Francisco Algora
Francisco Javier Jiménez Algora (born 7 December 1948 in Madrid ) is a Spanish actor.
Life
Algora was born in the Observatory of the Spanish capital, where his father worked as a janitor. He left school at the age of thirteen years and worked for a movie rental. Thus he came in contact with Juan Antonio Bardem. With many jobs Algora financed his studies in acting; Finally, he debuted on the side of Carlos Lemos. In 1968 he joined the independent theater group Los Goliardos and the Teatro Experimental Independiente, with whom he worked under renowned directors. In 1971 he made his debut in television alongside Miguel Picazo and on the big screen in a film by José María Forqué. He won over the years a reputation as one of the most sought-after character actors of his country. Numerous awards were bestowed on him; as that of the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos or the Premio José Isbert. In a number of feature-length works and short films Algoras was occupied; his filmography includes one hundred entries.
1984 ended Algoras his stage work and moved to Cadiz. In 2004 he published the play Me llamo Jonás; five years later he participated in the project " Poesía Viva ". Also in 2009, appeared a band of poems, Romance de locos, coplas de ciego.