# Luis Perezagua

Luis Perezagua (born 8 October 1949) is a Spanish actor of theater, cinema and television.

## Biography

Perezagua studied theater at The Royal High School of Dramatic Arts in Madrid. He began his professional career in Antonio Buero Vallejo's play "La Detonación" directed by José Tamayo. At that time he had previously participated in independent theater groups with plays by playwrights such as Max Aub and Fernando Arrabal. From then on, his professional career was mainly linked to the world of theater (The Zarzuela and Spanish Variety Shows). At that time he alternated his professional activities with work in the cinema and television, and most recently, as an actor and speaker at the Complutense University of Madrid.
He has been a member of the CNINAT (National Center for the Initiation of Children and Adolescents to the Theater), directed by José María Morera, intervening in several of its productions.

### Theater

Throughout his career as an actor, he has been part of several theater and zarzuela companies, such as The Spanish Company of Classical Theater (directed by Manuel Canseco), The Small Theater Company of Madrid (directed by Antonio Guirau), The National Lyrical Company, The Ases Líricos Company (directed by Evelio Esteve) and the Isaac Albéniz Company (directed by Angel F. Montesinos). While in these companies, he performed mainly in popular plays from the Spanish Golden Age, even receiving the prize for Best Actor in the "Theater Festival of The Spanish Golden Age", celebrated in the Chamizal National Memorial (United States) with the play "La dama duende", in 1986. He performed as a comic tenor with the Ases Líricos Company and Isaac Albéniz Company in many well-known zarzuelas including, La del manojo de rosas, La calesera, Doña Francisquita, La corte de faraón, La verbena de la paloma, etc., as well as in their variety shows, Las leandras, La blanca doble and La bruja (As Tomillo). This last play was represented in honor of the one-hundredth year after the death of Gayarre, and was directed by Ignacio Aranaz.
In 1993 he starred with Lina Morgan in Celeste no es un color, and was directed by prestigious directors such as Josep María Mestre, Carles Alfaro, Francisco Nieva, Víctor Andrés Catena, José Luis García Sánchez, José Osuna, Evelio Esteve, Ángel F. Montesinos, Ignacio Aranaz, Gerardo Malla, Andrés Lima, José Tamayo, Alberto González Vergel, Carlos Larrañaga, Juan José Alonso Millán, Antonio Guirau, Mara Recatero, Luis Balaguer, Luis Iturri, Emilio Sagi, José Luis Alonso, Manuel Canseco, Ramón Ballesteros, Juan Carlos Pérez de la Fuente and Lluís Pascual, among others. He has performed in many different play genres throughout his career.

### Cinema

He debuted with the short film Eres mi gula (starring with Isabel Ordaz), and later, he performed supporting roles in several films. His most prominent role in his early years as supporting actor was in the film Amanece que no es poco, directed by José Luis Cuerda in 1988. Later, he played as a supporting actor in several films directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez, such as Out of play in 1991, The woman of your life in 1994 and Nightmare for a rich man, in 1996.
In 1995 he performed as a supporting actor in 2 films nominated for the Goya Awards, Nobody will talk about us when we have died and Así en el cielo como en la tierra. He has also performed in Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health, and since the year 2000, he worked under the command of José Luis García Sánchez in films such as Adiós con el corazón, The Green March and Franky Banderas.
His most recent work is in the new film by José Luis Cuerda, Tiempo después, which was released at the end of 2018.

