Félix Rotaeta
Félix Rotaeta (1 April 1942 – 23 November 1994) was a Spanish actor, director, novelist, and screenwriter.
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Félix Rotaeta
- Name
- Félix Rotaeta
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
- Place of death
- Barcelona, Spain
- Occupation
- Actor, director, novelist, screenwriter
- Born
- 1942 · Madrid.
- Died
- 1994 · Barcelona.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Fields
- acting · film direction · film screenwriting
- Languages
- Spanish
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Félix Rotaeta (1 April 1942 – 23 November 1994) was a Spanish actor, director, novelist, and screenwriter.
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• Name — Félix Rotaeta • Birthplace — Madrid, Spain • Place of death — Barcelona, Spain • Occupation — Actor, director, novelist, screenwriter
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Madrid, Rotaeta studied journalism and drama, and started his career on stage, writing and performing with the fringe theatre company Los Goliardos. He worked intensively as a character actor, and directed two feature films, El placer de matar (1987), based on his novel Las pistolas and starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril, and Chatarra (1991), which was entered into the main competition at the 48th Venice International Film Festival.
Death
Death
In November 1994, while shooting the western film Atolladero, Rotoeta fell ill and died shortly after from septic shock and multiorgan failure, at the age of 52.
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Félix Rotaeta died at Barcelona.
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