Francisco Boira

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Huesca, Francisco Boira moved to Madrid at the age of 21 to make his way as an actor. After participating in films such as “Taxi” by Carlos Saura or “Death in Chafarinas” by Pedro Olea, he gets his first big break thanks to the Telecinco series “All Men are the Same” which, in its two years of broadcasting, makes him a popular face for the general public by playing Rubén, one of the first openly gay characters on television in Spain.

From that moment on, Francisco developed his career as an actor alternating cinema with theatre and television with the clear desire to maintain a solid career but always marked by risk.

Thus, his theatrical debut comes from the Slovenian director Tomaz Pandur, under his orders he performs “The Damned” at the Naves del Español in Madrid. Next, Francisco gives life to Macbeth in “MBIG”, a version of Shakespeare’s play directed by José Martret with which he reaps critics acclaim throughout its almost 400 performances and with which he wins the MADRID ES TEATRO award for best actor in 2015. Other theatrical works include “Palabras encadenadas”, a version of Jordi Galcerán’s play premiered at the Teatro Lara in Madrid, “Placeres íntimos” again under the direction of José Martret, and “Marat Sade”, a production by Luis Luque with which he returns to the stage at the Naves del Español.

In television, in addition to the aforementioned “All Men are the Same”, Francisco has participated in such popular series as “Central Hospital”, “Señoras del (h)AMPA” or “H.I.T.”, always in leading or recurring roles. His most recent works in this medium have been “Red Queen”, for Amazon Prime, “Fleeting Lies”, produced by El Deseo and “1992”, a series directed by Álex de la Iglesia for Netflix; these projects will be released in coming months.

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Pedro Almodóvar’s “Bad Education”, Joaquín Oristrell’s “Novios” or Enrique Gabriel’s “Vidas pequeñas” are some of the titles that make up Francisco Boira’s filmography, which also includes long-feature films such as Jaume Balagueró’s “Venus”, Enrique Gabriel’s “Vidas pequeñas” and the recently released “My loneliness has wings”, the first film by the actor Mario Casas.

Francisco is also the director and screenwriter of the short film “Marshmallows”, starring Carmen Balagué, Lluís Homar, Cristina Alcázar and Ana Gracia, which won numerous awards, including the award for best Spanish short film at the Madrid International LGBT Film Festival, best short film at the Muestra Las Delicias and best screenplay at the Dos Hermanas and Torre Castinovo competitions.