Name
Chiquito de la Calzada
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1932-10-24
Deathday
2017-11-11 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Málaga, Spain
Biography
Gregorio Esteban Sánchez Fernández (born 24 October 1932 in Loja, Granada), known as Chiquito de la Calzada, is a Spanish flamenco singer and actor, although he is more famous as a stand-up comedian. Chiquito de la Calzada became very popular in Spanish TV shows (especially Genio y figura) during the mid-nineties due to his unique style, strongly based on a surreal approach to jokes and language and constant movement while telling his jokes, putting his hands in his waist as if he was in pain. Some of his characteristic words and expressions such as fistro or jarl as well as his humorous comparisons such as "this is more dangerous than a shooting in an elevator" quickly became memes and are now part of Spanish slang. His moves and jargon were so influential to other Spanish comedians, that some TV characters such as Crispín Klander, Lucas Grijander and Nuñito de la Calzada were entirely built around his own repertoire.
Known For
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Crooked cop Torrente gets out of jail in the year 2018 to find a different Spain from the ...
5.5
Papá Piquillo is a gypsy grandfather who makes a living singing and dancing in the street...
4.5
After their adventures in Aquí llega Condemor (el Pecador de la Pradera) (1996), Condemor...
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Large doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic c...
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The film follows the adventures of a French aristocrat, the "Condemor"and Lucas, his faith...
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In an odd destiny coincidence and hospital employee reiceives some important and confident...
- 1996 Aquí llega Condemor, el pecador de la pradera as Condemor
- 1998 Pápa Piquillo as Pápa Piquillo
- 1997 Brácula: Condemor II as Condemor/Brácula
- 2004 Franky Banderas as Paco Poblete
- 2009 Spanish Movie as Chiquito de la Calzada (End Credits)
- 2014 Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas as Control cámaras jarl
- 2003 Moscow Gold as Padre de íñigo
- 2010 La venganza de Ira Vamp as Guía Babud-Alu
- 2021 Fosforito: una historia de flamenco
- 2026 El otro Chiquito as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 Mi casa es la tuya ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2018 Lo Siguiente ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
