Enrique Irazoqui, Pasolini's Christ, died

Enrique Irazoqui, Pasolini's Christ, died

The actor, economist and literature professor Enrique Irazoqui, known for being the protagonist of "The Passion according to Saint Matthew", by Pier Paolo Pasolini, died at the age of 76. We learn this from the Catalan press. Born in Barcelona in 1944, Irazoqui was the son of a Basque father and an Italian mother. At 19, while on tour in Italy to raise funds for the then illegal Democratic Student Union, she met the poet and director Pier Paolo …

Enrique Irazoqui, the Jesus of Pasolini's The Gospel according to Matthew died

Enrique Irazoqui died on the night of September 16, 2020 in a hospital in Barcelona: the Catalan actor interpreted Jesus in Pasolini's Gospel according to Matthew. Enrique Irazoqui, a Spanish actor known for playing Jesus in Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Gospel according to Matthew, died on the night of 16 September 2020 in the Barcelona hospital where he was hospitalized. Irazoqui was 76 years old. Enrique Irazoquifu was born on July 5, 1944 in Bar…