Plácido Domingo

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-01-21 (83 years old)

Birth Name

José Plácido Domingo Embil

Birth Place

Madrid, Spain

Height

Spouse

Marta Domingo

Children

Plácido Domingo Jr.

Father

Plácido Domingo Ferrer

Mother

Pepita Embil

Citizenships

Spain

Also Known As

Placido Domingo

Awards

Birgit Nilsson Prize, Order of Friendship, Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Praemium Imperiale, Order of the Aztec Eagle, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Knight of the National Order of the Cedar, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, Grand Cross of the Order of Public Instruction, honorary doctorate of the University of Murcia, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca, Gold Medal for Tourism Merit, Hijo Predilecto de Madrid, Galardón Camino Real, Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg), Lo Nuestro Excellence Award, Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit, Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Gold Decoration for Services to the City of Vienna, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire