Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

Known for
Acting
Born
January 21, 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
Madrid, Spain

Biography

Although born in Madrid, Spain, Placido Domingo spent a major portion of his life living in Mexico City where he graduated from the Mexico City Conservatory. His first operatic performance was in a staging of La Traviata in Monterrey playing Alfredo. He was then a Tenor for the Israel National Opera and subsequently moved to Europe.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Penella - El Gato Montés poster

Penella - El Gato Montés

Movie

—
Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

Movie · as Cyrano

—
Wagner Lohengrin poster

Wagner Lohengrin

Movie · as Lohengrin

2025
14 Short Films About Opera poster

14 Short Films About Opera

Movie

2025
Cento e oltre. Puccini e noi poster

Cento e oltre. Puccini e noi

Movie · as Plácido Domingo

2025
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration:30th Anniversary poster

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration:30th Anniversary

Movie

2024
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration poster

Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration

Movie · as Self

2024
The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend poster

The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend

Movie · as Self

2023
Tiempo de Zarzuela poster

Tiempo de Zarzuela

Movie

2022
The Sweet Taste of Success poster

The Sweet Taste of Success

Movie · as Plácido Domingo

2021
Love Duets poster

Love Duets

Movie · as Conductor

2020
The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World poster

The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World

Movie · as Self

2020
Plácido Domingo: At The Arena di Verona poster

Plácido Domingo: At The Arena di Verona

Movie

2019
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann poster

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann

Movie

2019
Plácido Domingo Gala poster

Plácido Domingo Gala

Movie · as Nabucco / Macbeth / Simon Baccanegra

2019
Verdi: Macbeth poster

Verdi: Macbeth

Movie · as Macbeth

2019
Royal Opera House: La Traviata poster

Royal Opera House: La Traviata

Movie · as Giorgio Germont

2019
Pavarotti poster

Pavarotti

Movie · as Self

2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond poster

The Rodriguez and the Beyond

Movie · as Agente Rodríguez

2019
La nuit espagnole poster

La nuit espagnole

Movie · as Self : Baryton

2018
Macbeth poster

Macbeth

Movie · as Macbeth

2018
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller poster

The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller

Movie · as Miller

2018
Don Giovanni poster

Don Giovanni

Movie · as Conductor

2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life poster

Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

Movie · as Himself

2018
El corazón del Teatro Real poster

El corazón del Teatro Real

Movie · as Self

2017
Verdi: Nabucco poster

Verdi: Nabucco

Movie · as Nabucco

2017
The Three Tenors - The Lost Concerts poster

The Three Tenors - The Lost Concerts

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star poster

Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star

Movie · as Self - Tenor

2017
Roméo et Juliette - Wiener Staatsoper poster

Roméo et Juliette - Wiener Staatsoper

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2016
Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari poster

Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari

Movie · as Francesco Foscari

2016
Il Volo: Notte Magica - A Tribute To The Three Tenors 2016 poster

Il Volo: Notte Magica - A Tribute To The Three Tenors 2016

Movie

2016
The ROH Live: Nabucco poster

The ROH Live: Nabucco

Movie · as Nabucco

2016
Macbeth poster

Macbeth

Movie · as Macbeth

2016
I Am La Scala poster

I Am La Scala

Movie · as Self

2015
Helene Fischer - Weihnachten - Live aus der Hofburg Wien poster

Helene Fischer - Weihnachten - Live aus der Hofburg Wien

Movie · as Self

2015
Verdi Nabucco poster

Verdi Nabucco

Movie · as Nabucco

2015
Royal Opera House: I Due Foscari poster

Royal Opera House: I Due Foscari

Movie · as Francesco Foscari

2015
Gianni Schicchi poster

Gianni Schicchi

Movie · as Gianni Schicchi

2015
The Mariinsky II Opening Gala poster

The Mariinsky II Opening Gala

Movie · as Self

2015
En la tuya o en la mía poster

En la tuya o en la mía

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Book of Life poster

The Book of Life

Movie · as Skeleton Jorge (voice)

