# Jordi Mollà

Jordi Mollà Perales (Catalan pronunciation:) is a Spanish actor, artist, writer, and filmmaker. He has been nominated three times for the Goya Award for Best Actor for The Lucky Star (1997), Second Skin (1999), and El cónsul de Sodoma (1999).

## Early life and education

Jordi Mollà y Perales was born and raised in Barcelona, Spain. He trained at the Institut del Teatre, and furthered his studies in Italy, Hungary, and England. His mother tongues are Catalan and Spanish, and he is fluent in English, Italian, and French.

## Career
### Acting

Mollà breakout role was in Bigas Luna's 1992 comedy drama Jamón, jamón, where he played the jilted lover of Penélope Cruz's character. Mollà went on to star in other acclaimed films in his native country, including Stories from the Kronen and La Celestina. The latter earned him his first Goya Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His subsequent starring role in The Lucky Star earned him widespread acclaim, earning him a Premios Ondas, a Butaca Award for Best Catalan Actor, and another Goya nomination, this time for Best Actor. He has since been nominated twice more, for Second Skin and El cónsul de Sodoma.
Mollà made his Hollywood debut in the 2001 biographical crime film Blow, where he played a villainous drug trafficker based on Carlos Lehder. Mollà subsequently played a similar character in Michael Bay's 2003 action sequel Bad Boys II, opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. His co-star Gabrielle Union labeled him as "The Tom Cruise of Spain," when praising his performance as drug lord Johnny Tapia. Mollà then starred in The Tulse Luper Suitcases, an ambitious multi-year, multi-media project created by avant-garde director Peter Greenaway. He has subsequently starred in many high-profile feature films, including Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Knight and Day, Che: Part 2, Colombiana, Riddick, In the Heart of the Sea, and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. He starred in the second season of Jack Ryan as Venezuelan President Nicolás Reyes.

### Directing

Mollà began directing short films in 1994. His debut, Walter Peralta, earned a Goya nomination for Best Documentary Short. He made his feature directorial debut in 2012 with 88.

### Art

Mollà is a self-taught painter. In the summer of 2002, he exhibited in ARCO Madrid [es] at the Carmen de la Guerra Gallery, along with a number of other artists.

