Age, Biography and Wiki
Who is it? | Actor, Writer, Soundtrack |
Birth Day | August 26, 1969 |
Birth Place | Madrid, Spain, Spain |
Age | 54 YEARS OLD |
Birth Sign | Virgo |
Occupation | Actor |
Net worth
Jorge Sanz, a well-known figure in the Spanish entertainment industry, has made a name for himself through his talents as an actor, writer, and soundtrack creator. With his diverse range of skills, it is no surprise that his net worth is estimated to be between $100K to $1M in 2024. Jorge Sanz's versatility and dedication to his craft have allowed him to carve out a successful career, earning both critical acclaim and financial success. As he continues to excel in his various roles within the industry, his net worth is likely to grow even further.
Biography/Timeline
Jorge Sanz Miranda was born on 26 August 1969 in Madrid. The youngest of five children, he would have followed a military career in the footsteps of his father, but his mother took him to an audition when he was nine years old and he was cast as the son of Jane Birkin in the film La Miel (1979) directed by Pedro Masó. From then on, he started a prolific career as a child actor mostly in commercial films. His self-confidence and naturalness before the camera made him a popular child actor in the Spanish screens.
Between the ages of nine and fifteen, he played in ten features within and beyond the Spanish film industry. Most notably as the young Conan in Conan the Barbarian (1982), a role played as an adult by Arnold Schwarzenegger. His role as a rascal in Valentina (1982) made him win his first award as an actor at San Sebastian Film Festival.
Sanz's roles in the films of Fernando Trueba and Vicente Aranda solidified his career. In 1986 he starred with Maribel Verdú, in Year of Enlightment, his first role as an adolescent. In 1988, as a young adult, he had the leading role in Vicente Aranda’s If They Tell You I Fell, for which he obtained a Goya Award for Best Actor. He followed this success with two more film under Vicente Aranda's direction, Riders of the Dawn (1990), a made for TV miniseries, and Amantes (1991) that was an international success. Two years later, he starred in Belle Époque, directed by Fernando Trueba. This film won the Oscar as a best foreign film. Jorge Sanz gave two of his best performances in Amantes and Belle Époque and these works remain his best-known international films.
The decade of the 1990s confirmed his popularity and he made two roles a year. Combining comedies Why Do They Call It Love When They Mean Sex? (1992) and Chá-chá-chá (1997) with more dramatic roles: Morirás en Chafarinas (1994), Libertarias (1995) although he admits that it feels more comfortable with comic roles. he has also alternated cinema with television. Taking part in television series like Riders of the Dawn (1989) and in comedies like Colegio Mayor (1993-95), Pepa y Pepe (1995) and A Las Once en Casa (1999).
He made two more successful films with Fernando Trueba: The Girl of Your Dreams (1998) and The Shanghai Spell (2002).