2014
Karajan's Magic and Myth

Karajan's Magic and Myth

Movie · as Self

2014
Il Trovatore

Il Trovatore

Movie · as Il Conte di Luna

2014
Mozart in the Jungle poster

Mozart in the Jungle

TV · as Plácido Domingo · 1 ep

2013
Il Trovatore - Staatsoper Berlin poster

Il Trovatore - Staatsoper Berlin

Movie · as Il conte di Luna

2013
Stöckl

Stöckl

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche poster

The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche

Movie · as Neptune

2011
Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera] poster

Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

Movie · as Simon Boccanegra

2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride poster

The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride

Movie · as Orest

2011
Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was... poster

Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...

Movie · as Self

2010
Traces to Nowhere: The Conductor Carlos Kleiber poster

Traces to Nowhere: The Conductor Carlos Kleiber

Movie

2010
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra - Teatro alla Scala poster

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra - Teatro alla Scala

Movie · as Simon Boccanegra

2010
In Concert at The Met poster

In Concert at The Met

Movie · as Tenor

2010
Rigoletto a Mantova poster

Rigoletto a Mantova

Movie · as Rigoletto

2010
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier poster

The Met — Der Rosenkavalier

Movie · as Self - Host

2010
Masterclass poster

Masterclass

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas poster

Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas

Movie · as tenor

2009
The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra poster

The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra

Movie · as Self

2008
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me poster

Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me

Movie · as Self

2008
Beverly Hills Chihuahua poster

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Movie · as Monte (voice)

2008
Mariinsky Theatre poster

Mariinsky Theatre

Movie · as Self

2008
Handel: Tamerlano poster

Handel: Tamerlano

Movie · as Bajazet

2008
Karajan: Beauty As I See It poster

Karajan: Beauty As I See It

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
Thaïs - Metropolitan Opera poster

Thaïs - Metropolitan Opera

Movie · as Self - Host

2008
Verdi: Otello poster

Verdi: Otello

Movie · as Otello

2008
3 Stars in Vienna poster

3 Stars in Vienna

Movie · as Self

2007
The First Emperor poster

The First Emperor

Movie · as Emperor Qin

2007
Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac poster

Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac

Movie · as Cyrano di Bergerac

2007
Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza poster

Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza

Movie · as Self

2007
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette poster

The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2007
To Play and to Fight poster

To Play and to Fight

Movie · as Self - Interviewee / Trumpet

2006
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles

Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles

Movie · as Self

2006
Das Waldbühnen-Konzert poster

Das Waldbühnen-Konzert

Movie · as Self

2006
Luisa Fernanda poster

Luisa Fernanda

Movie · as Vidal Hernando

2006
FIFA 2006 Germany World Cup Opening Ceremony poster

FIFA 2006 Germany World Cup Opening Ceremony

Movie

2006
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem poster

Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem

Movie · as Self - Tenor

2006
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
El hormiguero poster

El hormiguero

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love poster

Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love

Movie · as Self

2004
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage) · 1 ep

2003
Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico poster

Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico

Movie · as Host & Narrator

2003
A Spanish Night - Domingo - Berliner Philharmoniker poster

A Spanish Night - Domingo - Berliner Philharmoniker

Movie

2001
Moulin Rouge! poster

Moulin Rouge!

