Jorge Sanz

Jorge Sanz was born on August 26 1969 in Madrid The son of a military man he is the youngest of five siblings and probably would have followed a military career following in his fathers footsteps but his mother took him to an audition when he was nine years old and he was cast as Jane Birkins son in the film La Miel 1979 directed by Pedro Masó beginning a prolific career as a child actor mostly in commercial films such as Conan the Barbarian 1982 alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger His collaborations with Fernando Trueba and Vicente Aranda made him the most soughtafter young actor of those years He worked in films such as Mambrú se fue a la guerra directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez and El año de las luces by Trueba where he worked for the first time with Maribel Verdú He has been nominated six times for the Goya Award winning it in 1989 for his performance in Si te dicen que caí He has also won a revelation award at the San Sebastian Film Festival and two more as best actor at the Nimes Film Festival