### Television

His first work in television was in 1980, in children's shows such as La cometa blanca and music programs such as A uan ba buluba balam bambum (1985).
Between 1984 and 1988, he was the voice of Maese Camera in La bola de cristal. Later, he intervened in series such as Sesame Street, Detrás de la puerta and Los mundos de Yupi, where he was an important character. From the end of the 1980s until now, he has performed in numerous supporting roles in several television series such as Brigada Central, Hostal Royal Manzanares, ¡Ay Señor, Señor!, Los ladrones van a la oficina, Cuéntame como pasó, Velvet Colección, and many more. He starred in the series Turno de Oficio: Diez años después (where he played Borja); Compuesta y sin novio (as Martinez); Los negocios de mamá (as Estanislao), Señor Alcalde (as Benito), and recently, in the first three seasons of Amar en tiempos revueltos, where he played the character which would make him quite famous, Isidro Bulnes.
He has performed as a supporting character in mini-series such as La Regenta (Fernando Méndez Leite), Don Quijote of Miguel de Cervantes (Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón), Entre naranjos (Josefina Molina), La banda de Pérez (Ricardo Palacios), and Martes de Carnaval (José Luis García Sánchez), among others.

## Theater

| Year | Play | Playwright | Directed by |
| 2019 | El sueño de la vida | Federico García Lorca and Alberto Conejero | Lluís Pascual |
| 2017 | La visita | Carmen Resino | Ramón Ballesteros |
| 2017 | ¡Viva la bagatela! | Ramón Ballesteros and Silvio Martínez, from Ramón María del Valle-Inclán's texts | Ramón Ballesteros |
| 2014 | Fermín Pocacosa | Ramón Ballesteros | Ramón Ballesteros |
| 2014 | La Venganza de Don Mendo | Pedro Muñoz Seca | Jesús Castejón |
| 2012 | Orquesta de señoritas | Jean Anouilh | Juan Carlos Pérez de la Fuente |
| 2009 | Angelina o el honor de un brigadier | Enrique Jardiel Poncela | Juan Carlos Pérez de la Fuente |
| 2008 | Puerta del Sol. Un episodio nacional | Benito Pérez Galdós | Juan Carlos Pérez de la Fuente |
| 2006 | La venganza de la Petra (As Nicomedes) | Carlos Arniches | José Luis Moreno |
| 2005 | Melocotón en almíbar | Miguel Mihura | Mara Recatero |
| 2003 | El acero de Madrid | Lope de Vega | Joaquín Vida |
| 2003 | Anacleto se divorcia | Pedro Muñoz Seca | Fernando Navarrete |
| 2003 | Dama de moda | Juan José Alonso Millán | Juan José Alonso Millán |
| 2002 | Usted puede ser un asesino (As The Inspector) | Alfonso Paso | Ramón Ballesteros |
| 2002 | La canasta | Miguel Mihura | Ramón Ballesteros |
| 2001 | Sin rencor | Sam Bobrick | Carlos Larrañaga |
| 1999 | Sé infiel y no mires con quién | John Chapman and Ray Cooney | Ramón Ballesteros |
| 1999 | ¡Ay caray! | Josep Maria Benet i Jornet | Manuel Ángel Egea |
| 1998 | Las últimas lunas | Furio Bordon | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 1996 | Los Pelópidas | Jorge Llopis | Ramón Ballesteros |
| 1995 | La discreta enamorada | Lope de Vega | Antonio Guirau |
| 1995 | La dama boba | Lope de Vega | Antonio Guirau |
| 1994 | Usted puede ser un asesino (As Julio) | Alfonso Paso | Antonio Guirau |
| 1993 | Celeste no es un color | Roberto Romero | Víctor Andrés Catena |
| 1993 | El cianuro... ¿solo o con leche? | Juan José Alonso Millán | Antonio Guirau |
| 1991 | Arniches 92 | Juan José Arteche and Ángel F. Montesinos, from Carlos Arniches's sainetes | Ángel F. Montesinos |
| 1991 | La venganza de la Petra (As Conesa) | Carlos Arniches | Víctor Andrés Catena |
| 1989 | Transbordo | José Luis Miranda | Pedro Miguel Martínez |
| 1989 | La enamorada del rey | Ramón María del Valle-Inclán | José Luis Alonso |
| 1987 | Por la calle de Alcalá 2 | Juan José Arteche | Ángel F. Montesinos |
| 1987 | Bailar con la más fea | Ray Cooney | Víctor Andrés Catena |
| 1986 | Dobles parejas | David Wiltse | Gerardo Malla |
| 1985 | Dos igual a uno | Ray Cooney | Ángel F. Montesinos |
| 1983 | Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino | Duque de Rivas | Francisco Nieva |
| 1983 | El carnaval de un reino | José Martín Recuerda | Alberto González Vergel |
| 1982 | El caballero de Olmedo | Lope de Vega | José Osuna |
| 1982 | Julieta tiene un desliz | Julio Mathias | Ángel García Moreno |
| 1981 | La gaviota | Antón Chéjov | Manuel Collado |
| 1979 | La señorita de Trevélez | Carlos Arniches | José Osuna |
| 1979 | Burlas del secreto amor. Comedias de Himenea y Calamita | Juan Antonio Castro, from Bartolomé Torres Naharro's texts | Manuel Canseco |
| 1979 | El perro del hortelano | Lope de Vega | Manuel Canseco |
| 1979 | Casa con dos puertas, mala es de guardar | Pedro Calderón de la Barca | Manuel Canseco |
| 1978 | El alquimista y la nieve | Childish story, music by Guillermo Rodríguez | Domingo Serrano |
| 1977 | La detonación | Antonio Buero Vallejo | José Tamayo |

