Juan José Ballesta

Juan José Ballesta was born on Nov 12, 1987 in Spain. Juan José Ballesta's big-screen debut came with El embrujo de Shanghai directed by Fernando Trueba in 2002, strarring Finito Chacón (as Juanjo Ballesta). Juan José Ballesta is known for Song for a Raggy Boy directed by Aisling Walsh, Aidan Quinn stars as William Franklin and Iain Glen as Brother John. Juan José Ballesta has got 6 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Juan José Ballesta achieved is Turia Awards. The upcoming new movie Juan José Ballesta plays is A Man of Action which will be released on Nov 30, 2022.

Juan José Ballesta was only nine when he debuted in the TV series Querido maestro (1997) but his real break came when director Achero Mañas gave him the title role in his sensitive Truffaut-like tale of two youths El bola (2000). The film garnered lots of awards, of which young Juan José got a fairly impressive share,namely the 2001 Best Actor Award given by the Cinema Writers Circle of Spain, the 2001 Best New Actor Goya and 2001 the Newcomer Award by the Spanish Actors Union. Now aged twenty-three, Juan José is still present on the Spanish screens and is on the way for a long career.