Roberto Sosa, full name Roberto Gonzalo Sosa Martรญnez, is a Mexican actor born on April 17, 1970 in Mexico City. Sosa, who has a long history in cinema, theater and television, attracted international attention especially with his leading role in the film El patrullero directed by Alex Cox.
He comes from a family of actors: his father is actor and director Roberto Sosa Rodrรญguez, and his mother is actress Evangelina Martรญnez. Actress Evangelina Sosa is also his sister. Sosa, who appeared on stage as a child, received his acting education at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris; He then took additional courses at Stanford University in California.
Career
He appeared in more than a hundred feature films. His performance in the movie Lola brought him the Ariel Award for best supporting actor in 1990. He played a young highway cop in the 1991 film El patrullero, for which he received the Silver Shell for best actor at the San Sebastiรกn Film Festival. The following period, he won the Silver Hugo award for best actor at the Chicago International Film Festival with the movie Lolo.
He was awarded the Ariel award for the second time with 1996's De muerte natural; Fibra Optica, dated 1999, is also among his prominent works.
In the theater, he received a critic award and a Mexican National Youth Award for his role in the play De la calle. He worked on television as both an actor and director.
With a career spanning over forty years, Sosa is one of the well-known names of the generation of actors who stood out in the rise of Mexican cinema in the 1990s.
