Guillermo Toledo
Spanish actor
Guillermo Toledo Monsalve (born 22 May 1970), also known as Willy Toledo, is a Spanish actor and theatre producer. He gained popularity in Spain for his television role as Richard in sitcom 7 vidas from 1999 to 2002, advancing further public recognition for performances in films such as The Other Side of the Bed (2002), Football Days (2003), and Ferpect Crime (2004).
Besides his acting career, he is also noted as a polemicist and for his political activism. He has claimed to suffer a veto by the Spanish film and television industry limiting his job opportunities due to his off-screen activities.
Biography
Guillermo Toledo Monsalve was born in Madrid on 22 May 1970, to a well-off family, son of a prestigious surgeon pioneer in thoracic surgery. He studied at the Colegio Estilo in El Viso. He trained as an actor in Spain and the United States.
He made his feature film debut in You Shall Die in Chafarinas. Together with Alberto San Juan, Nathalie Poza and Ernesto Alterio, Toledo founded in 1996 the theatrical group Ración de oreja, which presented the theatrical staging Animalario. Ración de oreja later merged with Andrés Lima's Riesgo to create the theatre company Animalario, named after Ración de oreja's debut work.
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