Dani Rovira

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Daniel Rovira de Rivas (born 1 November 1980) is a Spanish comedian and actor.

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Career

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Early career After graduating in Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Granada, he started touring with Paramount Comedy, performing stand-up comedy all around Spain. He became known for his most famous monologue "Mi familia y yo" ("My family and I"). He then made his first appearance on TV performing in various scenes of a well-known show called Estas no son las noticias ( This Isn’t the News) until May 2009. At the same time he worked and played his part in a play called ¿Quieres salir conmigo? ( Do You Wanna Go Out with Me?). In February the same year he also appeared in the famous late night show Buenafuente.

In the following years, he established a career in comedy with several appearances on El Club de la Comedia and as a cast member of comedy shows No le digas a mamá que trabajo en la tele and Alguien tenía que decirlo.

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2013–present: Ocho apellidos vascos and other roles In 2013 he filmed his first movie Spanish Affair, starring as the main character alongside Clara Lago, Karra Elejalde and Carmen Machi, directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro. The weekend of its premiere in March 2014, the film gathered an audience of 404,020 which resulted in box office gross of 2.72 million euros. The film broke Spanish box-office records, becoming the top-grossing Spanish title of all time with more than $75 million.

Since 2014 Rovira has played the role of Juan Gutiérrez in the comedy TV series B&b, de boca en boca, on Telecinco, until his last appearance in 2015.

On 7 February 2015 he hosted the 29th Goya Awards ceremony. At the same ceremony, he won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for Spanish Affair. On 6 February 2016 he was again host of the 30th Goya Awards ceremony.

In 2015 Rovira starred in the romantic comedy film Ahora o nunca with María Valverde, as well as in Spanish Affair 2, the sequel of the film that rose him to stardom.

He appeared along the comedian Tomás García in the first episode of 99 lugares donde pasar miedo, aired on 27 April 2019 on Discovery MAX.

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Personal life In 2013, Rovira began a relationship with his Ocho Apellidos co-star Clara Lago. The couple officially broke up in 2019 after 5 years of dating. On 25 March 2020 he announced he suffers from Hodgkin lymphoma. He and Clara Lago have remained close friends since their breakup. In September 2020, via Instagram, he announced he was cured, writing: "Today's the first day of the rest of my life, I'M CURED!". Dani is vegan and an advocate against eating animals.

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Filmography

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Film

2013	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	Brent McHale	voice (Spain)
2014	Ocho apellidos vascos	Rafael "Rafa" Quirós
2015	Ahora o nunca	Alejandro Fernández
2015	Ocho apellidos catalanes	Rafael "Rafa" Quirós
2015	Capture the Flag	Richard Carson	voice
2016	El futuro no es lo que era	Carlos
2016	100 Meters	Ramón
2016	Ozzy	Fronky	voice
2017	Thi Mai, rumbo a Vietnam	Andrés
2018	Mylove Lost ( Mylove Lost)	Mario
2018	Superlópez	Juan López / Superlópez
2019	Los Japón	Paco Japón
2019	Taxi a Gibraltar	León
2021	Jungle Cruise	Sancho
		Gerard

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Television

2008–10	Nuevos cómicos	Himself	TV program
2008	Estas no son las noticias	Himself	TV program
2009	Buenafuente	Himself	TV program
2010–15	El club de la comedia	Himself	TV program
2011	Con Hache de Eva	Himself	TV program
2011	No le digas a mamá que trabajo en la tele	Himself	TV program
2012	Alguien tenía que decirlo	Himself	TV program
2013	Óxido nitroso	Himself	TV program
2014–15	B&b, de boca en boca	Juan Gutiérrez García	TV series
2014	Todo va bien	Himself	TV program
2014	Taraská TV	Himself	TV program
2015	29th Goya Awards	Host	TV special
2015	MovieBerto	Himself	TV program
2015	Sopa de gansos	Himself	TV program
2015–present	El Hormiguero	Himself	TV program
2016	30th Goya Awards	Host	TV special
2016–2017	LocoMundo	Himself	TV program
2017	31st Goya Awards	Host	TV special
2018–present	La Resistencia	Himself	TV program

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Awards and nominations

2015	Goya Awards	Best New Actor	Ocho apellidos vascos
2015	Cinematographer Circle Medals	Best New Actor
2015	Neox Fan Awards	Best Actor	Ahora o nunca
2017	ONCE Solidarity Awards	ONCE Solidarity	100 Meters

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