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Jordi Mollà
Mollà in 2016
Born	Jordi Mollà Perales (1968-07-01) 1 July 1968 (age 56) L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Occupations	Actor artist writer filmmaker
Years active	1988–present
Known for	Jamón jamón, La Celestina The Lucky Star, Second Skin, Blow, El cónsul de Sodoma, Jack Ryan
Website	www.jordimollaart.com

Jordi Mollà Perales (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾði muˈʎa]) is a Spanish actor, artist, writer, and filmmaker. He has been nominated three times for the Goya Award for Best Actor for The Lucky Star (1997), Second Skin (1999), and El cónsul de Sodoma (1999).

Early life and education

Jordi Mollà y Perales was born and raised in Barcelona, Spain. He trained at the Institut del Teatre, and furthered his studies in Italy, Hungary, and England. His mother tongues are Catalan and Spanish, and he is fluent in English, Italian, and French.

Career

Acting

Mollà breakout role was in Bigas Luna's 1992 comedy drama Jamón, jamón, where he played the jilted lover of Penélope Cruz's character. Mollà went on to star in other acclaimed films in his native country, including Stories from the Kronen and La Celestina. The latter earned him his first Goya Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His subsequent starring role in The Lucky Star earned him widespread acclaim, earning him a Premios Ondas, a Butaca Award for Best Catalan Actor, and another Goya nomination, this time for Best Actor. He has since been nominated twice more, for Second Skin and El cónsul de Sodoma.

Mollà made his Hollywood debut in the 2001 biographical crime film Blow, where he played a villainous drug trafficker based on Carlos Lehder. Mollà subsequently played a similar character in Michael Bay's 2003 action sequel Bad Boys II, opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. His co-star Gabrielle Union labeled him as "The Tom Cruise of Spain," when praising his performance as drug lord Johnny Tapia. Mollà then starred in The Tulse Luper Suitcases, an ambitious multi-year, multi-media project created by avant-garde director Peter Greenaway. He has subsequently starred in many high-profile feature films, including Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Knight and Day, Che: Part 2, Colombiana, Riddick, In the Heart of the Sea, and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. He starred in the second season of Jack Ryan as Venezuelan President Nicolás Reyes.

Directing

Mollà began directing short films in 1994. His debut, Walter Peralta, earned a Goya nomination for Best Documentary Short. He made his feature directorial debut in 2012 with 88.

Art

Mollà is a self-taught painter. In the summer of 2002, he exhibited in ARCO Madrid [es] at the Carmen de la Guerra Gallery, along with a number of other artists.

Filmography

Actor

Filmmaking

References

1. "Art Events | Celebrity Actor | Jordi Molla Art". jordimollaart. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
2. Davies, Ann (2009). Daniel Calparsoro. Spanish and Latin American Filmmakers. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-7190-7364-9.

External links

• Jordi Mollà at IMDb
• Jordi Mollà Artist Site
• Artwork by Jordi Mollà

• Living people
• Male actors from Barcelona
• Spanish male film actors
• Spanish film directors
• 21st-century Spanish male actors
• 20th-century Spanish male actors
• 1968 births