Eusebio Poncela was a Spanish screen and stage actor. He developed his career in both his native country and Argentina, featuring in films such as Rapture (1979), Law of Desire (1987), and Martín (Hache) (1997). His work in Intact (2001) earned him a nomination for a Goya Award for Best Actor.
His television career included roles in Los gozos y las sombras, Las aventuras de Pepe Carvalho, Isabel, and Carlos, rey emperador, for which he won an Iris Award for Best Actor.
Poncela was born on 15 September 1945 in Madrid, and was raised in Vallecas. He died at his residence in El Escorial, on 27 August 2025, at the age of 79. The cause of his death was cancer, from which he had been suffering for over a year.
