Jesús Alcaide

Jesús Alcaide is a Spanish actor who played snail Perezgil in the Spanish version of Sesame Street from 1979 to 1980.

Jesús Alcaide began his career as an actor in 1977 with the movie Cara al sol que más calienta (1977, Jesús Yagüe).

Only two years after that, he was chosen to perform the voice and movements of a muppet in series Barrio Sésamo, during its first period. His character, wise snail Perezgil, would be always on a wall, interacting with human characters and with Caponata. Perezgil had limited mobility, which covered mainly mouth and neck.

On 1980, Televisión Española cancelled Barrio Sésamo, which had not become a success. It would later become much more popular in its second period, 1983-1987, but neither Alcaide nor Perezgil were used in that time.

Meanwhile, Alcaide tried to continue his career as an actor during the 1980s. He began with small roles in Waiting for Daddy (1980, Vicente Escrivá), where he did a small role; and Too Much for Galvez (1981, Antonio Gonzalo), where he played a "small bandit"; the "dirty bandit" with him would be played by Marcelo Rubal.

Slowly, Alcaide's career became much more difficult. After two years without a role, on 1984 he only managed to appear as a guest in an episode of sitcome La Comedia, and then, in 1985, he did a little cameo in mainstream movie Crimen en familia (1985, Santiago San Miguel) (Another actor in this movie was José Enrique Camacho, who appeared in the second period of Barrio Sésamo).

Again without roles for a year, in 1987 Alcaide reached a role in mini-series Lorca, muerte de un poeta, under director Juan Antonio Bardem.

Alcaide disappeared for almost a decade until 1996, where he got two roles. He firstly did a very small role as a doctor in Freedomfighters (1996, Vicente Aranda), alongside Barrio Sésamo rejected Jesús Ruyman. He also did an essential role as the referee in Matías, Juez de Línea (Santiago Aguilar and Luis Gurudi), an acclaimed movie where a Spanish linesman, following a strict honor code, points out a foul that ends with Spain's hopes of winning the championship. Referee Ayestaranovich, played by Alcaide, has to obey.

In 1997, Alcaide appeared as a guest in successful series Querido maestro, where Ruth Gabriel from Barrio Sésamo was a cast member.

In 1998, Alcaide repeated with Aguilar and Guridi with another movie: Atilano for President. His role as a priest had a certain importance, much better than his short appearances in the 1980s.

He has since appeared again in a guest role in another successful series, Cuéntame cómo pasó in 2004. He has also appeared in a minor role in Alberto Boadella's comedy ¡Buen viaje, excelencia! (2003), as one of Francisco Franco's ministers.

Jesús Alcaide is still an actor, probably with more upcoming projects.