# Sergi López (actor)

Sergi López i Ayats (born 22 December 1965) is a Spanish actor mostly known for his work on Dirty Pretty Things, Solo mía, and Pan's Labyrinth. He has developed a substantial career in both Spanish films and French films.

## Early life

Sergi López was initiated in theater in representations of typical nativity plays called Els Pastorets, in his native city. He started to study theater in Barcelona but completed his studies in France, in the school of Jacques Lecoq. He is fluent in Catalan, Spanish, French and English.

## Career

In 1991, he auditioned for French director Manuel Poirier. López made his film debut that year in Poirier's La Petite amie d'Antonio (1992). López did eight more films with Poirier, including his first international success, Western (1997).The film was entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize., and was nominated for an Oscar; López himself was nominated for the César Award. In 2000, he won the Cesar for Best Actor for his role in the French film Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien.
In 1997, he starred in Caresses, directed by fellow Catalan Ventura Pons. His resume includes films such as Dirty Pretty Things, Solo mía, and Pan's Labyrinth.
In 2005, he returned to the stage to perform a monologue in Non solum, which he wrote and directed with Jorge Picó.

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 1995 | ...à la campagne | Pablo | Manuel Poirier |
| 1997 | Caresses | Home | Ventura Pons |
| 1997 | Western | Paco Cazale | Manuel Poirier |
| 1999 | Between Your Legs | Claudio | Manuel Gomez Pereira |
| 1999 | An Affair of Love | Him | Frédéric Fonteyne |
| 1999 | Empty Days | Luis | Marion Vernoux |
| 1999 | Lisbon | João | Antonio Hernández |
| 2000 | Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry | Dominik Moll |
| 2001 | Ten Days Without Love | Miguel | Miguel Albaladejo |
| 2001 | Jet Lag | Sergio | Danièle Thompson |
| 2001 | The Milk of Human Kindness | Serge | Dominique Cabrera |
| 2001 | Mine Alone | Joaquin | Javier Balaguer |
| 2001 | A Hell of a Day | Luis Del Sol | Marion Vernoux |
| 2002 | Filles perdues, cheveux gras | Philippe | Claude Duty |
| 2002 | Rencontre avec le dragon | Raoul de Ventadour | Hélène Angel |
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things | Sneaky / Juan | Stephen Frears |
| 2004 | Words in Blue | Vincent | Alain Corneau |
| 2004 | To Paint or Make Love | Adam | Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu |
| 2006 | Pan's Labyrinth | Captain Vidal | Guillermo del Toro |
| 2007 | Parc | Georges Clou | Arnaud des Pallières |
| 2009 | Ricky | Paco | François Ozon |
| 2009 | Happy End | Théo | Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu |
| 2009 | Leaving | Ivan | Catherine Corsini |
| 2009 | The Boat Race | Sergi | Bernard Bellefroid |
| 2009 | Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | David | Isabel Coixet |
| 2010 | Black Bread | The Mayor | Agustí Villaronga |
| 2010 | Potiche | The Spanish Trucker | François Ozon |
| 2011 | The Monk | The Silent Man | Dominik Moll |
| 2012 | La Proie | Manuel Carrega | Éric Valette |
| 2012 | Dream and Silence | Valenti | Jaime Rosales |
| 2012 | Tango libre | Fernand | Frédéric Fonteyne |
| 2013 | Michael Kohlhaas | One-Armed man | Arnaud des Pallières |
| 2014 | High Society | Harold | Julie Lopes-Curval |
| 2014 | Geronimo | Le père de Geronimo | Tony Gatlif |
| 2015 | A Perfect Day | Goyo | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| 2015 | 21 Nights with Pattie | Manuel | Arnaud Larrieu Jean-Marie Larrieu |
| 2015 | Second Origin | The Man | Carles Porta |
| 2015 | Les Rois du monde | Jeannot | Laurent Laffargue |
| 2018 | Happy as Lazzaro | Ultimo | Alice Rohrwacher |
| 2018 | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | The Farmer | Terry Gilliam |
| 2020 | Rifkin's Festival | Paco | Woody Allen |
| 2024 | Maldoror | | Fabrice Du Welz |

## Theatre

* Brams o la kumèdia dels errors
* Fins al fons
* Lisistrata (1996)
* Non Solum (2005)