Jorge Perugorría

Jorge Perugorría Rodríguez is a renowned and popular Cuban actor born in Havana, Cuba on August 13, 1965. He is also a painter, sculptor, and director.

He began his career as a theater actor at the age of 17. His first appearance in film was a big one. His first character in a feature film was as Diego in Fresa y Chocolate, which was nominated for an Oscar in 1995 in the category of Best Foreign Language Film and awarded the Goya for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film.

He was a founder of the El Público theater group, directed by Carlos Díaz, and the Olga Alonso theater group (1985-1987).

With such a prolific career, it's no surprise that he has received numerous awards for his performance. His most recognized role has been Diego, from Fresa y Chocolate, which brought him worldwide fame and for which he has been awarded the following prizes:

Coral Award for Best Male Performance (1993, XV International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba), Kikito Award for Best Male Performance (1994, XXVII Gramado Film Festival, Brazil), Award for Best Male Performance in Film (1994, Contest of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba), Panambi Award for Best Acting Work (1994, V Asunción Film Festival, Paraguay, 1994), Special Jury Prize Berlinale, Silver Bear (1994, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, 44th Edition), Award for Best Performance (1995, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, California), Award for Best Performance (1995, New York Film Critics Circle).

His leading role in Amor Vertical was also selected as Best Male Actor (1997, 10th Edition of the Viña del Mar Film Festival, Chile) and for his role in Lista de Espera, he received an Acting Award (2001, Cartagena de Indias Film Festival, Colombia 2001).

In 2001, he was awarded the Honor Prize for his film career during the first Ibero-American film week "La Chimenea Verde" (Spain).

His less known vocation for painting has led him to hold exhibitions nationally and internationally (Spain, New York, and Italy).

He has produced and directed music videos (When I Left Havana), documentaries (Iré Habana, Santiago and the Virgin), and feature films (Affinities, For Sale, and Chronic Love).

Filmography:

Boceto (1991, medium-length film), Fresa y chocolate (1993), Derecho de asilo (1994), Cachito (1995), Un asunto privado (1995), Dile a Laura que la quiero (1995), Guantanamera (1995), Bámbola (1996), Amor vertical (1996), Edipo alcalde (1996), La vida según Muriel (1997), Cosas que dejé en la Habana (1997), Historias Clandestinas en la Habana (1997), Volavérunt (1998), Cuando vuelvas a mi lado (1999), Estorvo (2000), Tierra del Fuego (2000), Lista de espera (2000), Miel para Oshún (2001), Vajont - La diga del disonore (2001), Nowhere (2001), Rencor (2002), Roble de olor (2003), Tánger (2004), Una rosa de Francia (2005), Frutas en el café (2005), Clara no es nombre de mujer (2010), Regreso a Ítaca (2014), among others.

In 2019, he participated in the film Havana Kyrie by Paolo Consorti, alongside Jacqueline Arenal, Yerlín Pérez, Cheryl Saldívar, Susana Ruiz, Bárbaro Marín, and Andros.

In March 2021, it was announced that the actor would be the star of Dr. Portuondo, a Spanish series that began filming that week in Barcelona, in which he will portray a unique Cuban psychoanalyst who shouts at his patients, curses in Freud's name, and drinks Johnnie Walker whisky. The series, the first television production of the Spanish platform Filmin, adapts the novel Dr. Portuondo (2017) by the Catalan Carlo Pardial.

Perugorría lives in Cuba with his wife, Elsa, and their four children Anthuan, Andros, Adán, and Amén.