# Mario Gas > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mario_Gas > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mario_Gas.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Gas > Source revision: 1356093541 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Spanish actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Mario Gas | birth_name = Mario Gas Cabré | image = Premios Goya 2026 - Mario Gas & Vicky Peña-2 (cropped).jpg | caption = Gas in 2026 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|02|15}} | birth_place = [Montevideo](/source/Montevideo), Uruguay | spouse = [Vicky Peña](/source/Vicky_Pe%C3%B1a) | children = 2, including [Miranda](/source/Miranda_Gas) | occupation = [Actor](/source/Actor), [voice actor](/source/voice_actor), [film director](/source/film_director) and [theater director](/source/theater_director) }} '''Mario Gas Cabré''' is a Spanish actor and director.[http://www.cinemacatala.net/DirectorsPublic2.php?id=29 Spanish Biography] and winner of a [Goya Award](/source/14th_Goya_Awards). Born in [Montevideo](/source/Montevideo), [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay), on February 5, 1947, while his actor parents were on tour he has [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay)an citizenship. He is one of the most important figures of the performing arts of Spain and began his acting career in [University](/source/University_of_Barcelona) 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, Anna Cabré, (sister of actor [Mario Cabré](/source/Mario_Cabr%C3%A9)), was a dancer. His daughter [Miranda Gas](/source/Miranda_Gas) is also a well known Spanish actress. He is married to theatrical actress [Vicky Peña](/source/Vicky_Pe%C3%B1a), and they have two children, Orestes and [Miranda Gas](/source/Miranda_Gas). ==Career== Mario Gas, has directed more than fifty plays. He was also a stage Director of Opera productions like ''[La Traviata](/source/La_Traviata)'' and ''[Un ballo in maschera](/source/Un_ballo_in_maschera)'' by [Giuseppe Verdi](/source/Giuseppe_Verdi); ''[Madama Butterfly](/source/Madama_Butterfly)'' by [Giacomo Puccini](/source/Giacomo_Puccini) and ''[L'elisir d'amore](/source/L'elisir_d'amore)'' by [Gaetano Donizetti](/source/Gaetano_Donizetti). As a film actor, he has been involved in more than thirty films, with some directors such as [Jaime Camino](/source/Jaime_Camino), [Vicente Aranda](/source/Vicente_Aranda), [Bigas Luna](/source/Bigas_Luna), [Luis García Berlanga](/source/Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_Berlanga), [Félix Rotaeta](/source/F%C3%A9lix_Rotaeta), [Ventura Pons](/source/Ventura_Pons) and [Josep Maria Forn](/source/Josep_Maria_Forn). He has also done voiceover work for actors such as [Ben Kingsley](/source/Ben_Kingsley), [John Malkovich](/source/John_Malkovich) and [Geoffrey Rush](/source/Geoffrey_Rush). In 1996, he was awarded the Premi Nacional de Teatre de Catalunya, by the [Generalitat de Catalunya](/source/Generalitat_de_Catalunya), for his theatrical production of ''[Sweeney Todd](/source/Sweeney_Todd%3A_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street)''. In 1998, he was awarded a Ciutat of Barcelona in the performing arts for his productions of ''[Guys and Dolls](/source/Guys_and_Dolls)'' and ''[La reina de bellesa de Leenane](/source/La_reina_de_bellesa_de_Leenane)''. In 2004, he was appointed director of the [Teatro Español](/source/Teatro_Espa%C3%B1ol_(Madrid)) in Madrid. In September 2006, he was involved in a controversy over a performance.{{cite news |url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/150488/0/concejala/rubianes/veto/ |title=La concejala de las Artes dice que "ciertos sectores" han conseguido cambiar la programación de un teatro |newspaper=[20minutos](/source/20minutos) |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |date=8 September 2006 |access-date=7 April 2019 |language=es}} At the time, Gas had the backing of number of people in the world of culture.