Movie · as Voice of Man in the Moon

2001
Gran Gala di Verdi poster

Gran Gala di Verdi

Movie

2001
Otello poster

Otello

Movie · as Otello

2000
Sibelius - Violin Concerto / De Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain poster

Sibelius - Violin Concerto / De Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Movie · as Self

1999
The Three Tenors Christmas poster

The Three Tenors Christmas

Movie · as Self

1999
Great Tenor Performances poster

Great Tenor Performances

Movie · as Self

1999
The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera] poster

The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]

Movie · as Gherman

1999
Beckmann poster

Beckmann

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Gala de Reyes: Los Tres Tenores poster

Gala de Reyes: Los Tres Tenores

Movie · as Self

1998
Samson et Dalila poster

Samson et Dalila

Movie · as Samson

1998
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail poster

Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

Movie

1998
Christmas In Vienna VI poster

Christmas In Vienna VI

Movie · as Self

1998
A Gala Christmas in Vienna poster

A Gala Christmas in Vienna

Movie · as Self

1998
Three Tenors in Paris poster

Three Tenors in Paris

Movie · as Self

1997
Fedora poster

Fedora

Movie · as Loris Ipanov

1997
Carmen poster

Carmen

Movie · as Don José

1996
The Transformation of the World Into Music poster

The Transformation of the World Into Music

Movie · as Self

1996
Merry Christmas from Vienna poster

Merry Christmas from Vienna

Movie · as Self - Tenor

1996
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary poster

Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

Movie · as Self

1996
Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo poster

Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo

Movie

1996
La Forza del Destino - The Met poster

La Forza del Destino - The Met

Movie · as Don Alvaro

1996
Fox News Sunday poster

Fox News Sunday

TV · 2 eps

1996
RTL-Spendenmarathon

RTL-Spendenmarathon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way poster

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

Movie · as Self - Performer

1995
Otello poster

Otello

Movie · as Otello

1995
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra poster

Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Movie · as Gabriele Adorno

1994
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 poster

The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994

Movie · as Self

1994
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

Il Tabarro & Pagliacci

Movie · as Luigi

1994
Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera

Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1993
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca poster

Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca

Movie · as Mario Cavaradossi

1993
Stiffelio - The Met poster

Stiffelio - The Met

Movie

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Christmas in Vienna poster

Christmas in Vienna

Movie · as Self

1992
Otello poster

Otello

Movie · as Otello

1992
La Fanciulla del West poster

La Fanciulla del West

Movie · as Dick Johnson o Ramerrez

1992
A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song poster

A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song

Movie · as Self - Singer

1992
Europakonzert 1992 from Madrid poster

Europakonzert 1992 from Madrid

Movie · as Self - Tenor

1992
Symphony for the Spire poster

Symphony for the Spire

Movie

1992
Barcelona '92 Olympic Games Inauguration Ceremony poster

Barcelona '92 Olympic Games Inauguration Ceremony

Movie · as Self

1991
La Fanciulla Del West poster

La Fanciulla Del West

Movie · as Dick Johnson alias Ramerrez

1991
The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991 poster

The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991

Movie · as Self

1991
Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera poster

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Movie · as Gustavo III

1990
The Original Three Tenors Concert poster

The Original Three Tenors Concert

Movie · as Self - Tenor

1990
Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera poster

Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

Movie · as Gustavo

1990
Lohengrin poster

Lohengrin

Movie · as Lohengrin

1989
Aida poster

Aida

Movie · as Radamès

1989
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 poster

Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989

Movie · as Self

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Plácido Domingo (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine poster

