Manuel Bandera was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Bandera's career beginnings included film roles in the Angela Molina drama "Las Cosas del Querer" (1989) and the drama "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!" (1990) with Victoria Abril. Bandera began to focus on film after appearing in "Demasiado Corazon" (1992), "Tirano Banderas" (1993) with Gian Maria Volonte and the Veronica Forque comedy "Kika" (1994). He also appeared in the comedy "Bambola" (1996) with Valeria Marini, "Mas Alla del Jardin" (1997) and "Pajarico" (1997). More recently, Bandera acted in the Darío Grandinetti drama sequel "El Lado Oscuro del Corazon 2" (2001).