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Imanol Arias

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Imanol Arias
Imanol Arias in 2014
Born
Manuel María Arias Domínguez

(1956-04-26)26 April 1956(age 68)
Years active1976–present

Manuel María Arias Domínguez(born 26 April 1956 inRiaño,León,Spain) better known asImanol Arias,is a Spanish actor and film director.

Career

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Imanol Arias began his career with a travelling theatre group performing in theBasque Countryof northern Spain. He debuted on television in 1976 and his first film wasHumberto Solás'sCecilia(1982). In 1987 he won the prize at theSan Sebastian Film Festivalfor the role ofEleuterio SánchezinEl Lute: Run for Your Life(1987).

Since 1976 he has appeared in some seventy different films and television series. In 1996 he made hisfilm debutas director inUn asunto privado.[1]The only other work he directed was a TV programme in 1989.

Between 2001 and 2023, he starred in theTelevisión Españolaprime-time seriesCuéntame cómo pasóas Antonio Alcántara, the father of a Spanish middle-class family during the years of therule of Francisco Franco,thetransition to democracy,and the current democracy.

In 2013 Arias worked on the Spanish dubbing of the video gameBattlefield 4as Captain Roland Garrison.

AtGijón International Film Festivalin 2014, he received theNacho Martinez Award.[2][3]

Imanol Arias is Ambassador forUNICEF.[4][5][6]

On 7 April 2016, Imanol Arias was accused oftax evasionandmoney launderingin thePanama Papersscandal as the owner of anoffshore company,Trekel Trading Limited, based on the island nation ofNiuethat held a bank account under his complete control at the Swiss bank Banque Franck SA.[7][8][9]

In June 2024, Arias paid €275,000 in order to settle his debts with the tax office and avoid going to trial ontax evasioncharges.[10]

Filmography

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Television

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References

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  1. ^Albert, Antonio (12 May 1993)."Imanol Arias debuta como director de cine con 'Un asunto privado'".El País(in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa.Retrieved3 September2018.
  2. ^Argüelles, J. L. (13 November 2014)."Imanol Arias recibe el premio del Festival de Cine de Gijón por 40 años de trabajo".La Nueva España(in Spanish). Editorial Prensa Asturiana,S.A.Prensa Ibérica.Retrieved3 September2018.
  3. ^"Imanol Arias Premio Nacho Martínez en el Festival de Cine de Gijón".Gota de Luz(in Spanish). 10 December 2014.Retrieved3 September2018.
  4. ^"Imanol Arias, embajador de UNICEF".Europa Press(in Spanish). 2 June 2014.Retrieved3 September2018.
  5. ^Europa Press(2 June 2014)."Imanol Arias, embajador de UNICEF".Diario Sur(in Spanish).Vocento.Retrieved3 September2018.
  6. ^Europa Press(2 June 2014)."Imanol Arias, embajador de UNICEF".Hoy(in Spanish).Vocento.Retrieved3 September2018.
  7. ^Pérez, Fernando Jesús (10 May 2016)."Ana Duato e Imanol Arias recogen en la Audiencia la querella por delito fiscal".El País(in Spanish). Prisa.Retrieved19 May2016.
  8. ^Vázquez, Ángeles (6 May 2016)."Anticorrupción acusa a Imanol Arias y Ana Duato de haber defraudado tres millones de euros".El Mundo(in Spanish). Madrid:Unidad Editorial.Retrieved19 May2016.
  9. ^"La Fiscalía pide que Imanol Arias y Ana Duato declaren por fraude fiscal".La Vanguardia(in Spanish). 6 May 2016.Retrieved19 May2016.
  10. ^"Imanol Arias abonó este lunes 275.000 euros para saldar su deuda con Hacienda".La Voz de Galicia.6 June 2024.
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