2004Nominee
Best Performance
The Motorcycle Diaries
Jorge Drexler
Actor
Montevideo, Uruguay
September 21, 1964
Biography
Jorge Drexler is a Uruguayan composer and singer with a long professional career linked to music and the arts. During his more than 30-year career he has recorded fourteen studio albums and has given concerts all over the world. A doctor by training, in 1995 he decided to leave behind his life in Uruguay and move to Spain to devote himself entirely to music and composition. Throughout his career, his work has been awarded with an Oscar for "Al otro lado del río" (2005) -Best Original Song, being the first in non-English language to win this award- thirteen Latin Grammys (2014, 2018, 2021 and 2022), a Goya Award (2011) and a Biznaga de Plata, among other recognitions.
Photo
Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2009Nominee
Best Performance
The City of Your Final Destination
2022Nominee
Best Performance
Tetuán
Career Highlights
2000Highlight
Best Performance
Spoils of War
2012Highlight
Best Performance
La Suerte en tus Manos
Video
The Motorcycle Diaries
The City of Your Final Destination
La Suerte en tus Manos