Pedro Rebollo, long-time actor, playwright, director and theater critic, died this Thursday, December 30 at the age of 59, a victim of cancer.
He combined his work as a theater actor with roles in some of the most popular television series, such as
Aída,
El comisario
or
Los Serrano
, among others, which led him to live between Zaragoza, the city where he was born in 1962, and Madrid.
He always said that he was not looking for success, but "to live my life as an actor."
He was a partner of the Zaragoza actress Laura Plano, with whom he had his only daughter.
Professional actor since 1983 and trained at the
Municipal Theater School of Zaragoza
, Rebollo worked with almost all Aragonese companies, such as the Temple Theater, the Tramway Theater, the Ribera Theater, the Arbolé Theater or the Imaginary Theater.
At present he directed several theater groups in the Municipal Theater and Dance Workshops of Huesca and was part of the artistic team of the
Viridiana company
, directed by Jesús Arbués.
In the last months he
was representing on the stage the adaptation of
The Yellow Rain
, the novel that Julio Llamazares published in 1988, with a text adapted and directed by Arbués himself.
His latest theatrical works include
Caín de Saramago
(Arbolé Theater, 2019),
Ligeros de luggage.
La Retirada
(Producciones Viridiana, 2014),
Life is a dream
(Centro Dramático de Aragón),
El Público
(Teatro del Temple, 2008) and
El Viejo y el Mar
(Teatro Arbolé, 2007) and
Luces de Bohemia
(Teatro del Temple, 2002),
Memorable was his performance in
The Night Just Before the Woods
, a monologue by the author Bernard-Marie Koltès, which premiered at the Zaragoza Market Theater in 2007, directed by Luis Merchán.
For his performance, he was
nominated for the Max awards
: Rebollo played the role of a Moroccan in a foreign country who finally decided not to be silent anymore.
In this regard, he pointed out: "What I like is to explain the world and then for the people who see me to tell me that thanks to what I have told, they have better understood reality."
He was the
founder, together with Javier Aranda, of the Centro Dramático del Desierto
.
2013.
Pedro Rebollo also participated in films such as
Requiem for a
Spanish
Peasant
, by Francesc Betriu,
La novia
, by Paula Ortiz,
Planeta 5000
, by Carlos Val or the short film
Solo
, by Lorenzo Montull.
It was common in television series, among others,
Central Hospital, Aída, El Comisario, Los Serrano, Red Eagle, Doctor Mateo, El Internado, Paco's men, The time between seams, One of zombies
.
The Aragón Film Academy has expressed its "deep regret for the death of actor Pedro Rebollo. A big hug to family and friends. Many were his extraordinary works in the world of acting. We remember with special affection the nomination he obtained in 2020 to the Simón del Cine Aragonés Awards for his role in
Planeta 5000
".
Director Jesús Arbués, one of the people closest to Rebollo, remembers him as
"an extraordinary actor
, one of the best that Aragón has produced by far".
He stressed that he was "very cultured and intelligent, he knew how to spread his enthusiasm strongly when he got excited about a project."
Esteban Villarrocha, theater director, partner and friend of Pedro, assures that "when he got on stage he
had a special magic
".
He describes him as "one of the best and most talented actors that I have seen on the stage of a theater" and has recalled that, on one occasion, the critics valued him as "the best actor of his generation".
Pedro Rebollo and Esteban Villarrocha met at the institute and, from then on, went hand in hand.
Together they formed
Caín de Saramago
, where Pedro imitated the voice of the Portuguese writer with a surprising resemblance.
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