Juan Diego Botto

Juan Diego Botto is an Argentine-Spanish actor who started as a child performer and went on to work in film, television, and theater. Born in Buenos Aires, he moved to Madrid in 1978 and trained at the acting school his mother, Cristina Rota, founded there, later studying in New York under Uta Hagen. His first screen appearance came at age eight in Game of Power. He broke through in Stories from the Kronen (1995) and gained wider recognition with Sobreviviré. His credits include Martín (Hache), The Dancer Upstairs (2002), Bordertown (2007), El Greco (2007), Hablar (2015), and The Suicide Squad (2021). He won a Cairo Film Festival best actor award for El Greco, and his performances in Historias del Kronen, Plenilunio, Vete de mí, and Ismael brought him four Goya Award nominations. He also writes and directs for the stage and made his film directing debut with On the Fringe (2022).