José Garcia (actor)
José Garcia | |
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 Garcia in 2009. | |
| Born | José Doval García 17 March 1966[1] |
| Nationality |
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| Other names | José Luis Garcia |
| Education | Cours Florent |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse | Isabelle Pinelli (m. 1993; div. 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
José Doval Garcia (Galician pronunciation: [xoˈse doˈβal ɣaɾˈθia]; born 17 March 1966), sometimes credited as José Luis Garcia,[2] is a Spanish-French film and television actor.
Early life and education
He was born as José Doval in Paris, France[3] to Galician parents from O Carballiño, Ourense, who emigrated to the country escaping the Spanish Civil War and poverty.[4]
At age 20, he received two years of training in the Classe libre ("Free Class") for actors at the Cours Florent in Paris, with Francis Huster as a teacher. He completed his training through the Annie Fratellini Circus School (where he met his future wife Isabelle Doval) and taught in France following an Actors Studio course.[5]
He also holds a degree in accounting.
Career
Since 1989, Garcia has made acting appearances in over forty-five films.[2] Additionally, he has made appearances, some in acting roles but mostly as himself, in over twenty television productions.[2]
Personal life
Garcia married actress Isabelle Pinelli and together had two daughters, Laurène and Thelma.[6][7][8] They announced their divorce in 2021.[9]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed | Worker | Coline Serreau | |
| 1990 | Mésaventures | Antoine | Stéphane Bertin | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1993 | Le tronc | Bernard Faroux & Karl Zéro | ||
| 1994 | Le Jour J | The Man | Denis Malleval | Short |
| 1995 | Élisa | Taxi Passenger | Jean Becker | |
| J'ai niqué Couille Molle! | Voice | Patrick Menais | ||
| L'image du pouvoir | Lionel Julien | Denis Malleval | Short | |
| Les derniers mots | The Box Man | Yannick Saillet | Short | |
| Bons baisers de Suzanne | The Man | Christian Merret-Palmair | Short | |
| The Pebble and the Penguin | Rocko | Don Bluth & Gary Goldman | French Voice | |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais | Figaro | Édouard Molinaro | |
| Caméléone | Little Cop | Benoît Cohen | ||
| Coeur de cible | Redif | Laurent Heynemann | TV movie | |
| 1997 | La Vérité si je mens ! | Serge Benamou | Thomas Gilou | Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor |
| Tout doit disparaître | Detective Colle | Philippe Muyl | ||
| Les démons de Jésus | Bruno Piacentini | Bernie Bonvoisin | ||
| Mauvais genre | The Model Maker | Laurent Bénégui | ||
| Keo | Olivier Van Hoofstadt | Short | ||
| Parabellum | Olivier Van Hoofstadt | Short | ||
| 1998 | Let There Be Light | The Journalist | Arthur Joffé | |
| La mort du chinois | Michel Passepont | Jean-Louis Benoît | ||
| Mulan | Mushu | Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft | French Voice | |
| 1999 | Whatever | Raphael Tisserand | Philippe Harel | |
| Les grandes bouches | Félix | Bernie Bonvoisin | ||
| Cinq minutes de détente | Philippe Pabst | Tomas Roméro | ||
| Comme un poisson hors de l'eau | Hervé Hadmar | |||
| 2000 | Jet Set | Mellor da Silva | Fabien Onteniente | |
| En face | Hugo | Mathias Ledoux | ||
| Les frères Soeur | Charlie Soeur | Frédéric Jardin | ||
| The Road to El Dorado | Tulio | Bibo Bergeron & Don Paul | French Voice | |
| 2001 | Trouble Every Day | Choart | Claire Denis | |
| Les morsures de l'aube | Caniveau | Antoine de Caunes | ||
| Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert | Claude Lambert | Philippe Harel | ||
| La Vérité si je mens ! 2 | Serge Benamou | Thomas Gilou | ||
| Cats & Dogs | Diemitir Kennelkoff | Lawrence Guterman | Russian voice (Russian Blue breed of cat) | |
| 2002 | Le Boulet | Mustapha Amel / The Turk | Alain Berbérian & Frédéric Forestier | |
| Blanche | Louis XIV | Bernie Bonvoisin | ||
| Quelqu'un de bien | Paul | Patrick Timsit | ||
| L'ancien | Jesus | Nicky Naudé & Emmanuel Rodriguez | Short | |
| 2003 | After You... | Louis | Pierre Salvadori | |
| Rire et châtiment | Vincent Roméro | Isabelle Doval | ||
| Utopía | Comandante | Maria Ripoll | ||
| 2004 | The 7th Day | José Jimenez | Carlos Saura | |
| People | John John | Fabien Onteniente | ||
| Mulan II | Mushu | Darrell Rooney & Lynne Southerland | French Voice | |
| 2005 | The Axe | Bruno Davert | Costa-Gavras | Nominated – César Award for Best Actor Nominated – Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor |
| La Boîte noire | Arthur Seligman | Richard Berry | ||
| De qui me moque-je? | The peasant | Matthieu Maunier-Rossi | Short | |
| Madagascar | Alex | Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath | French Voice | |
| 2006 | Four Stars | Stéphane | Christian Vincent | |
| GAL | Manuel Mallo | Miguel Courtois | ||
| Arthur and the Invisibles | Ernest Davido | Luc Besson | French Voice | |
| 2007 | His Majesty Minor | Minor | Jean-Jacques Annaud | |
| Have Mercy on Us All | Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg | Régis Wargnier | ||
| 2008 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | Couverdepus | Frédéric Forestier & Thomas Langmann | |
| A Man and His Dog | Tramway's Man | Francis Huster | ||
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Alex | Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath | French Voice | |
| 2010 | Le mac | Ace / Chapelle | Pascal Bourdiaux | Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival – Best Acting |
| 2011 | Chez Gino | Gino Roma | Samuel Benchetrit | |
| 2012 | Les seigneurs | Patrick Orbéra | Olivier Dahan | |
| La vérité si je mens ! 3 | Serge Benamou | Thomas Gilou | ||
| Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Alex | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath & Conrad Vernon | French Voice | |
| 2013 | Now You See Me | Étienne Forcier | Louis Leterrier | |
| Vive la France | Muzafar | Michaël Youn | ||
| Fonzy | Diego | Isabelle Doval | ||
| 2016 | Tout Schuss | Max Salinger | Stéphan Archinard & François Prévôt-Leygonie | |
| Bastille Day | Victor Gamieux | James Watkins & Jill Gagé | ||
| À fond | Tom | Nicolas Benamou | ||
| 2021 | Encanto | Bruno Madrigal | Jared Bush & Byron Howard | French voice |
| 2024 | IF (film) | Blue | John Krasinski | French voice |
| Speak Out (Le Panache) | M. Devarseau | Jennifer Devoldère |
References
- ^ Premiere Magazine website, Andrew (17 March 1966). "Bios José Garcia". Premiere.fr. Premiere Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ a b c Database (undated). "Filmography by Type for José Garcia". The Internet Movie Database. Accessed 21 August 2010
- ^ Les Gens du Cinéma
- ^ "José Garcia".
- ^ "José Garcia".
- ^ José Garcia, lepoint.fr
- ^ José Garcia, sur allocine.fr
- ^ "L'enfant prodige revient de loin". Le Parisien. 21 February 2010.
- ^ "José Garcia et Isabelle Doval annoncent leur divorce après 28 ans de vie commune". lavoixdunord.fr. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
External links
Media related to José Garcia at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in French)
- José Garcia at IMDb
- José Garcia at Behind The Voice Actors