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Juan Diego

Juan Diego

Actor · Died April 28, 2022, aged 79 · Sevilla, Spain

Juan Diego was born on December 14, 1942 in Bormujos, Seville, Andalucía (Spain). He was an actor (cinema, TV and theater) and producer, known for La muerte de un viajante (1972), Cabeza de Vaca (1991), Padre Coraje (2002), Los hombres de Paco (2005), El triunfo (2006) and The Cover (2021). He died on April 28, 2022 in Madrid, Spain.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 14, 1942
Died
April 28, 2022 (aged 79)
From
Sevilla, Spain
Works as
Actor
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 98 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 37 days to Oct 26Down 41% in 30 days

What are Juan Diego's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

Genres

Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: 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
20%
Power
20%
Morality
17%
Self
15%
Survival
12%
Society
10%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 4 · Intense 8

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 5

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 8 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 6

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

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 8 · 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 4 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 2

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 7

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 10 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Shadow
2 of 3
Herald
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Absurd
6
Warm
6
Melancholic
7
Joyful
4
Other
13

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous3

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's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Juan Diego'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

98 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Break a Leg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as (self)

  • Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

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

    as Miguel (adulto)

  • The Cover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Daniel 'El Guitarras'

  • Xtreme(2021)

    as Ricardo

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Despite Everything(2019)

    as Pedro Domínguez

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Camarón Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Camarón: Flamenco y revolución(2018)

    as Narrador (voz)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Gold(2017)

    as Manuel Requena

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Can't Say Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as José Luis

  • Nightfall In India (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Ricardo

  • Cebra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • De los reptiles-saurios en los cafés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Todo es silencio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Mariscal

  • Painless(2012)

    as Adán Martel

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • 30 Years of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Manuel Cortés (voice)

  • Toledo, cruce de destinos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 13 episodes · as Rey Alfonso X, el Sabio

  • Il signore della truffa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • 23-F: la película (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Alfonso Armada

  • Lope: The Outlaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Jerónimo

  • To Hell with the Ugly(2010)

    as Auxilio

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Fashion Victim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Poveda

  • Martes de Carnaval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 3 episodes · Producer · as El Capitán

  • Fuerte Apache (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Toni Darder

  • Casual Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as José Antonio

  • Summer Rain(2006)

    as Don Alfredo

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

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

    as Santiago

  • El triunfo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Gandhi

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

    Actor

  • Paco's Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 118 episodes · as Lorenzo Castro

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

    as Rufino

  • El 7º día(2004)

    as Antonio

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Your Next Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Gildo

  • Arcibel's Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Palacios

  • Torremolinos 73(2003)

    as Don Carlos

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Sevilla 2030 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Subjective voice

  • Una pasión singular (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Alejandro

  • The Virgin of Lust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Gimeno-Mikado

  • Smoking Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Sotomayor

  • Padre Coraje (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · as Antonio Holgado

  • The Shield(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Yancey Gonzales

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • ¿Dónde está? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • You're the One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Don Matías

  • Fugitivas(2000)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Winter of the Anjanas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Germán

  • París-Tombuctú(1999)

    as Boronat

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Pepe Guindo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Chófer

  • Rincones del paraíso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Ricardo

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

    as Juan

  • Between Your Legs(1999)

    as Jareño

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • DEJEME QUE LE CUENTE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • La novia de medianoche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Dr. Adrián Pastor

  • Banderas, the Tyrant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Nacho Veguillas

  • Dream Kiss(1992)

    as Salvatierra

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Jamon Jamon(1992)

    as The Father

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Dumbfounded King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Villaescusa

  • Cabeza de Vaca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

  • The Longest Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Menéndez

  • Martes de carnaval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Editor

  • El mar es azul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Miguel

  • The Dark Night of the Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as San Juan de la Cruz

  • Jarrapellejos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Actor

  • Pasodoble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Juan Luis

  • Ya bon les blancs(1988)

    as Diego Ramirez

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Laura, del cielo llega la noche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Tomás

  • The Way They Were (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Alberto

  • Voyage to Nowhere(1986)

    as Sergio Maldonado

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Dragon Rapide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as General Franco

  • Un’isola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 2 episodes · as Pappagallo

  • Segunda Enseñanza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 13 episodes · as Jandro

  • Pagina de Sucesos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Justo Úbeda

  • La corte de Faraón(1985)

    as Roberto

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Golfo de Vizcaya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Comisario

  • De tripas corazón (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Jaime Vera

  • The Lost Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Ministro

  • The Holy Innocents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Señorito Iván

  • Dolores (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Voz

  • Erotic Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Antonio (segment "Tiempos rotos")

  • El buscón (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Diego Coronel

  • The Imaginary Invalid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Cleonte

  • Los comuneros (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Padilla

  • The Creature(1977)

    as Marcos

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • And They Lived Happily Ever After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Fernando

  • Emilia... parada y fonda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Actor

  • A Long Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Doctor Aguirre

  • País S. A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Actores invitados

  • Fierce Love, or When Children Play at Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Invitado en bautizo

  • La casa grande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Actor

  • Yo creo que... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Actor

  • El pícaro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 13 episodes · as El Doctor Sagredo

  • La muerte de un viajante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Biff Loman

  • Persuasión (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 10 episodes · as Frederick Wentworth

  • The Pizza Triangle(1970)

    as Antonio's Son · as Diego's son

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Something Bitter in the Mouth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as César

  • El taxi de los conflictos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Sebastian Lopez Miranda

  • Los flamencos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Chirlo

  • Fantasía... 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Tomasín (segment "Los tres pelos del diablo")

  • La hija del capitán (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 98 titles, 97 of them dated from 1966 to 2025; peak year 2003.

Biggest box office

To Hell with the Ugly (2010)

$9.2M worldwide

Highest rated

Voyage to Nowhere (1986)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Jamon Jamon (1992)

Film career

19662025

Peak 2003 · fewer prominent film roles lately. 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.

  • 1970Screen debut· A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
  • 1991First top-billed film· Cabeza de Vaca
  • 2002Career best· The Virgin of Lust

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting98 of 98: 97 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thProducing1 of 98: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1960s4 · acting1970s15 · acting1980s19 · acting1990s14 · acting2000s24 · 24 acting · 1 crew2010s16 · acting2020s5 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 15% of 20 roles
709010

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 Juan Diego's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

The Creature (1977)

68th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Voyage to Nowhere (1986)

Midcredits 93rd · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 55. 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's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 55 · moderateMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Juan Diego work with?

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

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles