Eduardo Noriega (Spanish actor)

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Eduardo Noriega

Birth name	Eduardo Noriega Gómez
Born	August 1, 1973 (age 33) Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Notable roles	César in Open Your Eyes (1997)

Eduardo Noriega (born August 1, 1973 in Santander, Spain) is a Spanish film actor, perhaps best known for his roles in two Alejandro Amenábar films, the multiple Goya-winning Tesis and the Hollywood-remade Abre los ojos. He also starred in the 2004 film El Lobo.Eduardo is the youngest of seven brothers and the only one who decided to become an actor. While he was a child, he actually devoted himself to music. However, when he grew up he decided to leave his Law degree and his love towards music and move to Madrid in order to become an actor.

He acted in several short films of directors Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil and Carlos Montero and he appeared in a short role in the well known Spanish film "Historias del Kronen". But it wasn't until "Tesis" when he had his first star role in a film that became one of most important successes in the history of Spanish films. Amenábar confessed in a T.T interview that he actually didn't want Eduardo in Tesis in the first place, thinking he was just a "pretty face", although his co-workers thought otherwise. In the end he called him again because he preferred him over the other actors in the casting. After that they became really good friend, sharing different projects together, such as another Spanish film hit, "Abre los Ojos" ( "Vanilla Sky" in the Tom Cruise's review).

With Leonardo Sbaraglia, he has also acted in Plata Quemada ("Burnt Money") (2000), an Argentine gay film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro. Noriega went on to star on another Piñeyro film, El Método (2005), reuniting with Plata Quemada co-star Pablo Echarri.

In 2001, he played the role of Jacinto in The Devil's Backbone, a film directed by Guillermo del Toro and produced by Agustín and Pedro Almodóvar: a film about the life in an orphanage in the last months of the Spanish Civil War. Marisa Paredes and Federico Luppi also take part in this fantastic film.

In 2002, he starred as the main actor in "Novo", a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin. Eduardo Noriega appears completely naked in this film.

In 2006, he played the role of Count of Guadalmedina in "Alatriste", the most expensive film in the history of Spanish cinema. Agustín Díaz Yanes directed the film, starring Viggo Mortensen, Javier Cámara, Ariadna Gil, Blanca Portillo, Juan Echanove, etc. "Alatriste" is based on five novels written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.