Gary Piquer

Acting

Gary Piquer

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Gary Piquer is a Catalan actor born in Glasgow , Scottish mother and a Catalan father. He received the Silver Astor for Best Actor for his role in the movie Prince Orsini bad day for fishing . Thanks to their bilingualism has worked in the United States , Great Britain and Spain . He studied Dramatic Arts at Douglas Webbers House of London . On television, he achieved great success among the public with his work on the series Ala ... Dina! of TVE in addition to their participation in other series like The Prince of Viana and Fire. Has also participated the training program of English language depending on the Ministry of Education issued 2 from, 1993 to 1999 called That's Inglés allowing the only so far to obtain the certificate of the Official Language School distance. As for his stage career, Gary Piquer has worked in major theatrical shows, most notably "Romeo and Juliet" and "Who's Afraid of Viriginia Woolf?", Both under the command of Stephen Polls and "Julius Caesar "Shakespeare in assembly director Lluís Pasqual In September 2011 it was announced that Sherlock Holmes will play in the new version that places the Spanish director Jose Luis Garci, Holmes & Watson. Days Madrid .

Acting credits

The Bookshop poster
6.5

Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.

The Bookshop

2017

The Kovak Box poster
5.8

David Norton is used to being in control. As a best-selling author, he decides the fate of his characters, their lives and their deaths. But what happens when his fictional world becomes all too real?

The Kovak Box

2006

Casanova poster
4.1

The life story of an 18th century womanizer who's arrested, not so much for his crimes, but because he's viewed as an undesirable by the husbands and families of the women he seduces.

Casanova

1987

If I Were You poster
6.6

When a woman tries to outwit her husband's sexy young mistress, the unexpected consequences include starring as King Lear in a very amateur production - with the mistress, an aspiring actress, playing The Fool.

If I Were You

2013

Segunda oportunidad poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Segunda oportunidad

2018

Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt poster
5.1

A terror is stalking the land: people are disappearing daily, their bodies appearing covered in savage gashes coupled with precise surgical cuts. The legend of the 'Werewolf of Allariz' spreads across the land like wildfire. When Barbara (Elsa Pataky) falls in love with travelling vendor Manuel Romasanta, she is at first besotted with him - but soon begins to be suspicious of him. What has happened to her sister, who - after being escorted by Romasanta to the city - seems to have disappeared forever.

Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt

2004

Open Graves poster
4.9

One day, Jason finds an unusual board game called Mamba. When his surfer friends start to play, the games unleashes its deadly curse, killing the losers in a gruesome fashion. Supposedly it will grant the winner a wish. As his companions die off, Jason decides that the only way he can reverse the tragedy is by continuing to play. With his girlfriend, Erica, Jason rolls the dice and hopes to make his wish before one of them suffers a horrible fate.

Open Graves

2009

El niño invisible poster
4.2

A group of children find a magic stone that transports them to the XII century.

El niño invisible

1995

Somne poster
5.1

A group of doctors that investigate the capacities of the human brain and the dreams discover that the reality can be more dangerous that the nightmares.

Somne

2005

The Feast of the Goat poster
5.4

Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictator, as well as the events surrounding his assassination.

The Feast of the Goat

2006

Esquilache poster
5.8

In the 18th century in Madrid, the Marquess of Esquilache, King Charles III of Spain's former minister, bans on wearing the popular wide collar with a long coat and brimmed hat. Along with other measures provoke a massive riot in the city.

Esquilache

1989

Nena poster
3.8

Daniel Paz, a university professor, retires for a few days to a spa to write some film scripts and thus overcome a heartbreak. During his time there he meets two siblings: David and the fifteen-year-old Eli.

Nena

1999

Killing Machine poster
4.7

After a gang of thugs brands a hard working truck driver a traitor and murders his bride, He retaliates by being even more violent than his attackers.

Killing Machine

1984

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

Captain Thunder poster
4.2

The story of "Captain Thunder and the Holy Grail" is set during the Third Crusade in Palestine, when Captain Thunder finds in the dungeons of a fortress a dying Christian named Juan de Ribera, who entrusts him the mission to restore to Spain a cup which is the Holy Grail, stolen from an ancient order. Thunder, with his inseparable friends Crispin and Goliath, and a Viking princess named Sigfrid, will face an evil feudal lord and his black "devils", who are terrorizing the population of low Aragón.

Captain Thunder

2011

Those Who Love poster
5.1

A secret and deep passion marks the life of a young doctor, and threatens the existence of those around him.

Those Who Love

1998

Robert Rylands' Last Journey poster
6.3

Loosely (and controversial) adaptation of the novel "All Souls" by Javier Marias. It tells the story of a Spanish professor at Oxford who witnesses the return of a very popular man there.

Robert Rylands' Last Journey

1996

What You Never Knew poster
6.9

Lucía's heart misses a beat when she sees a man of her age, Juan in a department store. Without hesitating, she decides to follow him to his house, the same house where, twenty-five years before, while the Franco regime was on its last leg, Juan first met Lucía and fell in love with her...

What You Never Knew

2001

Ashes from the Sun poster
5.8

Environmental drama set in Asturias, Spain. A Scottish travel writer is forced to stay in a valley town in northern Spain when his camper van breaks down. There he gets to know the different inhabitants, some of them struggling to close down the nearby power station and some trying to make it more prosperous.

Ashes from the Sun

2008

Bad Day to Go Fishing poster
6.6

Jacob van Oppen, the former strongest man on earth, and his manager Orsini, who calls himself "the Prince", make a good living by traveling around small South American towns and organizing wrestling exhibitions. Arriving in Santa Maria, they are met with uncommon enthusiasm, the local newspaper wants to sponsor the fight, helping hands placard the town with posters, and an open call is made for a worthy adversary. Ever so resourceful, Orsini knows how to find the right combatant, but fishing in Santa Maria could lead to a bigger catch than he'd hoped for.

Bad Day to Go Fishing

2009

Leon and Olvido poster
5.1

The love-hate relations between a girl and his disabled brother.

Leon and Olvido

2005

Un banco en el parque poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Un banco en el parque

1999

The raven... Nevermore poster
7.0

Based on Edgar Allan Poe's story.

The raven... Nevermore

1999

The Nine Mile Walk poster
7.3

Two friends in a Strange place begin a game of words that leads to an unexpected twist

The Nine Mile Walk

2003

Behind the camera