Oscar Foronda Explained

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Oscar Foronda
Birth Date:1970 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1992–present
Nationality:Spanish

Oscar Foronda Pallarés (born 13 September 1970 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish actor who has appeared in over 80 films and television series. In his career he has acted in British, German, Mexican, Swedish, US, Turkish, Arabian, Dutch, French, Korean and Spanish productions.[1]

Career

In the early 1990s, Foronda began his acting career by appearing in commercials and amateur theatre. He then went on to act in various episodes of well-known Spanish TV series, including "El Comisario" and "Los Serrano". His passion for theatre and his talent on stage allowed him to play a "wonderful impassioned" Macduff in Macbeth (2003) at the Barbican Theatre in London, directed by Calixto Bieito.[2] In the years to follow Foronda became a prolific television actor, acting in many Spanish television and film productions.

His international career began in 2010 with an appearance in the British television production Any Human Heart, a mini-series directed by Michael Samuels in which Foronda played the role of Faustino Angel alongside Matthew Macfadyen. In the years to follow he appeared in other international film and TV productions. In 2017 Foronda played a journalist in the German TV series Tatort, Barcelona Krimi (2017). Different and more prominent roles in international projects followed. In 2019 Foronda was seen in the Swedish C-More TV series Gåsmamman with the credited role of the cunning and implacable Colombian drug dealer "El Largo".

In the Sky AtlanticTV series Riviera (2017) Foronda played Argentinian businessman Señor Alvarez,. In Season 4 of the Netflix TV series The Crown (2020), Foronda portrays the historical character Constantino Davidoff, an Argentinian businessman deemed by some as responsible for starting the Falklands War in 1982.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

In the BBC 1 TV series The Mallorca Files (2021), Foronda plays Sebastiá Serra, a Mallorcan sous chef.[9]

He has also acted in acclaimed productions in Arab countries in 2022 and 2023.

In addition to acting, he is a passionate writer.

Foronda acts as Branco in the upcoming Paramount plus and Elevenfilms TV show, Stags.

Filmography

Television

!Year!Title!Director!Production
2024Nine Bodies In A Mexican MorgueViviane AndereggenSony Pictures
2024StagsDavid KerrParamount+
2023Mano de HieroLluís QuílezNetflix
2023Slave MarketLasaad QueslatiMBC
2022Heirs to the LandJordi FradesNetflix
2020The Mallorca FilesCraig PicklesBBC
Welcome to EdenDaniel BenmayorNetflix
The CrownPaul WhittingtonNetflix
RivieraSarah HardingSky Atlantic
Warrior NunSimon BarryNetflix
2019GåsmammanRichard HolmBigster
2017Still Star-CrossedJon JonesABC Studios
TatortJochen Alexander FreydankZDF
Centro MédicoRaquel BarreroEccho Rights
Sé Quién EresPau FreixasTelecinco, Filmax
Com Si Fos AhirEsteve RoviraTV3
2016Legend of The Blue SeaJin HyukNetflix
2016Nit i DiaManuel HuergaTV3
1012TornaremFelipe SoleTV3
2011Operación MalayaManuel HuergaTVE
2010InfidelsSònia SánchezTV3
2010Any Human HeartMichael SamuelsChannel 4 TV
2010Hispania, la leyendaJorge Sánchez-CabezudoAntena 3
2010PelotasJosé CorbachoTVE
2008VentdelplàIgnasi TarruellaTV3
2007Los SerranoBegoña Álvarez RojasTelecinco
2007Los hombres de PacoDavid Molina EncinasAntena 3
2006HombresDaniel di GradoKanal 5
2004Porca misèriaNúria FurióTV3
2004Hospital CentralJavier PizarroTelecinco
2004El comisarioJosé Ramos PaínoTelecinco
1995MakinavajaCarlos SuárezTVE

Film

!Year!Title!Director!Production
2024The Grand Amir and Donna MariaYalkin TuychievKanguru Yapim
2024InvasiónBobby BoermansStorytellers Film & TV
2023Run Baby RunTony AndújarEsde Mango Films
2018The PactDavid Victori4 Cats Pictures
2017Incerta GlòriaAgustí VillarongaAragón Televisión
2016All I See Is YouMarc Forster2DUX²
2015The GunmanPierre MorelOpen Road Films (II)
2013IsmaelMarcelo PiñeyroSony Pictures
2012Tengo ganas de tiFernando González MolinaAtena 3
2010Julia's EyesGuillem MoralesUniversal Pictures
2009[REC]²Jaume BalagueróFilmax
2007Fuerte ApacheMateu AdroverAlta Producción

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/features/culture/metropolitan-culture-corner-oscar-foronda/ Metropolitan Culture Corner: Oscar Foronda
  2. https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/macbeth-is-butchered-7430331.html Macbeth is butchered
  3. News: 1 June 2020. ENTREVISTA A ÓSCAR FORONDA. EN TIEMPOS DE ALETHAIA.
  4. News: 8 November 2020. Entrevista a Oscar Foronda, actor en la serie "The Crown". No Sólo Cine.
  5. News: Scott. David G. 17 November 2020. Spanish actor in Netflix's The Crown recalls filming at Lybster harbour. The Northern Times.
  6. News: 13 November 2020. Oscar Foronda: "Eres actor o actriz las 24 horas del día, aunque puedas tener otras aficiones". Barna Foto Press.
  7. News: COVADONGA. CAMBLOR. 16 November 2020. Oscar Foronda: "Un equivalente español a 'The Crown' sería también éxito seguro". El Ibérico.
  8. News: 17 November 2020. Crown actor talks about his Lybster experience. Highland News and Media.
  9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p091wln5 The Mallorca Files