Enrique Villén

Acting

Enrique Villén

Born

1960-05-01 (66)

Place of birth

Madrid, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

76 titles

Known for

La que se avecina poster
8.1

La que se avecina is a Spanish television comedy created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Daniel Deorador. The TV-series focusing around the inhabitants of Mirador de Montepinar, a fictional building located on the outskirts of a big city. Both its storylines and cast are heavily based on Aquí no hay quien viva, which ended when Telecinco bought Miramón Mendi, the series production company. The episodes debuted on the Telecinco network, and were later rerun by the same network as well as cable/satellite channels FactoríaDeFicción and Paramount Comedy. The series debuted in 22 April 2007 and became popular thanks to its funny characters, witty script, use of catchphrases and capacity to integrate and poke fun at contemporary issues; the program presents a caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society. The name of the show involves wordplay, as "vecina" is the Spanish word for neighbour.

La que se avecina

2007

The Ministry of Time poster
7.6

A soldier from the 15th century, a university student from the 19th century and a nurse from the present join the secret 'Department of Time', a secret department within the Spanish government with the ability to travel through time. Their mission is prevent changes in history.

The Ministry of Time

2015

Paco's Men poster
7.8

Follows police officer Francisco "Paco" Miranda and his men through funny cases.

Paco's Men

2005

Aquí no hay quien viva poster
8.4

A caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society.

Aquí no hay quien viva

2003

30 Coins poster
7.3

Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.

30 Coins

2020

Los misterios de Laura poster
7.6

With her intuition and instinct, Laura Lebrel del Bosque, an innocent and intelligent police inspector with very original methods, naturally solves impossible crimes, dismantles alibis, and figures out who the murderer in every episode is. Meanwhile, her marriage with inspector Jacobo is not going through its best phase, she has to deal with her duties as a housewife and a mother of two very naughty five-year-old twins, and her workmate Martín cannot help getting into trouble.

Los misterios de Laura

2009

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

The Gentleman poster
5.9

Aging ex-soldier Theo meets weekly with prostitute Olga to reminisce. After Olga's murder, Theo seeks bloody revenge, attracting attention of alcoholic cop Iborra and hitman Herodes.

The Gentleman

2025

Four's a Crowd poster
6.3

Julián, a divorced man with financial problems, uses a cell phone application to share his car with strangers.

Four's a Crowd

2022

With the Years We Have Left poster
6.3

The life of Macarena, a Spanish immigrant in the USA, becomes complicated when she has to pay a debt contracted by her father.

With the Years We Have Left

2022

Your Mother or Mine: Mothers-in-Law at War poster
4.6

Paco and Regina are going to get married, but they don't know that this will unleash a fight between their mothers to see who decides every detail of the wedding. Carmen, Paco's mother, is an expert in sentimental blackmail to get what she wants. While Catalina, Regina's mother, is an expert in using her contacts to pressure and extort people until her slightest whim is fulfilled. Their struggle unleashes a battle of epic proportions, where nothing will be left standing.

Your Mother or Mine: Mothers-in-Law at War

2024

Carne Roja poster
4.0

Emma, a vegan cook who lives abroad, is forced to return to Spain to face the reality that is lived here. After coming in contact with an animal shelter, decides to carry out a hard and bloodthirsty revenge against animal abusers

Carne Roja

2023

The Silence of Marcos Tremmer poster
7.6

Marcos Tremmer is a successful publicist who lives in Madrid, madly in love with his wife, Lucía. One day, Marcos discovers that a deadly disease will end his life in a few months.

The Silence of Marcos Tremmer

2024

Goat Girl poster
6.4

Eight-year-old Elena prepares for her First Communion while grappling with her grandmother's death. Her friendship with gypsy girl Serezade, inseparable from her goat, makes Elena question her worldview.

Goat Girl

2025

Abducidos poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Abducidos

2020

2010s · 22 titles

Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission Implausible poster
6.8

A criminal produces an uncontrollable laughter to the population and Mortadelo and Filemón will have to stop him.

Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission Implausible

2014

The Queen of Spain poster
5.2

After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to Francoist Spain to star a Hollywood blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile. (A sequel to The Girl of Your Dreams, 1998.)

The Queen of Spain

2016

Torrente 4: Lethal crisis poster
5.5

The rude, lewd and crude Spanish ex-police officer Torrente finds himself facing jail time. Can he survive a twisted irony that places him where he has put so many others, both guilty and innocent?

