MOLLA, Jordi 1968–

PERSONAL

Full name, Jordi Molla Perales; born July 1, 1968, in Barcelona, Spain.

Addresses: Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Artists Independent Management, 825 Noweita Place, Venice, CA 90291.

Career: Actor, director, writer, and producer. As a painter, exhibits staged at various venues, including the Galeria la Cerverina D'art, Lerida, Spain, 2002, Palazzo dei Capitain, Verona, Italy, 2002, Galeria Carmen de la Guerra, Madrid, Spain, 2002 and 2004, Galeria Xanon, Madrid, Spain, 2003, Guadalupe Arts Center, Austin, TX, 2003, Galeria Picasso mio, Madrid, Spain, 2004, Lowe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2004, and the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de San Petesburgo, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2004.

Awards, Honors: National Short Film Award, Alcala de Henares Short Film Festival, 1993, Goya Award nomination, best short film—documentary, 1994, both for Walter Peralta; Goya Award nomination, best supporting actor, 1997, for La celestina; Mar del Plata Film Festival Award (with Antonio Resines), best actor, Film Award, best actor, Ondas awards, and Butaca Award, best Catalan film actor, all 1997, Award of the Spanish Actors Union, film: lead performance, and Goya Award nomination, best lead actor, both 1998, all for La buena estrella; Goya Award nomination, best lead actor, 2000, for Segunda piel; Golden Biznaga Award nomination, Malaga Spanish Film Festival, 2002, for No somos nadie.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Potser no sigui massa tard, 1988.

Hotel Los Picos desk clerk, Shooting Elizabeth, 1992.

Jose Luis, Jamon, Jamon (also known as Ham Ham, Salami, Salami, and A Tale of Ham and Passion), Warner Bros., 1992.

Ariel, Todo es mentira (also known as It's All Lies and Life's a Bitch), 1994.

El Pulpo, Historias de la puta mili (also known as Tales of the Stinking Military Service), 1994.

Lagrange, Le fusil de Bois (also known as The Wooden Gun and El fusil de madera), 1994.

Vendedor, Mi hermano del alma (also known as My Darling Brother and My Soul Brother), 1994.

Vicente, Alegre ma non troppo, Columbia/TriStar Films de Espana, 1994.

Pronostic reservat, 1994.

Doctor A, La flor de mi secreto (also known as The Flower of My Secret and Le fleur de mon secret), Sony Pictures Classics, 1995.

Guillermo, Los hombres siempre mienten (also known as Men Always Lie), 1995.

Roberto, Historias del Kronen (also known as Kronen and Stories from the Kronen), 1995.

Luigi, La cible, 1996.

Parmeno, La celestina, Sogepaq Distribution, 1996.

Daniel, La buena estrella (also known as The Lucky Star, En el corazon del otro, and La bonne etoile), RKO Radio Pictures, 1997.

Toni, Perdona, bonita, pero Lucas Me queria a Mi (also known as Excuse Me, Darling, but Lucas Loved Me), Columbia/TriStar Films de Espana, 1997.

Lluis Doria at the age of twenty, El pianista (also known as The Pianist), 1998.

Tomas, Los anos barbaros (also known as Barbaric Years, The Stolen Years, and Les annees volees), Warner Sogefilms, 1998.

Manuel de Godoy, Volaverunt (also known as Volaverunt: La maja desnuda), 1999.

Sapo (Toad), Nadie conoce a nadie (also known as Nobody Knows Anybody), Warner Sogefilms, 1999.

Alberto, Segunda piel (also known as Second Skin), Lolafilms/New Yorker Films, 2000, subtitled version released by Menemsha Entertainment, 2001.

Diego Delgado, Blow, New Line Cinema, 2001.

Ulises, Son de mar (also known as Sound of the Sea), Lolafilms/Ventura Distribution, 2001.

Salva, No somos nadie (also known as God Is on Air), Lolafilms/Ventura Entertainment, 2002.

Hector Juan Carlos "Johnny" Tapia, Bad Boys II (also known as Good Cops: Bad Boys II), Columbia, 2003.

Jan Palmerion, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (also known as Las maletas de Tulse Luper: La historia de Moab and Le valigie di Tulse Luper—La storia di Moab), Laurenfilms, 2003.

Himself, Las primeras veces (short film), 2003.

Jan Palmerion, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea, A-Film Distribution, 2004.

Juan Seguin, The Alamo, Buena Vista, 2004.

Samuel, Ausentes, 2005.

Gerardo Somoza, Conquistadora, 'bel Films/Andrea Simon Entertainment, 2006.

Film Director:

(And producer) Walter Peralta, 1993.

No me importaria irme contigo, 1995.

No somos nadie (also known as God Is on Air), Ventura Entertainment, 2002.

Television Appearances; Series:

La granja, Televisio de Catalunya (Spain), beginning 1989.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Delantero, Television Espanola (Spain), 1994.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jordi, Revolver, NBC, 1992.

Federale captain, Dollar for the Dead (also known as Un dolar por los muertos), TNT, 1998.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Ricardo Franco: reencuentro, 1998.

Himself, Reel Comedy: Bad Boys II, Comedy Central, 2003.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, VI premios Goya, 1992.

Himself, XI premios Goya, 1997.

Himself, 44 edicion de los premios Ondas, 1997.

Himself, XII premios Goya, 1998.

Himself, XIV premios Goya, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Raul, "Broken Toys," Dark Justice, CBS, 1991.

Villain, "Judgment Night," Dark Justice, CBS, 1992.

Himself, "Una mujer bajo la iluvia," La gran ilusion, 2000.

Himself, Version espanola, 2000, 2005.

Himself, Lo + plus, 2001, 2002, 2005.

(Uncredited; archive footage) Ariel, Silenci?, 2005.

(In archive footage) Himself, Cinema mil, Televisio de Catalunya (Spain), multiple episodes in 2005.

Himself, Corazon de …, Television Espanola (Spain), 2005.

Himself, El Club, Televisio de Catalunya, 2005.

Himself, Magacine, Canal+ Espana (Spain), 2005.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Walter Peralta, 1993.

No me importaria irme contigo, 1995.

No somos nadie (also known as God Is on Air), Ventura Entertainment, 2002.

Novels:

Las primeras veces, Editorial Libros del Alma, 1997.

Agua estancada, Coleccion Modernos y clasicos, 2000.