Francisco Javier Pastor Moreno – Setting a Benchmark in Acting
By Space Coast Daily // January 15, 2023
Acting is the art of molding and transforming yourself into a completely different person and bringing life to a fictional character by adapting its mannerisms.
It uses intonation, gesture, and movement to portray a character for different mediums such as television, theatre, and motion pictures. It is different from mimicry, imitation, and exhibitionism and is more focused on the ability and capability of an actor to react to imaginary stimuli.
An actor provokes feelings, awareness, thoughts, emotions, and even imagination by performing on screen or stage. The work of the actors provides us with a source of comfort, entertainment, and hope and gives us the opportunity to escape from reality and its challenges.
The actors through their talent create an atmosphere and realistic situation which moves, inspires, and shows the person a reflection of themselves.
Through acting, an actor brings to light the vulnerable, raw, unadulterated, emotional, and ugly side of humanity and often goes through unthinkable and rigorous requirements to prepare for a role.
One such actor who has excelled in the field of acting because of his talent, hard work, and skills is Francisco Javier Pastor Moreno.
Moreno was born on 30th May 1977 in Guadalajara, Spain, and is a Spanish actor who is known for performing and portraying strongmen in the television and film industry. He attended The University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and the Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
He has been part of various Television series, films, television programs, and short films, and is famous for his portrayal of many unique characters.
Some celebrated projects he has been a part of include, The Princess of Eboli (2010), With Your Ass in The Air (2014), Red Eagle (2015), Looking North (2016), Plastic Sea (2016), Fugitive (2018), All for The Game (2018), Shame (2018), State Secrets (2018), The Continental (2018), Love Is Forever (2019), Money Heist (2017-2021), Luimelia (2021) and, Cristo & Rey (to be released in 2022).
He has also been a part of a number of films such as Goya’s Ghosts (2005), The Escorial Conspiracy (2008), Rasputin’s Dagger (2011), Backseat Fighter (2016), May God forgive us (2016), Tom of Finland (2017), May God come down and see it (2017), Yucatan (2018) and God’s Crooked Lines (2022). Apart from television series and films, Morena has also appeared on several television programs which include It is made known (2014), Big Brother (2015), KarateBoy (2019), Give wax polish scratch (2020), Fourth Millennium season 16 (2021), and season 18 (2022). H-Positive (2015) and Malaga Horror Festival (2017) are the short films he has been featured in.
Acting is often not given due importance and is considered an easy occupation, but in reality, it requires a lot of practice, talent, study, determination, mastery, and hard work. An actor’s journey is not easy; akin to a roller coaster ride it has lots of ups and downs.
An actor like Francisco Javier Pastor Moreno through his natural talent, practice, training, and commitment has not only achieved success in the extremely competitive field of acting but has also set a benchmark for aspiring actors.
