Celso Bugallo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bugallo and the second or maternal family name is Aguiar.
Celso Bugallo
Bugallo in 2010
Born
Celso Bugallo Aguiar

(1947-01-01)1 January 1947
Sanxenxo, Spain
Died20 December 2025(2025-12-20) (aged 78)
Pontevedra, Spain
OccupationActor

Celso Bugallo Aguiar (1 January 1947 – 20 December 2025) was a Spanish actor from Galicia. Recognized as a supporting actor,[1] he featured in films such as Mondays in the Sun, The Sea Inside (for which he won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor), The Night of the Sunflowers, and The Good Boss.

Life and career

Bugallo was born on 1 January 1947 in Vilalonga, Sanxenxo, where he was raised until he was 10.[2][3] Upon the liberation of his father from the Francoist regime in the 1950s, he moved with his family to Bilbao, and then to Logroño.[3] In Logroño, he began to develop an acting career on stage.[4] He returned to his native Galicia in 1978.[3]

In 1999, he made his big screen debut at age 52 in Butterfly's Tongue, playing a priest in the time of the Second Spanish Republic.[2][5] Demonstrating a knack for "dry and bitter" characters, Bugallo continued his film career with supporting roles in titles such as Lena (2001), Mondays in the Sun (2002), The Carpenter's Pencil (2003), and Your Next Life (2004).[3] In Mondays in the Sun, he played an alcoholic former shipbuilding worker suffering from social isolation, winning a Mestre Mateo award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.[6][5]

He won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of José Sampedro (Ramón Sampedro's brother) in The Sea Inside (2004).[5] He played a Guardia Civil corporal in The Night of the Sunflowers (2006).[7] He also appeared as the father of Salvador Puig Antich in Salvador (2006).[8] In Wrap Up, he featured as a Galician immigrant to Argentina coming back home.[9]

Bugallo landed leading roles in Cenizas del cielo (2008) and Amador (2010).[10] In the former, he starred as a villager in a struggle against a thermal power station polluting a valley,[11] inhabiting a character "full of life, energy, and purpose".[12] In the latter, he played an old man taken care of by an immigrant woman.[13]

His film career also included performances in 53 Days of Winter (2006), Modesty (2007), Guts (2009), Palm Trees in the Snow (2015), and The Art of Return (2020).[4] For his small role as a loyal employee in the social satire The Good Boss (2021), he earned a nomination for a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor.[5]

Bugallo died in Pontevedra on 20 December 2025 at the age of 78.[3]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999
 La lengua de las mariposas (Butterfly's Tongue) Cura ('priest') Feature film debut
[5]
2002 Los lunes al sol (Mondays in the Sun) Amador [14]
2004
 La vida que te espera (Your Next Life) Severo [15]
Mar adentro (The Sea Inside) José Sampedro [16]
2006 Salvador Pare de Puig Antich ('Puig Antich's father')
[8]
La noche de los girasoles (The Night of the Sunflowers) Amadeo
[5]
2007 Abrígate (Wrap Up) Coco
[9]
Sultanes del sur (Sultans of the South) El Tejano
[17]
2008
 Cenizas del cielo Federico
[11]
2009
 La isla interior (The Island Inside) Juan
[18]
Agallas (Guts) Raúl
[19]
2010 Amador Amador [20]
2015
 La playa de los ahogados (Death of a Fisherman) Padre de Caldas ('Caldas' father')
[21]
Palmeras en la nieve (Palm Trees in the Snow) Kilian mayor ('old Kilian')
[22]
2020
 El practicante (The Paramedic) Vicente
[23]
La isla de las mentiras (The Island of Lies) Paco
[24]
El arte de volver (The Art of Return) Marcos
[25]
2021 El buen patrón (The Good Boss) Fortuna [26]
2023
 Loli Tormenta (Stormy Lola) Tomás
[27]
2024
 Estación Rocafort (Last Stop: Rocafort St.) Elías
[28]

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2005
 19th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actor The Sea Inside Won
[29]
14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role Won
[30]
2022
 9th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Film The Good Boss Nominated
[31]
36th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
[32]