### Small Theater Company of Madrid

| Year | Play | Playwright | Directed by |
| 1995 | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Antonio Guirau |
| 1995 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | Antonio Guirau |
| 1986 | La dama duende | Pedro Calderón de la Barca | Antonio Guirau |
| 1984 | El lindo don Diego | Agustín Motero | Antonio Guirau |
| 1984 | El caballero de Olmedo | Lope de Vega | Antonio Guirau |

### Dramatized readings

| Year | Play | Playwright | Directed by |
| 2018 | El ala quebradiza de la mariposa | Santiago Sanguinetti | Natalia Menéndez |
| 2017 | Puccini en concierto | Giacomo Puccini | Ramón Torrelledó |
| 2017 | Gloria Fuertes en su centenario: la poeta de los poetas | Gloria Fuertes's poems | Marcos Roca Sierra |

## Zarzuela
### The National Lyrical Company

| Year | Play | Playwright | Music Composer | Directed by |
| 2009 | La calesera | Emilio González del Castillo and Luis Martínez Román | Francisco Alonso | Carles Alfaro |
| 2008 | De Madrid a París | Eusebio Sierra and José Jackson | Federico Chueca | Andrés Lima |
| 2008 | El bateo | Antonio Domínguez and Antonio Paso | Federico Chueca | Andrés Lima |
| 2007 | El barbero de Sevilla | Guillermo Perrín y Vico and Miguel de Palacios | Gerónimo Giménez and Manuel Nieto | Josep María Mestres |
| 1995 | La montería | José Ramos Martín | Jacinto Guerrero | Emilio Sagi |
| 1988 | La chulapona | Federico Romero Sarachaga and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw Iturralde | Federico Moreno Torroba | Gerardo Malla |

