Benito Pocino
Benito Pocino in the summer of 2006
Born (1958-03-21) 21 March 1958 (age 66)
Barcelona
OccupationActor

Benito Pocino (born 21 March 1958), is a former Spanish actor.[1]

Benito Pocino was born in Barcelona on 21 March 1958.[2] He used to read Mortadelo y Filemón comics, and his classmates gave him the nickname Mortadelo due to his appearance.[3] He works as mailman in Correos.[4]

He is known for playing Mortadelo in La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón (2003).[5] He was replaced by Edu Soto in the sequel Mortadelo y Filemón. Misión: salvar la Tierra (2008),[6] and by Karra Elejalde in Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo (2014).[7] He appeared in Rumores (2007) with Xavi Mira, Núria Prims and Ana Risueño.[8]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Arenas, Manuel (25 September 2022). "La segunda vida de Benito Pocino: "Mortadelo queda para el recuerdo"". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ Villoira Prieto, Gloria (3 February 2008). "La verdad oculta del verdadero mortadelo". El Mundo (in Spanish). Mundinteractivos, S.A. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  3. ^ Mora, Miguel (7 February 2003). "Mis amigos me llamaban Mortadelo para fastidiarme". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  4. ^ Casals, Judith (11 February 2004). "Mortadelo lleva a Correos a los tribunales". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  5. ^ Puente, Ana (21 August 2004). "El actor Benito Pocino, "Mortadelo", visita hoy la localidad de Villalmonte". Diario de León (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. ^ Caballero, Susana (25 January 2008). "versión 2.0". Granada Hoy (in Spanish). Joly Digital. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  7. ^ Rosado, Juan Carlos (13 December 2014). "Ha sido tan grande como hacer un Shakespeare". El Periódico (in Spanish). Madrid: Grupo Zeta. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. ^ "El negocio de las noticias falsas". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Valencia: Vocento. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

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