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- Died
- Enrique Irazoqui was a Spanish economics student, the son of a Spanish father and Italian mother, who after meeting in a political event was cast by Pasolini to play the role of Jesus in "The Gospel according to St. Matthew" (1964). After this film, Irazoqui was the leading actor in two films of the School of Barcelona, "Noche de vino tinto" and "Dante no es unicamente severo", both of 1966.- IMDb mini biography by: kariv@telefonica.net
- His very first film and the very last are related to biblical figures: he got world famous for playing Jesus in Pasolini's The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) and his final film was playing John the Baptist in The New Gospel (2020).
- Cousin of Ricardo Bofill.
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