Leonardo Sbaraglia Movies and Career Information

Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (born June 30, 1970) is a prominent Argentine film and television actor, with extensive credits in Argentina and Spain. Leonardo Sbaraglia was born in Buenos Aires. His mother, Roxana Randon, is a local actress and theater coach. He started his acting career at the age of 16 in the film La Noche de los lápices (Night of the Pencils), a political documentary drama directed by Héctor Olivera. In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentine youth for his role in the TV series Clave de sol. In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in the theater (e.g., in La Soledad de los Campos de Algodon, Closer). In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine director Marcelo Piñeyro in Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito. They came together again for Caballos salvajes (1995), for which Leonardo Sbaraglia earned the Jury Prize for Best Acting at the Huelva Latin American Film Festival, and later for Cenizas del paraíso (1997) and an acclaimed performance in Plata quemada (2000). More recently, Sbaraglia has worked both in Spain, where he has spent most of the time, and in Argentina. In 2001, he starred with Eusebio Poncela in