Pepe Viyuela

José Viyuela Castillo (born 2 June 1963), known as Pepe Viyuela, is a Spanish actor, clown, poet, and comedian.[1] He is best known in English-speaking countries for his one-man stage show Encerrona (Lock-In), which was brought to the London stage in June 2017 as part of the Festival of Spanish Theatre in London (Festelón).[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Viyuela and the second or maternal family name is Castillo.
Pepe Viyuela
Viyuela in 2008
Born
José Viyuela Castillo

(1963-06-02) 2 June 1963
Logroño (La Rioja), Spain
NationalitySpanish

He is known for playing Filemón in La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón (2003) and Mortadelo y Filemón. Misión: salvar la Tierra (2008).[3] In 2003 he published the novel Bestiario del circo: el vientre de la carpa, with a prologue by Andrés Aberasturi.[4][5] In 2008 he published his second collection of poems named Las letras de tu nombre.[6]

Selected filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Earth Ulloa
1998 The Miracle of P. Tinto Manikomien Direktor
2003 Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure Filemón
2004 Di que sí Salvador Asension
2004 Escuela de seducción Víctor
2008 Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet Filemón

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes
1993, 2004 Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez Televisión Española
2005-2014 Aída José María Martínez ("Chema") Telecinco
2015-2016 Olmos y Robles Sebastián Olmos Televisión Española

Theatre
Year Title Theatre Role Notes
2016 Mármol (Marble) by Marina Carr Teatro Valle-Inclán Art
2017 Encerrona (Lock-in) by Pepe Viyuela John Lyon's Theatre, London Festelón

References
  1. "Pepe Viyuela". Fórmula TV (in Spanish). Noxvo. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. "5th Annual Edition FesTeLon – Festival de Teatro Español en Londres". The BritishSpanish Society. 12–25 June 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. Martín, J.; Pedrosa, G. (26 January 2008). "Filemón es un perdedor nato que no se rinde nunca". Ideal (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. "Amor y humor. La sonrisa ante la muerte" (PDF). Payasos sin Fronteras (in Spanish). p. 21. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. Pinzón P., Javier Irenarco; Villa Ll, Juan David (2011). Tello, Clara (ed.). "Caracterización de la población circense en Colombia" (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura (in Spanish). p. 110. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. E. Press (6 June 2008). "Pepe Viyuela publica 'Las letras de tu nombre', su segundo poemario". La Rioja (in Spanish). Madrid: Vocento. Retrieved 24 August 2018.


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