Actor Julián Ortega, who had participated in television series such as ‘Élite’ and ‘El pueblo’, has died at the age of 41, according to the Union of Actors and Actresses on Monday. Son of actress Gloria Muñoz, he shared the stage with her at the Teatro Español in the play ‘Ira’, which he wrote himself and in which they gave voice to a mother and her offspring.
An actor, author and director, Ortega graduated from the RESAD in Madrid and worked mainly in the world of theatre, in pieces such as ‘Mestiza’, under the direction of Yayo Cáceres, ‘Bodas de sangre’, with Pablo Messiez, or ‘Zenit’, with Els Joglars.
In addition to this, he has appeared in films such as ‘Mi amor perdido’ by Emilio Martínez Lázaro or ‘El otro barrio’ by Salvador García Ruiz, with which he made his debut at the age of 12, as well as on television, in productions such as the aforementioned ‘Elite’ or ‘Las chicas del cable’ or, more recently, ‘4 estrellas’. As a director, he took the helm in productions such as ‘Los monólogos de la marihuana’, ‘Una de piratas’, ‘Las criadillas de Genet’ or ‘El caballero de Olmedo (El de Lope no, el otro)’.
Julian Ortega died this afternoon from drowning on Zahora beach, in the municipality of Barbate (Cadiz), according to municipal sources. Several people alerted 112 at 5.30 pm on Monday that they had pulled a man out of the water with symptoms of drowning.
The 112 call center called the 061 Emergency Health Center (CES), the Civil Guard, the Local Police and the Beach Service. But the paramedics dispatched to the scene could only confirm the death of the man, who was identified as Julián Ortega Rodríguez.
