---
name: "Enrique Irazoqui"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/enrique-irazoqui"
fi1m_id: "enrique-irazoqui"
imdb_id: "nm0409820"
tmdb_id: 95239
wikidata_id: "Q2890619"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 July 1944"
died: "16 September 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:41:17.967240+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."
---

# Enrique Irazoqui

## Identity

Enrique Irazoqui

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/enrique-irazoqui
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** enrique-irazoqui
- **IMDb ID:** nm0409820
- **TMDB ID:** 95239
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2890619
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Irazoqui, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2890619, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95239

Actor. Born 5 July 1944 in Barcelona, Spain. Died 16 September 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 July 1944, Barcelona, Spain
- **Died:** 16 September 2020
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Irazoqui, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2890619, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95239

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Gospel According to St. Matthew*](https://film.one/film/the-gospel-according-to-st-matthew.md) (88)

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## Biography

Enrique Irazoqui (5 July 1944 – 16 September 2020) was a Spanish actor, professor of literature and computer chess expert. Born in Barcelona to a Spanish father and an Italian Jewish mother, he was an economics student and antifascist activist when, aged 19, he was cast by Pier Paolo Pasolini as Jesus Christ in the 1964 film *The Gospel According to St. Matthew*.

Irazoqui appeared in a small number of other films, including *Noche de vino tinto* (1966) and *Dante no es únicamente severo* (1966), and returned to the screen late in life as St John the Baptist in *The New Gospel* (2020). He worked as a professor of literature after studying in the United States and served as arbiter for the 2002 Brains in Bahrain chess match between Vladimir Kramnik and Deep Fritz. In 2011 he received honorary citizenship of Matera, Italy.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Gospel According to St. Matthew* (1965), Fi1m 88, as Cristo — [page](https://film.one/film/the-gospel-according-to-st-matthew.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Resurrection of Christ* (2026), Actor
- *Cenestesia* (2021), Actor
- *The New Gospel* (2020), as John the Baptist
- *Vinicio Capossela: Il povero Cristo* (2019), as Christ
- *The Gospel According to Mattei* (2017), as Gesù
- *A la soledat* (2008), Actor
- *The Long Winter* (1992), as Huésped
- *Dante Is Not Only Severe* (1967), Actor
- *Night of Red Wine* (1967), as Chico
- *The Gospel According to St. Matthew* (1965), as Cristo — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-gospel-according-to-st-matthew.md)

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