References

  1. ^ "Celso Bugallo, a Renowned Spanish Supporting Actor, Passes Away". Todo Alicante. Grupo Vocento. 21 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b Márquez Romero, Lola. "Muere Celso Bugallo, el gallego y gran actor de reparto del cine español". Antena 3.
  3. ^ a b c d e Belinchón, Gregorio (21 December 2025). "Muere a los 78 años el actor Celso Bugallo, premio Goya por 'Mar adentro'". El País.
  4. ^ a b N.D. "Muere a los 78 años el actor Celso Bugallo, ganador de un Goya por 'Mar adentro'". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Los mejores papeles de Celso Bugallo". La Voz de Galicia. 21 December 2025.
  6. ^ Leiro, Ramon (21 December 2025). "Muere Celso Bugallo, el gallego que se convirtió en uno de los grandes actores de reparto del cine español". La Voz de Galicia.
  7. ^ "Muere a los 78 años el actor Celso Bugallo, que conquistó el Goya por 'Mar adentro'". El Confidencial. 21 December 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Mor l'actor Celso Bugallo, Premi Goya per "Mar adentro", als 78 anys". 3catinfo. 21 December 2025 – via 3Cat.
  9. ^ a b Conde, María (28 May 2008). "Doblete para Celso Bugallo". La Voz de Galicia.
  10. ^ "Muere el actor Celso Bugallo, Goya a Mejor actor de reparto por 'Mar adentro'". rtve.es. 21 December 2025.
  11. ^ a b Toca, Antonio (7 November 2008). "Estrenos de la semana | 7 de noviembre | Pese a Leonardo Di Caprio, Van Damme se lleva la palma". Espinof.
  12. ^ Martínez-Expósito, Alfredo (2024). "Aging, Masculinity, and Ecology: Celso Bugallo's Multiple Insurgencies in Cenizas del cielo". Romance Quarterly. 71. doi:10.1080/08831157.2023.2294501.
  13. ^ Mauleón, Amaia (5 October 2010). "Celso Bugallo: "Estar postrado en la cama hace a uno profundizar mucho en la vida"". La Opinión A Coruña. Prensa Ibérica.
  14. ^ Ferreiro Regueiro, Consuelo (2008). "Los lunes al sol y la explicación del derecho del trabajo" (PDF). Dereito. 17 (1): 3. ISSN 1132-9947.
  15. ^ Holland, Jonathan (29 January 2004). "Your Next Life". Variety.
  16. ^ Aguado Díaz, Antonio-León; González González, Meni; Rozada Rodríguez, Cristina; Alcedo Rodríguez, María Ángeles (2010). "Mar adentro (2004). Una visión diferente seis años después del Óscar". Revista de Medicina y Cine. 6 (2). Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca: 40. ISSN 1885-5210.
  17. ^ Caviaro, Juan Luis (16 May 2008). "Estrenos de la semana | 16 de mayo | Con Indy a la vuelta de la esquina". Espinof.
  18. ^ Holland, Jonathan (29 June 2010). "The Island Inside". Variety.
  19. ^ Maldivia, Beatriz (3 September 2009). "'Agallas', con Hugo Silva, cartel y tráiler". Espinof.
  20. ^ "Amador es aclamada en la Berlinale". Deutsche Welle. 16 February 2011.
  21. ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (7 October 2015). "Los estrenos del 9 de octubre. 'La playa de los ahogados'. Atrapados en el misterio". Aisge.
  22. ^ Herrero, Carmen (2021). "La interrelación entre colonialidad y decolonialidad en Palmeras en la nieve (2015)" (PDF). Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos. 46 (1): 132. ISSN 0384-8167.
  23. ^ Calivares, Daniel (31 October 2022). "La espeluznante película de Netflix que tiene a Mario Casas como protagonista". Diario Uno.
  24. ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (23 July 2020). "Los estrenos del 24 de julio. 'La isla de las mentiras'. Silencios culpables". Aisge.
  25. ^ Melía, León (20 July 2021). "Todo en un día". La Rioja. Grupo Vocento.
  26. ^ Fernández, Miguel Anxo (1 November 2021). "«El buen patrón», la potencia de un personaje". La Voz de Galicia.
  27. ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (27 March 2023). "Los estrenos del 31 de marzo. 'Loli Tormenta'. Salvando obstáculos". Aisge.
  28. ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (3 September 2024). "Los estrenos del 6 de septiembre. 'Estación Rocafort'. Visiones de muerte". Aisge.
  29. ^ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 289, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8
  30. ^ "'Aquí no hay quien viva', 'Mar adentro' y 'Yo Claudio' vencen en los Premios de la Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 21 June 2005.
  31. ^ "Palmarés de los Premios Feroz 2022: todos los ganadores en la noche del cine español". Vanitatis. 30 January 2022 – via El Confidencial.
  32. ^ "Premios Goya 2022: listado completo de ganadores". Diez Minutos. 12 February 2022.
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