Juan Diego Botto

Juan Diego Botto

1975-08-29 Buenos Aires, Argentina 65 Credits

Biography

Juan Diego Botto Rota (born 29 August 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish film, stage and television actor. Born in Argentina, he moved to Spain with his mother (the actress and acting coach Cristina Rota) in 1978. Following early film appearances as a child actor, he landed a breakthrough role in the 1995 film Stories from the Kronen. He has since starred in films such as Martín (Hache) (1997), Plenilune (2000), Broken Silence (2001), Obaba (2005), Go Away from Me (2006) and Ismael (2013). He has al...

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My Friend Eva

My Friend Eva

2025

Acting

Eva has just turned 50. She’s been married for over 20 years and has two, teenage children. So far, nothing remarkable. But on a business trip to Rome...

Breaking Walls

Breaking Walls

2025

as Juanma

Acting

It’s the late ‘80s in a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Bilbao. A children’s rhythmic gymnastics team has the chance to compete in a to...

The Stepmother's Bond

The Stepmother's Bond

2025

as Raúl

Acting

Paula and Raúl, who live with Dani, a six-year-old boy, could be just another couple... They could be, except that the boy is not Paula's son, and Pau...

The Room Next Door

The Room Next Door

2024

as Photographer

6.8
Acting

Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist ...

Staring at Strangers

Staring at Strangers

2022

as Sergio O'Kane

6.4
Acting

Carpenter Sergio runs away and hides in a closet after his boss fired him. When the closet arrives at its buyer's house, he decides to stay there, hid...

On the Fringe

On the Fringe

2022

6.7
Acting

A day in the life of Azucena, who is running out of time to keep herself and her family from being evicted; Rafael, a lawyer who sets out to reunite a...

On the Fringe

On the Fringe

2022

Screenplay, Director

6.7
Writing Directing

A day in the life of Azucena, who is running out of time to keep herself and her family from being evicted; Rafael, a lawyer who sets out to reunite a...

DC Fandome 2021

DC Fandome 2021

2021

Acting

A global live online event uniting DC Comics creations and adaptations with fans around the globe.

The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad

2021

as Presidente General Silvio Luna

7.5
Acting

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X...

The Europeans

The Europeans

2020

as Antonio

5.4
Acting

Spain, 1958. Miguel and Antonio, single and in their thirties, go on a trip to Ibiza, attracted by the European sexual myth and the illusion of freedo...

Rocambola

Rocambola

2019

as Saeta

4.9
Acting

Dante is a professional thief who makes ends meet through carefully selected, small jobs. His new target is a secluded big house which he thinks is un...

A night with Juan Diego Botto

A night with Juan Diego Botto

2018

Acting

Cristina has been dreaming of sleeping with Juan Diego Botto for twenty years. He's been dreaming of a fairer world his whole life.

Los comensales

Los comensales

2016

Acting
Though You May Not Know

Though You May Not Know

2016

as Self

7.0
Acting

An account of the life and work of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero; a journey through his experiences, his mentors, his influences and his contac...

Hablar

Hablar

2015

as El Explotador

6.1
Acting

An anthology film with 20 stories on the subject of words, communication, linked to one another over a 400-metre stretch: from Madrid's Lavapiés Squar...

The Ignorance of Blood

The Ignorance of Blood

2014

as Falcón

3.8
Acting

Javier Falcón, Chief of the Sevilla Homicide Division, must solve two different cases in a short time. In the first case he is personally involved. An...

Asier ETA biok

Asier ETA biok

2014

as Self

6.4
Acting

Asier and I grew up in the Basque Country. But one day he disappeared, later I found out he had joined ETA.

Ismael

Ismael

2013

as Luis

5.9
Acting

An aging couple follows after Ismael Tchou, an 8-year-old, who is trying to find his way to his estranged biological father all by himself.

Franco's Settlers

Franco's Settlers

2013

as Narrator

6.0
Acting

Explores Llanos del Caudillo, a town from La Mancha founded in 1955 by the dictator Franco; a discreet and calm attempt to dissect recent Spanish hist...

Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent

Jordi Dauder, la revolució pendent

2012

6.0
Acting

This documentary looks at the life of Jordi Dauder through an interview with the actor a few weeks before his death. From her interventions and people...

God Loves Caviar

God Loves Caviar

2012

as Lefentarios

5.3
Acting

The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to beco...

Childish Games

Childish Games

2012

as Daniel

5.4
Acting

Daniel agrees to take Julia, the daughter of an old childhood friend who has just died, into his home.

Frozen Silence

Frozen Silence

2012

as Arturo Andrade

5.2
Acting

Russian front, winter 1943. Soldier Arturo Andrade and Sergeant Fernando Espinosa are commissioned to investigate a mysterious murder while the Spanis...

The Mexican Suitcase

The Mexican Suitcase

2011

as Himself

7.8
Acting

The story of the recovery of the negatives of thousands of photos taken by three photographers during the Spanish Civil War that were found seventy ye...

Anything You Want

Anything You Want

2010

5.8
Acting

Leo is immediately set adrift by his new found responsibilities as a single parent, a feeling that is made doubly distressing when Dafne, herself unde...

The Widows of Thursdays

The Widows of Thursdays

2009

as Gustavo

5.5
Acting

The closed community of a private neighborhood of high-priced houses, is moved by the discovery of three corpses that appear floating in a pool and ru...

The Anarchist's Wife

The Anarchist's Wife

2008

as Justo

5.6
Acting

"The Anarchist's Wife" is the story of Manuela who is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists during th...

El Greco

El Greco

2007

as Niño de Guevara

6.0
Acting

The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".

Bordertown

Bordertown

2007

as Marco Antonio Salamanca

6.3
Acting

American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. Th...

Va a ser que nadie es perfecto

Va a ser que nadie es perfecto

2006

6.4
Acting
Vete de mí

Vete de mí

2006

as Guillermo

5.6
Acting

Santiago, a gray man who works as a supporting actor, changes his attitude towards life when, for a few days, he takes his young son Guillermo into hi...

The Feast of the Goat

The Feast of the Goat

2006

as Amadito García Guerrero

5.1
Acting

Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictato...

Obaba

Obaba

2005

as Miguel

6.3
Acting

A rural drama set in Obaba, a mythical region in northern Spain, where a young filmmaker struggled to capture the feel of the area, which in turn lead...

Manolito Espinberg: une vie de cinéma

Manolito Espinberg: une vie de cinéma

2005

as Self

Acting
With Good Reason

With Good Reason

2004

Director

4.2
Directing

A multi-part feature on the governing body of Spain, the Popular Party under Jose María Aznar. Themes include the bombing of Iraq, immigration, U.S. f...

Roma

Roma

2004

as Manuel Cueto/ Joaco

6.6
Acting

Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and...

Los abajo firmantes

Los abajo firmantes

2003

as Jorge

5.7
Acting

The first actor of a theater company on tour in Spain dies in a car accident. A new actor, Jorge Ruiz, is to relieve you. He's handsome, young and rev...

Los abajo firmantes

Los abajo firmantes

2003

Writer

5.7
Writing

The first actor of a theater company on tour in Spain dies in a car accident. A new actor, Jorge Ruiz, is to relieve you. He's handsome, young and rev...

13 Curses

13 Curses

2002

as Jacobo

4.8
Acting

Jacobo is a young sculptor that returns to native city, Santiago of Compostela, to see his mother, locked up a psychiatric hospital for to kill to her...

The Dancer Upstairs

The Dancer Upstairs

2002

as Sucre

6.2
Acting

A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.

El balancín de Iván

El balancín de Iván

2002

as Roberto

5.5
Acting

Ana is a woman of thirty-something, goes back to the house where she spent of her childhood during the Argentine dictatorship.

Broken Silence

Broken Silence

2001

as Manuel

5.7
Acting

Winter, 1944. Lucía at 21 returns to her small village in the mountains. She again meets Manuel, a young iron-smith who helps "those in the mountain",...

