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Dani Rovira
Spanish comedian

Dani Rovira

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Spanish comedian
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Málaga
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Dani Rovira
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Biography

Daniel Rovira de Rivas (born in Málaga, 1 November 1980), mostly known as Dani Rovira, is a Spanish comedian and actor.

Career

Early career

After graduating in Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Granada, he started touring with Paramount Comedy, performing stand-up comedy all around Spain. He became known for his most famous monologue "Mi familia y yo" ("My family and I"). He then made his first appearance on TV performing in various scenes of a well-known show called Estas no son las noticias (These aren't news) until May 2009. At the same time he worked and played his part in a play called ¿Quieres salir conmigo? (Do You Wanna Date Me?). In February of the same year, he also appeared in the famous late night show Buenafuente.

In the following years, he established a career in comedy with several appearances on El Club de la Comedia and as a cast member of comedy shows No le digas a mamá que trabajo en la tele and Alguien tenía que decirlo.

2013–present: Ocho apellidos vascos and other roles

In 2013 he filmed his first movie Spanish Affair, starring as the main character alongside Clara Lago, Karra Elejalde and Carmen Machi, directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro. The weekend of its premiere in March 2014, the film gathered an audience of 404,020 which resulted in box office gross of 2.72 million euros. The film broke Spanish box-office records, becoming the top-grossing Spanish title of all time with more than $75 million.

Since 2014 Rovira has played the role of Juan Gutiérrez in the comedy TV series B&b, de boca en boca, on Telecinco.

On February 7, 2015 he hosted the 29th Goya Awards ceremony. At the same ceremony, he won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for Spanish Affair.

In 2015 Rovira starred in the romantic comedy film Ahora o nunca, as well as in Spanish Affair 2, the sequel of the film that rose him to stardom.

On February 6, 2016 he repeated as host of the 30th Goya Awards ceremony.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2Brent McHalevoice (Spain)
2014Ocho apellidos vascosRafael "Rafa" Quirós
2015Ahora o nuncaAlejandro Fernández
2015Ocho apellidos catalanesRafael "Rafa" Quirós
2015Capture the FlagRichard Carsonvoice
2016El futuro no es lo que eraCarlos
2016100 metrosRamón
2016OzzyFronkyvoice

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008–10Nuevos cómicosHimselfTV program
2008Estas no son las noticiasHimselfTV program
2009BuenafuenteHimselfTV program
2010–15El club de la comediaHimselfTV program
2011Con Hache de EvaHimselfTV program
2011No le digas a mamá que trabajo en la teleHimselfTV program
2012Alguien tenía que decirloHimselfTV program
2013Óxido nitrosoHimselfTV program
2014–15B&b, de boca en bocaJuan Gutiérrez GarcíaTV series
2014Todo va bienHimselfTV program
2014Taraská TVHimselfTV program
201529th Goya AwardsHostTV special
2015MovieBertoHimselfTV program
2015Sopa de gansosHimselfTV program
2015–presentEl HormigueroHimselfTV program
201630th Goya AwardsHostTV special
201731st Goya AwardsHostTV special

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsCategoryRecipientOutcome
2015Goya AwardsBest New ActorOcho apellidos vascosWon
2015Cinematographer Circle MedalsBest New ActorWon
2015Neox Fan AwardsBest ActorAhora o nuncaNominated

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