José Mota

Josè Mota during the Berlin Film Festival

José Sánchez Mota (born 30 June 1965), better known as José Mota, is a Spanish comedian, television director, satirist, singer and actor, notable for his television comedy shows and his characters, one of all El Fumi de Morata, a drunk middle-aged man that conquest the people he meet, especially womens, with his drunk attitude and many catchprases that are now in the cult of Spanish comedy, one of all ''Vivo...¡A cuerpo rey, esa es la verdad!'', that became a sort of aforism in Spain, where Mota is knows and loved.

He has three children with the actress and model Patricia Rivas.

He also have acted in some movies, mostly of them directed by his longtime friend and comedy collaborator Santiago Segura.

Career[edit]

TV programs[edit]

1994: Vaya tele
1995: Estamos de vuelta
1998: Este no es el programa de los viernes
1999: Estamos en directo
2000-2004: Cruz y Raya.com
2004-2007: Juan y José.show
2009-2012: La Hora de José Mota
2013–2014: La noche de José Mota
2015–present: José Mota presenta
2016: El hombre de tu vida
2017: El acabose
2019: Hoy no, mañana (director)
2020–2021: Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta (panelist)
2021: ¿Y si sí...? (director)

Filmography[edit]

1990: Ni se te ocurra... (Luis María Delgado) as Jose.
2000: Ekipo Ja (Juan Muñoz) as Tomás Rabero.
2001: Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella (Santiago Segura) as a lifeguard.
2005: Torrente 3: El protector (Santiago Segura) as Josito.
2011: As Luck Would Have It (Álex de la Iglesia) as Roberto Gómez.
2017: Abracadabra (Pablo Berger) as Pepe.
2021: García y García (Ana Murugarren) as Javier García.

Dubbing[edit]

1998: Mulan, as Mushu
1999: Goomer, as Oz and Receptionist
2000: 102 Dalmatians, as Waddlesworth
2001: Shrek, as Donkey
2001: Monsters, Inc., as Mike Wazowski
2003: Brother Bear, as Rutt the Moose
2003: Rugrats Go Wild, as Spike
2004: Shrek 2, as Donkey
2007: Shrek the Third, as Donkey
2008: Hellboy II: The Golden Army, as Abe Sapien
2010: Shrek Forever After, as Donkey
2011: Zookeeper as Donald
2013: Monsters University, as Mike Wazowski
2016: The Angry Birds Movie, as Chuck
2019: The Angry Birds Movie 2, as Chuck

Theater[edit]

1987: 60 personajes en busca de humor (in Madrid)
2006: The Producers (Spanish version).