Eusebio Poncela was born on September 15, 1945 in Madrid.
Having clear his vocation from the beginning, he studied Dramatic Art, debuting in 1967 with the play “Mariana Pineda”, consolidating himself as a theatrical actor in 1968 with the company of Adolfo Marsillach for his participation in the play “Marat-Sade”, Which is very successful.
Despite working in other media, his whole life is linked to the stage, performing works such as “The cat on the tin roof“,”Orchids in the moonlight“,”The man of destiny“,”Dialogue in D major“Or”The stars never die”.
On the small screen he made his debut in 1968, participating in the production “Tales and legends“, Which is followed by his work in”Hour eleven”. In this medium he has been part of many theatrical performances, such as the program “Study 1”. He has also participated in very famous series, such as “The joys and shadows“, Which gave him great popularity and we could say that it was his launch to fame as an actor, as well as”The Adventures of Pepe Carvalho”, Where he played the famous detective of Vázquez Montalbán. Among others, we can also highlight his interpretations in “One day i will return“,”Village wind: Miguel Hernández ”, Áusias March“,”Brothers and detectives“Or”The pact”.
As for the cinema, he debuted in 1971 with the film “Blood cake“, Which will be followed by others such as”The house without borders“,”The killer is among the thirteen“,”Operation Ogre“Or”Rapture”. This last feature film, in 1979, by Iván Zulueta, is from which his work in the cinema begins to emerge.
Thus, in the 1980s he worked with some of the most prestigious directors of our cinema, such as Pedro Almodóvar, under whose orders Matador and La ley del Deseo filmed, along with Antonio Banderas, or as Carlos Saura, with El Dorado, Francisco Regueiro with “Winter diary”Or Imanol Uribe with El rey asmado.
Poncela has received many awards during his professional career, among which we will cite the Silver Condor Award for the best supporting actor for “Martin (Hache)“, A film with which he also won the Sant Jordi Prize, which he had previously achieved with”The arrangement”. He also obtained the National Cinematography Award at the Gijón Film Festival in 2004 for “Nacho Martínez”, as well as the ACE Award in New York for “Werther”.
Among his filmography, and among the titles not highlighted above, we can cite still others such as “In Memoriam“,”Valentina“,”The Greek Labyrinth“,”Black tuno“,”800 bullets“Or”The Borgias”.