Spanish actor (born 1979)
El Langui
El Langui in 2018
Born Juan Manuel Montilla Macarrón
(1979-11-01 ) 1 November 1979 (age 45) Occupations
Juan Manuel Montilla Macarrón (born 1 November 1979), better known as El Langui , is a Spanish rapper and actor. He was a member of musical trio La Excepción .
Life and career
Juan Manuel Montilla Macarrón was born in Madrid on 1 November 1979 and was raised in Pan Bendito, a southern area of Madrid.[ 1] [ 2] Due to lack of oxygen during childbirth , he suffers from cerebral palsy , which caused him a motor disorder of spasticity .[ 3] [ 4]
Together with Gitano Antón and Ladako Style, El Langui founded the hip-hop trio La Excepción .[ 5] La Excepción won Best Spanish Act at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards .[ 6]
He made his feature film acting debut in The One-Handed Trick (2008) portraying Cuajo, a young man with palsy who fights for his dream of setting up a film studio.[ 7] He won a Goya Award for Best New Actor and a Goya Award for Best Original Song for his work in the film.[ 8] He has since featured in films such as Que baje Dios y lo vea , La cripta, el último secreto , or La familia Benetón and series such as Cuerpo de élite and 30 Coins .[ 9]
His solo musical career beyond La Excepción includes the release of two albums: Hola (2015)[ 10] and Espasticidad (2022).[ 11]
References
^ "El Langui, en Por el Principio" . Cadena SER . 15 November 2020.
^ " 'El Langui' departirá en la Casa Colón sobre el bullyng" . Huelva24 . Grupo Vocento . 6 February 2020.
^ García, M. (31 December 2018). "El vacile de El Langui a Bertín Osborne: "Me quedé así por resbalarme con un güito" " . Diario de Mallorca . Prensa Ibérica .
^ "El Langui habla abiertamente de la espasticidad, el trastorno motor que padece: "Provoca dolores, deformaciones..." " . La Sexta . 11 December 2022.
^ Fuente, Ulises (13 December 2015). "«El Langui»: «El rap me hizo sentir que era útil»" . La Razón .
^ "MTV Europe premia el hip-hop de La Excepción" . El Periódico de Aragón . 3 November 2016.
^ Fernández, Imma (18 March 2018). "El rapero El Langui protagoniza una película con gente de la calle" . El Periódico de Catalunya . Prensa Ibérica .
^ Elena, Alberto; Martín Morán, Ana (2016). "Transnational Contours and Representation Models in Recent Films About Immigration in Spain". In Oliete-Aldea, Elena; Oria, Beatriz; Tarancón, Juan A. (eds.). Global Genres, Local Films The Transnational Dimension of Spanish Cinema . Bloomsbury Publishing . p. 225. ISBN 978-1-5013-0298-5 .
^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (18 March 2024). "Los estrenos del 22 de marzo'. La familia Benetón'. Tierno cascarrabias" . Aisge .
^ Cortés, Elena (20 November 2015). "El Langui debuta en solitario con su disco "más ambicioso", "Hola" " . Deia .
^ "El Langui: "No hay que tener parálisis cerebral para notar rígida a la gente" " . La Nueva España . 1 December 2022.
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