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name: "Celso Bugallo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/celso-bugallo"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1947"
died: "20 December 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T08:49:10.136968+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Celso Bugallo

Actor. Born 1 January 1947 in Lagarei. Died 20 December 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1947, Lagarei
- **Died:** 20 December 2025
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celso_Bugallo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1053153, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0119438/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16870

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Good Boss*](https://film.one/film/the-good-boss.md) (67)

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## Biography

Celso Bugallo was a Spanish actor from Galicia. Born in Vilalonga, Sanxenxo, he began his career in theatre in Logroño during the 1970s with independent groups, later returning to Galicia. He made his film debut at the age of 52 in José Luis Cuerda's *Butterfly* (1999).

Bugallo appeared in numerous films, including Fernando León de Aranoa's *Mondays in the Sun* (2002) as Amador and *The Good Boss* (2021) as Fortuna. He received the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as José in Alejandro Amenábar's *The Sea Inside* (2004) and was nominated again for *The Good Boss*. He also worked in television series such as *Paco's Men* and *The Asunta Case*.

Bugallo died in Pontevedra on 20 December 2025.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, elpais.com, lavozdegalicia.es.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Good Boss* (2021), Fi1m 67, as Fortuna — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-boss.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Last Stop: Rocafort St.* (2024), as Elías Soro
- *The Asunta Case* (2024), series, as Eloy
- *La manzana de oro* (2023), as Don Guillermo
- *Loli Tormenta* (2023), as Tomás
- *El tirabeque* (2022), Acting
- *My Grandfather's Demons* (2022), as António (voice)
- *The Good Boss* (2021), as Fortuna — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-boss.md)
- *The Art of Return* (2020), Acting
- *The Paramedic* (2020), as Vicente
- *The Island of Lies* (2020), as Paco O Da Filosera
- *Trot* (2018), as Ramón
- *Cocaine Coast* (2018), series, as Sito's father
- *Els fills del sol* (2017), Acting
- *Fog* (2017), Acting
- *Rendezvous* (2016), Acting
- *Palm Trees in the Snow* (2015), as Old Kilian
- *Death of a Fisherman* (2015), as Padre Caldas
- *Curricán* (2015), as Andrés
- *The Tip* (2014), Acting
- *Eladio y la puerta interdimensional* (2014), as Eladio
- *Years After* (2012), Acting
- *The Apostle* (2012), as Celso (voice)
- *The Waves* (2012), Acting
- *Crebinsky* (2011), as Fareiro
- *La mujer del hatillo gris* (2011), as Pastor
- *The Faucet* (2010), as Grandfather
- *Amador* (2010), as Amador
- *The Island Inside* (2009), as Juan
- *Agallas* (2009), as Raúl
- *Ashes from the Sun* (2008), as Federico
- *Sultans of the South* (2007), as El Tejano
- *Wrap Up* (2007), as Coco
- *The Totenwackers* (2007), as Cojo
- *Modesty* (2007), as abuelo
- *The Night Buffalo* (2007), as Camariña
- *The Night of the Sunflowers* (2006), as Amadeo
- *Chapapote... o no* (2006), Acting
- *Salvador (Puig Antich)* (2006), as pare de Salvador
- *Omar Martínez* (2006), as Entrenador
- *Paco's Men* (2005), series, as Damián Vallejo
- *Something to Remember Me By* (2005), as Anciano
- *Febrer* (2004), as Vell de l'hotel
- *The Sea Inside* (2004), as José
- *Your Next Life* (2004), as Severo
- *El lápiz del carpintero* (2003), as Padre Herbal
- *Mondays in the Sun* (2002), as Amador
- *Terra de Miranda* (2001), series, as Servando
- *Butterfly* (1999), as Cura

## Gallery

- ![Celso Bugallo](https://film.one/media/person/1013003/gallery-b3f70b5079f9.jpg) Celso Bugallo — Jose Luis Tejedor Morales from Madrid, España, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Celso_Bugallo_%28Crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Celso Bugallo en la entrada (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/1013003/gallery-41c6c69d1b45.jpg) Celso Bugallo en la entrada (2010) — Jose Luis Tejedor Morales from Madrid, España, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Celso_Bugallo_en_%22El_Grifo%22.jpg/1280px-Celso_Bugallo_en_%22El_Grifo%22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 3 nominated

- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor 2022: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *The Good Boss*
- Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actor 2022: Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *The Good Boss*
- Medalla del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos al mejor actor secundario 2021: Medalla del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos al mejor actor secundario (nominated), for *The Good Boss*
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor 2005: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *The Sea Inside*
- Chano Piñeiro award 2002: Chano Piñeiro award (won)
- Mestre Mateo Award for best supporting actor 2002: Mestre Mateo Award for best supporting actor (won), for *Mondays in the Sun*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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