ACTOR
Plácido Domingo
Known for The Simpsons · The Book of Life · Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Although born in Madrid, Spain, Placido Domingo spent a major portion of his life living in Mexico City where he graduated from the Mexico City Conservatory. His first operatic performance was in a staging of La Traviata in Monterrey playing Alfredo. He was then a Tenor for the Israel National Opera and subsequently moved to Europe.
Snapshot 2026-10-16
- Born
- Jan 21, 1941
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
Although born in Madrid, Spain, Placido Domingo spent a major portion of his life living in Mexico City where he graduated from the Mexico City Conservatory. His first operatic performance was in a staging of La Traviata in Monterrey playing Alfredo. He was then a Tenor for the Israel National Opera and subsequently moved to Europe.
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Known For
TV
The SimpsonsPlácido Domingo (voice) · 1989
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
MOVIE
The Book of LifeSkeleton Jorge (voice) · 2014
★ 7.5
★ 7.5
MOVIE
Beverly Hills ChihuahuaMonte (voice) · 2008
★ 5.4
★ 5.4
TV
The Cosby ShowAlberto Santiago · 1984
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
Mozart in the JunglePlácido Domingo · 2014
★ 7.5
★ 7.5
TV
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 1993
★ 7.3
★ 7.3
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1962
★ 7.6
★ 7.6
TV
The OscarsSelf · 1953
★ 7.1
★ 7.1
Filmography
Movies
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard BernsteinSelf
1970
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth SymphonySelf / Tenor
1970
Puccini's Madama ButterflyPinkerton
1974
Verdi Un Ballo in MascheraGustavo III
1975
Cavalleria rusticana / I PagliacciTuriddu / Canio
1976
ToscaMario Cavaradossi
1976
Verdi: OtelloOtello
1976
RigolettoThe Duke of Mantua
1977
CarmenDon José
1978
Cavalleria Rusticana/PagliacciTuriddu / Canio
1978
Il Trovatore - VerdiManrico
1978
Luisa Miller: Metropolitan OperaRodolfo
1979
Otello - The Met
1979
Georges Bizet: CarmenDon José
1980
Puccini: Manon LescautChevalier des Grieux
1980
Andrea ChenierAndrea Chénier
1981
Hommage a SevillaHimself
1981
La Traviata - The MetAlfredo Germont
1981
Les Contes d'HoffmannHoffmann
1981OL
Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman
1981
Samson et DalilaSamson
1981
Cavalleria rusticanaTuriddu
1982LF
La fanciulla del WestDick Johnson
1982
La traviataAlfredo Germont
1982
Night of 100 StarsSelf
1982VE
Verdi ErnaniErnani
1982
Berlioz: Les TroyensAeneas
1983
Don CarloDon Carlo
1983
Manon LescautDes Grieux
1983
Mario Lanza: The American CarusoNarrator
1983
Puccini's La Fanciulla del WestDick Johnson
1983
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial GalaSelf
1983
Burnett Discovers DomingoSelf
1984
CarmenDon José
1984
Die FledermausConductor
1984
Francesca da RiminiPaolo Malatesta
1984OG
Olympic Gala
1984
Andrea ChénierAndrea Chénier
1985
Night of 100 Stars IISelf
1985
ToscaCavaradossi
1985
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
1986
La GiocondaEnzo
1986
OtelloOtello
1986
ToscaMario Cavaradossi
1986
Julie Andrews: The Sound of ChristmasSelf
1987
PagliacciCanio
1987
TurandotCalaf
1987
Cantos AztecasSelf - Solist
1988
CarmenDon José
1988
Meyerbeer: L'AfricaineVasco Da Gama
1988
AidaRadamès
1989
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989Self
1989
Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in MascheraGustavo
1990
LohengrinLohengrin
1990
The Original Three Tenors ConcertSelf - Tenor
1990
Verdi: Un ballo in mascheraGustavo III
1990
La Fanciulla Del WestDick Johnson alias Ramerrez
1991
