Jesús Ruyman

Jesús Ruyman is a Spanish actor who played snail Jesús in the Spanish version of Sesame Street from 1983 to 1984.

Born in 1965, Ruyman was 27-year-old when he debuted as an actor with Barrio Sésamo. However, his character did not get the attention of the audience, and his contract was rescinded for the next season of the series.

During the 1980s, Ruyman tried to get some roles in movies, including Matador (1986) and La Rusa (1987), but after some unsuccesful roles, he retired from acting for almost a decade.

On 1996, Ruyman returned to movies with small roles in Libertarias and Alma gitana, as well as his first named character since Barrio Sésamo in Malena es un nombre de tango.

Since, he managed to appear in small roles in movies, and got a guest appearance in a 1998 of the series Periodista. He also got a role for one season in another series, Nada es para siempre.

In the 2000s, he got roles in both movies (Una grieta en la nieve helada, 2000); TV movies (Sant'Antonio di Padova, 2002) and recurrent guest roles in series (Hospital Central for the 2002 season).

He has then passed to make guest appearances in other series such as Un paso adelante (2003) or Aquí no hay quien viva (2005), and got a small role as an unnamed gardener in Reinas (2005).