Asfalto

Asfalto

2000

6.2
Acting

Three young and desperate inhabitants of Madrid attempt to rise above their circumstances by any means available to them in that sun-drenched city. Th...

Ave María

Ave María

1999

as Miguel

4.6
Acting

In the colonial New Spain Ana is a missionary who decides to support the indigenous people.

I Will Survive

I Will Survive

1999

as Iñaqui

6.0
Acting

Marga is having a streak of bad luck. Through her friendship with Rosa, she tries to regain her self-confidence, but love interests again create confl...

Novios

Novios

1999

as Arturito

5.2
Acting

Arturo , a successful restaurateur, having an affair with his assistant Cristal, tells her that he will reveal the extent of their relationship to his...

Plenilune

Plenilune

1999

as Asesino

5.2
Acting

Romance and murder walk side by side in this psychological drama from Spain. A serial killer has been plying his grisly trade in a small town in Spain...

Am I Beautiful?

Am I Beautiful?

1998

6.8
Acting

Between Munich and Seville, the destinies of sixteen characters intertwine and intersect, missing each other or colliding head-on. They are all, witho...

In Praise of Older Women

In Praise of Older Women

1997

as Andrés

5.7
Acting

In the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, a young man comes of age sexually, through a string of relationships with a wide range of mature, older women...

Martin (Hache)

Martin (Hache)

1997

as Hache

7.5
Acting

An emotionally distant father attempts to reconnect with the son he abandoned. After his estranged son tries to commit suicide, Argentine expat Martín...

Not Love, Just Frenzy

Not Love, Just Frenzy

1996

as Carlos

5.8
Acting

A group of enthusiastic teenagers embark on a journey to find love in Madrid's hottest discotheques but find themselves tangled in a web of sex, drugs...

La Celestina

La Celestina

1996

as Calisto

4.7
Acting

The young nobleman Calisto falls in love with Melibea, the daughter of a rich merchant. Calisto's servant Sempronio suggests they get the sorceress Ce...

La sal de la vida

La sal de la vida

1996

as Charly

Acting

The film tells in a funny way the ups and downs of a widower who would like to marry again. But his choice to take a young woman as the bride does not...

Stories from the Kronen

Stories from the Kronen

1995

as Carlos

6.0
Acting

Carlos is a young student, just 21. Nice or annoying as he likes, enjoys provoking and transgreding. In the night he goes out to meet his friends in t...

1492: Conquest of Paradise

1492: Conquest of Paradise

1992

as Diego

6.3
Acting

1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.

How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt

How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt

1991

as Sergio

5.8
Acting

Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Over the course of a year, we follow her through her ...

Ovejas negras

Ovejas negras

1990

as Adolfo, niño

5.2
Acting

Adolfo reunites with his old teacher, Father Benito, to confess him the crimes he committed when he was a young boy just to save the soul of the peopl...

Zorro: The Legend Begins

Zorro: The Legend Begins

1990

as Felipe

8.8
Acting

The story of Don Diego de la Vega, a young man who returns to his home in Spanish California to find the town under the oppressive rule of a corrupt A...

If They Tell You I Fell

If They Tell You I Fell

1989

as Sarnita

4.4
Acting

In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title...

El río de oro

El río de oro

1986

as Miguel

3.7
Acting

During a long summer, the tranquility of a couple and their three children resting in a country house is altered with the arrival of the children's un...

Berta's Motives

Berta's Motives

1984

as Niño

6.0
Acting

The life of a young girl who plays with little animals and insects is suddenly changed with the arrival of a film crew and a strange man.

Power Game

Power Game

1983

Acting
Ni te cases ni te embarques

Ni te cases ni te embarques

1982

as Niño

4.2
Acting

Altas capacidades

N/A

Acting

Day Drinker

N/A

Acting

A cruise ship bartender meets a mysterious day drinker, only for both of them to find themselves entangled in a criminal underbelly and connected in u...