Israel Elejalde
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- Actor
- theatre director
Israel Elejalde | |
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| Born | December 10th 1973 Madrid, Spain |
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Israel Elejalde (born 1973) is a Spanish actor as well as a theatre director. Primarily a stage actor with television and film incursions, he had a breakthrough film performance with his role in the 2014 film Magical Girl, which earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor.
Born in 1973 in Villaverde, Madrid, Elejalde's stage debut took place at the Juan de Villanueva High School in Orcasitas.[1] He earned a licentiate degree in Political Science while training as an actor at William Layton's lab.[1] He further trained at the Teatro de La Abadía under José Luis Gómez and studied stage direction at the RESAD.[2][1]
Some of his most important stage credits include those in Veraneantes, La función por hacer, and Misántropo.[2] Primarily an actor, he also writes and directs.[3] He was in a relationship with actress Bárbara Lennie, along with whom he performed in Magical Girl and different stage plays.[4][2][5][6]
