Actor Luis Cuenca was born on December 6, 1921 in the town of Navalmoral de la Mata, in the province of Cáceres.
The members of his family were actors, which of course had a lot of influence in terms of the actor’s vocation, who began to participate in theatrical performances when he was only 7 years old.
It can be said, however, that his professional debut took place after the Civil War ended, when the actor joined Celia Gámez’s famous company, under the stage name Tony Aster. He then began to work in magazines, a genre in which he remained for 40 years, thus becoming one of the most prestigious comedians within that genre.
He was always closely related to the entertainment entrepreneur Matías Colsada, to whom he had a great friendship.
He participated in a large number of musical shows, many of them together with other actors of the genre, very famous in their time, such as Pedro Peña or Tania Doris. Thus, we could see him in productions such as “The sweet widow” or “A kingdom for Tania.”
Despite the fact that his name is always linked to the world of the magazine, Luis worked in all the media. In the cinema, he made his debut in 1957, in a film also with magazine overtones, “Love me with music”, directed by the director Ignacio F. Iquino.
Although his filmography is not very extensive, he does have prestigious titles in it, with films such as “Suspiros de España (y Portugal)” by José Luis García Sánchez, “La buena vida” by David Trueba, Airbag by Juanma Bajo Ulloa or Torrente, the stupid arm of the law of Santiago Segura.
In his last years of life he also did work for the small screen. and we could see them acting in series like “Pharmacy on call”, “Ketty does not stop”, “They are like that” or “Tell me how it happened”.
Throughout his professional career, Luis won important awards, such as the Goya Award for best supporting actor for his role in “The Good Life”, for which he was also awarded the Sant Jordi Award in the same category. He also won the Best Television Supporting Actor Award from the Union of Actors for his work on the series “Tell me how it happened.” And with the film “Obra maestra” he was nominated again for the Goya Prize.
Luis Cuenca died on January 21, 2004 in Madrid.