Sergi López

Sergi López will always be, for me, the chillingly human Captain Vidal in Pan's Labyrinth, a villain so quietly cruel he gets under your skin. What I admire is the range behind that: this is a Catalan actor from a seaside town near Barcelona who moves effortlessly between Spanish and French cinema and back to the stage. Winning both a European Film Award and a César for Best Actor confirms he is no one-note menace. Actors who can make evil feel intimate are usually the most sensitive craftsmen, and his border-crossing career is exactly the kind of fearless versatility I respect most.

Name (English)

Sergi López

Name (Japanese)

セルジ・ロペス

Reading

せるじ・ろぺす

Born

December 22, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona Province, Spain

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / voice actor / television actor

Awards & achievements

• 2000 European Film Award for Best Actor
• 2001 César Award for Best Actor

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergi%20L%C3%B3pez%20(actor)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9A%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543814

Tags

• Barcelona Province
• stage actor
• film actor
• voice actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.