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Juan Diego Botto

Juan Diego Botto

Actor, also director and writer · Born August 29, 1975 (51) · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Venice award nominee · Berlinale award winner

Juan Diego Botto Rota (born 29 August 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish film, stage and television actor. Born in Argentina, he moved to Spain with his mother (the actress and acting coach Cristina Rota) in 1978. Following early film appearances as a child actor, he landed a breakthrough role in the 1995 film Stories from the Kronen. He has since starred in films such as Martín (Hache) (1997), Plenilune (2000), Broken Silence (2001), Obaba (2005), Go Away from Me (2006) and Ismael (2013). He has also worked as a stage director and playwright and debuted as a film director with the 2022 social drama thriller On the Fringe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Juan Diego Botto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
August 29, 1975 (51)
From
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Works as
Actor, also director and writer
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 69 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 27% in 30 days

What are Juan Diego Botto's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Thriller2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 5th percentile
: browse their Thriller movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
28%
Bonds
19%
Morality
19%
Survival
15%
Power
8%
Society
8%
Ideas
3%
Justice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 4 · Dark 14

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 10 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 6

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 6 of 15 analyzed roles.

Hero
6 of 15
Ally
3 of 15
Shadow
3 of 15
Shapeshifter
2 of 15
Threshold guardian
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Melancholic
16
Contemplative
7
Bittersweet
7
Dread
5
Other
13

How their films linger

Thought-provoking19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet15
  • Ambiguous9

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Juan Diego Botto's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Juan Diego Botto's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

69 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Day Drinker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Better Class (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Domingo

  • El Centro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as Michelín

  • My Friend Eva(2025)

    as Víctor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Stepmother's Bond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Raúl

  • Breaking Walls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Juanma

  • The Room Next Door(2024)

    as Photographer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • I Don't Like Driving(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Pablo Lopetegui

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Staring at Strangers(2022)

    as Sergio O'Kane

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • On the Fringe(2022)

    Director · Screenplay · as Manuel

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • You Shall Not Lie(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · as Sergio

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • The Suicide Squad(2021)

    as Presidente General Silvio Luna

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Europeans(2020)

    as Antonio

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Tales of the Lockdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Writer

  • White Lines(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · as Oriol Calafat

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Rocambola(2020)

    as Saeta

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Instinto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

  • A night with Juan Diego Botto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Lifeline(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · as Rodrigo Ugarte

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Good Behavior(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · as Javier Pereira

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Los comensales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Hablar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as El Explotador

  • The Ignorance of Blood(2014)

    as Falcón

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Ismael(2013)

    as Luis

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Franco's Settlers(2013)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • God Loves Caviar(2012)

    as Alexios Lefentarios

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Childish Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Daniel

  • Frozen Silence(2011)

    as Arturo Andrade

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Anything You Want (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • The Widows of Thursdays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Gustavo

  • The Anarchist's Wife(2008)

    as Justo

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • El Greco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Niño de Guevara

  • Bordertown(2007)

    as Marco Antonio Salamanca

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Va a ser que nadie es perfecto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Vete de mí (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Guillermo

  • The Feast of the Goat(2005)

    as Amadito García Guerrero

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Obaba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Miguel

  • With Good Reason (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Roma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Manuel Cueto/ Joaco

  • Augustus: The First Emperor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Iullo · as Iullus Antonius

  • Los abajo firmantes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Writer · as Jorge

  • 13 Curses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Jacobo

  • The Dancer Upstairs(2002)

    as Sucre

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • El balancín de Iván (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Roberto

  • Broken Silence(2001)

    as Manuel

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Asfalto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Ave María (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Miguel

  • I Will Survive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Iñaqui

  • Novios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Arturito

  • Plenilune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Asesino

  • Am I Beautiful? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • In Praise of Older Women(1997)

    as Andrés

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Martin (Hache) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Hache

  • Not Love, Just Frenzy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Carlos

  • La Celestina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Calisto

  • La sal de la vida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Charly

  • Stories from the Kronen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Carlos

  • 1492: Conquest of Paradise(1992)

    as Diego

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt(1991)

    as Sergio

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Ovejas negras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Adolfo, niño

  • Zorro: The Legend Begins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Felipe

  • Zorro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 88 episodes · as Felipe

  • If They Tell You I Fell(1989)

    as Sarnita

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • El río de oro(1986)

    as Miguel

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Berta's Motives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Luisito

  • Power Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • Ni te cases ni te embarques (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Niño

  • Los relatos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Pablo

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 69 titles, 67 of them dated from 1982 to 2026; peak year 2012.

Biggest box office

The Room Next Door (2024)

$22M worldwide

Highest rated

Good Behavior (2016)

Midcredits 86th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19822026

Peak 2012 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 69: 65 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score45thDirecting3 of 69: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting3 of 69: 0 only writing, 3 with another role

69 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1980s5 · acting1990s16 · acting2000s17 · 16 acting · 2 crew2010s15 · acting2020s14 · 13 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 19% of 21 roles
920212

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

1 major award from 2 major nominations, 1998–2022.

WinNomination
  1. 2022
    • Venice award, nominated · Best Film
  2. 1998
    • Berlinale award, won

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Juan Diego Botto's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

If They Tell You I Fell (1989)

71st percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Suicide Squad (2021)

Midcredits 86th · 73% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Juan Diego Botto's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 56 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles31–79 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 60 · intenseMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Juan Diego Botto work with?

People who share at least 2 of Juan Diego Botto's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Leonor Watling shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers