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[2] Prior to acting he was an aeronautic engineer, pilot, bank teller and studied psychology.

[3] He began a career as a stage actor in the late 1970s,[4] including his performance in the Eduardo Fuentes-directed stage play Cabaret Castizo (premiered in Madrid on 5 January 1993), portraying a sheriff making a parody out of authoritarian Madrid city councillor Ángel Matanzo; Matanzo's attempts to bring down the play eventually prompted his own sacking from the municipal government board.

[11] He won the Silver Biznaga for Best Actor in the 2002 Málaga Film Festival together with the rest of the cast of Smoking Room.

[11] His television work includes performances in Los ladrones van a la oficina, Médico de familia or Cuéntame cómo pasó.

[11][1] He was the single occupant of a vehicle that went off the road and fell down a 50-metre steep slope, landing on a plantation.