Óscar Ladoire

Óscar Ladoire Montero was born in Madrid on 1 April 1954.^[2] He studied at the Faculty of Information Sciences in Madrid, founding the film magazine Casablanca together with Fernando Trueba and Antonio Resines.^[1]

He made his big screen debut as an actor portraying Matías in Ópera prima (1980),^[3][4] directed by Fernando Trueba and co-written by Ladoire. Ladoire and Trueba founded the production company Ópera Films in 1982.^[5] He made his directorial debut with A contratiempo [es] (1982), in which he also starred.^[6] He has since featured in titles such as Voyage to Nowhere (1986), The Ages of Lulu (1990), Alegre ma non troppo (1994), Off to the Revolution by a 2CV (2001), and We Treat Women Too Well (2024).^[3][7][8] For his part in Alegre ma non troppo, he earned a nomination for the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[3]

His performance in Friend Zone (2009) won him the Sant Jordi Award for Best Spanish Actor.^[3]