Mikel Losada

Mikel Losada García (born December 28, 1978, Ermua, Spain) is a Spanish film, theater and television actor.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Losada and the second or maternal family name is García.
Mikel Losada
Mikel Losada and Miren Gaztañaga in the play Macbeth at the Arriaga Theater in 2019
Born
Mikel Losada García

(1978-12-28) December 28, 1978
Ermua, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Notable workAne Is Missing
The Bastards' Fig Tree
The Invisible Guardian
Cuentame
Goenkale
SpouseOlatz Ganboa
Children1
AwardsUnion of Basque Actors and Actresses Award (2001)
Urregin Award (2021)

He has worked on more than one hundred audiovisual productions, including Ane Is Missing or Intimacy (Netflix). He also in more than a hundred theater productions throughout Spain.

He has been nominated up to three times for the Best Basque Actor Award at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards), the last time in 2022 for the film Ane Is Missing. In 2001 he won the Award for Best Television Actor at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards) and was nominated in the same category in 2022 for the Netflix series Intimacy.

Life and career

He was born in Ermua in 1978. At sixteen he got his first roles in theatrical and audiovisual projects. At eighteen he joined Ramón Barea's theater company. Since then he has worked in more than one hundred audiovisual productions and also in more than one hundred theater productions.

He has been nominated up to three times for the Best Basque Actor Award at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards), the last time in 2022 for the film Ane Is Missing.[1][2] In 2001 he won the Award for Best Television Actor at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards) and was nominated in the same category in 2022 for the Netflix series Intimacy.[3]

In 2015, he was part of the cast in the theater production The Seagull, an original production of the Arriaga Theater, directed by the Argentinean Gustavo Tambascio, together with Gurutze Beitia, Lander Otaola and Ylenia Baglietto.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Also in that year he co-starred in the film Txarriboda.[10]

In 2016, he participated in the film The Invisible Guardian (based on the novel by Dolores Redondo), together with Marta Etura.[11][12] A year later, in 2017, he co-starred in the film La Higuera de los Bastardos, directed by Ana Murugarren.[13][14]

In 2020, he co-starred in the film Ane Is Missing along with Patricia López Arnaiz.[15] The film received five nominations at the Goya Awards, including the Best Film Award,[16] and won three Goyas.[17][18]

In 2021 he was part of the theatrical production of the Arriaga Theater El viaje a ninguna parte, directed by Ramón Barea.[19][20][21] Due to his performance in that theatrical production, Losada received the Urregin Award in the category of Best Actor.[22][23]

In 2021, he co-starred in the film García y García, directed by Ana Murugarren, along with José Mota, Pepe Viyuela and Jordi Sánchez.[24][25] In 2023 he participated in its sequel García y García 2, also directed by Ana Murugarren.[26]

He is one of the founding partners of the Pabellón Nº 6 project.

Private life

He currently lives in Bilbao. He is in a relationship with actress Olatz Ganboa. In 2016 she and Losada represented Los amantes del Casco Viejo, a theatre production of the Arriaga Theatre.[27][28][29] They also recorded the series Etxekoak together, on ETB 1, in full confinement due to the COVID pandemic in 2020.[30][31][32][33][34] He has a border collie named Kea.[35]

She has a great friendship with the filmmaker Ana Murugarren and, as she herself has explained, Losada appears in all her films.[36] She also has a very close friendship with the actor Ramón Barea, whom Losada considers his friend and mentor.[37]

Filmography

Television
  • 2022, El silencio, Netflix
  • 2022, Intimacy, Netflix
  • 2022, Tupper Club (invited by Ana Murugarren)
  • 2020, Etxekoak
  • 2014, No es País para Sosos (special guest)[38][39]
  • 2011, El precio de la libertad
  • 2010, Ciudad K
  • 2008, Go!azen
  • 2001, Cuéntame
  • 2001, Goenkale

Film
  • 2023 García y García 2, dir. Ana Murugarren
  • 2021 García y García
  • 2020 Ane Is Missing
  • 2019 La pequeña Suiza
  • 2017 La higuera de los bastardos
  • 2016 Igelak
  • 2016 The Invisible Guardian
  • 2015 Txarriboda
  • 2013 Tres mentiras
  • 2013 Alaba zintzoa
  • 2012 Bypass 
  • 2012 El extraño anfitrión (TV)
  • 2012 TESLA. VERSIÓN 04
  • 2011 El precio de la libertad
  • 2010 Dragoi ehiztaria 
  • 2009 Sukalde kontuak
  • 2008 Go!azen
  • 2007 Casual Day
  • 2006 Kutsidazu bidea, Ixabel
  • 2005 Corrientes circulares
  • 2005 Hoja de ruta 
  • 2004 El coche de pedales
  • 2001 Lázaro 
  • 2000 Los amigos
  • 1999 Pecados provinciales
  • 1994 La voz de su amo

Stage
  • 2022, Bake Lehorra / La Paz Estéril[40][41]
  • 2022, La cazadora de mitos[42]
  • 2021, El viaje a ninguna parte[43]
  • 2019, Macbeth[44][45][46]
  • 2016, Los amantes del casco viejo. Dir. Patxo Tellería
  • 2016, Historia casi de mi vida. Dir. Ramón Barea
  • 2016, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Dir. Pablo Viar
  • 2015, The Seagull. dir. Gustavo Tambascio
  • 2014, Fausto Ciudadano Ejemplar, Dir. Galder Pérez y Mikel Losada
  • 2013, Los enamorados, de Carlo Goldoni, Dir. Marco Carniti
  • 2013, Terapias, Dir. Rafael Calatayud[47]
  • 2012, El hijo del acordeonista, Dir. Fernando Bernues
  • 2012, Esencia patria, Dir. Ramón Barea
  • 2011, Sekula Bai, Dir. Lander Otaola. Galder Pérez y Mikel Losada
  • 2008, Comida para peces, Dir. Fernando Bernues
  • 2005, El hombre de los dados, Ramón Barea
  • 2004, The Tempest, Ur Teatro. Dir. Helena Pimenta
  • 2003, Deseo, Markeliñe.
  • 2002, Chincha Rapiña, Txamuskina Teatro. Dir. Eguski Zubia
  • 2001, Notas de cocina, Dir. Felipe Loza
  • 2000,' Kaioa Eta Katua, Txamuskina Teatro
  • 2000, Txamuskina, Teatro Mohicano. Dir: Ramón Barea
  • 1999, Alias, Molière, Dir. Ramón Barea
  • 1999, Todo Lorca, Cinema Ermua. Dir. Juan Carlos Colina
  • 1999, Crímenes ejemplares, de Max Aub. Dir: Itziar Lazkano
  • 1999, Solos esta noche, de Paloma Pedrero. Dir: Felipe Loza

Awards

Max Awards
Year Category For work Result Ref.
2012 Best Stage Production Sekila bai! (ex aequo Mikel Losada, Lander Otaola y Galder Pérez)Nominated [48][49]

Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards
Year Category For work Result Ref.
1999 Best Basque Actor ¿? Nominated [2]
2000 Best Basque Actor ¿? Nominated [2]
2001 Best Television Actor ¿? Won
2022 Best Basque Actor Ane Is Missing Nominated [1]
2022 Best Television Actor Intimacy Nominated [3]

Urregin Award
Year Category For work Result Ref.
2021 Best Actor El viaje a ninguna parte Won [22][23]

See also

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