### The Ases Líricos and Isaac Albéniz Company

| Year | Play | Playwright | Music Composer | Directed by |
| | La del manojo de rosas | Anselmo C. Carreño and Francisco Ramos de Castro | Pablo Sorozábal | |
| | La calesera | Emilio González del Castillo and Luis Martínez Román | Francisco Alonso | |
| | La del Soto del Parral | Anselmo C. Carreño and Luis Fernández de Sevilla | Reveriano Soutullo and Juan Vert | |
| | Los gavilanes | José Ramos Martín | Jacinto Guerrero | |
| | La Dolorosa | Juan José Lorente | José Serrano | |
| | La leyenda del beso | Enrique Reoyo, José Silva Aramburu and Antonio Paso | Reveriano Soutullo and Juan Vert | |
| | Doña Francisquita | Federico Romero Sarachaga and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw Iturralde | Amadeo Vives | |
| | El huésped del sevillano | Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena and Enrique Reoyo | Jacinto Guerrero | |
| | La tabernera del puerto | Federico Romero Sarachaga and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw Iturralde | Pablo Sorozábal | |
| | Bohemios | Guillermo Perrín y Vico and Miguel de Palacios | Amadeo Vives | |
| | La corte de Faraón | Guillermo Perrín and Miguel de Palacios | Vicente Lleó | |
| | Luisa Fernanda | Federico Romero Sarachaga and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw Iturralde | Federico Moreno Torroba | |
| | La viejecita | Miguel Echegaray | Manuel Fernández Caballero | |
| 1994 | La Parranda | Luis Fernández Ardavín | Francisco Alonso | Luis Balaguer |
| 1990 | La bruja | Miguel Ramos Carrión and Vital Aza | Ruperto Chapí | Ignacio Aranaz |
| 1989 | La Gran Vía | Felipe Pérez y González | Federico Chueca and Joaquín Valverde | José Osuna |
| 1987 | El Caserío | Federico Romero Sarachaga and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw Iturralde | Jesús Guridi | Luis Iturri |
| 1985 | La blanca doble | Enrique Paradas and Joaquín Jiménez | Jacinto Guerrero | Paco de Osca |
| 1983 | La rosa del azafrán | Federico Romero Sarachaga and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw Iturralde | Jacinto Guerrero | Evelio Esteve |
| 1982 | La Revoltosa | José López Silva and Carlos Fernández Shaw | Ruperto Chapí | Evelio Esteve |
| 1982 | La verbena de la Paloma | Ricardo de la Vega | Tomás Bretón | Evelio Esteve |
| 1981 | Agua, azucarillos y aguardiente | Miguel Ramos Carrión | Federico Chueca | Ángel F. Montesinos |
| 1978 | Las leandras | Emilio González del Castillo and José Muñoz Román | Francisco Alonso | Luis Sanz |

## Television
### Drama

| Year | Title | Directed by |
| 2019 | Señoras del (h)AMPA | Jaime Botella |
| 2017 | Velvet Colección | Gustavo Ron |
| 2005–2008 | Amar en tiempos revueltos | Antonio Onetti, Rodolf Sirera |
| 2004–2011 | Cuéntame cómo pasó | Agustín Crespi |
| 2002 | Policías, en el corazón de la calle | Paloma Martín-Mateo |
| 2001–2005 | El comisario | Alfonso Arandia, José Ramos Paíno |
| 2000 | La ley y la vida | Raúl de la Morena |
| 1998–2002 | Periodistas | Daniel Écija |
| 1998 | La vida en el aire | Ignacio Mercero |

### Sitcom

| Year | Title | Directed by |
| 2013 | Psicodriving | Albert Saguer |
| 2004 | ¿Se Puede? | Gustavo Pérez Puig |
| 1998–2000 | La casa de los líos | José Miguel Ganga |
| 1998 | Señor Alcalde | Jaime Botella |
| 1997 | Los negocios de mamá | Luis Sanz |
| 1997 | En plena forma | Carlos Serrano, Domingo Solano |
| 1996 | Contigo pan y cebolla | Javier Elorrieta |
| 1996 | Hostal Royal Manzanares | Sebastián Yunyent |
| 1995–1996 | Canguros | José Miguel Ganga |
| 1994 | Hermanos de leche | Miguel Ángel Ibáñez, Carlos Serrano |
| 1994 | Habitación 503 | José Pavón, Pedro Amalio López |
| 1994 | ¡Ay Señor, Señor! | Fernando Colomo |
| 1993–1995 | Los ladrones van a la oficina | Ramón Fernández |
| 1992–1993 | Menos lobos | Lorenzo Zaragoza |
| 1991 | Eva y Adán, agencia matrimonial | Francisco Montolío |
| 1991 | Tercera planta, inspección fiscal | Lolo Rico |

