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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Buenafuente and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.
Andreu Buenafuente
Buenafuente in 2021
Birth nameAndreu Buenafuente Moreno
Born (1965-01-24) 24 January 1965 (age 60)
Reus (Tarragona), Spain
MediumTelevision
NationalitySpanish
Years active1982–present
Genres
Subject(s)Everyday life
Spouse
​
(m. 2007)​
ChildrenJoana Buenafuente Abril (2012)

Andreu Buenafuente Moreno (born 24 January 1965) is a Spanish late night show host[1] and founder of the group El Terrat. He has worked in TV3, Antena 3, laSexta and #0. He has also worked as a radio host and has published several books with his monologues.

He and Silvia Abril hosted the 33rd Goya Awards on 2 February 2019.[2]

Biography

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He was born in Reus (Catalonia), to Juan Buenafuente and Teresa Moreno. His father was native to that area and the son of parents from the Zurgena area of Almería. He was a representative, a player at the Reus Deportiu Football Club and amateur actor.[3][4] His mother, Teresa Moreno, was born in Lorca (Murcia), although her family was from Almería, and worked in the textile industry.[4]

Radio

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He began working in the sports division of Radio Popular Reus (COPE) at 17 (1982)[5] and seven years later he presented the programme El terrat (SER Catalunya), for which he won the Onda Award for Best Local Radio Programme in 1997.[6] In order to be able to contract his own collaborators, he founded El Terrat, a company dedicated to 'television, radio and digital production'. In the summer of 2002 he presented on La isla de los mosquitos (Cadena SER), a programme in which witty phrases were mixed with music.[7] Eleven years later, on Sunday 30 June 2013, he returned to Cadena SER with his friend and coworker Berto Romero with the programme Nadie sabe nada, which would go on to win other Onda Awards in 2019.[8] [9]

Television

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His first television appearances were in 1992 under the direction of Mikimoto on Persones humanes (TV3), of Arús on Al ataque (Antena 3) and of Sardà on Tot per l'audiència (TV3).[10] He established himself in on Catalan public broadcasting with programmes like Sense Títol (1995), Sense Titol 2 (1996), Sense Titol, Sense Vacances (1997) and Sense Titol S/N (1998), which were all produced by El Terrat and directed by Andreu in collaboration with others in his team. [10] The most successful programmes on the channel were the late show La cosa nostra (1999-2000), and Una altra cosa (2002-2004). In June 2004 the latter programme ended and he accepted Antena 3's offer to work in national broadcasting, on similar projects to Una altra cosa.[11] Also, his production company released other successful shows on TV3, like Malalts de tele (1997), Plats bruts (1998), A pèl (2002) and Set de nit.

On 11 January 2005 he launched the late-night talk show Buenafuente (Antena 3),[12] which was broadcast from Tuesday to Thursday, with viewership which exceeded expectations in its first months and for which he received a Onda Award for best entertainment programme in 2006.[13] The legendary appearance of the character el Neng de Castefa (played by Edu Soto) was a notable part of the show.[14] After two years, it was renewed for one more, but a clear decline in viewership mean that the final episode was aired on 28 June 2007.[15]

Ten days before this it was announced that the show would move to La Sexta, keeping the same name and format.[16] This new show was first aired on 17 September 2007 at midnight[17] and in a few months the character of Rodolfo Chikilicuatre (played by David Fernández Ortiz), who originated on the show, would represent Spain in Eurovision with the song Baila el Chiki Chiki, which came sixteenth, receiving 55 points.[18] Buenafuente was still working with members of the team of actors and screenwriters that he had begun working with at TV3, which was led by Jordi Évole among others, and to which was added new comedians like Berto Romero.

The Buenafuente programme team at the Alhambra, Granada, in 2007.
Buenafuente at the Goya Awards in 2019

On 3 December 2009 he went to Madrid to host El intermedio for a day, swapping hosting responsibilities with El Gran Wyoming.[19] On 24 March 2010 Buenafuente aired an innovative episode of his daily show, playing an episode in reverse, 'Etneufaneub'.[20] Also, he hosted the 2010 and 2011 Goya Awards live for La 1 at the Teatro Real in Madrid[21] [22] and collaborated on the series Pelotas.[23] On 30 June 2011 Buenafuente aired for the last time on La Sexta after 964 episodes over the course of four years.[24] [25]

In November 2011 he returned to TV3 to host the two-episode programme Com va la vida? alongside the popular scientist Eduard Punset, on which they reflected on life and science with a humorous tone.[26] This programme was Buenafuente's return to the channel on which he had debuted and at which he had worked for more than ten years.

On 15 April 2012 the programme Buenas noches y Buenafuente (Antena 3) was broadcast, it would air on Sundays in the prime time slot.[27][28] One month later it was cancelled due to the decline in viewership after just five episodes.[29]

In November 2013, wanting a change, he returned to the world of late-night programming on La Sexta with the show En el aire.[30]

In September 2015 it was confirmed that he would be joining Movistar+, leaving the Atresmedia group and ending En el aire.[31]

On 11 January 2016 the late-night talk show Late motiv was first aired on Canal+ with Pedro Almodóvar as the guest.[32] After 1 February, with the dissolution of Canal+, the programme moved to the new Movistar+ channel #0. This programme was Buenafuente's attempt to return to traditional late-night programming, with a live band and a commitment to live music.[33] The appearance of contributors was also reduced, in order to give the appearance of it being more of a 'one man show'.[33] Some regular contributors did still appear, such as Berto Romero and Javier Coronas, as well as other names like his partner Silvia Abril, David Broncano and the 'antirreportero' (anti-reporter) Llimoo.

