The actors, part 2A-supporting actor Nicolas Montoya

Another of the "Domino" actors we interviewed is Nicolas Montoya.  He is the "heavy" in our short film--THE BANKER.  This means he's one of the most important of the supporting actors.  We'll start here with a summary of his career as an actor and in the next blog, proceed to the actual interview.  (ED)

Nicolas Montoya, a native of Spain, combines a fully professional acting career with his work as a medical doctor.  As an actor, he is a graduate of theater academies as well as institutions dedicated to acting on film.  His acting career began well before this formal training, nourished by his experiences as a child growing up surrounded by the flamenco world he encountered as the son of a Gypsy (Gitano) in a city known as the “cradle of flamenco.” 

With an actual Roman theater behind him, Nicolas Montoya plays the captain of the Legionnaires.

A veteran of more than 40 opera and musical productions, he began in film in the 1993 and added live theater in the late 1990s.  He has played both leading parts and supporting roles.  

His work for film and television includes the movie directed by Josefina Molina, "La Lola se va a los Puertos" ("Lola goes to the Ports"),  the docudrama "La Mano Negra" ("The Black Hand") in which he played a leading role, and several episodes of the comic television mini series "Curso de Andaluz."  He has also acted in theater productions of "Moulin Rouge" and "Mama, quiero ser artista" ("Mama, I want to be a performer").

Nicolas Montoya in one of the several movies he´s acted in.

 

Currently (2011) he is associated with the theater group Tras el Trapo in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain while continuing his roles in the opera of that city.  In addition, he is theater critic for the daily newspaper, Diario de Jerez, of Jerez de la Frontera.  He also has experience in stage direction, lighting, and other aspects of theater production.

OUR NEXT BLOG will continue and finish this interview with Nicolas Montoya.