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 significant one. 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 for Best Foreign Film in Spanish.
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 performances. His most recognized role has been Diego in Fresa y Chocolate, through which he gained 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), Male Performance Award 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), 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 also nominated for Best Male Actor (1997, 10th Edition of the Viña del Mar Film Festival, Chile), and for his performance in Lista de Espera, he received the Acting Award (2001, Cartagena de Indias Film Festival, Colombia 2001).
In 2001, he was awarded the Honor Prize for his cinematic career during the first Ibero-American film week "La Chimenea Verde" in Spain.
Her lesser-known passion for painting has led her to hold exhibitions in both national and international venues (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 lead 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, swears by Freud, and drinks Johnnie Walker whisky. The series, which is 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.
