Hovik Keuchkerian

Hovik Keuchkerian (born 14 November 1972) is a Spanish actor and former boxer best known for the role of Bogotá in Money Heist.[1]

Hovik Keuchkerian
During the shooting of La reina roja in Madrid (September 2022)
Born (1972-11-14) 14 November 1972
Beirut, Lebanon
NationalitySpanish
Occupations
  • Actor
  • boxer
Years active2010–present

Biography

Born in Beirut, Lebanon to an ethnic Armenian father and a Spanish mother, he moved with his family to Spain at age three, and he was raised in Alpedrete.[2]

Keuchkerian is a former boxer.[3] He became a boxer and was Spanish Heavyweight Champion twice. After quitting boxing, he started a new career as a stand-up comedian and writer (he has published four books), the last of them entitled Resiliente. His performance playing a boxing trainer in the 2013 film Scorpion in Love earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor.[4]

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

In his career Keuchkerian has won three awards out of a total of 5 nominations obtained.[5]

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2012 Alcalá de Henares Short Film Festival Best Actor El otro Won
2014 Muestra de Cine Internacional de Palencia Best Actor Won
69th CEC Medals Best New Actor Scorpion in Love Nominated [6]
28th Goya Awards Best New Actor Nominated [7]
23rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best New Actor Won [8]
202126th Forqué AwardsBest Television ActorRiot PoliceWon[9]
8th Feroz AwardsBest Leading Actor in a TV SeriesWon[10]
20229th MiM Series AwardsBest Drama ActorWon[11]

References
  1. "All About Netflix's La Casa de Papel Cast Members". oprahmag.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. Parcero, Jorge C. (8 September 2021). "Hovik Keuchkerian: el boxeador que huyó de Beirut para ser Bogotá en 'La casa de papel'". Vanitatis – via El Confidencial.
  3. "Hovik Keuchkerian Profile". fightsrec.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. Blanes Martínez, María José (21 January 2014). "Hovik Keuchkerian, un boxeador en los Goya". Cadena SER.
  5. "Hovik Keuchkerian Awards". imdb.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  6. Caz, Ángela del (4 February 2014). "'Caníbal', 'Stockholm' y 'Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados' triunfan en la entrega de las Medallas del CEC 2013". ecartelera.
  7. "Alacrán enamorado". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  8. Redondo, David (11 March 2014). "'El tiempo entre costuras' triunfa en los Premios Unión de Actores". Cadena SER.
  9. "'Antidisturbios' y Elena Irureta ('Patria') se cubrieron de gloria en la emotiva gala de los Premios Forqué 2021". Vertele. eldiario.es. 17 January 2021.
  10. Gonzálvez, Paula M. (2 March 2021). "La lista de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2021". HuffPost.
  11. Rull, Carles (23 February 2022). "'Antidisturbios' es la gran triunfadora de la gala de Premios MiM Series con cuatro galardones". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
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