| Pepe Viyuela | |
| Birth Name: | José Viyuela Castillo |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Logroño (La Rioja), Spain |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
José Viyuela Castillo (born 2 June 1963), known as Pepe Viyuela, is a Spanish actor, clown, poet, and comedian.[1] He is best known in English-speaking countries for his one-man stage show Encerrona (Lock-In), which was brought to the London stage in June 2017 as part of the Festival of Spanish Theatre in London (Festelón).[2]
He is known for playing Filemón in La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón (2003) and (2008).[3] In 2003 he published the novel Bestiario del circo: el vientre de la carpa, with a prologue by Andrés Aberasturi.[4] [5] In 2008 he published his second collection of poems named Las letras de tu nombre.[6]
He appeared in the list proposed by the local party Spanish; Castilian: [[Izquierda Independiente]] ("Independent Left") to the 2023 local elections in San Sebastián de los Reyes.He does not intend to become an active politician, though.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Earth | Ulloa | |
| 1998 | The Miracle of P. Tinto | Manikomien Direktor | |
| 2003 | Filemón | ||
| 2004 | Di que sí | Salvador Asension | |
| 2004 | Escuela de seducción | Víctor | |
| 2008 | Filemón | ||
| 2021 | García y García | Javier García |
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993, 2004 | Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez | Televisión Española | |||
| 2005-2014 | Aída | José María Martínez ("Chema") | Telecinco | ||
| 2015-2016 | Olmos y Robles | Sebastián Olmos | Televisión Española |
| Year | Title | Theatre | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mármol (Marble) by Marina Carr | Teatro Valle-Inclán | Art | |
| 2017 | Encerrona (Lock-in) by Pepe Viyuela | John Lyon's Theatre, London | Festelón |