Ricard Balada

Ricard Balada

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About me

Ricard Balada was born June 7, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At the age of 6, he moved to a small village called Sta. Mª de Martorelles where he grow up around nature. His passion for theatre and cinema made him constantly go to Barcelona and was there, where he studied and began his professional acting career in a Theatre Company (2015-18) called Magatzem d'Ars and working with the director Denise Castro starring her first movie Salvación (2016) (premiered in Sitges Film Festival). After that, they travel to Bran (Romania) to create and shoot in Transylvania an special movie about vampires called Drácula de Denise Castro (2018). His trajectory has grown up with different roles in movies and series like Oh My Goig (2017) - a five season series about sex education - Com si fos ahir (2017) by TVC/TV3, Legado en los huesos (2019) or Moros a la costa! (2019). Nowadays he is expanding his career internationally participating in Roads (2019) - starring by Fionn Whitehead and directed by Sebastian Schipper ("Victoria") - and he has just wrapped on Lionsgate's new comedy drama El insoportable peso de un talento descomunal (2022) starring by Nicholas Cage, Pedro Pascal and Neil Patrick Harris. Ricard is member of Catalan Film Academy (Acadèmia del Cinema Català) and Spanish Film Academy (Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España) since 2018

Information

Acting age
21-31 years
Year of birth
1994 (29 years)
Place of birth
Barcelona
Height (cm)
173
Eye color
brown
Hair color
Brown
Place of residence
Madrid (ES), Barcelona (ES)
Nationality
Spanish
Languages
Catalan(native-language)Spanish(native-language)English
Dialects
Andalusian SpanishArgentinianCastilian SpanishMexican
Accents
AmericanSpanish
Sport
Alpine skiingBadmintonTennisArcheryBeach volleyballMiniature golfMountain bikeNine-pin bowlingPaintballVolleyballYoga
Main profession
Actor
Driver's licenses
Car class

Credits

Professional background

Formación del actor en el Estudio Nancy Tuñón - Jordi Oliver de Barcelona (del 2012 al 2016).

Film

El cas Àngelus. Las fascinación de Dalí.
Dalí (MR) Joan Frank Charansonnet Producer: Patchouli Films
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Cinema film)
Fernando (SR) Tom Gormican Producer: Lionsgate Distribution: Lionsgate Casting Director: Olivia Scott-Webb
Drácula de Denise Castro
Ricard (MR) Denise Castro Producer: Vampi Films
Salvación
Víctor (MR) Denise Castro Producer: ESCAC Films

Television

Oh My Goig (TV series)
Andrés (MR) Aïda Torrent Producer: Camille Zonca Station: Betevé
Com si fos ahir
Lucas (SR) Sònia Sánchez Station: TV3 Distribution: Televisió de Catalunya Casting Director: Pep Armengol

Theater

Capullos que vuelan
Pau (MR) Lluís Mosquera Producer: SerieTeatro Theater: Teatro Lara
Acastos. ¿Para qué sirve el teatro?
Callistos (MR) Ernesto Caballero Producer: Centro Dramático Nacional (CDN) Theater: Teatro María Guerrero