{{Short description|Spanish singer, comedian, and actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox person | image = Pablo Carbonell.jpg | caption = Carbonell in 2014 | birth_name = Pablo Carbonell Sánchez-Gijón | birth_place = Cádiz, Spain | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|07|28|df=yes}} | relatives = Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (cousin) | occupation = {{Hlist|Comedian|actor|singer}} }} '''Pablo Carbonell Sánchez-Gijón''' (born 28 July 1962) is a Spanish singer, comedian, and actor.
== Life and career == Pablo Carbonell Sánchez-Gijón was born in Cádiz on 28 July 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 February 2026|title=Quién es Pablo Carbonell, invitado hoy en 'Pasapalabra' y fundador de una mítica banda de música|url=https://www.marca.com/tiramillas/television/2026/02/10/pablo-carbonell-nuevo-invitado-hoy-pasapalabra-fundador-mitica-banda-musica.html|website=Marca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5206857/0/pablo-carbonell-a-los-bancos-no-les-importa-machacar-al-ciudadano-o-pasar-por-encima-de-civilizaciones-tienen-mentaildad-imperial/|website=20minutos.es|first=Adolfo|last=Ortega|date=10 January 2024|title=Entrevista Pablo Carbonell: "Me gustaría ser realmente la persona que la gente piensa que soy"}}</ref> He is a cousin of Aitana Sánchez-Gijón.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/gente/famosos/10-famosos-espanoles-que-son-familia-que-quizas-sabias_20230526647071826cbd630001c4649f.html|website=La Razón|title=10 Famosos españoles que son familia y que (quizás) no lo sabías|date=26 May 2023|first=Dámaris|last=Fernández}}</ref> When he was a child, he moved to Huelva, where he suffered bullying and was diagnosed with scoliosis.<ref name="tomas" /> He created a comedy duo with Pedro Reyes that started performing street theatre in Huelva in the 1980s.<ref name="tomas">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/famosos/2022-07-28/pablo-carbonell-mujer-enfermedad-hija-curiosidades_3467306/|website=Vanitatis|via=El Confidencial|date=28 July 2022|title=Pablo Carbonell cumple 60 años: música, adicciones y la enfermedad de su hija|first=H.|last=Tomás}}</ref> In 1984, he created together with Many Moure and Guillermo Piccolini the musical band Los Toreros Muertos, that blended rock, pop, and ska.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telecinco.es/noticias/cultura/20250126/toreros-muertos-canciones-mas-irreverentes-80_18_014431879.html|website=uppers|via=Telecinco|first=Juan|last=García Garrido|title=Los Toreros Muertos: Las 10 canciones más irreverentes de los 80|date=26 December 2025}}</ref> Together with Pedro Reyes, he featured in the section "El librovisor" of the popular TVE show ''La bola de cristal''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/videos/actualidad/alaska-musical-cristal-pablo-carbonell_1_7713066.html|website=vertele|via=eldiario.es|date=14 March 2012|title=“Alaska ha dicho no al musical de 'La bola de cristal' que quiere hacer Pablo Carbonell”}}</ref> He made his feature film debut as an actor in ''Los invitados''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/laluna/2003/244/1069256175.html|website=El Mundo|date=21 November 2003|first=Jordi|last=Costa|title=El bollo de Pablo}}</ref> For his performance in ''Masterpiece'' (2000), Carbonell earned a nomination for the Goya Award for Best New Actor.<ref name="lavoz" /> He won the Best Actor Award at the Málaga Film Festival for ''Tuna and Chocolate'' (2004).<ref name="lavoz">{{Cite web|url=https://carnaval.lavozdigital.es/noticia/pablo-carbonell-el-artista-total/|website=La Voz del Carnaval|via=La Voz Digital|date=21 November 2015|first=R|last=Vázquez|title=Pablo Carbonell, el artista total}}</ref>
== Accolades == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | {{center|2001}} || {{Sort|Goya 15|15th Goya Awards}} || Best New Actor || ''Masterpiece'' || {{nom}} || {{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|page=283}}</ref>}} |- {{end}}
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