Roberto Álvarez

Acting

Roberto Álvarez

Born

1956-05-13 (70)

Place of birth

Gijón, Asturias, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

Nothing in Return poster
6.4

One summer, Dario flees the hellish environment of his home. Luismi, unconditional friend, a poor devil with pretensions of winning, and Antonia, an old woman who collects abandoned his motorcar furniture, become his new family. Three generations living together in a city too big to be alone.

Nothing in Return

2015

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

Grandfathers poster
5.7

In a globalized world where youth and technology reign supreme, three aged friends refuse to give up and dare to launch a business from scratch: a daycare center. But is modern society ready enough to embrace their venture?

Grandfathers

2019

Tarancón, el quinto mandamiento poster
6.5

Biography of Cardinal Tarancón, a key figure during the Transition period due to his efforts to reconcile the "two Spains." The assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco by ETA on December 20, 1973, prompted the cardinal to leave Madrid after receiving death threats. Once far from the city, Tarancón recalls what his life was like as a young priest on the run during the Civil War (1936-1939).

Tarancón, el quinto mandamiento

2010

Sofía poster
6.5

Telefilm on Spain Queen Sofia. It all starts in Corfu (Greece), in the summer of 1961. The Royal Palace of Mon Repos, summer residence of the Greek royal family, he wakes up at work. The service strives to prepare the house for some illustrious guests: the "Barcelona", which are none other than the Spanish royal family in exile. The purpose of the visit is to formalize the relationship between Sofia, the eldest daughter of the kings of Greece Paul and Frederika, with Juan Carlos, the son of Juan de Borbón and Maria de las Mercedes. Both young intimated in London, at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Kent.

Sofía

2011

Neckan poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Neckan

2017

2000s · 13 titles

Talk to Her poster
7.6

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

Talk to Her

2002

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

Mediterranean Food poster
5.3

Sofia's story, the best chef in the world, and the two men who helped her to become a legend.

Mediterranean Food

2009

Mad Love poster
6.1

The tragic fate of Juana I of Castille, Queen of Spain, madly in love to an unfaithful husband, Felipe el Hermoso, Archduke of Austria.

Mad Love

2001

Nobody's Life poster
6.2

With a prestigious job and a loving family, Emilio (José Coronado) has the kind of life someone would kill for. But beneath it all is a horrible lie. Emilio's wife, Ágata (Adriana Ozores), becomes suspicious when Emilio picks up a guest pass to enter the Bank of Spain -- where, ostensibly, he works as an economist. But the house of cards starts crashing down when Emilio meets a needy college student, Rosana (Marta Etura), and begins an affair that proves disastrous.

Nobody's Life

2002

Callas & Onassis poster
7.2

Maria Callas, one of the most talented opera singers of her time, seemed to have it all. Coming from humble origins, she always felt slighted by her mother's preference for her sister. She grew up in an unhappy environment, until her career in the operatic world took off. Aristotles Onassis also came from a poor Greek family. His ambition took him places where others dare not go and became a shipping magnate whose great wealth bought his entry into an international society he didn't ever dreamed of entering. These two powerful personalities were so much alike that their own passion served to destroy them.

Callas & Onassis

2005

Km. 0 poster
6.4

Located in Madrid's Plaza del Sol, Km. 0 is the point from which all distances in Spain are measured from the capital. In Km. 0, it is also the meeting point for a gallery of characters. Bored, affluent housewife Marga meets up with gigolo Miguel, who co-habitates with gay Benjamin. Sergio, a soon-to-be-married office clerk who can't wait to lose his virginity, makes the acquaintance of prostitute Tatiana, while gay dancer Bruno meets Maximo. Meanwhile, wannabe director Pedro arranges to meet up with Silvia, an actress who wants to work in musicals directed by Gerardo, and bartender Mario is caught between Amor, who wants to marry him, and her little sister Roma, who is truly in love with him.

Km. 0

2000

Lena poster
5.4

Set in Galicia in northwest Spain - an area famed for its beauty and smuggling - this film shows a once-thriving fishing and shipbuilding culture fallen on hard times. Feisty, street smart Lena, 18, lives in semi-penury with her hard-drinking slob of a father, Gorrión, and hopes to escape by getting a grant to study in Portugal. Gorrion is mixed up with local drug-smuggling mafiosi, that includes Lena's godfather, Gitano, their Portugese Cachero, and the strong, silent Milio. One day, Lena returns from her job to find Gorrion badly beaten up: The gang had accused him of stealing. Lena visits the gangsters and offers to help pay off her father's debt by working for them. After Gorrion forgets to deliver Lena's grant papers, a fragile emotional bond develops between Lena and Milio. When they set off to Portugal to do a job, events start to ramble.

Lena

2001

The Goalkeeper poster
5.9

Ramiro Forteza is a Premier League goalkeeper whom the Civil War and the rigors of the war led to make a living visiting villages and challenging locals to mark him penalty goals. One evening he arrives to a town in Asturias and meets Manuela, a young widow with a son, who survives sewing for Ursula, Andrade's wife, the Civil Guard sergeant.

