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 film debut was a significant one. His first character in a feature film was Diego in Fresa y Chocolate, which was nominated for an Oscar in 1995 in the category of Best Foreign Language Film and won the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film.
He was a founder of the theater group El Público, directed by Carlos Díaz, and of the Olga Alonso theater group (1985-1987).
With such a prolific career, it is no surprise that he has received numerous awards for his performance. His most recognized role has been Diego in Fresa y Chocolate, through which he gained global fame and for which he has received the following awards:
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 Male Performance in Film (1994, Competition of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba), Panambi Award for Best Acting Work (1994, V Asunción Film Festival, Paraguay), Special Jury Award Berlinale, Silver Bear (1994, 44th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), 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 selected as Best Actor (1997, 10th Edition of the Viña del Mar International Film Festival, Chile), and for his performance in Lista de Espera, he received an Acting Award (2001, Cartagena de Indias Film Festival, Colombia).
In 2001, he was awarded the Honor Prize for his film career during the first Ibero-American film week "La Chimenea Verde" (Spain).
Her less-known passion for painting has led her to hold exhibitions both 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 (Afinidades, Se Vende, and Amor crónico).
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 star in Dr. Portuondo, a Spanish series that began filming that week in Barcelona. He will portray a unique Cuban psychoanalyst who shouts at his patients, curses in the name of Freud, and drinks Johnnie Walker whisky. This series, the first television production from 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.
