Oscar Foronda Pallarés (born 13 September 1970 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish actor who has appeared in over 80 films and television series. In his career he has acted in British, German, Mexican, Swedish, US, Turkish, Arabian, Dutch, French, Korean and Spanish productions.Metropolitan Culture Corner: Oscar Foronda, Metropolitan Barcelona, 4 January 2021
Career In the early 1990s, Foronda began his acting career by appearing in commercials and amateur theatre. He then went on to act in various episodes of well-known Spanish TV series, including "El Comisario" and "Los Serrano". His passion for theatre and his talent on stage allowed him to play a "wonderful impassioned" Macduff in Macbeth (2003) at the Barbican Theatre in London, directed by Calixto Bieito.Macbeth is butchered, Evening Standard, 8 April 2003 In the years to follow Foronda became a prolific television actor, acting in many Spanish television and film productions.
His international career began in 2010 with an appearance in the British television production Any Human Heart, a mini-series directed by Michael Samuels in which Foronda played the role of Faustino Angel alongside Matthew Macfadyen. In the years to follow he appeared in other international film and TV productions. In 2017 Foronda played a journalist in the German TV series Tatort, Barcelona Krimi (2017). Different and more prominent roles in international projects followed. In 2019 Foronda was seen in the Swedish C-More TV series Gåsmamman with the credited role of the cunning and implacable Colombian drug dealer "El Largo".
In the Sky AtlanticTV series Riviera (2017) Foronda played Argentinian businessman Señor Alvarez,. In Season 4 of the Netflix TV series The Crown (2020), Foronda portrays the historical character Constantino Davidoff, an Argentinian businessman deemed by some as responsible for starting the Falklands War in 1982.
In the BBC 1 TV series The Mallorca Files (2021), Foronda plays Sebastiá Serra, a Mallorcan sous chef.The Mallorca Files, 'A Dish Served Cold', Series 2, BBC website
He has also acted in acclaimed productions in Arab countries in 2022 and 2023.
In addition to acting, he is a writer.
Foronda acts as Branco in the upcoming Paramount plus and Elevenfilms TV show, Stags.
Filmography
Television +YearTitleDirectorProduction2024Nine Bodies In A Mexican MorgueViviane AndereggenSony Pictures2024StagsDavid KerrParamount+2023Mano de HieroLluís QuílezNetflix2023Slave MarketLasaad QueslatiMBC2022Heirs to the LandJordi FradesNetflix 2020The Mallorca FilesCraig PicklesBBC Welcome to Eden Daniel Benmayor NetflixThe CrownConstantino DavidoffNetflixRivieraSarah HardingSky AtlanticWarrior NunSimon BarryNetflix2019GåsmammanRichard HolmBigster2017Still Star-CrossedJon JonesABC StudiosTatortJochen Alexander FreydankZDFCentro MédicoRaquel BarreroEccho RightsSé Quién EresPau FreixasTelecinco, Filmax Com Si Fos AhirEsteve RoviraTV32016Legend of The Blue SeaJin HyukNetflix2016Nit i DiaManuel HuergaTV31012TornaremFelipe SoleTV32011Operación MalayaManuel HuergaTVE2010InfidelsSònia SánchezTV32010Any Human HeartMichael SamuelsChannel 4 TV2010Hispania, la leyendaJorge Sánchez-CabezudoAntena 32010PelotasJosé CorbachoTVE2008VentdelplàIgnasi TarruellaTV32007Los SerranoBegoña Álvarez RojasTelecinco2007Los hombres de PacoDavid Molina EncinasAntena 32006HombresDaniel di GradoKanal 52004Porca misèriaNúria FurióTV32004Hospital CentralJavier PizarroTelecinco2004El comisarioJosé Ramos PaínoTelecinco1995MakinavajaCarlos SuárezTVE
Film +YearTitleDirectorProduction2024The Grand Amir and Donna MariaYalkin TuychievKanguru Yapim2024InvasiónBobby BoermansStorytellers Film & TV2023Run Baby RunTony AndújarEsde Mango Films2018The PactDavid Victori4 Cats Pictures2017Incerta GlòriaAgustí VillarongaAragón Televisión2016All I See Is YouMarc Forster2DUX²2015The GunmanPierre MorelOpen Road Films (II)2013IsmaelMarcelo PiñeyroSony Pictures2012Tengo ganas de tiFernando González MolinaAtena 32010Julia's EyesGuillem MoralesUniversal Pictures2009[REC]²Jaume BalagueróFilmax2007Fuerte ApacheMateu AdroverAlta Producción
References
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External links
Talent Agency https://ivoryproduction.com/talent/oscar-foronda/ Official Website: https://oscarforonda.com/