Francis Lorenzo Explained

Birth Name:	Francisco Javier Lorenzo Torres
Birth Date:	24 September 1960
Birth Place:	Pontevedra, Spain

Francisco Javier Lorenzo Torres (born September 24, 1960),^[1] better known as Francis Lorenzo, is a Spanish actor and presenter. He is the brother of producer José Manuel Lorenzo.^[2]

Filmography

Feature Films

• Las cosas del querer (1989), directed by Jaime Chávarri.
• Terranova (1990) (TV Movie), directed by Ferran Llagostera.
• Un paraguas para tres (1992), directed by Felipe Vega.
• Huidos (1993), directed by Sancho Gracia.
• Tocando fondo (1993), directed by José Luis Cuerda.
• Tirano Banderas (1993), directed by José Luis García Sánchez.
• El detective y la muerte (1994), directed by Gonzalo Suárez.
• Cómo ser infeliz y disfrutarlo (1994), directed by Enrique Urbizu.
• La pasión turca (1994), directed by Vicente Aranda.
• Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995), directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes.
• Mar de luna (1995), directed by Manolo Matji.
• El rey del río (1995), directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.
• El seductor (1995), directed by José Luis García Sánchez.
• Antártida (1995), directed by Manuel Huerga.
• Sabor latino (1996), directed by Pedro Carvajal.
• Corsarios del chip (1996), directed by Rafael Alcázar.
• Gran slalom (1996), directed by Jaime Chávarri.
• Black (1998), directed by Héctor Barca.
• El florido pensil (2002), directed by Juan José Porto.
• El año del diluvio (2004), directed by Jaime Chávarri.
• Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004), directed by José Luis Garci.
• (2011), directed by José Ramón Ayerra.

Short Films

• Un café de ollos verdes (1992), directed by Antonio F. Simón.
• Los amigos del muerto (1993), directed by Icíar Bollaín.
• Sitcom show (1996), directed by Ángel de la Cruz.
• Dos años y medio en un terrario (2021), directed by Matutano.

Television

Series

Year	Title	Network	Character	Episodes
1990	La forja de un rebelde	La 1		1 episode
	El obispo leproso			2 episodes
1992	Hasta luego, cocodrilo			5 episodes
	El C.I.D.	ITV	Juli	1 episode
1994	El día que me quieras	La 1
1995	Curro Jiménez		Marqués
	Por fin solos	Antena 3	Teddy	14 episodes
1995 - 1996	Médico de familia	Telecinco	Julio Suárez	41 episodes
	Canguros	Antena 3	Fermín	22 episodes
1996		La 1	Álvaro	1 episode
1998 - 2002	Compañeros	Antena 3	Alfredo Torán	121 episodes
2004 - 2006	Mis adorables vecinos		Ernesto Sandoval	62 episodes
2009 - 2016	Águila Roja	La 1	Hernán Mejías "El Comisario"	102 episodes
2011	El ángel de Budapest		Ángel	TV Movie
2014	Códice	TVG	Comisario
2015	Hospital Real		Don Leopoldo	1 episode
2019	La caza. Monteperdido	La 1	Santiago Baín
2020 - 2021	Dime quién soy	Movistar Plus+	Javier Carranza	9 episodes
2022	El inmortal		Comisario Corvarán	6 episodes
2023	Cristo y Rey	Atresplayer	Fernando Arias-Salgado	2 episodes
2023–present	4 estrellas	La 1	Rafael Albalad	? episodes

Programs

• España a ras de cielo (2013; 2015), from La 1.
• Seguridad vital (2015), from La 1.
• MasterChef Celebrity (2018), from La 1.
• Mi casa es la tuya (2018), from Telecinco.

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
	43rd New York Latin ACE Awards	Best Character Actor	Red Eagle
		Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role

Notes and References

1. Web site: Francis Lorenzo. 2023-06-28. Diario Femenino. es.
2. Web site: Francis Lorenzo estrena 'Monteperdido': "Mi hermano me pidió que leyera el guion y me hizo pasar una prueba". vertele!. eldiario.es. Paula. Hergar. Lorenzo. Ayuso. 25 March 2019.