Emilio Buale

Born in Equatorial Guinea of Bubi descent, Buale moved to Spain, with his parents and brothers, when he was six years old. He had no intention of becoming an actor until one day, in 1995, when casting director Paco Pino discovered him as they both waited in a subway station in Madrid. Pino needed a black actor to play Ombasi, one of the main characters of Imanol Uribe's Bwana (1996). Before that, Emilio was studying to become a construction engineer, as well as working as a fireman. He accepted Pino's offer traveling to Almería two weeks later for the filming of the movie. Buale made his debut, along with two well-known Spanish actors Andrés Pajares and María Barranco.

Buale continued getting work in films, TV series and, especially, in theatre. He was a member of the National Classical Theater Company of Spain for a couple of years appearing in many of stage productions such as "La entretenida", "Amar después de la muerte", "Los chicos de la banda" and "Yonquis y Yanquis".

Buale is a polyglot fluent in Spanish, English, French and Bube. He continues to work as a fireman in Madrid. In fact, he has played a fireman in a few television series and films:

Código fuego (2003)

Semen, una historia de amor (2005)

and an episode of the third season of La que se avecina (2007)

Films:

Bwana - 1996

Adiós con el corazón - 2000

Mi hijo Arturo - 2000

Salvajes - 2001

Ilegal - 2003

Semen, una historia de amor - 2005

Hienas - 2009

The Platform (El Hoyo) - 2019

Short films:

Cien maneras de hacer el pollo al txilindrón (1997) by Kepa Sojo

Feliz Navidad (1998) by Óscar del Caz

Impotencia (2002) by Andoni de Carlos

Así fue mi sueño (2003) by Javier Albalá

¿Y tú qué harías (2003) by Emiliano Melgarejo

El niño que jugaba con los trenes (2004) by Jorge Blas

Chantal Lis (2004) by Rut Suso and Maria Pavon

Cara Sucia (2004) by Santiago Zannou

Salomón (2007) by Ignacio Lasierra

Cíclope (2009) by Carlos Morett

Television:

Tío Willy (1998) by Eduardo Ladrón de Guevara

Médico de Familia (1998) by Daniel Écija

Mediterráneo (1999) by Antonio Hernández

Pratos combinados (2000) by Chema Fernández

Arrayán (2001) by Eva Bermúdez de Castro, Jaime D. Triviño y Santiago Pumarola

Código fuego (2003) by Miguel Ángel Díez y Eva Lesmes

Hospital Central (2005) by José Mª Caro y Carlos Gil

Los Serrano (2007) by Daniel Écija

El comisario (2008) by Ignacio del Moral

Cazadores de Hombres (2008) by Joan Barbero, Verónica Fernández and Aitor Gabilondo

La que se avecina (2009) by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero, Daniel Deorador

Amar en tiempos revueltos (2009) by Rodolfo Sirera

Sin tetas no hay paraíso (2009)

La fuga (2012)