After the end of Late motiv, he returned to TV3 and began to release comedy specials that marked the end of each year. They aired on 26 December, St Stephen's day. In 2022 the show was called Curraràs,[34] in 2023 Que us bombin a tots,[35] and in 2024 it was El 24.[36] On the channel, the show Vosaltres mateixos was also first aired at the end of 2023. It is a weekly talk-show in which Buenafuente talks to anonymous members of the public.[37]

In January 2025 his contract with RTVE to create a programme for the Friday night slot called Futuro Imperfecto was announced.[38][39] The show's format is that of a comedy special, with a long monologue, although it also includes brief interludes which feature regular contributors or members of the public.

Personal life

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His sister, Maite Buenafuente, is an actress and was also one of the founders of the production company El Terrat, where she worked as the casting director. [40] In 2010 Andreu Buenafuente publicly announced his relationship with the actress and comedian Silvia Abril. In 2012 the couple had a daughter, Joana. [41]

In defence of his right to privacy, Buenafuente has sued various gossip magazines. In 2011 the Supreme Court of Spain ordered the magazine Diez Minutos to pay him €48,000 for publishing photos of him with his then partner without permission. [42] That same year the Supreme Court affirmed the sentence that ordered the magazine Sorpresa to pay him €55,000 in compensation for publishing, between 2004 and 2006, stories about his private life, among them photos in which he was naked at the beach. In both suits, Buenafuente donated the money he received to various NGOs.[43]

Media appearances

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Television series

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Year Title Channel Notes
1992-1993 Al ataque Antena 3 Contributor
1993 Persones humanes TV3 Contributor
1994 Tot per l'audiencia TV3 Contributor
1995 Sense títol amb Andreu Buenafuente TV3 Host
1996 Sense títol 2 TV3 Host
1997 Sense títol, sense vacances TV3 Host
1997 Malalts de tele TV3 Creator
1998 Sense Titol S/N TV3 Host
1999 Plats bruts TV3
2002-2004 Una altra cosa TV3 Host
2005-2011 Buenafuente Antena 3

La Sexta

Host
2009 El intermedio La Sexta Substitute host
2011 Com va la vida? TV3 Host
2012 Buenas noches y Buenafuente Antena 3 Host
2013-2015 En el aire La Sexta Host
2016-2021 Late motiv Canal+/#0 Host
2022 Nadie sabe nada HBO Max Host
2023-present Vosaltres mateixos TV3 Host
2023-present El monòleg de l'any TV3 Host
2025-present Futuro imperfecto La 1 Host

Other television appearances

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Year Series Channel Character Notes
1999 Plats bruts TV3 Himself 1 episode
2006 Homo Zapping Antena 3 Zacarías Prats 1 episode
2009 Pelotas La 1 Cura 1 episode
2010 Més dinamita TV3 1 episode
2017 El fin de la comedia Comedy Central Himself 1 episode
2019-2020 Mira lo que has hecho Movistar+ Himself 2 episodes
2022 El gran sarao TNT Himself 1 episode
2023 El otro lado Movistar+ Doctor Estrada 6 episodes
2024 Medina: El estafador de famosos Prime Video Himself 3 episodes

Film

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He has appeared in a variety of films as a secondary character. Also, in 2014 he directed and produced his first documentary film.​ Furthermore, he was done voice acting for the dubbed versions of several animated films.

Year Title Director Role
1998 Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley (Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law) Santiago Segura Sunday driver
2001 Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella (Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella) Santiago Segura Sunday driver
2003 Lo mejor que le puede pasar a un cruasán (The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant) Paco Mir Andreu B.
2005 Torrente 3: El protector Santiago Segura Sunday driver
2007 Donkey Xote José Pozo Sancho Panza (voice)
2008 Hellboy 2: el ejército dorado Guillermo del Toro Jeffrey Tambor (voice)
2009 Spanish Movie Javier Ruiz Caldera Gnome
2011 Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis Santiago Segura Sunday driver
2014 Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas Santiago Segura Sunday driver
2014 El culo del mundo Andreu Buenafuente Himself
2015 Anacleto: Agente secreto (Spy Time) Javier Ruiz Caldera Senior agent
2016 El pregón Dani de la Orden Juan
2016 Un corazón roto no es como un jarrón roto o un florero Isabel Coixet Doctor
2018 Tiempo después (Some Time Later) José Luis Cuerda Hortensio Zumalacárregui

Theatre

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He has directed various plays. Furthermore, in Terrat Pack he toured throughout Spain .

Ad campaigns

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Awards

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  • 2004, ATV Award: best communicator award for an entertainment programme (Una altra cosa - TV3).
  • 2005, ATV Award: best communicator award for an entertainment programme (Buenafuente - Antena 3).
  • 2007, Golden Microphone refused to accept the prize as it was also awarded to the COPE journalist Federico Jiménez Losantos.[54]
  • 2007, ATV Award: best leadership of an entertainment programme (Buenafuente - La Sexta).
  • 2009, Gato Perich Award.[55]
  • 2009, ATV Award: best presenter of an entertainment programme (Buenafuente - La Sexta).
  • 2010, ATV Award: best presenter of an entertainment programme (Buenafuente - La Sexta).
  • 2011, in January Andreu also refused the award presenter of the year from FHM magazine, as a show of support for the comedian Pablo Motos, who was given the award for worst humourist.[56]
  • 2016, Iris Award: best presenter of a programme (Late motiv - #0)[57]
  • 2019, Premios Ondas: for the programme "Nadie sabe Nada", together with Berto Romero.[58]
  • 2020, National Television Award.

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