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Javier Cámara was born on January 19, 1967 in Albelda de Iregua, La Rioja, Spain. Javier Cámara is credited as a film director, film actor and television actor. The age as of 2026 is 59. Awards on record include Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor (2002), Goya Award for Best Actor (2014), Premio Feroz for Best Main Actor in a TV Series (2022) and 2 more.
My Take
Javier Cámara is one of those actors whose face I trust completely. From the quiet nurse in Almodóvar's Talk to Her to his Goya-winning work, he moves between comedy and melancholy without ever showing the seams. What I value is his refusal of vanity; coming from Albelda de Iregua in La Rioja, he carries the texture of ordinary lives, their sorrow and their absurdity, into every role. He earned a Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts yet seems entirely without grandeur. That combination of range and humility is rare, and it is exactly why I hope he keeps working for decades more.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Javier Cámara
- Name (Japanese)
- ハビエル・カマラ
- Reading
- はびえる・かまら
- Born
- January 19, 1967 (age 59)
- Origin
- Albelda de Iregua, La Rioja, Spain
- Occupation
- actor / film director / film actor / television actor / photographer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Goat
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 2002 Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor
- 2014 Goya Award for Best Actor
- 2022 Premio Feroz for Best Main Actor in a TV Series
- 2022 Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
- 2024 Premio Mestre Mateo á mellor dirección
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://javiercamara.weebly.com/
- Xhttps://x.com/JAVIERCAMARA1
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier%20C%C3%A1mara
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%93%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A9
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537931
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Javier Cámara born?
Javier Cámara was born on January 19, 1967 and is 59 years old.
Where is Javier Cámara from?
Javier Cámara is from Albelda de Iregua, La Rioja, Spain.
What does Javier Cámara do?
Javier Cámara works as actor, film director, film actor, television actor, photographer.
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