Leonardo Sbaraglia
Sbaraglia in 2023
Born	Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (1970-06-30)30 June 1970 (age 55) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Other names	Leo Sbaraglia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Guadalupe Martínez

Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (Spanish:[leoˈnaɾðo(e)sβaˈɾa(ɣ)lja]; born 30 June 1970) is an Argentine actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain. He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role inRed Lights.

Sbaraglia was born inBuenos Aires where his mother, Roxana Randon, is a local actress and theater coach. He started his acting career at the age of 16 inLa noche de los lápices, a political documentary drama directed byHéctor Olivera.^[1]

In 1987, he gained popularity among Argentine youth for his role in the TV seriesClave de sol. In the following years, he starred in TV and film productions as well as in theatre (such asLa Soledad de los Campos de Algodon,Closer). In 1993, he worked for the first time together with Argentine directorMarcelo Piñeyro inTango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito. They came together again forCaballos salvajes (1995), for which Leonardo Sbaraglia earned the Jury Prize for Best Acting at theHuelva International Film Festival, and later forCenizas del paraíso (1997) and an acclaimed performance inPlata quemada (2000).^{[citation needed]}

Sbaraglia emigrated toSpain in 1998.^[2] He starred withEusebio Poncela inIntacto, a 2001 thriller directed byJuan Carlos Fresnadillo, and received aGoya Award for Best New Actor. His other starring roles includeDeseo (2002), aGerardo Vera film in which he plays alongsideLeonor Watling andCecilia Roth, andCarmen (2003), an adaptation ofProsper Mérimée's classic by directorVicente Aranda.

Sbaraglia worked again in 2005 with directorAntonio Hernández, with whom he had already shotEn la ciudad sin límites in 2002. This and his contribution toSebastián Borensztein's mini TV seriesTiempo final (2000) after their production ofEl garante, for which he earned theMartín Fierro Award for best performance by an actor; Hernández and Piñeyro are the only directors with whom Sbaraglia has worked with more than once.^{[citation needed]}

He was nominated for theGoya Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2007 for his role of Jesús Irurre in the filmSalvador (Puig Antich) in which he starred with German actorDaniel Brühl. The city ofHuelva awarded Sbaraglia an honorary award in 2005.^[3]

Sbaraglia returned to Argentina in 2008,^[2] and starred in Marcelo Piñeyro'sLas viudas de los jueves in a role nominated for anArgentine Film Critics Association Silver Condor Award. Among his notable later roles are alongsideRobert De Niro andSigourney Weaver inRodrigo Cortés'Red Lights (2012); and as one of two men in a caught in a road duel inDamián Szifrón's acclaimedWild Tales (2014).

Sbaraglia married the Argentine sculptor Guadalupe Martín in 2001; the couple have one child.^[4][5]

• Clave de Sol (1987)
• Atreverse (1990)
• Amores (1991)
• El gordo y el flaco (1991)
• Alta comedia (1991)
• Cartas de amor en cassette (1993)
• De poeta y de loco (1996)
• El garante (1997)
• Casablanca (1998)
• Bajamar, la costa del silencio (1998)
• La argentina de tato (1999)
• Tiempo final (2000)
• Al filo de la ley (2005)
• Epitafios (2009)
• Impostores (2009)
• Lo que el tiempo nos dejó (2010)
• Dos lunas (2013)
• En terapia (2012–2014)
• Todos mienten (2022)^[16]
• Elite (2023-2024)^[17]

Martín Fierro Awards

• Leonardo Sbaraglia atIMDb
• Leonardo Sbaraglia atCinenacional.com(in Spanish) (archive)

• 1970 births
• Living people
• Male actors from Buenos Aires
• Argentine people of Italian descent
• Argentine male film actors
• Argentine male television actors
• 20th-century Argentine male actors
• 21st-century Argentine male actors

• Articles with Spanish-language sources (es)
• Webarchive template wayback links
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Articles with hCards
• Pages with Spanish IPA
• All articles with unsourced statements
• Articles with unsourced statements from February 2023
• Articles with unsourced statements from May 2015