## Filmography
### Actor

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Shooting Elizabeth | Desk Clerk | |
| 1992 | Jamón, jamón | José Luis | |
| 1993 | Historias de la puta mili | El Pulpo | |
| 1993 | Mi hermano del alma | Vendedor | |
| 1994 | Alegre ma non-troppo | Vicente | |
| 1994 | Todo es mentira | Ariel | |
| 1994 | Le fusil de bois | Lagrange | |
| 1995 | Men Always Lie | Guillermo | |
| 1995 | Stories from the Kronen | Roberto | |
| 1995 | The Flower of My Secret | Doctor A | |
| 1996 | Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí | Toni | |
| 1996 | La Celestina | Pármeno | Nominated - Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1997 | La cible | Luigi | |
| 1997 | The Lucky Star | Daniel | Premios Ondas for Best Actor Mar del Plata Festival Award for Best Actor Butaca Award for Best Catalan Actor Nominated - Goya Award for Best Actor |
| 1998 | The Stolen Years | Tomás | |
| 1998 | El pianista | Doria 20 años | Viña del Mar Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1999 | Volavérunt | Godoy | |
| 1999 | Nobody Knows Anybody | Sapo | |
| 1999 | Second Skin | Alberto | Nominated - Goya Award for Best Actor |
| 2001 | Blow | Diego Delgado | |
| 2001 | Sound of the Sea | Ulises | |
| 2002 | God Is on Air | Salva | |
| 2003 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story | Jan Palmerion | Multimedia film |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II | Hector Juan Carlos 'Johnny' Tapia | |
| 2003 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp | Jan Palmerion | Multimedia film |
| 2004 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea | Jan Palmerion | Multimedia film |
| 2004 | The Alamo | Juan Seguín | |
| 2004 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish | Hypolite / Gaudí | Multimedia film |
| 2005 | Ausentes (The Absent) | Samuel | |
| 2005 | A Life in Suitcases | Hypolite / Gaudí / Jan Palmerion | Multimedia film |
| 2005 | Anthony: Warrior of God | Antonio | |
| 2006 | The Stone Merchant | Alceo | |
| 2006 | GAL | Paco Ariza | |
| 2007 | Cinemart | Jordi | |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | King Philip II of Spain | |
| 2007 | Sultanes del Sur | Leonardo Bátiz | |
| 2008 | Che: Part 2 | Captain Mario Vargas | |
| 2008 | Inconceivable | Victor the Clinical Coordinator | |
| 2008 | La Conjura de El Escorial | Mateo Vázquez | |
| 2008 | El cónsul de Sodoma | Jaime Gil de Biedma | Nominated - Goya Award for Best Actor Nominated - Gaudí Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| 2009 | Ce n'è per tutti | Daniele | |
| 2010 | The Making of Plus One | Victor the D.O.P. | |
| 2010 | Zenitram | Daniel Durbán | |
| 2010 | Knight and Day | Antonio | |
| 2010 | Inhale | Aguilar | |
| 2010 | Bunraku | Valentine | |
| 2011 | There Be Dragons | Don José | |
| 2011 | Colombiana | Marco | |
| 2012 | A Gun in Each Hand | M. | Miami Grand Jury Prize for Best Ensemble Performance |
| 2013 | Riddick | Santana | |
| 2015 | Latin Lover | Alfonso | |
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Castillo | Scenes deleted |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | Spanish Captain | |
| 2016 | Criminal | Xavier Heimdahl | |
| 2016 | Sundown | Dorian | |
| 2016 | Term life | Viktor | |
| 2016 | The Man Who Was Thursday | Charles | |
| 2016 | Treintona, Soltera y Fantástica | Óscar | |
| 2016 | Quel bravo ragazzo | Colombian Boss | |
| 2016 | Prigioniero della mia libertà | Alejandro Torres | |
| 2017 | The Music of Silence | Sandro | |
| 2017 | Operation Goldenshell | Litarco / Ray Silvela | |
| 2017 | Agadah | Jan Potocki / Diego Hervas | |
| 2017 | Niente di Serio | Lulù | |
| 2018 | Last Prince of Atlantis | Don Vincenzo (voice) | |
| 2018 | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Alexei Miiskin | |
| 2018 | Ibiza | Hernando | |
| 2018 | Speed Kills | Jules Bergman | |
| 2021 | Niente di Serio | Lulu | Italian film |
| 2021 | The Other Me | Vaako | |
| 2021 | The Private Lives of Jordi Mollà & Domingo Zapata | Jordi Mollà | |
| 2023 | Aggro Dr1ft | BO | |
| 2023 | Pet Shop Days | Castro | |
| TBA | The Life List | Johnny |
Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | El viatge | Alacots | Episode: "Descansar" |
| 1989–1991 | La Granja, menjars casolans | Ramonet | Main cast |
| 1991 | Un dels últims vespres de carnaval | Rafello | Television film |
| 1991 | Dark Justice | Raul | Episode: "Broken Toys" |
| 1992 | Dark Justice | Villain | Episode: "Judgment Night" |
| 1992 | Revolver | Jordi Torres | Television film |
| 1993 | The Young Picasso: 1881–1906 | Ángel F. Soto | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 1993 | All in the Game | Hotel Receptionist | Miniseries; Main cast |
| 1994 | Arnau | Tamim | Miniseries; Main cast |
| 1998 | Dollar for the Dead | Federale Captain | Television film |
| 2007 | Caravaggio | Cardinal Del Monte | Television film |
| 2008 | Stevie | Adrián | Television film |
| 2011 | CSI: Miami | Hector Romero | Episode: "Stiff" |
| 2012 | China, IL | Dream Reamer (voice) | Episode: "The Dream Reamer" |
| 2015 | Long Live the Royals | King Diego Belafonte (voice) | Miniseries; Episode: "Snore Much" |
| 2018 | Genius | Dr. Salvador Ruiz | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Queen of the South | Rocco de la Peña | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Jack Ryan | Nicolás Reyes | Main cast (season 2) |

### Filmmaking

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
| 1993 | Walter Peralta | Yes | Yes | Short film Nominated - Goya Award for Best Documentary Short Film |
| 1995 | No me importaría irme contigo | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2002 | No somos nadie | Yes | Yes | |
| 2007 | Cinemart | Yes | Yes | |
| 2008 | Inconceivable | No | Yes | |
| 2012 | 88 | Yes | Yes | Nominated - Grand Prix Asturias |