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 debut in film was quite remarkable. His first role in a feature film was as Diego in Fresa y Chocolate, which was nominated for an Oscar in 1995 for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film.
He was the 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 is not surprising that he has received numerous awards for his acting. His most recognized role has been Diego in Fresa y Chocolate, which brought him worldwide 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, 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 Award Berlinale, Silver Bear (1994, 44th International Film Festival Berlin), Award for Best Performance (1995, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, California), Award for Best Performance (1995, New York Press Critics Association)
His leading role in Amor Vertical was 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).
Her lesser-known passion for painting has led her to hold exhibitions both nationally and internationally (in 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:
Sketch (1991, medium-length film), Strawberry and Chocolate (1993), Right of Asylum (1994), Cachito (1995), A Private Matter (1995), Tell Laura I Love Her (1995), Guantanamera (1995), Bámbola (1996), Vertical Love (1996), Oedipus Mayor (1996), Life According to Muriel (1997), Things I Left in Havana (1997), Clandestine Stories in Havana (1997), Volavérunt (1998), When You Return to My Side (1999), Obstacle (2000), Tierra del Fuego (2000), Waiting List (2000), Honey for Oshún (2001), Vajont - The Dike of Dishonor (2001), Nowhere (2001), Resentment (2002), Smelling Oak (2003), Tangier (2004), A Rose from France (2005), Fruits in the Café (2005), Clara Is Not a Woman's Name (2010), Return to Ithaca (2014), among others.
In 2019, she 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, in which he will play 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 from the Spanish platform Filmin, adapts the novel Dr. Portuondo (2017) by Catalan author Carlo Pardial.
Perugorría lives in Cuba with his wife, Elsa, and their four children Anthuan, Andros, Adán, and Amén.
