Molina will next be revisiting his roots with a role in Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize winning drama A Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Geffen Playhouse, and he is currently starring as film director Robert Aldrich in the FX anthology series FEUD: Bette and Joan, from Executive Producer Ryan Murphy. Still in the pipeline are Showtime’s comedy-drama series I’m Dying Up Here, indie features: Message from the King opposite Teresa Palmer and Luke Evans, The Headhunter’s Calling opposite Gerard Butler, and Sister Cities for director Sean Hanish and feature films: Road to Capri opposite Virginia Madsen, an adaptation of the Janet Fitch novel Paint it Black, and Breakable You opposite Tony Shalhoub, Holly Hunter, and Anna Paquin. Recently, Molina has showed off his chops in the Ryan Murphy directed HBO film The Normal Heart (2014 Emmy - nominated for Outstanding Best Supporting Actor), HBO’s critically-acclaimed miniseries Show Me a Hero (2015) for director Paul Haggis, TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca (2016), Paramount Pictures feature Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) co-starring with Tina Fey, and most recently British period drama miniseries Close to the Enemy opposite Jim Sturgess and Freddie Highmore for the BBC. Some of his most unforgettable performances include portraying hedonistic Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in the biopic Frida (2002 SAG Award - nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role), Jewish milkman Teyve in the 2004 Broadway revival of the musical Fiddler on the Roof ( Tony Award - nominated for Best Actor), deranged drug dealer Rahad Jackson in the critically-acclaimed film Boogie Nights (1997), comic book villain Doc Ock in the blockbuster hit sequel Spider-Man 2 (2004), and the John Logan play Red (Tony Award - nominated for Best Lead Actor) in which Molina portrayed the artist Mark Rothko. Molina is an accomplished actor whose diverse and distinguished gallery of performances has led to a lengthy and triumphant career. He then went on to study drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City. He also auditioned and was accepted as a member of the National Youth Theatre, a charity that uses theater to inspire creativity in young people. There, he started out as a busker specializing in stand-up comedy and doing odd jobs to supplement his welfare check, before being accepted by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1977. He decided to become an actor after seeing the film Spartacus at the age of nine, and attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Molina grew up in a working class district in Notting Hill that was inhabited by many other immigrant families. His mother, Giovanna (née Bonelli), was an Italian housekeeper who cleaned rooms in a hotel and worked as a cook. His father, Esteban Molina, was a Spaniard immigrant from Madrid who worked as a waiter and chauffeur. Molina was born in Paddington, London on May 24, 1953.
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