Torrente 4: Lethal crisis

2011

Witching & Bitching poster
6.4

A gang of gold thieves land in a coven of witches who are preparing for an ancient ritual... and in need of a sacrifice.

Witching & Bitching

2013

The Last Circus poster
6.7

A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.

The Last Circus

2010

My Big Night poster
5.4

Coslada, near Madrid, Spain, October 2015. Hundreds of extras are trapped in a huge stage where they pretend with hysterical joy that they are celebrating a party that will be broadcast on television on New Year's Eve. But more than a week later, the clash between several staff members threatens to prolong indefinitely such a maddening nightmare.

My Big Night

2015

The Rodriguez and the Beyond poster
5.5

When a young boy finds a message from his late grandfather, his ordinary family discovers an extraordinary secret about themselves — and the universe.

The Rodriguez and the Beyond

2019

Relaxing Cup of Coffee poster
1.2

No synopsis available yet.

Relaxing Cup of Coffee

2016

The Little Switzerland poster
4.7

The discovery of the tomb of William Tell’s son in a town in the Basque Country spurs the village's cantankerous citizens to lobby for Swiss annexation.

The Little Switzerland

2019

Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days poster
4.7

Film based on the characters of the English writer Arthur Conan Doyle. It tells a hypothetical meeting in Madrid between the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.

Holmes & Watson: Madrid Days

2012

Maktub poster
7.7

The title refers to those strange coincidences that happen to us sometimes and that seem inevitable, like a product of destiny. Inspired by the experience of a Canarian child victim of cancer, the film is conceived as a Christmas story.

Maktub

2011

Anabel poster
6.1

Anabel and her two roommates are looking for someone to share the rent. They choose an older gentleman who gain their trust, but soon they discover a strange and disturbing presence.

Anabel

2015

For Elise poster
5.2

A young college is responsible for the care of an innocent little girl, but soon all he knows give a twist that will endanger his own life. All begin when crossing under the floor of the third floor to the left, a road without knowing directly the door open to the forces of evil, freeing them at will through the building. A desperate race to save the lives when terror and pure evil are in the next aisle.

For Elise

2013

El secuestro de Anabel poster
4.2

Madrid, 1993. Two old friends down on their luck kidnap a college girl and demand ransom from her family.

El secuestro de Anabel

2010

Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco poster
4.9

Madrid, Spain, December 27, 1870. General Juan Prim i Prats, president of the Council of Ministers and Minister of War gets involved in a treacherous ambush, is mortal injured and dies three days later. A mystery, a conspiracy, a murder that was never solved.

Prim: el asesinato de la calle del Turco

2014

The Great Vazquez poster
5.9

Is it possible to live aside of the system, thinking only about the present and oneself? A feature film about Manuel Vázquez, the best comic book author in Barcelona during the sixties, but, mainly, a man with a very particular way of living his life.

The Great Vazquez

2010

Las aventuras de Moriana poster
NR

After an eviction notice, a mother teaches her three children, that even in adversity, they must always look forward. She starts up a restaurant business, but it does not work. Then Magdalena has another idea: to make a film.

Las aventuras de Moriana

2015

El clavo de oro poster
5.0

A Catholic Easter ritual has been banned for 20 years in a Spanish village due to an incident. Now, the Archbishop has lift the ban on one condition: there will be no stoning during the enactment of "The Gold Nail".

El clavo de oro

2014

Lope enamorado poster
NR

The poet and playwright Lope de Vega is already a priest officially. The love affairs of the Spanish writer and actress Lucía Salcedo, whom he nicknamed as "La loca", are publicly known. Cervantes dies. Lope falls madly in love with Marta de Nevares. She is an intelligent and delicate woman, interested in literature and music. The two attract and live a romantic story.

Lope enamorado

2019

No artwork available
NR

Two clumsy policemen, Kiko and Castro find during a routine patrol in the forest a dead body without feet and head. After several inquiries, they discover that it belongs to a prominent member of the union, frowned upon by the officers. To solve the case they choose Elias, an agent with little experience who will investigate the case with the help of Conda, the medical examiner, and the clumsy agents that discovered the body.

Ni pies ni cabeza

2012

Clara, no es nombre de mujer poster
10.0

Jorge arrives Cuba accompanied by her nephew, trying to untangle a mess of skirts. The argument leads to a bizarre story in which the incredible Cuban Harley Davidson and passion for motorcycles are also actors.

