Mikel Losada Explained

Mikel Losada
Birth Name:Mikel Losada García
Birth Date:28 December 1978
Birth Place:Ermua, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1993–present
Notable Works:Ane Is Missing
The Bastards' Fig Tree
The Invisible Guardian
Cuentame
Goenkale
Spouse:Olatz Ganboa
Children:1
Awards:Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Award (2001)
Urregin Award (2021)

Mikel Losada García (born 28 December 1978, Ermua, Spain) is a Spanish film, theater and television actor.

He has worked on more than one hundred audiovisual productions, including Ane Is Missing or Intimacy (Netflix). He also in more than a hundred theater productions throughout Spain.

He has been nominated up to three times for the Best Basque Actor Award at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards), the last time in 2022 for the film Ane Is Missing. In 2001 he won the Award for Best Television Actor at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards) and was nominated in the same category in 2022 for the Netflix series Intimacy.

Life and career

He was born in Ermua in 1978. At sixteen he got his first roles in theatrical and audiovisual projects. At eighteen he joined Ramón Barea's theater company. Since then he has worked in more than one hundred audiovisual productions and also in more than one hundred theater productions.

He has been nominated up to three times for the Best Basque Actor Award at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards), the last time in 2022 for the film Ane Is Missing.[1] [2] In 2001 he won the Award for Best Television Actor at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards) and was nominated in the same category in 2022 for the Netflix series Intimacy.[3]

In 2015, he was part of the cast in the theater production The Seagull, an original production of the Arriaga Theater, directed by the Argentinean Gustavo Tambascio, together with Gurutze Beitia, Lander Otaola and Ylenia Baglietto.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Also in that year he co-starred in the film Txarriboda.[10]

In 2016, he participated in the film The Invisible Guardian (based on the novel by Dolores Redondo), together with Marta Etura.[11] [12] A year later, in 2017, he co-starred in the film La Higuera de los Bastardos, directed by Ana Murugarren.[13] [14]

In 2020, he co-starred in the film Ane Is Missing along with Patricia López Arnaiz.[15] The film received five nominations at the Goya Awards, including the Best Film Award,[16] and won three Goyas.[17] [18]

In 2021 he was part of the theatrical production of the Arriaga Theater El viaje a ninguna parte, directed by Ramón Barea.[19] [20] [21] Due to his performance in that theatrical production, Losada received the Urregin Award in the category of Best Actor.[22] [23]

In 2021, he co-starred in the film García y García, directed by Ana Murugarren, along with José Mota, Pepe Viyuela and Jordi Sánchez.[24] [25] In 2023 he participated in its sequel García y García 2, also directed by Ana Murugarren.[26]

He is one of the founding partners of the Pabellón Nº 6 project.

Private life

He currently lives in Bilbao. He is in a relationship with actress Olatz Ganboa. In 2016 she and Losada represented Los amantes del Casco Viejo, a theatre production of the Arriaga Theatre.[27] [28] [29] They also recorded the series Etxekoak together, on ETB 1, in full confinement due to the COVID pandemic in 2020.[30] [31] [32] [33] [34] He has a border collie named Kea.[35]

She has a great friendship with the filmmaker Ana Murugarren and, as she herself has explained, Losada appears in all her films.[36] She also has a very close friendship with the actor Ramón Barea, whom Losada considers his friend and mentor.[37]

Filmography

Television

Film

Stage

Awards

Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards

YearCategoryFor workResultRef.
1999Best Basque Actor¿?
2000Best Basque Actor¿?
2001Best Television Actor¿?
2022Best Basque ActorAne Is Missing
2022Best Television ActorIntimacy

