In memory of Jordi Dauder, Film Actor, Theater and Television
Last night the death was known at 73 years of the actor, long and solid career at the Ruber Clinic in Madrid, according to its representative agency reported.
Actor multidisciplinary left its mark of quality and the sound of her powerful voice in film, theater, television or in the world of dubbing.
In the city of wonders into exile
Jordi Guardiola Dauder was born in Badalona, near Barcelona city in 1938. In 1943, her father a playwright, was imprisoned by Franco’s dictatorship in the prison of Valencia, as a political prisoner.
This would greatly affect a child Dauder, awakening years later his interest in the world of acting. However, before she graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and later at the University of Paris – where he was exiled, persecuted for his political ideals, for three decades-in Contemporary History.
Paris barricades 68 and beyond
Dauder was at the forefront of the protests of the legendary French May. His combative nature, and the memory of the injustice suffered by his father, accompanied him throughout his life. Comparison that life struggling with their first steps into the world of amateur theater.
In 1971, in Barcelona, is one of the founders of the LCR (acronym of the Revolutionary Communist League), later Eina inaugurate the library and become coordinator of the literary magazine Quimera.
The combative Dauder always remained at the forefront in the following decades: either raising his voice against the war in Iraq or in defense of Historical Memory.
A man of the theater
In 1980 he settled permanently in Spain and begins his career on stage.
As a director or performer, classical Greek texts of Beckett, Shakespeare or Chekhov, the actor with a powerful voice and perfect diction, achieved important successes.
On stage he rubs shoulders with leading figures like the great Juan Diego, a Valencian playwright’s text Sinisterra Sanchis (The reader part time), or with Nuria Espert in a classic adaptation of Euripides (Medea).
Their mark on TV
Dauder achieved great popularity with his role in the series Montsolís Mateu Nissaga power Catalan (1996-1998)
Other series, such as Commissioner, white gloves, Herederos, Los hombres de Paco or Essence of power, also had its share.
The film’s success
Until 1988, Jordi Dauder, did not seem interested in the world of film, or maybe it was blind in our industry, so sometimes lack of vision and hearing.
A short role in the memorable and controversial film by Javier Fesser, Camino (2008), as Don Luis, a fanatical priest of Opus Dei, won the Goya award Dauder for Best Actor delivery, plus maybe a prize deserved recognition of a career.
Eternal secondary, other films that benefited from their participation were: The Bridge of Warsaw (Pere Portabella, 1989), The Green March (José Luis García Sánchez, 2002), Love Idiot (2004, Ventura Pons) or Azaña, four days of July (2008, Santiago San Miguel).
A voice from another galaxy
Jordi Dauder also left traces of their talent in the world of dubbing. His, for example, is the voice of the Castilian version of Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine, the lord of the dark side) in the Star Wars saga, or Richard Harris (another tired and old Emperor, this time Roman) in Gladiator .
Gregory Peck or Nick Nolte also spoke with the voice of the actor Catalan.
Jordi Dauder was a man who left his mark, was an actor of stage, screen and television, or as a writer, poet, founder of magazines or political activist.