Sergi López (actor)

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Ayats; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

Sergi López i Ayats (born 22 December 1965) is a Spanish actor mostly known for his work on Dirty Pretty Things, Solo mía, and Pan's Labyrinth. He has developed a substantial career in both Spanish films and French films.

Sergi López
Attending the 2020 Málaga Film Festival
Born	Sergi López i Ayats (1965-12-22) 22 December 1965 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present

Early life

Sergi López was initiated in theater in representations of typical nativity plays called Els Pastorets, in his native city. He started to study theater in Barcelona but completed his studies in France, in the school of Jacques Lecoq. He is fluent in Catalan, Spanish, French and English.

Career

In 1991, he auditioned for French director Manuel Poirier. López made his film debut that year in Poirier's La Petite amie d'Antonio (1992). López did eight more films with Poirier, including his first international success, Western (1997).The film was entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize., and was nominated for an Oscar; López himself was nominated for the César Award. In 2000, he won the Cesar for Best Actor for his role in the French film Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien.

In 1997, he starred in Caresses, directed by fellow Catalan Ventura Pons. His resume includes films such as Dirty Pretty Things, Solo mía, and Pan's Labyrinth.

In 2005, he returned to the stage to perform a monologue in Non solum, which he wrote and directed with Jorge Picó.

Selected filmography

López in 2009

López at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival

Year	Title	Role	Director
1995	...à la campagne	Pablo	Manuel Poirier
1997	Caresses	Home	Ventura Pons
	Western	Paco Cazale	Manuel Poirier
1999	Between Your Legs	Claudio	Manuel Gomez Pereira
	An Affair of Love	Him	Frédéric Fonteyne
	Empty Days	Luis	Marion Vernoux
	Lisbon	João	Antonio Hernández
2000	Harry, He's Here to Help	Harry	Dominik Moll
2001	Ten Days Without Love	Miguel	Miguel Albaladejo
	Jet Lag	Sergio	Danièle Thompson
	The Milk of Human Kindness	Serge	Dominique Cabrera
	Mine Alone	Joaquin	Javier Balaguer
	A Hell of a Day	Luis Del Sol	Marion Vernoux
2002	Filles perdues, cheveux gras	Philippe	Claude Duty
	Rencontre avec le dragon	Raoul de Ventadour	Hélène Angel
	Dirty Pretty Things	Sneaky / Juan	Stephen Frears
2004	Words in Blue	Vincent	Alain Corneau
	To Paint or Make Love	Adam	Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu
2006	Pan's Labyrinth	Captain Vidal	Guillermo del Toro
2007	Parc	Georges Clou	Arnaud des Pallières
2009	Ricky	Paco	François Ozon
	Happy End	Théo	Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu
	Leaving	Ivan	Catherine Corsini
	The Boat Race	Sergi	Bernard Bellefroid
	Map of the Sounds of Tokyo	David	Isabel Coixet
2010	Black Bread	The Mayor	Agustí Villaronga
	Potiche	The Spanish Trucker	François Ozon
2011	The Monk	The Silent Man	Dominik Moll
2012	La Proie	Manuel Carrega	Éric Valette
	Dream and Silence	Valenti	Jaime Rosales
	Tango libre	Fernand	Frédéric Fonteyne
2013	Michael Kohlhaas	One-Armed man	Arnaud des Pallières
2014	High Society	Harold	Julie Lopes-Curval
	Geronimo	Le père de Geronimo	Tony Gatlif
2015	A Perfect Day	Goyo	Fernando León de Aranoa
	21 Nights with Pattie	Manuel	Arnaud Larrieu Jean-Marie Larrieu
	Second Origin	The Man	Carles Porta
	Les Rois du monde	Jeannot	Laurent Laffargue
2018	Happy as Lazzaro	Ultimo	Alice Rohrwacher
	The Man Who Killed Don Quixote	The Farmer	Terry Gilliam
2020	Rifkin's Festival	Paco	Woody Allen
2024	Maldoror		Fabrice Du Welz

Theatre

• Brams o la kumèdia dels errors
• Fins al fons
• Lisistrata (1996)
• Non Solum (2005)

External links

• Sergi López at IMDb