Urregin Award

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-09-19 . Los Amadores del Cine: NOMINACIONES COMPLETAS A LOS PREMIOS BESARKADA 2022 . 2023-02-12 . Los Amadores del Cine.
  2. Web site: RTVE.es . 2009-05-05 . Chef y Nacho, por Eric Francés y Mikel Losada RTVE . 2023-02-12 . RTVE.es . es.
  3. Web site: SL . TAI GABE DIGITALA . 2022-10-07 . Los premios de los actores y actrices vascos homenajearán a Gurutze Baztarrika y Garbi Losada . 2023-02-12 . naiz . es.
  4. News: 2015-04-09 . ‘La gaviota’ vuela con actores vascos . es . El País . 2023-02-12 . 1134-6582.
  5. Web site: 2015-04-10 . Una obra 'inagotable' . 2023-02-12 . ELMUNDO . es.
  6. Web site: Antzokia . Teatro Arriaga . La gaviota . 2023-02-12 . Teatro Arriaga Antzokia . es-ES.
  7. Web site: SA . Baigorri Argitaletxea . 2015-04-09 . "La Gaviota", el clásico de Antón Chéjov, llega al teatro Arriaga de Bilbo . 2023-02-12 . GARA . es.
  8. Web site: Europa Press . 2015-04-09 . El Teatro Arriaga acoge la obra 'La Gaviota' . 2023-02-12 . Deia . es.
  9. Web site: Martínez . Una entrevista de Maite Redondo Fotografía de José Mari . 2015-04-13 . "La Gaviota’, de Chéjov, es una obra que nunca envejecerá; sus personajes siguen conmoviéndonos a todos" . 2023-02-12 . Deia . es.
  10. Web site: Mikel Losada: 'Los papeles de malo son muy agradecidos' . 2023-02-12 . EITB . es.
  11. Web site: Mikel Losada Temas ATRESMEDIA CINE . 2023-02-12 . cine.atresmedia.com . es.
  12. Web site: 2018-07-11 . Mikel Losada es Freddy . 2023-02-12 . AtresMediaCine . es.
  13. Web site: Murugarren: 'Esta película sorprenderá y emocionará' . 2023-02-12 . EITB . es.
  14. Web site: La higuera de los bastardos, estreno . 2023-02-12 . mundodn.diariodenavarra.es.
  15. Web site: 2020-10-15 . David Pérez Sañudo, Patricia López Arnaiz y Mikel Losada: 'Es un largometraje seguramente imperfecto pero 'Ane' es una película que tiene alma' . 2023-02-12 . www.kulturklik.euskadi.eus . es.
  16. Web site: Rioja . El Día de la . 2021-01-18 . La película Ane se alza con cinco nominaciones a los Goya . 2023-02-12 . El Día de la Rioja . en.
  17. Web site: Bravo . Oier . 2021-03-06 . 'Ane' triunfa en los Goya con tres estatuillas . 2023-02-12 . Gasteiz Hoy . es.
  18. Web site: Site verification . 2023-02-12 . www.europapress.es.
  19. Web site: Sayago . Camino . 2022-02-17 . "El viaje a ninguna parte", un homenaje al teatro y a los cómicos . 2023-02-12 . TAM-TAM PRESS . es.
  20. Web site: Antzokia . Teatro Arriaga . El viaje a ninguna parte . 2023-02-12 . Teatro Arriaga Antzokia . es-ES.
  21. Web site: 'El viaje a ninguna parte': un necesario homenaje al teatro . 2023-02-12 . www.publico.es.
  22. Web site: Viñas . Jon Mujika / Pablo . 2021-10-06 . Celebración de la I edición de los Premios Urregin . 2023-02-12 . Deia . es.
  23. Web site: Soria . Txema . 2021-10-05 . Los Max bilbaínos . 2023-02-12 . El Correo . es-ES.
  24. Web site: 2021-08-11 . Mikel Losada es Ricky en la película García y García . 2023-02-12 . EITB . es.
  25. Web site: Aragón . Heraldo de . La película ‘García y García’ inaugura la 25 edición del Festival de Fuentes . 2023-02-12 . heraldo.es . es.
