This Monday, October 21, the last chapter of Intervías, the successful series starring Jose Coronado. The fiction created by David Bermejo has been broadcast for four seasons, which can also be seen in Spain via Netflix. After three years and 32 chapters, it is time to say goodbye to Tirso Abantos, one of the most mythical characters that this actor, winner of two Goya awards, has played.
Intervías is one of the many television series that Jose Coronado has starred in throughout his career, which began more than four decades ago. Although he has also starred unforgettable roles in the cinema, as in There will be no peace for the wicked (2011) or close your eyes (2023), is in the world of fiction television in which the actor has found many of his most successful projects.
From Luis in ‘Periodistas’ to Joaquín in ‘Accused’
The television career of Jose Coronado began in 1989, when he shared scenes with Imanol Arias in Central Brigade. After starring in other series such as Composed and without a boyfriend either milk brothershis great leap to fame came in 1998 thanks to Telecinco: he got into the shoes of Luis Sanz, director of the newspaper Crónica Universal, in the successful fiction Journalists, which was broadcast for four years.
The actor, who at that time looked very different from his 40 years, appeared in almost a hundred episodes of Journalistsand after the end of the fiction, Jose Coronado worked episodically in series such as fire code either The Serranos, until 2007 when he starred Scientific RISa kind of Spanish-style CSI. But it wasn’t until 2009, with Accused, when he managed to repeat the success of the Telecinco series.
Jose Coronado and Telecinco: from ‘El Príncipe’ to ‘Entrevías’
After the two seasons in which he played Joaquín de la Torre in Accuseda Jose Coronado, now 50 years old and with a less jovial appearance, made stellar appearances in the Spanish remake of cheers and in Aida, while in 2014 he returned stronger than ever, again with Telecinco: he got into the shoes of Fran Peyón in the series The Prince along with Álex González and Hiba Abouk.
The fiction set in Ceuta was a resounding success, breaking the audience ratings on the Mediaset network. The Princewhich can be see in Spain through Netflix, Prime Video, Movistar Plus+ and SkyShowtime, was the great culmination of the union between Jose Coronado and Telecinco, which would continue with two other very relevant productions.
Jose Coronado, now 61 years old, returned in style to Telecinco in 2018 with Live without permission, a series set in Galicia in which he played Nemo Bandeira, another of his most mythical characters. In fiction he reunited with Álex González, but not before participating in three episodes of the Movistar Plus+ production Giants.
After its end in 2020, he made a cameo in Poison and starred alongside Mario Casas in the miniseries The innocent for Netflix, before embarking on the adventure that has been playing Tirso Abantos in Intervías. After two years on air, the series set in the Madrid neighborhood comes to an end, although that will not mean we will stop seeing Jose Coronado on screen.
Jose Coronado’s next projects on Netflix
The two next series in which Jose Coronado can be seen will premiere directly on Netflix. The actor will reprise his role as Eduardo in the second season of The snow girltitled Snow Girl 2: The Game of the Soul, in which he will work again with Milena Smit. He will also reunite with Belén Cuesta more than two decades after the end of Periodistas en Legacy, the new project of creator of Elite Carlos Montero.
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