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Javier Cámara

Javier Cámara

Actor · Born January 19, 1967 (59) · La Rioja, Spain

Javier Cámara Rodríguez (born 19 January 1967) is a Spanish actor. He starred in the Pedro Almodóvar films Talk to Her (2002), Bad Education (2004) and I'm So Excited (2013), and the television series 7 Vidas (Seven Lives). He played Cardinal Bernardo Gutierrez in the HBO series The Young Pope as well as Guillermo Pallomari, the chief accountant of the Cali Cartel, in season 3 of the Netflix series Narcos. He was born in Albelda de Iregua, La Rioja. He later moved to Madrid and graduated from the Dramatic Art School. He worked as an usher at the Figaro Theatre in Madrid. His debut in theatre was in El caballero de Olmedo in 1991. He enjoyed great success in the TV series 7 Vidas and then with Almodóvar. His awards include 12 wins and 22 nominations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 19, 1967 (59)
From
La Rioja, Spain
Works as
Actor
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 62 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 29% in 30 days

What are Javier Cámara's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy16 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama 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
Bonds
27%
Self
20%
Survival
15%
Power
14%
Society
11%
Morality
8%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 5 · Dark 11

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 12 · Intense 8

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

Steady 11 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 9

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

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 9 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 4

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 15 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

26 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 11 of 26 analyzed roles.

Hero
11 of 26
Ally
5 of 26
Mentor
5 of 26
Shadow
4 of 26
Trickster
1 of 26
Show the 26 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Melancholic
11
Absurd
10
Contemplative
10
Warm
9
Other
26

How their films linger

Thought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous9
  • Other1

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 Javier Cámara's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Javier Cámara'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

62 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • 5 More Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • 53 Sundays(2026)

    as Julián

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Torrente for President(2026)

    as Rafi

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Yakarta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · as Joserra

  • Showriano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Stories Not to Be Told(2022)

    as David (segment "Me has hecho muy feliz estos meses")

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Rapa(2022)

    Show 18 episodes · Director · as Tomás Hernández

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The People Upstairs(2020)

    as Julio

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Memories of My Father(2020)

    as Héctor Abad Gómez

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Homemade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Pope (voice)

  • Madrid, int. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer · Actor

  • Vamos Juan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 7 episodes · Director · as Juan Carrasco

  • The New Pope(2020)

    Show 9 episodes · as Cardinal Gutierrez

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Off Course to China (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Próspero

  • Vote for Juan(2019)

    Show 23 episodes · Director · as Juan Carrasco

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Wave of Crimes(2018)

    as Father

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · as Dottor López

  • Bomb Scared(2017)

    as Martín

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • It's for Your Own Good(2017)

    as Chus

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Queen of Spain(2016)

    as Pepe Bonilla

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Siete semillas(2016)

    as Ignacio Rodríguez

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Young Pope(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · as Cardinal Gutierrez

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Age Of Monster(2015)

    as Víctor

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Pig (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Truman(2015)

    as Tomás

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Narcos(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Guillermo Pallomari

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Off Course (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Próspero

  • La vida inesperada(2013)

    as Juan

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed(2013)

    as Antonio

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Yesterday Never Ends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as J.

  • I'm So Excited!(2013)

    as Joserra

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • A Gun in Each Hand(2012)

    as S.

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Los Quién(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · as Gustavo Peña

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • What's a Bear For? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Guillermo

  • To Hell with the Ugly(2010)

    as Eliseo

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Los girasoles ciegos(2008)

    as Ricardo

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • LEX (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 16 episodes · as Mario Estrada

  • Chef's Special(2008)

    as Maxi

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • La torre de Suso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Cundo

  • Fiction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Santi

  • Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer(2006)

    as Conde Duque de Olivares

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Paris, Je T'aime(2006)

    as Le docteur (Bastille) · as Le cancérologue (Bastille)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Secret Life of Words(2005)

    as Simon

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Malas temporadas(2005)

    as Mikel

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Bad Education(2004)

    as Paca / Paquito

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

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

    Writer · as Mario

  • Torremolinos 73(2003)

    as Alfredo López

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Looking for Chencho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Intxausti – The Olympist

  • Talk to Her(2002)

    as Benigno

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Sex and Lucía(2001)

    as Pepe

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella(2001)

    as Rafi

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Los lobos de Washington(1999)

    as Tertuliano (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • 7 vidas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 54 episodes · as Paco Jimeno

  • Havana Quartet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Actor

  • Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law(1998)

    as Rafi

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Periodistas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 14 episodes · Actor

  • Blasco Ibáñez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Soriano

  • Eso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Miguel Ángel

  • Put a Man in Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Miguel

  • Alegre ma non troppo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Conserje

  • ¡Ay, Señor, Señor! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 28 episodes · as Padre Ángel Murillo

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 62 titles, 61 of them dated from 1994 to 2026; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

Talk to Her (2002)

$65M worldwide

Highest rated

Talk to Her (2002)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

The Young Pope (2016)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19942026

Peak 2014 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 14 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.

  • 1998Screen debut· Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
  • 2002First top-billed film· Talk to Her
  • 2002Breakout· Talk to Her
  • 2022Career best· Rapa

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting62 of 62: 56 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thDirecting4 of 62: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting1 of 62: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleMusic1 of 62: 0 only music, 1 with another role

62 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1990s10 · acting2000s16 · 16 acting · 1 crew2010s22 · 22 acting · 1 crew2020s13 · 13 acting · 4 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 45% of 29 roles
98081318

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.

How do Javier Cámara's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 30; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 36 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 36 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

The Queen of Spain (2016)

69th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Narcos (2015)

Midcredits 99th · 96% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 52. 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 Javier Cámara's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles34–47 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles52–77 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles41–61 · median 45 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles40–62 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

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 Javier Cámara work with?

People who share at least 2 of Javier Cámara's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Cesc Gay shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers