Biography

Javier Veiga is a versatile artist: actor, director, screenwriter, presenter, comedian, producer... and he alternates his work between film, television and theater.

"Friends Until Death" (2023) is Javier Veiga's debut feature and the first feature film from his production company Medio Limón. He began his career in audiovisual direction with the short films "Sálvame" (2007) and "¿De qué se ríen las hienas?" (2011). He won nearly 200 awards at national and international festivals, being two of the most successful works in the history of Spanish short films.

On television, he is the creator and executive producer of the sitcom "Gym Tony" (2014 - 2016). In 2018 he premiered "Little Coincidences" (2018 - 2021), a romantic comedy written, directed and starring himself. It was the first Spanish production for Amazon Prime Video (30 episodes in 3 seasons) and was released simultaneously in Spain, Latin America and the United States. NBC acquired the rights to the remake and commissioned Universal Studios to produce a pilot to produce the US version of the series.

As an actor, he reached the general public through television presenting "El club de la comedia" (1999 - 2001) with which he won an Ondas Award. And with series like "Siete Vidas" (1999), "Moncloa, ¿dígame?" (2001) and "7 días al desnudo" (2005). In cinema, he has starred in titles such as "Tuno negro" (2001), "El año de la garrapata" (2004), "Escuela de seducción" (2004). He also participates as an actor in more than 20 theater shows.

It is precisely in the theater where he began as an actor, creating his own Company, Teatro Impar, in 1996, with which he premiered twelve shows in which he is the author, director and producer: "Amigos hasta la muerte" (2011), "5 y acción" (2016), "Humor en blanco y negro", "Tonto el que lo lea", "Casa con dos puertas", "El vendedor de cuentos", "Vida y amores del libertino Voldemar", "Los tres mosqueteros buscando a Dartañán" and "Unha noite na praia".
- IMDb mini biography by: Medio Limón Producciones S.L.