Juan Carlos I
Known for: Acting
Juan Carlos I, the last King of Spain reigned from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias was born on January 5, 1938 in Rome, Lazio, Italy, during his family's exile. Expected to continue Franco's legacy, Juan Carlos, however, soon after his accession introduced reforms to dismantle the Francoist regime and begin the Spanish transition to democracy. This led to the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum, which re-established a constitutional monarchy. In 1981, Juan Carlos played a major role in preventing a coup that attempted to revert Spain to Francoist government in the King's name. In 2008, he was considered the most popular leader in all Ibero-America.
Filmography
Series
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self
2017
Series
30 for 30
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Operación Palace
Himself (archive footage)
2014
Series
Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King
2023
Series
Saving the King
2022
Film
The Replacement
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
LS83
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Series
The Sagrada Familia
Self (archive footage)
2022
Series
Los Borbones: Una familia real
Self
2022
Series
Sofía y la vida real
2023
Film
Imprevisible, inevitable: un trajecte del metro a la Dana de València
Self (archive footage)
2026
Series
Kimeres
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Flame of Persia
Self
1971
Series
Franco. La vida del Dictador en color
2019
Film
Juan Carlos I, mi historia
2014
Film
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
Self (archive footage)
1983
Film
El Calentito
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Series
Felicidades, Letizia
2022
Film
Juan Carlos, King of Spain
Himself
2016
Film
De Madrid a la Luna
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos
Self (archive footage)
1983
Film
A Day in the Life
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Flowers From Another World
Self (Archive Footage)
1999
Film
Catalonia: Spain on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Magnicidios Poe
Himself (archive footage)
2017
Film
Leonor. El futuro de la monarquía renovada
Himself
2020
Film
Espagne. Le crepuscule d'un Roi
2013
Film
Generalísimo, la vida de Franco en color
Self (archive footage)
2019
25 anys d'emocions. 25 anys de Circuit
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Juan Carlos I: 25 años de reinado
2000
La sombra del elefante
Himself (archive footage)
Film
ZDF History: Spaniens Krone
2018