Enrique Irazoqui
Illustration — Irazoqui in 1963 Enrique Irazoqui (5 July 1944 – 16 September 2020) was a Spanish professor of literature, computer chess expert and actor, best known for his role as Jesus Christ in the 1964 film The Gospel According to St. Matthew, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. He was 19 when he played the lead role in Pasolini's film and only had a small number of screen roles afterwards.
Enrique Irazoqui
Domenico Notarangelo · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- Enrique Irazoqui was born on 5 July 1944. · Barcelona.
- Died
- Enrique Irazoqui died on 16 September 2020. · Barcelona.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- actor · university teacher · chess player · pedagogue
- Fields
- acting · Spanish literature · economy
- Known for
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew
- Languages
- Catalan · Spanish · English
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Irazoqui in 1963 Enrique Irazoqui (5 July 1944 – 16 September 2020) was a Spanish professor of literature, computer chess expert and actor, best known for his role as Jesus Christ in the 1964 film The Gospel According to St. Matthew, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. He was 19 when he played the lead role in Pasolini's film and only had a small number of screen roles afterwards.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Enrique Irazoqui. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q2890619 · wikipedia · Enrique Irazoqui
In this article
Roles
Roles
Irazoqui was born in Barcelona, the son of a Spanish father and an Italian Jewish mother. He received the Honorary Citizenship of the city of Matera, Italy, in 2011. In 2002 he was the arbiter during the Brains in Bahrain chess match between world champion Vladimir Kramnik and the computer program Deep Fritz, which ended in a tie.
• Jesus Christ in The Gospel According to St. Matthew, 1964, Italy, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini • Noche de vino tinto, 1966, Spain, directed by José María Nunes • Dante no es únicamente severo, 1966, Spain, directed by Jacinto Esteva and Joaquim Jordà • A la soledat, 2008, Spain, directed by José María Nunes • St. John the Baptist in The New Gospel, 2020, Italy, directed by Milo Rau.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Llançà
Residences
Barcelona.
Birth place
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2890619: Enrique Irazoqui
General reference · Wikidata
reference work
- “Enrique Irazoqui”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
References ==== External links
References ==== External links
*
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
37,604 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Enrique CastilloPerson
- Enrique GatoPerson
- Enrique GómezPerson
- Enrique HerreraPerson
- Enrique Jardiel PoncelaPerson
- Enrique LarretaPerson
- Enrique LizaldePerson
- Enrique López LavignePerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Enrique Irazoqui?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.