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Santiago Segura Silva (born 17 July 1965) is a Spanish film actor, screenwriter, producer and director. ==Life and career== Santiago was born in the Carabanchel neighbourhood in Madrid. After studying Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid,〔 he decided to pursue a career as a filmmaker and in 1989 he directed the short ''Relatos de medianoche'' with a budget of 7000 pesetas (around US$50). In 1992 he went on to direct his first professional short ''Evilio'', followed with ''Perturbado'' in 1993. Segura is a recurring protagonist in the works of directors Alex de la Iglesia and Guillermo del Toro. In 1993, he had a small role in Alex de la Iglesia's film ''Acción mutante''. Two years later, he starred in ''El día de la Bestia'', from the same director and that role made him famous in Spain. In 1998 he directed the film that brought him to stardom, ''Torrente: El brazo tonto de la ley'' (1998), in which he also acted as the lead character José Luis Torrente, a sleazy crime-fighter. Its popularity led to a sequel (''Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella'') and a computer game (''Torrente: El juego''). ''Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella'' made €22,838,500 at the Spanish box office, becoming the highest grossing Spanish film of all time. ''Torrente 3: El protector'', the third film in the series, was released in September 2005. Its advertising campaign parodied ''Batman Begins'', using the phrase "Torrente Acabado" ("Torrente Finished"). Although he declared ''Torrente 3: El protector'' would be the last of the Torrente series, ''Torrente 4'' was released in 2011. In 2010, he played the title role in ''El gran Vázquez'', based on the life of the legendary cartoonist/wastrel Manuel Vázquez Gallego. In 2014 he released ''Torrente V: Operación Eurovegas'' with Alec Baldwin as guest star, and was the top release of 2014 in Spain (FILMAFFINITY). He has since made his way into American culture by making appearances in movies such as ''Pacific Rim'', ''Hellboy'', ''Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' and ''Blade II'' (all of them by Del Toro), ''Perdita Durango'' (by De la Iglesia), Jack and Jill and ''Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London''. He has also dubbed video games to Spanish, like Jack Black's role in ''Brütal Legend''. Because of his success, Santiago Segura has become a producer. He owns Amiguetes Entertainment company and has produced ''Promedio Rojo'' (featuring Nicolás López). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santiago Segura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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