Juan Carlos I

Career overview

Juan Carlos I de España, also known by his stage name Juan Carlos I and commonly known as Juan Carlos, is a male actor with 35 known credits listed on The Movie Database. Born as Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias on January 5, 1938, in Rome, Lazio, Italy, he is the former King of Spain who reigned from 1975 until his abdication in 2014. Within his familiar circle, he was commonly known as Juan or Juanito, which is a diminutive of his first name. Since his abdication, he has usually been referred to in Spain as the Rey Emerito, meaning King Emeritus.

He was born during his family's exile as the eldest son of Juan, Count of Barcelona, and the grandson of King Alfonso XIII, who was Spain's last king before the abolition of the monarchy in 1931 and the introduction of the Second Republic. Although expected to continue the legacy of Franco, Juan Carlos introduced reforms shortly after his accession to dismantle the Francoist regime and initiate the Spanish transition to democracy. This resulted in the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 via a referendum, which successfully re-established a constitutional monarchy. In 1981, he played a major role in preventing a coup that attempted to revert Spain to a Francoist government in the king's name.