Meyerbeer: L'Africaine

Movie · as Vasco Da Gama

1988
Carmen poster

Carmen

Movie · as Don José

1988
Cantos Aztecas poster

Cantos Aztecas

Movie · as Self - Solist

1988
Flitterabend

Flitterabend

TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep

1987
Turandot poster

Turandot

Movie · as Calaf

1987
Pagliacci poster

Pagliacci

Movie · as Canio

1987
Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas poster

Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas

Movie · as Self

1986
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem poster

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem

Movie

1986
La Gioconda poster

La Gioconda

Movie · as Enzo

1986
Otello poster

Otello

Movie · as Otello

1986
Tosca poster

Tosca

Movie · as Mario Cavaradossi

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
Andrea Chénier poster

Andrea Chénier

Movie · as Andrea Chénier

1985
Tosca poster

Tosca

Movie · as Cavaradossi

1984
Carmen poster

Carmen

Movie · as Don José

1984
Francesca da Rimini poster

Francesca da Rimini

Movie · as Paolo Malatesta

1984
Burnett Discovers Domingo poster

Burnett Discovers Domingo

Movie · as Self

1984
Die Fledermaus poster

Die Fledermaus

Movie · as Conductor

1984
Olympic Gala

Olympic Gala

Movie

1984
The Cosby Show poster

The Cosby Show

TV · as Alberto Santiago · 1 ep

1984
Goldene Kamera

Goldene Kamera

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1983
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso poster

Mario Lanza: The American Caruso

Movie · as Narrator

1983
Berlioz: Les Troyens poster

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Movie · as Aeneas

1983
Manon Lescaut poster

Manon Lescaut

Movie · as Des Grieux

1983
Puccini's La Fanciulla del West poster

Puccini's La Fanciulla del West

Movie · as Dick Johnson

1983
Don Carlo poster

Don Carlo

Movie · as Don Carlo

1983
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala poster

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

Movie · as Self

1982
La traviata poster

La traviata

Movie · as Alfredo Germont

1982
Cavalleria rusticana poster

Cavalleria rusticana

Movie · as Turiddu

1982
Verdi Ernani

Verdi Ernani

Movie · as Ernani

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
La fanciulla del West

La fanciulla del West

Movie · as Dick Johnson

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman

Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman

Movie

1981
Les Contes d'Hoffmann poster

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Movie · as Hoffmann

1981
Samson et Dalila poster

Samson et Dalila

Movie · as Samson

1981
Hommage a Sevilla poster

Hommage a Sevilla

Movie · as Himself

1981
La Traviata - The Met poster

La Traviata - The Met

Movie · as Alfredo Germont

1981
Andrea Chenier poster

Andrea Chenier

Movie · as Andrea Chénier

1981
Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..?

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1980
Puccini: Manon Lescaut poster

Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Movie · as Chevalier des Grieux

1980
Georges Bizet: Carmen poster

Georges Bizet: Carmen

Movie · as Don José

1980
The Big Show poster

The Big Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß? poster

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1979
Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera poster

Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera

Movie · as Rodolfo

1979
Otello - The Met poster

Otello - The Met

Movie

1978
Il Trovatore - Verdi poster

Il Trovatore - Verdi

Movie · as Manrico

1978
Carmen poster

Carmen

Movie · as Don José

1978
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci poster

Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci

Movie · as Turiddu / Canio

1978
The Kennedy Center Honors poster

The Kennedy Center Honors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Rigoletto poster

Rigoletto

Movie · as The Duke of Mantua

1977
Auf los geht's los poster

Auf los geht's los

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
Verdi: Otello poster

Verdi: Otello

Movie · as Otello

1976
Tosca poster

Tosca

Movie · as Mario Cavaradossi

1976
Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci poster

Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci

Movie · as Turiddu / Canio

1975
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera poster

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

Movie · as Gustavo III

1974
Puccini's Madama Butterfly poster

Puccini's Madama Butterfly

Movie · as Pinkerton

1972
Le Grand Échiquier poster

Le Grand Échiquier

TV · as Self, Self - Main Guest, Self (archive footage) · 5 eps

1972
Schöne Stimmen

Schöne Stimmen

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Juanillo, Self, Parsifal, Francisco Goya, Radamès · 1 ep

1970
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony poster

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

Movie · as Self / Tenor

1970
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein poster

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Movie · as Self

1969
Das Sonntagskonzert

Das Sonntagskonzert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1964
Einer wird gewinnen

Einer wird gewinnen

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1963
Viña del Mar International Song Festival poster

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

1963
Das aktuelle Sportstudio poster

Das aktuelle Sportstudio

TV · as self · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1948
Bambi poster

Bambi

TV · as Self · 2 eps