The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991Self
1991
A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the SongSelf - Singer
1992
Barcelona '92 Olympic Games Inauguration CeremonySelf
1992
Christmas in ViennaSelf
1992
Europakonzert 1992 from MadridSelf - Tenor
1992
La Fanciulla del WestDick Johnson o Ramerrez
1992
OtelloOtello
1992
Symphony for the Spire
1992
Stiffelio - The Met
1993
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of ToscaMario Cavaradossi
1993IT
Il Tabarro & PagliacciLuigi
1994
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994Self
1994
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon BoccanegraGabriele Adorno
1995
OtelloOtello
1995
Sinatra: 80 Years My WaySelf - Performer
1995
Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo
1996
La Forza del Destino - The MetDon Alvaro
1996
Merry Christmas from ViennaSelf - Tenor
1996
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th AnniversarySelf
1996
The Transformation of the World Into MusicSelf
1996
CarmenDon José
1997
FedoraLoris Ipanov
1997
A Gala Christmas in ViennaSelf
1998
Christmas In Vienna VISelf
1998
Gala de Reyes: Los Tres TenoresSelf
1998
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
1998
Samson et DalilaSamson
1998
Three Tenors in ParisSelf
1998
Great Tenor PerformancesSelf
1999
The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]Gherman
1999
The Three Tenors ChristmasSelf
1999
Sibelius - Violin Concerto / De Falla - Nights in the Gardens of SpainSelf
2000
Gran Gala di Verdi
2001
Moulin Rouge!Voice of Man in the Moon
2001
OtelloOtello
2001
La TraviataConductor
2002
A Spanish Night - Domingo - Berliner Philharmoniker
2003
Mariachi: The Spirit of MexicoHost & Narrator
2003
Madama ButterflyConductor
2004
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and LoveSelf
2004
Bernstein in London: Verdi RequiemSelf - Tenor
2006
Das Waldbühnen-KonzertSelf
2006
FIFA 2006 Germany World Cup Opening Ceremony
2006HO
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los AngelesSelf
2006
Luisa FernandaVidal Hernando
2006
Alfano - Cyrano de BergeracCyrano di Bergerac
2007
Antonio Gades, la ética de la danzaSelf
2007
The First EmperorEmperor Qin
2007
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et JulietteSelf - Conductor
2007The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et JulietteConductor
2007
To Play and to FightSelf - Interviewee / Trumpet
2007
3 Stars in ViennaSelf
2008
Beverly Hills ChihuahuaMonte (voice)
2008
Handel: TamerlanoBajazet
2008
Karajan: Beauty As I See ItSelf (archive footage)
2008
Mariinsky TheatreSelf
2008
Thaïs - Metropolitan OperaSelf - Host
2008
Verdi: OtelloOtello
2008
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within meSelf
2008
Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelastenor
2009
The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in PetraSelf
2009
In Concert at The MetTenor
2010
Rigoletto a MantovaRigoletto
2010
The Met — Der RosenkavalierSelf - Host
2010
Traces to Nowhere: The Conductor Carlos Kleiber
2010
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra - Teatro alla ScalaSimon Boccanegra
2010
Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...Self
2011
Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]Simon Boccanegra
2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en TaurideOrest
2011
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pasticheNeptune
2012
Il Trovatore - Staatsoper BerlinIl conte di Luna
2013IT
Il TrovatoreIl Conte di Luna
2014KM
Karajan's Magic and MythSelf
2014
The Book of LifeSkeleton Jorge (voice)
2014
Gianni SchicchiGianni Schicchi
2015
Helene Fischer - Weihnachten - Live aus der Hofburg WienSelf
