Juan Carlos I

Juan Carlos I

Known for
Acting
Born
January 5, 1938 (age 88)
Birthplace
Rome, Lazio, Italy

Biography

Juan Carlos I, the last King of Spain reigned from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias was born on January 5, 1938 in Rome, Lazio, Italy, during his family's exile. Expected to continue Franco's legacy, Juan Carlos, however, soon after his accession introduced reforms to dismantle the Francoist regime and begin the Spanish transition to democracy. This led to the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum, which re-established a constitutional monarchy. In 1981, Juan Carlos played a major role in preventing a coup that attempted to revert Spain to Francoist government in the King's name. In 2008, he was considered the most popular leader in all Ibero-America.

Known For

Filmography

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La sombra del elefante

La sombra del elefante

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2026
Imprevisible, inevitable: un trajecte del metro a la Dana de València poster

Imprevisible, inevitable: un trajecte del metro a la Dana de València

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
LS83 poster

LS83

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
25 anys d'emocions. 25 anys de Circuit poster

25 anys d'emocions. 25 anys de Circuit

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Kimeres poster

Kimeres

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2023
Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King poster

Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King

TV · 4 eps

2023
Sofía y la vida real poster

Sofía y la vida real

TV · 4 eps

2022
Felicidades, Letizia poster

Felicidades, Letizia

TV · 1 ep

2022
Los Borbones: Una familia real poster

Los Borbones: Una familia real

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2022
Saving the King poster

Saving the King

TV · 3 eps

2022
The Sagrada Familia poster

The Sagrada Familia

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2021
The Replacement poster

The Replacement

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Leonor. El futuro de la monarquía renovada poster

Leonor. El futuro de la monarquía renovada

Movie · as Himself

2019
Generalísimo, la vida de Franco en color poster

Generalísimo, la vida de Franco en color

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Franco. La vida del Dictador en color poster

Franco. La vida del Dictador en color

TV · 5 eps

2017
Magnicidios Poe poster

Magnicidios Poe

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2017
Catalonia: Spain on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown poster

Catalonia: Spain on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez poster

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Juan Carlos, King of Spain poster

Juan Carlos, King of Spain

Movie · as Himself

2014
Juan Carlos I, mi historia poster

Juan Carlos I, mi historia

Movie

2014
Operación Palace poster

Operación Palace

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2013
Espagne. Le crepuscule d'un Roi poster

Espagne. Le crepuscule d'un Roi

Movie

2010
A Day in the Life poster

A Day in the Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
30 for 30 poster

30 for 30

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2006
De Madrid a la Luna poster

De Madrid a la Luna

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
El Calentito poster

El Calentito

Movie · as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005
25 jaar Beatrix

25 jaar Beatrix

Movie · as Self

2000
Juan Carlos I: 25 años de reinado poster

Juan Carlos I: 25 años de reinado

Movie

1999
Flowers From Another World poster

Flowers From Another World

Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

1993
Marathon poster

Marathon

Movie · as Self

1992
Barcelona '92 Olympic Games Inauguration Ceremony poster

Barcelona '92 Olympic Games Inauguration Ceremony

Movie · as Self

1983
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado poster

Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1983
Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos poster

Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1971
Flame of Persia poster

Flame of Persia

Movie · as Self