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Biography
José Luis Gómez García (Huelva, 19 April 1940) is a Spanish actor and theater director. He is a member of the Real Academia Española and honorary member of the Academia de las Artes Escénicas de España. He graduated from the Institute of Dramatic Art of Westphalia, in Bochum, and at the school of Jacques Lecoq, in Paris. He has appeared in many films since 1968. At the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, he won the award for Best Actor in the film Pascual Duarte.
Awards & recognition
- honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense · 2011
- Alcalá City Awards · 2010
- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts · 2005
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actor · 1976
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Filmography6 titles

The Skin I Live In
2011as President of the Institute of Biotechnology
2011as President of the Institute of Biotechnology

Broken Embraces
2009as Ernesto Martel
2009as Ernesto Martel

Truman
2015as Producer
2015as Producer

Official Competition
2021as Humberto Suárez
2021as Humberto Suárez

Goya's Ghosts
2006as Tomás Bilbatúa
2006as Tomás Bilbatúa

Blindfolded Eyes
1978as Luis
1978as Luis