# Leonardo Sbaraglia

Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (Spanish:; born 30 June 1970) is an Argentine actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain. He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in Red Lights.

## Biography

Sbaraglia was born in Buenos Aires where his mother, Roxana Randon, is a local actress and theater coach. He started his acting career at the age of 16 in La noche de los lápices, a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera.
In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentine youth for his role in the TV series Clave de sol. In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in theatre (such as La Soledad de los Campos de Algodon, Closer). In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine director Marcelo Piñeyro in Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito. They came together again for Caballos salvajes (1995), for which Leonardo Sbaraglia earned the Jury Prize for Best Acting at the Huelva International Film Festival, and later for Cenizas del paraíso (1997) and an acclaimed performance in Plata quemada (2000).
Sbaraglia emigrated to Spain in 1998. He starred with Eusebio Poncela in Intacto, a 2001 thriller directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, and received a Goya Award for Best New Actor. His other starring roles include Deseo (2002), a Gerardo Vera film in which he plays alongside Leonor Watling and Cecilia Roth, and Carmen (2003), an adaptation of Prosper Mérimée's classic by director Vicente Aranda.
Sbaraglia worked again in 2005 with director Antonio Hernández, with whom he had already shot En la ciudad sin límites in 2002. This and his contribution to Sebastián Borensztein's mini TV series Tiempo final (2000) after their production of El garante, for which he earned the Martín Fierro Award for best performance by an actor; Hernández and Piñeyro are the only directors with whom Sbaraglia has worked with more than once.
He was nominated for the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2007 for his role of Jesús Irurre in the film Salvador (Puig Antich) in which he starred with German actor Daniel Brühl. The city of Huelva awarded Sbaraglia an honorary award in 2005.
Sbaraglia returned to Argentina in 2008, and starred in Marcelo Piñeyro's Las viudas de los jueves in a role nominated for an Argentine Film Critics Association Silver Condor Award. Among his notable later roles are alongside Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver in Rodrigo Cortés' Red Lights (2012); and as one of two men in a caught in a road duel in Damián Szifrón's acclaimed Wild Tales (2014).

## Family

Sbaraglia married the Argentine sculptor Guadalupe Martín in 2001; the couple have one child.

## Filmography
### Film

| Title | Year | Role |
| 1986 | Night of the Pencils | Daniel |
| 1993 | Copyright | |
| 1993 | Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito | Pedro |
| 1994 | Fuego gris | |
| 1995 | Fotos del alma | |
| 1995 | No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas | Pablo |
| 1995 | Caballos salvajes | Pedro |
| 1996 | Carlos Monzón, el segundo juicio | |
| 1996 | Besos en la frente | Sebastián Miguez |
| 1997 | Cenizas del paraíso | Pedro Makantasis |
| 1998 | Bajamar | |
| 1998 | Vendado y frío | |
| 2000 | Plata quemada | El Nene |
| 2001 | Intacto | Tomás |
| 2002 | En la ciudad sin límites | Victor |
| 2002 | Nowhere | Paolo Brandi |
| 2002 | Deseo | Pablo |
| 2003 | Utopía | Adrián |
| 2003 | Carmen | José |
| 2003 | Cleopatra | Carlos |
| 2004 | La puta y la ballena | Emilio |
| 2005 | La mitad negada | |
| 2005 | Oculto | Alex |
| 2006 | Salvador (Puig Antich) | Jesús |
| 2006 | De bares | |
| 2007 | Concursante | Martín Circo Martín |
| 2007 | El rey de la montaña | Quim |
| 2008 | Violanchelo | Dr. Marquez |
| 2008 | Santos | Arturo Antares |
| 2008 | Diario de una ninfómana | Jaime |
| 2009 | Las viudas de los jueves | Ronnie |
| 2009 | El corredor nocturno | Lopez |
| 2010 | Sin retorno | Federico Samaniego |
| 2011 | El campo | Santiago |
| 2011 | Vaquero | Alonso |
| 2012 | Red Lights | Leonardo Palladino |
| 2012 | Restos | Daniel |
| 2014 | Wild Tales | Diego Iturralde |
| 2014 | Aire libre | Manuel |
| 2016 | The Silence of the Sky | Mario |
| 2016 | Al final del túnel | Joaquín |
| 2016 | Sangre en la boca | Ramón Alvia |
| 2017 | Nieve negra | Marcos |
| 2017 | El otro hermano (The Lost Brother) | Duarte |
| 2018 | El desentierro (The Uncovering) | Pau |
| 2019 | Dolor y gloria | Federico |
| 2019 | Wasp Network | |
| 2020 | Unknown Origins | Paco |
| 2021 | Errante corazón (Wandering Heart) | Santiago |
| 2021 | Alegría | Simón |
| 2023 | Blondi | Eduardo |
| 2023 | Puan | Rafael Sujarchuk |
| 2024 | El hombre que amaba a los platos voladores (The Man Who Loved UFOs) | José de Zer [es] |

### Television

* Clave de Sol (1987)
* Atreverse (1990)
* Amores (1991)
* El gordo y el flaco (1991)
* Alta comedia (1991)
* Cartas de amor en cassette (1993)
* De poeta y de loco (1996)
* El garante (1997)
* Casablanca (1998)
* Bajamar, la costa del silencio (1998)
* La argentina de tato (1999)
* Tiempo final (2000)
* Al filo de la ley (2005)
* Epitafios (2009)
* Impostores (2009)
* Lo que el tiempo nos dejó (2010)
* Dos lunas (2013)
* En terapia (2012–2014)
* Todos mienten (2022)
* Elite (2023-2024)

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2001 | 49th Silver Condor Awards | Best Actor | Burnt Money | Nominated |
| 2002 | 16th Goya Awards | Best New Actor | Intact | Won |
| 2004 | 52nd Silver Condor Awards | Best Actor | In the City Without Limits | Nominated |
| 2007 | 21st Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Salvador | Nominated |
| 2009 | 4th Sur Awards | Best Actor | The Widows of Thursdays | Nominated |
| 2010 | 58th Silver Condor Awards | Best Actor | The Widows of Thursdays | Nominated |
| 2010 | 38th International Emmy Awards | Best Actor | Epitafios | Nominated |
| 2010 | 5th Sur Awards | Best Actor | No Return | Nominated |
| 2014 | 9th Sur Awards | Best Actor | Wild Tales | Nominated |
| 2015 | 63rd Silver Condor Awards | Best Actor | Aire libre | Nominated |
| 2015 | 2nd Platino Awards | Best Actor | Wild Tales | Nominated |
| 2017 | 11th Sur Awards | Best Actor | At the End of the Tunnel | Nominated |
| 2018 | 66th Silver Condor Awards | Best Actor | The Lost Brother | Won |
| 2018 | 12th Sur Awards | Best Actor | The Lost Brother | Nominated |
| 2020 | 7th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | Pain and Glory | Nominated |
| 2020 | 34th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Pain and Glory | Nominated |
| 2020 | 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Minor Role | Pain and Glory | Won |
| 2022 | 16th Sur Awards | Best Actor | Wandering Heart | Won |
| 2022 | 70th Silver Condor Awards | Best Actor | Wandering Heart | Won |
| 2024 | 11th Platino Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Puan | Nominated |
| 2024 | 18th Sur Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Puan | Won |
Martín Fierro Awards
| Year | Category | Film | Award |
| 1997 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | El garante | Winner |
| 1997 | Best Supporting Actor | En terapia | Winner |