885-5210|volume=6|issue=2|year=2010}}</ref> |- |rowspan=2 align = "center" | 2006 |''Salvador'' | Pare de Puig Antich ({{gloss|Puig Antich{{'}}s father}}) | | {{center|<ref name="3cat" />}} |- |''La noche de los girasoles'' (''The Night of the Sunflowers'') |Amadeo | | {{center|<ref name="bestroles">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/cultura/2025/12/21/mejores-papeles-celso-bugallo/00031766328539226613496.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=21 December 2025|title=Los mejores papeles de Celso Bugallo}}</ref>}} |- |rowspan=2 align = "center" | 2007 |''Abrígate'' (''Wrap Up'') |Coco | | {{Center|<ref name="vdglz" />}} |- |''Sultanes del sur'' (''Sultans of the South'') | El Tejano | | {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 May 2008|first=Juan Luis|last=Caviaro|title=Estrenos de la semana {{!}} 16 de mayo {{!}} Con Indy a la vuelta de la esquina |url=https://www.espinof.com/estrenos/estrenos-de-la-semana-16-de-mayo-con-indy-a-la-vuelta-de-la-esquina|website=Espinof}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2008}} | ''{{ill|Cenizas del cielo|es}}'' || Federico || || {{center|<ref name="cenizas">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/estrenos/estrenos-de-la-semana-7-de-noviembre-pese-a-leonardo-di-caprio-van-damme-se-lleva-la-palma|website=Espinof|title=Estrenos de la semana {{!}} 7 de noviembre {{!}} Pese a Leonardo Di Caprio, Van Damme se lleva la palma |first=Antonio|last=Toca|date=7 November 2008}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2009}} |''La isla interior'' (''The Island Inside'') | Juan | | {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/the-island-inside-1117943094/|website=Variety|date=29 June 2010|title=The Island Inside|first=Jonathan|last=Holland}}</ref>}} |- | ''Agallas'' (''Guts'') || Raúl || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Espinof|date=3 September 2009|first=Beatriz|last=Maldivia|url=https://www.espinof.com/en-rodaje/agallas-con-hugo-silva-cartel-y-trailer|title='Agallas', con Hugo Silva, cartel y tráiler}}</ref>}} |- | align = "center" | 2010 |''Amador'' | Amador || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/es/amador-es-aclamada-en-la-berlinale/a-14844106|website=Deutsche Welle|title=''Amador'' es aclamada en la Berlinale|date=16 February 2011}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2015}} | ''{{ill|Death of a Fisherman|es|La playa de los ahogados|lt=La playa de los ahogados}}'' (''Death of a Fisherman'') || Padre de Caldas ({{gloss|Caldas' father}}) || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/la-playa-d-los-ahogados|website=Aisge|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|title=Los estrenos del 9 de octubre. 'La playa de los ahogados'. Atrapados en el misterio|date=7 October 2015}}</ref>}} |- |''Palmeras en la nieve'' (''Palm Trees in the Snow'') | Kilian mayor ({{gloss|old Kilian}}) | | {{center|<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/rceh/2021-v46-n1-rceh09395/1112006ar.pdf|page=132|journal=Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos|volume=46|issn=0384-8167|issue=1|year=2021|title=La interrelación entre colonialidad y decolonialidad en ''Palmeras en la nieve'' (2015)|first=Carmen|last=Herrero}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "3" | {{center|2020}} | ''El practicante'' (''The Paramedic'') || Vicente || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Diario Uno|url=https://www.diariouno.com.ar/espectaculos/la-espeluznante-pelicula-netflix-que-tiene-mario-casas-como-protagonista-n1054920|title=La espeluznante película de Netflix que tiene a Mario Casas como protagonista|date=31 October 2022|first=Daniel|last=Calivares}}</ref>}} |- | ''{{ill|The Island of Lies|es|La isla de las mentiras|lt=La isla de las mentiras}}'' (''The Island of Lies'') || Paco || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Aisge|title=Los estrenos del 24 de julio. 'La isla de las mentiras'. Silencios culpables|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|date=23 July 2020|url=https://www.aisge.es/los-estrenos-del-24-de-julio-la-isla-de-las-mentiras}}</ref>}} |- | ''El arte de volver'' (''The Art of Return'') || Marcos || || {{center|<ref name="rioja">{{Cite web|url=https://www.larioja.com/opinion/todo-en-un-20210720234552-nt.html|website=La Rioja|title=Todo en un día|first=León|last=Melía|date=20 July 2021|publisher=Grupo Vocento}}</ref>}} |- |align = "center" |2021 || ''El buen patrón'' (''The Good Boss'') || Fortuna || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/cultura/2021/10/31/buen-patron-potencia-personaje/00031635708082046636362.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|date=1 November 2021|first=Miguel Anxo|title=«El buen patrón», la potencia de un personaje|last=Fernández}}</ref> |- | {{center|2023}} | ''Loli Tormenta'' (''Stormy Lola'') || Tomás || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Aisge|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|url=https://www.aisge.es/los-estrenos-del-31-de-marzo-loli-tormenta|title=Los estrenos del 31 de marzo. 'Loli Tormenta'. Salvando obstáculos|date=27 March 2023}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2024}} | ''Estación Rocafort'' (''Last Stop: Rocafort St.'') || Elías || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/los-estrenos-del-6-de-septiembre-estacion-rocafort|website=Aisge|title=Los estrenos del 6 de septiembre. 'Estación Rocafort'. Visiones de muerte|date=3 September 2024|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués}}</ref>}} |}
== Accolades == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2005}} | 19th Goya Awards || Best Supporting Actor || rowspan = "2" | ''The Sea Inside'' || {{won}} || {{center|<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.accioncultural.es/virtuales/premiosgoya/pdf/catalogo_expo_Goya_1987_2013.pdf|title=Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya|isbn=978-84-9785-791-8|year=2011|publisher=Lunwerg|pages=289}}</ref>}} |- | {{Sort|Actors and Actresses Union 14|14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards}} || Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role || {{won}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/06/21/cultura/1119312678.html|website=El Mundo|date=21 June 2005|title='Aquí no hay quien viva', 'Mar adentro' y 'Yo Claudio' vencen en los Premios de la Unión de Actores}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2022}} | {{Sort|Feroz 09|9th Feroz Awards}} || Best Supporting Actor in a Film || rowspan = "2" | ''The Good Boss'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Vanitatis|via=El Confidencial|url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/famosos/2022-01-30/ganadores-premios-feroz-2022-lista-palmares-premiados_3366808/|date=30 January 2022|title=Palmarés de los Premios Feroz 2022: todos los ganadores en la noche del cine español}}</ref>}} |- | {{Sort|Goya 36|36th Goya Awards}} || Best Supporting Actor || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/famosos-corazon/famosos-espanoles/a39042430/nominados-ganadores-premios-goya-2022/|website=Diez Minutos|date=12 February 2022|title=Premios Goya 2022: listado completo de ganadores}}</ref>}} |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bugallo, Celso}} Category:1947 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Spanish male film actors Category:20th-century Spanish male actors Category:21st-century Spanish male actors Category:Male actors from Galicia (Spain) Category:Best Supporting Actor Goya Award winners