### Telefilms

| Year | Title | Directed by |
| 2008 | Martes de Carnaval | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 1998 | Entre Naranjos | Josefina Molina |
| 1997 | La banda de Pérez | Ricardo Palacios |
| 1996–1997 | Turno de Oficio. Diez años después | Manuel Matji |
| 1995 | La Regenta | Fernando Méndez Leite |
| 1994 | Compuesta y sin novio | Pedro Masó |
| 1991 | El Quijote | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón |
| 1990 | La forja de un rebelde | Mario Camus |
| 1989 | Brigada Central | Pedro Masó |

### Television Drama and Spanish Revue

| Year | Show | Directed by |
| 1996 | Las alegres cazadoras | José Luis Moreno |
| 1995 | Doña Mariquita de mi corazón | José Luis Moreno |
| 1994 | Encantada de la vida | Matilde Fernández Jarrin |
| 1993 | Celeste no es un color | Víctor Andrés Catena |
| 1988 | Por la calle de Alcalá 2 | Ángel F. Montesinos |
| 1982 | La Gaviota (Estudio 1) | Manuel Collado |

### Children and Teen's Show

| Year | Show | Directed by |
| 1995 | Detrás de la Puerta | Lolo Rico |
| 1988 | Los mundos de Yupi | Antonio Torets |
| 1986 | Sesame Street | Antonio Torets |
| 1985 | A uan ba buluba balam bambu | Carlos Tena |
| 1984–1988 | La Bola de Cristal | Lolo Rico |
| 1981–1983 | La cometa blanca | Lolo Rico |

## Cinema
### Films

| Year | Film | Directed by |
| 2018 | Tiempo Después | José Luis Cuerda |
| 2008 | Esperpentos | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 2008 | La vida en rojo | Andrés Linares |
| 2004 | Franky Banderas | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 2003 | Atraco a la tres...y media | Raúl Marchand |
| 2002 | La marcha verde | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 2000 | Adiós con el corazón | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 1998 | Las ratas | Antonio Giménez Rico |
| 1997 | Carreteras secundarias | Emilio Martínez Lázaro |
| 1997 | Memorias del ángel caído | Fernando Cámara, David Alonso |
| 1997 | Siempre hay un camino a la derecha | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 1996 | Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health | Manuel Gómez Pereira |
| 1996 | Nightmare for a rich man | Fernando Fernán Gómez |
| 1996 | Witches | Álvaro Fernández Armero |
| 1995 | Hermana, ¿pero qué has hecho? | Pedro Masó |
| 1995 | Suspiros de España (y Portugal) | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 1995 | Así en el cielo como en la tierra | José Luis Cuerda |
| 1995 | Nobody will talk about us when we have died | Agustín Díaz Yanes |
| 1995 | El seductor | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 1994 | La mujer de tu vida | Fernando Fernán Gómez |
| 1994 | All men are same | Manuel Gómez Pereira |
| 1993 | Tres palabras | Antonio Giménez Rico |
| 1991 | Fuera de juego | Fernando Fernán Gómez |
| 1991 | Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento | Ana Belén |
| 1991 | Dyningar (The Ebro runs dry) | Saeed Assadi |
| 1991 | La noche más larga | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 1989 | Bajarse al moro | Fernando Colomo |
| 1989 | El vuelo de la paloma | José Luis García Sánchez |
| 1988 | Amanece que no es poco | José Luis Cuerda |
| 1988 | La diputada | Javier Aguirre |
| 1981 | La segunda guerra de los niños | Javier Aguirre |

### Short films

| Year | Title | Directed by |
| 2016 | Nini | David Moreno |
| 1997 | ¿Las cosas son como son... o como deberían ser? Dos historias... del mismo día | José Antonio Pastor |
| 1982 | Eres mi gula | Juan Forner |