Enrique Irazoqui


Enrique Irazoqui is former a Spanish movie actor best known for his role as Jesus Christ in the 1964 film The Gospel According to St. Matthew, directed by renowned Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini. He was nineteen when he played the lead role in Pasolini's film, and has only had a small number of screen roles since.
Irazoqui is the son of a Spanish father and an Italian mother. He received the Honorary Citizenship of the city of Matera, Italy, in 2011.
In 2002 he was the arbiter during the Brains in Bahrain chess match between world champion Vladimir Kramnik and the computer program Deep Fritz, which ended in a tie.

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