Clara, no es nombre de mujer

2012

Viral poster
4.4

What would you be arranged to do for having 100.000 fans?

Viral

2013

2000s · 19 titles

The Borgia poster
5.2

A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's “The Prince,” his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.

The Borgia

2006

Torrente 3: The Protector poster
5.4

A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. Hoping to silence her, the corporation's top executives decide to hire the most incompetent detective they can find to act as her bodyguard.

Torrente 3: The Protector

2005

Mondays in the Sun poster
7.3

After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, José, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. José is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.

Mondays in the Sun

2002

Common Wealth poster
6.9

After finding an enormous amount of money hidden in a dead man's apartment, real estate agent Julia must face the wrath of the very peculiar inhabitants of the apartment building, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the money.

Common Wealth

2000

Ninette poster
5.2

Andrés, a dowdy Spaniard, goes to Paris on holiday, hoping to meet a pretty French girl. His wishes may come true after meeting Ninette, his landlord's sensual and possessive young daughter.

Ninette

2005

The Ferpect Crime poster
6.7

A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman.

The Ferpect Crime

2004

Princesses poster
6.9

Caye is a young prostitute whose family is unaware of her profession. She meets her striking Dominican neighbour Zulema, an illegal immigrant, after she finds her in the bathroom, badly beaten up. They strike up a close friendship unbeknownst to Caye's xenophobic co-workers.

Princesses

2005

Seven Billiard Tables poster
5.6

Angela and her young son Guille travel to the big city to see Leo, her father and the boy's grandfather, when he suddenly takes ill. However, they arrive to discover that he has just passed away. Charo, the dead man's lover, explains the dire traits suffered by the paternal business: a hall with seven billiard tables.

Seven Billiard Tables

2007

The Longest Penalty Shot in the World poster
5.4

Fernando (Fernando Tejero) is a loser. A gray type, without ambition, that works like bookcases distributor in a supermarket of the quarter. In his free short whiles, he is a substitute keeper of a football team, a third regional one. In all the season he has not played a single minute. But the last Sunday of the league the referee indicates penalty and the regular keeper injures itself. Fernando must occupy the goal for the first time. If penalty scores, the team of the district will proclaim champion. If no, all the effort of a year will not have been worth for anything. When the penalty is just about to be kicked, a group of indignant fans with the referee invades the field and prevents the kick. The competition committee decides that the penalty must play the following Sunday, in the same goal, with same players and the field closed to the public. El Penalti más largo del mundo, (The Longest Penalty Shot in the World) is exactly the history of that week of delay.

The Longest Penalty Shot in the World

2005

La máquina de bailar poster
4.1

After accidentally killing the albino boa of his boss, and in search of money to buy a new one, Dani and his colleagues sign up for the first national competition of Dance Dance Revolution.

La máquina de bailar

2006

The Biggest Robbery Ever Told poster
5.9

Lucas Santos, named El Santo is petty thief going continuously in and out of jail. Tired of small thefts, he aims to strike a blow that makes him famous and become the star of all media. His wife Lucia, a comprehensive and sweet woman, while awaiting the return of her husband, works as a stripper at a nightclub. Finally, Lucas gathers a band of petty thieves and decides to steal, from the National Museum of Art Reina Sofía, its most valuable painting: Picasso's Guernica.

The Biggest Robbery Ever Told

2002

Black Serenade poster
4.9

Students of the university of Salamanca are brutally murdered by a black masked minstrel. Alex, an architecture student who has recently moved to Salamanca discovers a pattern behind the killings; it seems as if the killer strikes regularly after the exams to free the campus from lousy students.

Black Serenade

2001

Operación Gónada poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Operación Gónada

2000

La mujer de mi vida poster
5.7

Ramón, an egocentric and successful film producer, is only interested in money and women. Shortly after receiving a Goya for his latest film, he learns that his friend Enrique, a forgotten actor who is going through a rough patch, needs help. He has contacted Faby, an undocumented Peruvian waitress who works in the slum where Enrique has felt ill. Fascinated by the girl, Ramón decides to solve her problems, marrying her to Enrique.

La mujer de mi vida

2001

Merry-Go-Round c. 1950 poster
6.0

A series of vignettes set in Madrid, where its residents manage to sustain entertainment, hope and love in a city still suffering the wounds caused by the Spanish Civil War.

