Enrique Irazoqui, Pasolini's Jesus, Dies at 76

Enrique Irazoqui, the Spanish actor who portrayed Jesus in Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1964 film 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew,' has died at age 76. Irazoqui, an anarchist and anti-Franco activist, initially refused the role but accepted so the payment could support an anti-Franco newspaper and imprisoned militants. He later criticized Abel Ferrara's 2014 film 'Pasolini,' calling it 'to throw away' due to a wrong actor and lack of psychological introspection. Irazoqui taught Spanish literature in the US, where his children live, and retired to Cadaqués, Spain, with his wife Ans. He survived two heart attacks. The news was reported by Marcello Faletra on Artribune.