Talented and prolific theater and movie actor from Bilbao, Ramón Barea came to the fore of Spanish cinema in En la puta calle (1997) with his memorable role of Juan, a jobless electrician who becomes homeless. It took a great actor to make this xenophobic moaner a likable fellow. Which escaped neither festival jurors (he won two best actor awards, at the Huelva and the Amiens film festivals) nor the directors and producers of his country (he has been in 155 films, TV films and TV series episodes). Not content with this hyper-activity on the boards and in front of the cameras, he has also directed four films, two shorts and two features.

Filmography

• 2026Horacio — Perico
• 2026Inside
• 2026La luz — Padre Luis
• The Map of Longing — Enrique
• 2025A Whale — Melville
• 2025Bait — Serrano
• 2025Breaking Walls — Father Arrupe
• 2025Chicken Jazz — Tío
• 2025Cuatro paredes — Joserra
• 2025En casa de muñecas
• Her Majesty — Isidro
• 2025Huracán — Fernando Cortés
• 2025Lo que no se ve — Carlos
• Tell Me Your Name — Lucio
• 202429 de febrero — Tomás
• From Tomorrow — Aurelio Aizpúrua
• 2024I Can't Live Without You — Alejandro
• I, Addict — Padre de Javier
• 2024Las cucarachas — Manuel
• 2024Olairon: Las entrañas de Bilbao — Ramón Barea
• 2024Where the pines lament — Serafín
• 202324 Siete — Antxón
• 2023El Doctor Tarantonga — Doctor Tarantonga
• 2023Not Such An Easy Life
• 2023One Hell of a Holiday! — Abuelo Francisco
• Show Yourself
• The Other Side — Carlos de Celis
• 2022Camila Hunck — Abuelo
• 2022Eden — Felix
• 2022La Entrega — Armando
• 2022Lullaby — Koldo
• 2022Unicorn Wars — Narrador (voice)
• 2021Garcia & Garcia — Policía
• Stories to Stay Awake — Javier
• 2020Don't Listen — Germán
• 2020Homeless Home — Nigromante
• 2020Nora — Father
• 2020Rosa's Wedding — Antonio
• 2020That Was Life — José
• The Invisible Line — Padre Goizueta
• 2019Advantages of Travelling by Train — Martín's Father
• 2019Bills Included — The Other
• 2019Grandfathers — Desiderio
• 2019The Little Switzerland — Antolín
• 2019The Lunnis and the Great Fairy Tale Adventures — Abuelo Mar
• 2019Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City — Grandfather
• Vota Juan — Fernando
• 2018Black Is Beltza — Ramiro (voice)
• 2018Everybody Knows — Antonio
• Gente Hablando — Vecino
• 2018Oh! Mammy Blue
• 2017Abracadabra — Taxista
• 2017Bomb Scared — Artetxe
• 2017Miss Wamba — Man
• 2017The Bastards' Fig Tree — Don Eulogio
• 2017The Invisible Guardian — Alfonso Álvarez de Toledo
• 2016Cervantes: la búsqueda — Cervantes
• 2016The Broken Crown — Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez
• 2015An Autumn Without Berlin — Aita
• 2015Birdboy: The Forgotten Children — Lider Rata (voice)
• Carlos, rey emperador — Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez
• 2014Negociador — Manu Aranguren
• 2013To the Other Side
• 2013Wounded — Martín
• 2012Blancanieves — Don Martín
• 2012La conspiración — General Cabanellas
• 2011Chrysalis — Marín
• 2011Libre directo
• 2011Love Storming — Padre
• 2011Make-Up — Juan
• The Price of Freedom
• 2011Under the Bed — Uncle
• 2010Adolfo Suarez, El Presidente — Alfonso Armada
• VHS — Ramón
• Euskolegas
• Los misterios de Laura — Juez Cortázar
• 2009Perfect Happiness — Taxi driver
• 2008A Tram in SP — Ánel
• Soy el solitario — Alfredo
• 2007Días de cine — Lucas
• 2007Seven Billiard Tables — Jacinto
• 2006The Baby's Room — Marcos
• 2005One Too Many
• 2005Sofía — Padre
• 2004The Pedal Push Car — Director
• Aquí no hay quien viva — Arturo López, Arturo Vázquez
• 2003Torremolinos 73 — José Carlos Romerales
• 2002800 Bullets — Don Mariano
• 2002The Other Side of the Bed — Sagaz
• 2002Todo menos la chica — Ramos
• 2001Broken Silence — Antonio
• Cuéntame cómo pasó — Leopoldo
• 2001His Master's Voice — Casting
• 2000Common Wealth — Pradillo
• 2000Gipsy — Comisario
• 1999Dying of Laughter — Realizador
• 1999Pecata minuta — Director, Writer
• 1999The Ugliest Woman in the World — Sr. Otero
• 1999Wiped-Out Footprints — Zayas
• 1998A Perfect Couple
• 1998Atilano, presidente — Atilano Ortega
• 1998Entre todas las mujeres — Jorge
• 1998Hitting Bottom — Juan Gutierrez
• 1997Airbag — Teniente en 'Big Club'
• Blasco Ibáñez — Inspector
• 1997Blinded — Clemente
• 1997Lucky Star — Paco
• 1996Corsarios del chip — Director de Programas
• 1996Matías, juez de línea — Tomás "El Pellejo", el padre
• 1996Muerto de amor — Director, Writer
• 1996The Good Life — Psicólogo
• 1995Hotel y domicilio — Montero
• 1995La madre — Padre
• 1994Friendly Dead — Dead Man
• 1994How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It — Taxista
• 1994Justino, un asesino de la tercera edad — Inspector Arsenio
• 1994Sálvate si puedes — Eusebio
• 1994The Worst Years of Our Lives — Director
• 1993Mutant Action — Anciano ciego
• 1993The Dead Mother — Night Club Owner
• 1992Cows — Referee
• 1992Dark Years — Man at the hairdresser's
• 1992Killer Mirindas — Bullfighting Guy
• 1991No me compliques la vida — Gorrionero
• 1991The Dumbfounded King — Cura
• 1991Todo por la pasta — Aniceto
• 1990El anónimo... ¡vaya papelón! — Perales
• 1990Santa Cruz, the guerrilla priest — Santa Cruz
• 1989Ander eta Yul — Bernardo
• 1989The White Dove — Tomás
• 1988Mama — Floren
• 1988Tu novia está loca — Policía
• 1987To the Four Winds — Genaro
• 198627 Hours — Capataz Puerto
• 1986Bandera negra — Andoni
• 1986Bilbao Blues
• 1985Ehun metro
• 1985Eternal Fire — Bertrand
• 1985Golfo de Vizcaya
• 1984Mikel's Death — Jon Uriarte
• 1983La conquista de Albania
• 1981Escape From Segovia — Aitor
• La vida después — Juan
• Venga Juan

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2024This Is Not Hollywood (The Unfinished Story of The Ibarretxe Brothers) — Self
• El hormiguero — Self - Guest