Merry-Go-Round c. 1950

2004

The One in Charge poster
6.3

Martin, a child of nine years, is the one in charge in a class during the teacher’s absence. He has to write down at the blackboard the name of the students who talk. It seems an easy task ... until the bully of the class starts to speak.

The One in Charge

2008

Los mánagers poster
5.4

Two jobless Forty-somethings: Maca and Rena are in serious need of a financial stroke of luck. When they spot an ad for a TV contest looking for the next Pop Idol, they decide to turn themselves into the MANAGERS of two young hopefuls: Pipo and David. While launching their careers with performances in bars, bingo clubs and other such dives they encounter Rota, a shady old singer who arranges for them to tour the Costa del Sol. Thus begins a frenetic road movie where dreams of success turn into a nightmare inhabited by strange creatures: Tom Jones clones, porn stars, enlightened arabs, psychopathic marines, kitch TV presenters, corrupt politicians and even extra-terrestrials.

Los mánagers

2006

¡Ja me maaten...! poster
3.9

An honest and humble gypsy lives in a poor neighborhood with his family until something unexpected changes his life forever.

¡Ja me maaten...!

2000

Platillos volantes poster
5.6

Based on real events, in 1972 Juan and José are two textile workers from Tarrasa, Catalonia (northeast to Spain) who meet during an UFOs' convention. Both share their passion about the paranormal, specially about UFOs. In these years where was very much UFOs' sightings, they feel captivated by the mystery and start to investigate the diverse theories about the intentions or purposes of the sightings. Their friendship and the obsession they have will turn in dementia and paranoia, hurting their relations with their respective friends and familiars and exposing their lives to an extreme decision due to the conclusion of their own investigations. Written by Chockys

Platillos volantes

2003

1990s · 11 titles

The Day of the Beast poster
7.3

When a rogue priest discovers the exact date the Antichrist will be born, he enlists a Death Metal record store clerk and a cheesy TV psychic for an urban spree of gore, sacrilege and twisted humor to prevent the Apocalypse.

The Day of the Beast

1995

Volaverunt poster
5.8

The story revolves around Goya's womanising and the mysterious death of the Duchess of Alba at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Centuries, at a time when Madrid was wobbling through a difficult time and setting the scene for the following Prim vs Crown uprising.

Volaverunt

1999

Barrio poster
6.7

Bored 15-year-old school chums Rai Manu and Javi dream of sexual adventures and exotic resorts while the well-off population of Madrid flock to the beaches on a summer holiday. The youths hang around the concrete wasteland killing time by reading the sex classifieds and pushing their luck. They masturbate, thieve, fight with their families and get involved in a drug bust. Finally Rai, the most daring and restless of the trio - gets shot while trying to steal stereo gear from a car. Each adolescent faces a dreary home life but when they get together they enjoy each other's company to the full. The film is an engaging mixture of comedy drama and the pathos of life in a Madrid neighborhood.

Barrio

1998

Justino, un asesino de la tercera edad poster
6.4

Justino was working in a bull-ring but now he is retired. For him it is very difficult to adapt to the new situation although he will find soon a hobby without forgetting his profession.

Justino, un asesino de la tercera edad

1994

The Ugliest Woman in the World poster
4.6

Somebody has decided to celebrate New Year's Eve 2011 in a very twisted way - by dressing as a nun and brutally dismembering a little old lady. Lt. Arribas, a bald, toothless, one-eyed and lonely detective is called in on the case. His investigations lead him to the door of renegade Doctor Werner, who tells him the strange story of "The Beautiful Otero" the most beautiful woman in the world (former Spanish model Galera) who, before Werner s miraculous surgery, was the ugliest woman in the world! But Lt. Arribas now has a new problem - he is falling in love at a distance with his principle suspect who, because of her traumatic childhood, is planning her vengeance - to sabotage the Miss Spain Beauty Pageant, leaving behind her a trail of dead beauty queens. A super-slick science fiction thriller with a dark and bizarre finale.

The Ugliest Woman in the World

1999

El crimen del cine Oriente poster
5.0

Valencia, Spain, in the early 1950s. Salvador and María, two unfortunate people, meet by chance when she takes shelter from the rain at the Oriente Cinema, where he works as a manager.

