Juan Sánchez

Juan R. Sánchez is a Spanish actor who played Chema the baker in Spanish Sesame Street co-production Barrio Sésamo.

Sánchez began his career in TV series El Señor Villanueva y su gente, before becoming one of the most beloved non-muppet characters from Spanish Barrio Sésamo in its 1980s.

While acting in Barrio Sésamo, Sánchez also appeared in a small role as male nurse in Pedro Almodóvar's movie Matador in 1986 (sometimes known in English as The Bullfighter). To do so, he changed his acting name from Juan R. Sánchez to just Juan Sánchez.

Since then, Sánchez has not been acting a lot, although he had a role in John Boorman's movie Where the Heart Is (1990), alongside Uma Thurman.

Sánchez is married to Chelo Vivares, the actress who played muppet Espinete in Barrio Sésamo.