2015
Royal Opera House: I Due FoscariFrancesco Foscari
2015
The Mariinsky II Opening GalaSelf
2015
Verdi NabuccoNabucco
2015
Giuseppe Verdi: I due FoscariFrancesco Foscari
2016
I Am La ScalaSelf
2016
Il Volo: Notte Magica - A Tribute To The Three Tenors 2016
2016
MacbethMacbeth
2016
The ROH Live: NabuccoNabucco
2016
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop StarSelf
2017
Roméo et Juliette - Wiener StaatsoperSelf - Conductor
2017Roméo et Juliette - Wiener StaatsoperConductor
2017
The Three Tenors - The Lost ConcertsSelf (archive footage)
2017
Verdi: NabuccoNabucco
2017
Don GiovanniConductor
2018Don GiovanniProducer
2018
El corazón del Teatro RealSelf
2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from LifeHimself
2018
MacbethMacbeth
2018
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa MillerMiller
2018
La nuit espagnoleSelf : Baryton
2019
PavarottiSelf
2019
Plácido Domingo GalaNabucco / Macbeth / Simon Baccanegra
2019
Royal Opera House: La TraviataGiorgio Germont
2019
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
2019
The Rodriguez and the BeyondAgente Rodríguez
2019
Verdi: MacbethMacbeth
2019
Plácido Domingo: At The Arena di Verona
2020
The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The WorldSelf
2020
Love DuetsConductor
2021
The Sweet Taste of SuccessPlácido Domingo
2022
Tiempo de Zarzuela
2023
Andrea Bocelli 30: The CelebrationSelf
2024
The Three Tenors - Birth of a LegendSelf
2024
14 Short Films About Opera
2025
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
Cento e oltre. Puccini e noiPlácido Domingo
2025CD
Cyrano de BergeracCyrano
Penella - El Gato Montés
Wagner LohengrinLohengrin
Television
BambiSelf · 2 eps
1948
The OscarsSelf · 1 eps
1953
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1 eps
1962DA
Das aktuelle Sportstudioself · 1 eps
1963
Viña del Mar International Song FestivalSelf - Musical Guest · 1 eps
1963EW
Einer wird gewinnenSelf · 1 eps
1964
OmnibusSelf · 1 eps
1967Omnibus1 eps
1967DS
Das SonntagskonzertSelf · 1 eps
1969AR
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die EhreSelf · 1 eps
1971
Great PerformancesJuanillo · 1 eps
1971Great PerformancesSelf · 2 eps
1971Great PerformancesParsifal · 1 eps
1971Great PerformancesFrancisco Goya · 1 eps
1971Great PerformancesRadamès · 1 eps
1971
Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf · 5 eps
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf - Main Guest · 1 eps
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
1972SS
Schöne StimmenSelf · 1 eps
1972
Auf los geht's losSelf · 1 eps
1977
The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf · 1 eps
1978
The Big ShowSelf · 1 eps
1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß?Self · 1 eps
1980
Wetten, dass..?Self · 3 eps
1981
WoganSelf · 1 eps
1982GK
Goldene KameraSelf · 1 eps
1984
The Cosby ShowAlberto Santiago · 1 eps
1984F
FlitterabendSelf - Singer · 1 eps
1988
The SimpsonsPlácido Domingo (voice) · 1 eps
1989PM
Pebble MillSelf · 1 eps
1991
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1993PD
Placido Domingo's Tales from the OperaSelf · 4 eps
1994
Fox News Sunday2 eps
1996R
RTL-SpendenmarathonSelf · 1 eps
1996
BeckmannSelf · 1 eps
1999
ParkinsonSelf - Guest / Performer (archive footage) · 1 eps
2004WB
Willkommen bei Carmen NebelSelf · 1 eps
2004
El hormigueroSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2006
LegendsSelf · 1 eps
2006
MasterclassSelf · 1 eps
2010S
StöcklSelf · 1 eps
2013
Mozart in the JunglePlácido Domingo · 1 eps
2014
En la tuya o en la míaSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2015Photos
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