Francisco Rabal
Birthday: 1926-03-08 | Place of Birth: Águilas, Murcia, Región de Murcia, SpainFrancisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), popularly known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor. His career spanned more than 200 film and television roles, between 1942 and 2001. He received numerous accolades both in Spain and abroad, including the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actor Award and the Goya Award for Best Actor. Rabal was best known internationally for his collaborations with director Luis Buñuel, with Ronald Bergan writing "most of his other major roles he carried the heady, perverse whiff of the great surrealist director with him." He worked with many other notable directors, including Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodóvar, William Friedkin, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claude Chabrol, Luchino Visconti, and Gillo Pontecorvo. One of Spain's most-loved and acclaimed actors during his lifetime, he also was known for his commitment to human rights and other social causes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francisco Rabal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Zio Henrique
as Don Vicente
as El Ciego
as Ezequiel
as Salvatore
as Self
as Goya
as Don Jorge
as Papá Basilio
as Self
as Cristobal
as Don Francisco
as El Abuelo
as Villambrosa
as Wenceslao Corredoira
as Tiresias
as Abuelo
as San Pedro
as Tío Ricardo
as Don Diego
as Gabriel
as Ginés Giménez
as Antonio
as Máximo Espejo