{{cite news |url=http://www.lavanguardia.es/lv24h/20060919/51284047441.html |title=Más de 400 artistas animan a Mario Gas a no ceder ante hechos ajenos al mundo del teatro |newspaper=[La Vanguardia](/source/La_Vanguardia) |date=19 September 2006 |access-date=7 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618101557/http://www.lavanguardia.es/premium/publica/publica?COMPID=51284047441&ID_PAGINA=22088&ID_FORMATO=9&turbourl=false |archive-date=18 June 2009 |language=es}} He left his post as director of the Teatro Español in 2012.{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2012/03/08/madrid/1331213747_537553.html |title=Mario Gas abandona el Teatro Español |first=Elena |last=Sevillano González |first2=Patricia |last2=Ortega Dolz |date=8 March 2012 |access-date=7 April 2019 |newspaper=[El País](/source/El_Pa%C3%ADs) |location=Madrid |publisher=[Prisa](/source/Prisa) |language=es}} ==Theater Work== * 2012: Follies, producción del Teatro Español. * 2011: Un tranvía llamado Deseo, producción del Teatro Español. * 2011: Un frágil equilibrio, de Edward Albee. * 2008: Las troyanas, co-producción de Festival de Mérida y Teatro Español. Versión del texto original de Eurípides, escrita por Ramón Irigoyen. * 2008: Sweeney Todd (reposición), Teatro Español. * 2007: Ascensión y caída de la ciudad de Mahagonny, de Bertolt Brecht. * 2007: Homebody/Kabul, de Tony Kushner. * 2005: A Electra le sienta bien el luto, de Eugene O'Neill. * 2003: Zona zero, de Neil LaBute. * 2002: El sueño de un hombre ridículo, de Fiodor Dostoievski. * 2002: Las criadas, de Jean Genet. * 2001: La Mare Coratge i els seus fills, de Bertolt Brecht. TNC * 2001: Lulú, de Frank Wedekind. TNC * 2001: The Full Monty, de Terrence McNally y David Yazbek. Teatre Novedades. * 2000: Top Dogs, de Urs Widmer. * 2000: A little night music, de Hugh Wheeler y Stephen Sondheim. Teatre Grec. * 2000: Olors, de Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, TNC * 1999: La habitación azul, de David Hare. 1999 * 1998: Guys & Dolls, de Loesser/Swerling/Burrows, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya. * 1998: Master Class, de Terrence McNally. Teatro Marquina de Madrid. * 1998: La reina de la bellesa de Leenane, de [Martin McDonagh](/source/Martin_McDonagh). La Perla Lila i Bitó Produccions. Teatre Villarroel. * 1995: Sweeney Todd, de Hugh Wheeler y Stephen Sondheim. CDGC/Teatre Poliorama. * 1995: La gata sobre el tejado de zinc, de Tennessee Williams. Teatro Principal de Valencia. * 1995: Martes de Carnaval, de Ramón María del Valle-Inclán. Centro Dramático Nacional. * 1994: Otelo de William Shakespeare. Festival Grec '94 * 1993: Golfus de Roma, de Stephen Sondheim. Festival de Teatro Clásico de Mérida. * 1992: El tiempo y los Conway, de J.B. Priestley. Teatre Condal * 1986: La Ronda, de Arthur Schnitzler. CDGC/Teatre Romea * 1984: L'ópera de tres rals, de Bertolt Brecht y Kurt Weill. Centre Dramàtic de la Generalitat de Catalunya/Teatro Romea de Barcelona. * 1968: El adefesio, de Rafael Alberti. ==Filmography== * El coronel Macià (2006) de Josep Maria Forn. * Dispersión de la luz (2006) Javier Aguirre. * La puta y la ballena (2004) de Luis Puenzo. * [Adela (2000)](/source/Adela_(2000)) de Eduardo Mignogna. * [Amigo/Amado (2000)](/source/Beloved%2FFriend) de Ventura Pons. * [Adela (2000 film)](/source/Adela_(2000_film)) * [The Pianist (1998 film)](/source/The_Pianist_(1998_film)) * El largo invierno (1992) de Jaime Camino. * [Cambio de sexo](/source/Change_of_Sex) (1977) de Vicente Aranda. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gas, Mario}} Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Spanish male stage actors Category:Spanish male television actors Category:Spanish male film actors Category:Male actors from Montevideo --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mario Gas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Gas) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Gas?action=history)). 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