Javier Alcina

Biography

Javier Alcina is a professional actor, director, and acting coach with an extensive international career spanning over 30 years in the industry.

Training and Early Career

Alcina graduated from the prestigious Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London in 2000. While still a student, he secured a major role in the BBC period drama adaptation of Love in a Cold Climate, directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper, and featuring stars such as Rosamund Pike and Sir Alan Bates.

Following his graduation, in 2001, he was named a Fox Fellow by the William and Eva Fox Foundation of New York, which provided him with a fellowship to further his acting and directing studies. He continued his directorial training under world-renowned theatre director Anatoly Vasiliev in Moscow, Russia, and later in Lyon, France, working on classical texts in Russian, English, Spanish, and French.

International Career

Being fluent in multiple languages has allowed Alcina to work internationally across theatre, voiceover, television, and film in various countries, including Spain, England, Russia, France, China, Morocco, and the U.S.

He has been involved in diverse projects, including the television movie Pinochet in Suburbia for the BBC, and he has collaborated with notable talents such as Tom Hardy, Derek Jacobi, and Kenneth Branagh.

Focus on Coaching

In addition to his performing career, Javier Alcina has established himself as a respected professional acting coach.

He is a faculty member at the Michelle Danner Acting Studio in Santa Monica, California, and an instructor at Central de Cine in Madrid.

He teaches various acting techniques, including Stella Adler, Stanislavski, Meisner, and Shakespeare.

He is known for focusing on film acting, incorporating techniques from Hollywood coaches like Tony Barr and Lesly Kahn, and coaching actors who work in multiple languages.