
Plácido Domingo
Known for Acting · 199 credits
- Born
- 1941-01-21 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Madrid, Spain
- Also known as
- Placido Domingo
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.
Known For
TV Shows (36)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Simpsons
1989
as Plácido Domingo (voice)

Great Performances
1971
as Juanillo / Self / Parsifal / Francisco Goya / Radamès

El hormiguero
2006
as Self - Guest

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

The Cosby Show
1984
as Alberto Santiago

Wogan
1982
as Self

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Omnibus
1967
as Self

Bambi
1948
as Self

Beckmann
1999
as Self
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self / Self - Main Guest / Self (archive footage)
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self

Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Plácido Domingo

Fox News Sunday
1996

Kulturzeit
1995
as Self (archive footage)

Viña del Mar International Song Festival
1963
as Self - Musical Guest

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self

Legends
2006
as Self
Das aktuelle Sportstudio
1963
as self

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
as Self
Stöckl
2013
as Self
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004
as Self
Einer wird gewinnen
1964
as Self

Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self
Das Sonntagskonzert
1969
as Self
Flitterabend
1988
as Self - Singer
RTL-Spendenmarathon
1996
as Self

The Big Show
1980
as Self
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
1971
as Self

Masterclass
2010
as Self

En la tuya o en la mía
2015
as Self - Guest
Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera
1994
as Self
Schöne Stimmen
1972
as Self
Movies (163)

Moulin Rouge!
2001
as Voice of Man in the Moon

The Book of Life
2014
as Skeleton Jorge (voice)

Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008
as Monte (voice)

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
La fanciulla del West
1982
as Dick Johnson

Massenet: Thaïs
2008
as Self - Host

Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024
as Self

Pavarotti
2019
as Self

Carmen
1984
as Don José

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
as Self - Performer

The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2019
as Agente Rodríguez

Cavalleria rusticana
1982
as Turiddu

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration:30th Anniversary
2025

Puccini's Madama Butterfly
1974
as Pinkerton

Il Trovatore - Verdi
1978
as Manrico

Die Fledermaus
1984
as Conductor

Otello
1986
as Otello

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
1970
as Self / Tenor

Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
1996
as Self

A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song
1992
as Self - Singer

Pagliacci
1987
as Canio

Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera
1979
as Rodolfo

Turandot
1987
as Calaf

La traviata
1982
as Alfredo Germont

Tosca
1986
as Mario Cavaradossi

Rigoletto
1977
as The Duke of Mantua

Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas
1987
as Self

Aida
1989
as Radamès

The Transformation of the World Into Music
1996
as Self

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
1990
as Gustavo III

Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1995
as Gabriele Adorno
![The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FqpnCVKL3GHIKCjIdlaORclcbECA.jpg&w=1920&q=65)
The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]
1999
as Gherman
![Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw300%2FwG8lsDbBYqpj7j3rmge1aBIKDEk.jpg&w=1920&q=65)
Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]
2010
as Simon Boccanegra

Karajan: Beauty As I See It
2008
as Self (archive footage)

The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
2009
as Self

Gran Gala di Verdi
2001

Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza
2007
as Self
Karajan's Magic and Myth
2014
as Self

Lohengrin
1990
as Lohengrin

The Three Tenors Christmas
1999
as Self

I Am La Scala
2016
as Self

Manon Lescaut
1983
as Des Grieux

Verdi Nabucco
2015
as Nabucco

Mario Lanza: The American Caruso
1983
as Narrator

Tosca
1976
as Mario Cavaradossi

Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
2018
as Himself

Rigoletto a Mantova
2010
as Rigoletto

The Sweet Taste of Success
2022
as Plácido Domingo
Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman
1981

La Forza del Destino - The Met
1996
as Don Alvaro

El corazón del Teatro Real
2018
as Self
Il Trovatore
2014
as Il Conte di Luna

The Original Three Tenors Concert
1990
as Self - Tenor

Carmen
1978
as Don José

Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari
2016
as Francesco Foscari

Gianni Schicchi
2015
as Gianni Schicchi

Fedora
1997
as Loris Ipanov

The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
2011
as Orest

Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
2017
as Self

The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
1994
as Self

The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
2018
as Miller

Christmas in Vienna
1992
as Self

Georges Bizet: Carmen
1980
as Don José

The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
2007
as Self - Conductor

14 Short Films About Opera
2025

Stiffelio - The Met
1993

Macbeth
2016
as Macbeth

Symphony for the Spire
1992

Verdi: Nabucco
2017
as Nabucco

Verdi: Otello
2008
as Otello

Carmen
1988
as Don José

Samson et Dalila
1981
as Samson
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
2006
as Self

The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
2010
as Self - Host

Royal Opera House: I Due Foscari
2015
as Francesco Foscari

La Traviata - The Met
1981
as Alfredo Germont

Das Waldbühnen-Konzert
2006
as Self

Otello - The Met
1979

Three Tenors in Paris
1998
as Self

Les Contes d'Hoffmann
1981
as Hoffmann

Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
1990
as Gustavo

Carmen
1997
as Don José

La Fanciulla del West
1992
as Dick Johnson o Ramerrez

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
2019
Verdi Ernani
1982
as Ernani

Gala de Reyes: Los Tres Tenores
1998
as Self

Luisa Fernanda
2006
as Vidal Hernando

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
1970
as Self

Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...
2011
as Self

Christmas In Vienna VI
1998
as Self

La Gioconda
1986
as Enzo

Royal Opera House: La Traviata
2019
as Giorgio Germont

Andrea Chénier
1985
as Andrea Chénier

Verdi: Macbeth
2019
as Macbeth

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
1983
as Self

Mariinsky Theatre
2008
as Self

Otello
1995
as Otello

The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World
2020
as Self

Penella - El Gato Montés

Don Giovanni
2018
as Conductor

Andrea Chenier
1981
as Andrea Chénier

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
1986

Otello
1992
as Otello

Love Duets
2021
as Conductor

Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
2008
as Self

Il Trovatore
2013
as Il conte di Luna

Merry Christmas from Vienna
1996
as Self - Tenor

Meyerbeer: L'Africaine
1988
as Vasco Da Gama

Traces to Nowhere: The Conductor Carlos Kleiber
2010

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
1975
as Gustavo III

The First Emperor
2007
as Emperor Qin
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca
1993
as Mario Cavaradossi

Verdi: Otello
1976
as Otello

Tosca
1985
as Cavaradossi

Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004
as Self

Tiempo de Zarzuela
2023

Plácido Domingo: At The Arena di Verona
2020

Helene Fischer - Weihnachten - Live aus der Hofburg Wien
2015
as Self

Berlioz: Les Troyens
1983
as Aeneas
About Plácido Domingo
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. With 199 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Plácido Domingo has appeared in 163 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular Plácido Domingo Movies
- Moulin Rouge! (2001) — as Voice of Man in the Moon
- The Book of Life (2014) — as Skeleton Jorge (voice)
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) — as Monte (voice)
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985) — as Self
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) — as Self
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