El crimen del cine Oriente

1997

Matías, juez de línea poster
4.8

Matias is a soccer referee. He promised his dying mother never to lie. When he referees a match of the spanish national team and there is a clear penalty against Spain in the last minute of the game he has no choice and marks the foul. As a result Spain does not qualify for the world championship and Matias is forced to escape from the rage of the people. He hides in the town of his father which he hasn't visited since his childhood.

Matías, juez de línea

1996

Freedomfighters poster
6.5

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional military structure.

Freedomfighters

1996

Atilano, presidente poster
6.0

Atilano Bermejo is a petty crook who gets involved in the scam of his life: to be Prime Minister. His charisma and lack of social concern make him an ideal political candidate for a group of bankers looking for a good public image behind which to hide and disguise their ambitions.

Atilano, presidente

1998

Second hand’s Lourdes poster
7.5

Luciano (Álex Angulo), a sewner from a small provincial city, will cause a series of incidents that will end the suspension of the feasts of the Virgin. All for an omelet sandwich that his mother prepared for him to go to work.

Second hand’s Lourdes

1995

Te lo mereces poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Te lo mereces

1996

Series credits

La que se avecina poster
8.1

La que se avecina is a Spanish television comedy created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Daniel Deorador. The TV-series focusing around the inhabitants of Mirador de Montepinar, a fictional building located on the outskirts of a big city. Both its storylines and cast are heavily based on Aquí no hay quien viva, which ended when Telecinco bought Miramón Mendi, the series production company. The episodes debuted on the Telecinco network, and were later rerun by the same network as well as cable/satellite channels FactoríaDeFicción and Paramount Comedy. The series debuted in 22 April 2007 and became popular thanks to its funny characters, witty script, use of catchphrases and capacity to integrate and poke fun at contemporary issues; the program presents a caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society. The name of the show involves wordplay, as "vecina" is the Spanish word for neighbour.

La que se avecina

2007

The Ministry of Time poster
7.6

A soldier from the 15th century, a university student from the 19th century and a nurse from the present join the secret 'Department of Time', a secret department within the Spanish government with the ability to travel through time. Their mission is prevent changes in history.

The Ministry of Time

2015

Paco's Men poster
7.8

Follows police officer Francisco "Paco" Miranda and his men through funny cases.

Paco's Men

2005

Aquí no hay quien viva poster
8.4

A caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society.

Aquí no hay quien viva

2003

30 Coins poster
7.3

Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.

30 Coins

2020

Los misterios de Laura poster
7.6

With her intuition and instinct, Laura Lebrel del Bosque, an innocent and intelligent police inspector with very original methods, naturally solves impossible crimes, dismantles alibis, and figures out who the murderer in every episode is. Meanwhile, her marriage with inspector Jacobo is not going through its best phase, she has to deal with her duties as a housewife and a mother of two very naughty five-year-old twins, and her workmate Martín cannot help getting into trouble.

Los misterios de Laura

2009

#Luimelia poster
6.4

A spin-off of "Amar es para siempre" that focuses on the relationship between Luisita and Amelia in the present - 43 years after their original storyline.

#Luimelia

2020

La Hora de José Mota poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

La Hora de José Mota

2009

Stories to Stay Awake poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Stories to Stay Awake

2021

El chiringuito de Pepe poster
6.1

No synopsis available yet.

El chiringuito de Pepe

2014

Olivia poster
8.2

The country's most famous weatherman must seek refuge from a media storm with his daughter Olivia in his father's olive grove. But having not spoken to him for 30 years won't make returning to his roots easy.

Olivia

2026

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Olivia

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Olmos y Robles poster
7.4

Olmos is a corporal of the Civil Guard's Public Order and Prevention service who works in the station of his birthplace, Ezcaray, a small town in La Rioja. Robles is a lieutenant of the Rapid Reaction Group, one of the most prestigious units of the Civil Guard, an urban and modern officer. They see themselves forced to work together if they want to solve the international case which, as luck would have it, has united them in this town in La Rioja. They are polar opposites, but together they make up a great team.

Olmos y Robles

2015

Colegas poster
3.5

The actors from the hit TV show "Colegas" in the 90's reunite after 15 years.

Colegas

2017

El inquilino poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El inquilino

2004

The Assassination of Carreto Blanco poster
6.2

December 20, 1973. Carrero Blanco is assassinated. ETA strikes Madrid for the first time, blowing up the car of the Prime Minister himself. The miniseries tells how the terrorist group planned and carried out the attack against Franco's right-hand man.

The Assassination of Carreto Blanco

2011