The Goalkeeper

2000

El menor de los males poster
3.5

Eduardo is a middle-aged man, married with children; He lives in Madrid and is dedicated to politics. His sister Julia awaits his visit in the old Galician family house. But the meeting of the two brothers has a reason.

El menor de los males

2007

Sugar Times poster
7.3

Miguel is a child that loves her neighbour Ángela and enjoy working in the pastry-cook's shop of his family. He don't tell Ángela his feelings, and when they grow Ángela marry with another man and has two sons with him, but she continues her friendship with Miguel.However, she will not be happy with her husband and will return to the town with Miguel, and they will show their true feelings.

Sugar Times

2001

Historia de un Buho poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Historia de un Buho

2001

The Food poster
8.0

In this black comedy about a man in a surreal restaurant somewhere up in the mountains, where Papandreu the chef makes him enjoy his best dishes.

The Food

2005

1990s · 6 titles

Between Your Legs poster
5.4

A radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts.

Between Your Legs

1999

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

Manolito Four Eyes poster
6.2

The usually absent father of a chubby kid shows up to take him on a road trip.

Manolito Four Eyes

1999

Nada en la nevera poster
6.2

Carlota is an ambulance driver who becomes infatuated with porno-comic artist Number One, whom she meets after the latter suffers indigestion from eating ten hard-boiled eggs. A trail of misunderstandings between them ensue.

Nada en la nevera

1998

Amor de hombre poster
5.1

Set in Madrid, Spain, this engaging comedy chronicles the complex relationship between single female Esperanza, who can't buy a date, and her best friend Ramón, a gay divorce attorney whose bed is never empty. The pair's friendship is put to the test when Esperanza introduces Ramón to her fellow teacher -- who soon sends Ramón's life spinning out of control.

Amor de hombre

1997

Verbal Assault poster
6.5

A feature film composed of seven independent short films. Teo, a playwright, and Pepa are two friends in their thirties chatting against a spectacular backdrop. Jorge is a recently divorced executive who moves into an empty apartment. Ángel is recovering from a liver transplant. Benito and Jacinto are two Boy Scout leaders who share a tiny tent. Virgi, a very overweight and innocent 16-year-old girl, has been hit by a car and is covered in bandages. Rosario and Milagros are two street sweepers who find an abandoned baby in a garbage container. Elke is a lesbian who has returned to Cuba to find Cari, a beautiful Black woman she met two years earlier.

Verbal Assault

1999

Series credits

El hormiguero poster
4.7

El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.

El hormiguero

2006

Cuéntame cómo pasó poster
7.1

Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.

Cuéntame cómo pasó

2001

Serve and Protect poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

Serve and Protect

2017

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

The Legend of El Cid poster
7.2

The story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian nobleman and war hero in medieval Spain.

The Legend of El Cid

2020

Carlos, rey emperador poster
6.9

As the life of Charles of Habsburg is told since his arrival to Spain, it can be seen how the heir to the crowns of Germany, Burgundy, the Netherlands, the Free County, Artois, Nevers and Rethel, of the territories of the Crown of Aragon and its related Italian territories, and of the territories of the Catholic Monarchs in Castile, North Africa and the Americas, matures as a statesman and gets stronger in face of menaces around him and good and bad advice from his counselors.

Carlos, rey emperador

2015

Ana y los 7 poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ana y los 7

2002

El mundo de Juan Lobón poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

El mundo de Juan Lobón

1989

Callas & Onassis poster
7.0

The life and passionate love of famous opera singer Maria Callas and Greek billionaire Aristotle Onassis.

Callas & Onassis

2005

Tarancón, el quinto mandamiento poster
NR

Biography of Cardinal Tarancón, a key figure during the Transition period due to his efforts to reconcile the "two Spains." The assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco by ETA on December 20, 1973, prompted the cardinal to leave Madrid after receiving death threats. Once far from the city, Tarancón recalls what his life was like as a young priest on the run during the Civil War (1936-1939).

Tarancón, el quinto mandamiento

2011

23-F Story of a betrayal poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

23-F Story of a betrayal

2009

Cuidarnos entre nosotros nos hace humanos poster
5.0

In this miniseries based on many true stories, we experience firsthand that instinct that makes us care for others.

Cuidarnos entre nosotros nos hace humanos

2022

48 horas poster
3.5

In an unspecified location in the French Basque Country, a man with his back turned writes a note on a piece of paper: it is an order to "kidnap a PP councilor," giving a 48-hour ultimatum linked to the transfer of prisoners to prisons in the Basque Country. If the government does not comply, the hostage will be killed. July 10, 1997, 2:10 p.m. Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido, a PP councilor in Ermua, eats lunch at home with his mother and leaves for work in Eibar as he does every day. Miguel Ángel is approached by a woman who manages to get him to accompany her a few meters before forcing him at gunpoint into a car driven by her accomplice.

48 horas

2008

Marisol: La película poster
1.3

No synopsis available yet.

Marisol: La película

2009