The actor Javier Manrique, known for participating in Álex de la Iglesia films The day of the beast, The Bruges of Zugarramurdi y My great nightand in series like Camera Coffeehas died at age 56, as reported on Friday the Film Academy.
Born in 1968 in Lima (Peru), he worked as an actor in film, television and theater since he was 20 years old, and for more than a decade he also had an agency for representing actors, Manrique Management, according to his profile on LinkedIn.
On television he starred in 2000 Jacinto during, representativeby Antonio del Real, in which he played the role of an artistic manager that represents anonymous artists and with few capabilities.
On the small screen he took his first steps to a camera in Guard Pharmacyby Antonio Mercero, in the early 90s, with three small papers of different characters. Years later it appeared in several chapters of Camera Coffeelike Lorenzo, in At eleven at home y Office shift: ten years later.
In cinema also gave characters from Everything is a lieby Álvaro Fernández Armero, Thus in heaven as on earthby José Luis Rope, and More than love, frenzywritten and directed by Alfonso Albacete, David Menkes and Miguel Bardem.