José Doval Garcia (; ; born 17 March 1966), sometimes credited as José Luis Garcia, is a Spanish-French film and television actor.
Early life and education He was born as José Doval in Paris, FranceLes Gens du Cinéma to Galician parents from O Carballiño, Ourense, who emigrated to the country escaping the Spanish Civil War and poverty.
At age 20, he received two years of training in the Classe libre ("Free Class") for actors at the Cours Florent in Paris, with Francis Huster as a teacher. He completed his training through the Annie Fratellini Circus School (where he met his future wife Isabelle Doval) and taught in France following an Actors Studio course.
He also holds a degree in accounting.
Career Since 1989, Garcia has made acting appearances in over forty-five films. Additionally, he has made appearances, some in acting roles but mostly as himself, in over twenty television productions.
Personal life Garcia married actress Isabelle Pinelli and together had two daughters, Laurène and Thelma.José Garcia, lepoint.frJosé Garcia, sur allocine.fr They announced their divorce in 2021.
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1989 Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed Worker Coline Serreau 1990 Mésaventures Antoine Stéphane Bertin TV series (1 episode) 1993 Le tronc Bernard Faroux & Karl Zéro 1994 Le Jour J The Man Denis Malleval Short 1995 Élisa Taxi Passenger Jean Becker J'ai niqué Couille Molle! Voice Patrick Menais L'image du pouvoir Lionel Julien Denis Malleval Short Les derniers mots The Box Man Yannick Saillet Short Bons baisers de Suzanne The Man Christian Merret-Palmair Short The Pebble and the Penguin Rocko Don Bluth & Gary Goldman French Voice 1996 Beaumarchais Figaro Édouard Molinaro Caméléone Little Cop Benoît Cohen Coeur de cible Redif Laurent Heynemann TV movie 1997 La Vérité si je mens ! Serge Benamou Thomas Gilou Nominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor Tout doit disparaître Detective Colle Philippe Muyl Les démons de Jésus Bruno Piacentini Bernie Bonvoisin Mauvais genre The Model Maker Laurent Bénégui Keo Olivier Van Hoofstadt Short Parabellum Olivier Van Hoofstadt Short 1998 Let There Be Light The Journalist Arthur Joffé La mort du chinois Michel Passepont Jean-Louis Benoît Mulan Mushu Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft French Voice 1999 Whatever Raphael Tisserand Philippe Harel Les grandes bouches Félix Bernie Bonvoisin Cinq minutes de détente Philippe Pabst Tomas Roméro Comme un poisson hors de l'eau Hervé Hadmar 2000 Jet Set Mellor da Silva Fabien Onteniente En face Hugo Mathias Ledoux Les frères Soeur Charlie Soeur Frédéric Jardin The Road to El Dorado Tulio Bibo Bergeron & Don Paul French Voice 2001 Trouble Every Day Choart Claire Denis Les morsures de l'aube Caniveau Antoine de Caunes Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert Claude Lambert Philippe Harel La Vérité si je mens ! 2 Serge Benamou Thomas Gilou Cats & Dogs Diemitir Kennelkoff Lawrence GutermanRussian voice (Russian Blue breed of cat) 2002 Le Boulet Mustapha Amel / The Turk Alain Berbérian & Frédéric Forestier Blanche Louis XIV Bernie Bonvoisin Quelqu'un de bien Paul Patrick Timsit L'ancien Jesus Nicky Naudé & Emmanuel Rodriguez Short 2003 After You... Louis Pierre Salvadori Rire et châtiment Vincent Roméro Isabelle Doval Utopía Comandante Maria Ripoll 2004 The 7th Day José Jimenez Carlos Saura People John John Fabien Onteniente Mulan II Mushu Darrell Rooney & Lynne Southerland French Voice 2005 The Axe Bruno Davert Costa-Gavras Nominated – César Award for Best ActorNominated – Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor La Boîte noire Arthur Seligman Richard Berry De qui me moque-je? The peasant Matthieu Maunier-Rossi Short Madagascar Alex Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath French Voice 2006 Four Stars Stéphane Christian Vincent GAL Manuel Mallo Miguel Courtois Arthur and the Invisibles Ernest Davido Luc Besson French Voice 2007 His Majesty Minor Minor Jean-Jacques Annaud Have Mercy on Us All Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg Régis Wargnier 2008 Asterix at the Olympic Games Couverdepus Frédéric Forestier & Thomas Langmann A Man and His Dog Tramway's Man Francis Huster Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Alex Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath French Voice 2010 Le mac Ace / Chapelle Pascal Bourdiaux Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival – Best Acting 2011 Chez Gino Gino Roma Samuel Benchetrit 2012 Les seigneurs Patrick Orbéra Olivier Dahan La vérité si je mens ! 3 Serge Benamou Thomas Gilou Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Alex Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath & Conrad Vernon French Voice 2013 Now You See Me Étienne Forcier Louis Leterrier Vive la France Muzafar Michaël Youn Fonzy Diego Isabelle Doval 2016 Tout Schuss Max Salinger Stéphan Archinard & François Prévôt-Leygonie Bastille Day Victor Gamieux James Watkins & Jill Gagé À fond Tom Nicolas Benamou 2021 Encanto Bruno Madrigal Jared Bush & Byron Howard French voice 2024 IF Blue John Krasinski French voice Speak Out (Le Panache) M. Devarseau Jennifer Devoldère
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