Juan Carlos I, the last King of Spain reigned from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias was born on January 5, 1938 in Rome, Lazio, Italy, during his family's exile. Expected to continue Franco's legacy, Juan Carlos, however, soon after his accession introduced reforms to dismantle the Francoist regime and begin the Spanish transition to democracy. This led to the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum, which re-established a constitutional monarchy. In 1981, Juan Carlos played a major role in preventing a coup that attempted to revert Spain to Francoist government in the King's name. In 2008, he was considered the most popular leader in all Ibero-America.

KNOWN FOR

30 for 30
2024
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017
Barcelona '92 Olympic Games Inauguration Ceremony
1992
Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King
2023
Marathon
1993
The Replacement
2021
The Sagrada Familia
2022
Los Borbones: Una familia real
2022
25 jaar Beatrix
2005
LS83
2025
Flame of Persia
1971
Franco. La vida del Dictador en color
2019

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
35
2026
Imprevisible, inevitable: un trajecte del metro a la Dana de València
as Self (archive footage)
2025
LS83
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
25 anys d'emocions. 25 anys de Circuit
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Kimeres
as Self (archive footage)
2024
30 for 30
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Juan Carlos: Downfall of the King
2023
Sofía y la vida real
2022
Felicidades, Letizia
2022
Los Borbones: Una familia real
as Self
2022
Saving the King
2022
The Sagrada Familia
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Replacement
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Leonor. El futuro de la monarquía renovada
as Himself
2019
Generalísimo, la vida de Franco en color
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Franco. La vida del Dictador en color
2018
ZDF History: Spaniens Krone
2017
Magnicidios Poe
as Himself (archive footage)
2017
Catalonia: Spain on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
as Self
2016
Juan Carlos, King of Spain
as Himself
2014
Juan Carlos I, mi historia
2014
Operación Palace
as Himself (archive footage)
2013
Espagne. Le crepuscule d'un Roi
2010
A Day in the Life
as Self (archive footage)
2006
De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)
2005
El Calentito
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
25 jaar Beatrix
as Self
2000
Juan Carlos I: 25 años de reinado
1999
Flowers From Another World
as Self (Archive Footage)
1993
Marathon
as Self
1992
Barcelona '92 Olympic Games Inauguration Ceremony
as Self
1983
Después de… Primera parte: no se os puede dejar solos
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Después de… Segunda parte: atado y bien atado
as Self (archive footage)
1971
Flame of Persia
as Self
La sombra del elefante
as Himself (archive footage)