In 1949 at the age of four he made his debut as a clown with his father, in 1964 he moved to Madrid where he did stage plays and in 1973 he made his debut on films. He was married to María José Egea, and she died on 13 December 2003 from a cancer and was cremated at cementerio de la Almudena in Madrid. Prior to their divorce, they had had at least one child.