  26. Web site: Fernández . Harri X. . 2023-01-02 . El cine vasco no pierde fuelle . 2023-02-12 . Deia . es.
  27. Web site: Telleria, Losada y Ganboa estrenan 'Los amantes del Casco Viejo' . 2023-02-12 . EITB . es.
  28. Web site: Correo . El . 2016-06-08 . "Los amantes del Casco Viejo" . 2023-02-12 . agenda.elcorreo.com . es-ES.
  29. Web site: 2017-10-11 . 'Los amantes del Casco Viejo', en el Antzokia . 2023-02-12 . El Diario Vasco . es.
  30. Web site: 2020-04-03 . ¡Mikel Losada y Olatz Ganboa nos presentan la nueva serie de humor de ETB1! . 2023-02-12 . EITB . es.
  31. Web site: 2020-04-06 . Esta noche se estrena "Etxekoak", una comedia sobre el confinamiento, en ETB1 . 2023-02-12 . EITB . es.
  32. Web site: ETB . Foto . 2020-04-08 . ‘Etxekoak’, humor sobre el confinamiento . 2023-02-12 . Noticias de Gipuzkoa . es.
  33. Web site: ETB . Foto . 2020-04-08 . 'Etxekoak', humor sobre el confinamiento . 2023-02-12 . Diario de Noticias de Navarra . es.
  34. Web site: Bilbao . M. Redondo / . 2020-07-09 . 'Etxekoak' tendrá segunda temporada este verano en ETB-1 . 2023-02-12 . Deia . es.
  35. Web site: Hernández . Olatz . 2018-04-15 . La mascota de... Mikel Losada: "Es ella la que me pasea a mí" . 2023-02-12 . El Correo . es-ES.
  36. Web site: 2022-07-25 . Ana Murugarren ha recibido la visita de su gran amigo Mikel Losada . 2023-02-12 . EITB . es.
  37. Web site: 2022-02-22 . Ramón Barea y Mikel Losada dialogan sobre el oficio de actor en las Jornadas de Eibar . 2023-02-12 . El Diario Vasco . es.
  38. Web site: La cocina de la montaña alavesa, hoy en 'No es País para Sosos' . 2023-02-12 . EITB . es.
  39. Web site: Saboreando unos cangrejos con tomate junto a Mikel Losada en Bernedo . 2023-02-12 . EITB . es.
  40. Web site: IZAGIRRE . TXEMA . 2022-10-06 . Jorge Sanz, María Barranco y Ana Turpín brillan entre los 11 espectáculos de Getxo Eszena . 2023-02-12 . El Correo . es-ES.
  41. Web site: Artezblai . 2022-05-12 . 'La paz estéril' o la dificultad de parar la guerra una vez iniciada . 2023-02-12 . Artezblai . es.
  42. Web site: Araluzea . Ane . 2022-03-25 . 'La cazadora de mitos' recupera la historia local mediante la magia . 2023-02-12 . Deia . es.
  43. Web site: 2021-09-23 . "El viaje a ninguna parte" hace parada y fonda en Madrid . 2023-02-12 . www.larazon.es . es.
  44. Web site: El Arriaga produce una ‘sorprendente y moderna’ versión de ‘Macbeth’ . 2023-02-12 . EITB . es.
  45. Web site: SER . Cadena . 2019-02-08 . Macbeth del siglo XXI llega al Arriaga . 2023-02-12 . cadena SER . es-ES.
  46. Web site: López . Ane . 2019-01-31 . La versión más "rompedora" de la obra ‘Macbeth’ llega al Teatro Arriaga . 2023-02-12 . Deia . es.
  47. Web site: 2014-02-06 . Mikel Losada: "Nos tenemos que poner las pilas para atraer al público" . 2023-02-12 . El Correo . es-ES.
  48. Web site: 2012-02-16 . 'Veraneantes', favorita con 14 nominaciones a los Premios Max . 2023-02-12 . El Diario Vasco . es-ES.
  49. Web site: deia . 2012-02-16 . Asier Etxeandia, nominado al Premio Max de interpretación . 2023-02-12 . Deia . es.