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Ruben Alves

Actor, Director, WriterBorn January 9, 1980 (45 years)
Ruben Alves (born 9 January 1980) is a French-Portuguese actor, screenwriter and film director of Portuguese ancestry. He is best known for The Gilded Cage which he wrote and directed.

Alves was born the son of Portuguese guest workers in Paris. At 20, he became a full-time actor and initially played minor roles in French television productions and in some short films.

His directorial debut, apart from a short film in 2002 'À l'abri des regards indiscrets', was in 2013 with the immigrant comedy La cage dorée. The film was inspired by his parents' biography, and Alves has a small guest role in the film as 'Miguel'. The movie has been a great success in France and Portugal, and has also been followed by a number of other countries, including Australia. In Portugal, it became in 2013 the most watched film of the year, with 755 000 viewings. In Germany he came as Portugal, mon amour in the cinemas. The film had 1.2m spectators in France and sold well internationally.

Then Alves played in 2014 in Yves Saint Laurent, a biopic about the life of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

In 2017, he directed a documentary As Vozes do Fado (or "The Voices of Fado") with Christophe Fonseca, screened at the Le Lincoln Cinema, Paris. A cd "Amália: Vozes do Fado" was released later, a homage to Amália Rodrigues, a Fado singer.

In 2018, he started working on an upcoming comedy called Miss, by producer-director Hugo Gelin with co-star model Alex Wetter as a young man who sets his heart on winning the Miss France contest.

In 2017, he currently lives in Bairro Alto, Lisbon, where he used to take holidays when living in Paris.

Source: Article "Ruben Alves" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Yves Saint Laurent
  • Maison Close
  • Alice Nevers

Known For

  • The Gilded Cage
  • Yves Saint Laurent
  • Miss
  • Escort Boys
  • Pédale dure

Filmography

2016
Two Is a Family · as Waiter At The Party
2014
Yves Saint Laurent · as Fernando Sanchez
2013
The Gilded Cage · as Miguel
2010
Maison Close (TV Series) · as Policier #1
2009
La fille au fond du verre à saké (TV Series) · as Joaquim
2008
Secret Defense · as La Nouvelle Recrue
2008
Les Bougon (FR) (TV Series) · as Cast
2006
Madame Irma · as Le Serveur Gastrologique
2005
Clara Sheller (TV Series) · as Hervé
2004
Pédale dure · as Fripounet
1993
Alice Nevers (TV Series) · as Sébastien

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