Actores españoles

Manuel Zarzo was born on 26 April 1932 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and assistant director, known for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Nuevo en esta plaza (1966) and Los nuevos españoles (1974).

Alex O'Dogherty was born on 7 March 1973 in San Fernando, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Camera café (2005), Doctor Mateo (2009) and Olmos y Robles (2015).

Antonio Dechent was born on 16 February 1960 in Seville, Seville, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Intacto (2001), A puerta fría (2012) and Hombre muerto no sabe vivir (2021).

Born in La Rioja (Spain) in 1967. Soon he moved to Madrid to graduate in Dramatic Arts. He use to work as an usher at the Fígaro Theatre in Madrid. His stage debut was in "El caballero de Olmedo" by Félix Lope de Vega back in 1991. After his great success in the TV-sitcom 7 vidas (1999), he worked with Pedro Almodóvar in the acclaimed Talk to Her (2002).

Jose Coronado was born on 14 August 1957 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor, known for The Body (2012), No Rest for the Wicked (2011) and The Vault (2021).

Roberto Álamo was born in 1970 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and talent agent, known for May God Save Us (2016), The Skin I Live In (2011) and Family United (2013).

Carlos Areces was born on 27 March 1976 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for The Last Circus (2010), Witching and Bitching (2013) and Muchachada nui (2007).

Santi Millán was born on 13 September 1968 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Fermat's Room (2007), 7 vidas (1999) and Idiot Love (2004).

Raúl Fernández de Pablo was born on 10 January 1975 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor, known for La Unidad (2020), Votamos (2021) and Los hombres de Paco (2005).

Sergio Peris-Mencheta was born on 7 April 1975 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Life Itself (2018) and Rambo: Last Blood (2019).

Antonio Banderas, one of Spain's most famous faces, was a soccer player until breaking his foot at the age of fourteen; he is now an international movie star known for playing Zorro in the eponymous movie series.

He was born José Antonio Domínguez Banderas on August 10, 1960, in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. His father, Jose Dominguez, was a policeman in the Spanish civil guards. His mother, Doña Ana Banderas Gallego, was a school teacher. Young Banderas was brought up a Roman Catholic. He wanted to play soccer professionally and made much success playing for his school team until the age of 14, albeit his dream ended when he broke his foot. At that time, he developed a passion for theatre after seeing the stage production of "Hair". Banderas began his acting studies at the School of Dramatic Arts in Málaga, and made his acting debut at a small theatre in Málaga. He was arrested by the Spanish police for performance in a play by Bertolt Brecht, because of political censorship under the rule of General Francisco Franco. Banderas spent a whole night at the police station, he had three or four such arrests while he was working with a small theatre troupe that toured all over Spain and was giving performances in small town theatres and on the street.

In 1979, at age 19, he moved to Madrid in pursuit of an acting career. Being a struggling young actor, he also worked as a waiter and took small modeling jobs. At that time, he joined the troupe at the National Theatre of Spain, becoming the youngest member of the company. Banderas' stage performances caught the attention of movie director Pedro Almodóvar, who cast the young actor in his movie debut Labyrinth of Passion (1982). Banderas and Almodovar joined forces in making innovative and sexually provocative movies during the 1980s. In 1984, Banderas made headlines in Spain with his performance as a gay man, making his first male-to-male on-screen kiss in Almodovar's Law of Desire (1987). Banderas' long and fruitful collaboration with Pedro Almodóvar eventually prepared him for international recognition that came with his work in the Academy Award-nominated film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988). In 1991, he appeared as an object of Madonna's affection in Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991).

In 1992, Banderas made his Hollywood debut with The Mambo Kings (1992). Because he did not speak English at that time, his dialogue for the movie was taught to him phonetically. Banderas shot to international fame with his sensitive performance as a lover of Tom Hanks' AIDS-infected lawyer in Philadelphia (1993), then played opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire (1994). Banderas further established himself as one of Hollywood's leading men after co-starring in Evita (1996) opposite Madonna in the title role. In 1998, he won acclaim for his portrayal of Zorro, opposite Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones, in The Mask of Zorro (1998). For the role as Zorro, Banderas took training with the Olympic national fencing team in Spain, and practiced his moves with real steel swords, then he used the lighter aluminum swords in the movie. He also took a month-long course of horse-riding before the filming. He later returned to the role in The Legend of Zorro (2005). In 1999, Banderas made his directorial debut in Crazy in Alabama (1999), starring his wife, Melanie Griffith. He received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros opposite Salma Hayek in Frida (2002). He voiced Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise.

Banderas established himself as internationally known Latin heartthrob with charismatic looks, and was chosen as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People magazine in 1996. He won numerous awards and nominations for his works in film, including three ALMA awards and three Golden Globe nominations, among many other. From 1996 to 2014, Banderas was married to American actress Melanie Griffith and the couple have one daughter, Stella (born 1996). Outside of his acting profession, Banderas has been a passionate soccer fan and a staunch supporter of the Real Madrid Football Club. He shares time between his two residencies, one in the United States, and one in the South of Spain.

Pepón Nieto was born on 20 January 1967 in San Pedro de Alcántara, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Periodistas (1998), Witching and Bitching (2013) and Los hombres de Paco (2005).

Salva Reina is an actor born in Málaga, Spain. He is known for films like La isla mínima (2014), 321 días en Michigan (2014) and Bla Bla Bla (2015). He is also know for the TV show Allí abajo.

He didn't study art at first but he ended up being a humorist and an actor. He starting his acting career at SOS Estudiantes a TV show for the regional channel Canal Sur. Nowadays, he is filming the fourth season for Allí Abajo.

Rafael Hugo Fernández Silva (born 10 May 1977) is a Spanish actor.

Silva was born in Madrid's San Blas district. He began working as an electrician but, with his mother's encouragement, soon decided to try to be an actor. He began training in the RESAD (Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico, Spain's oldest school of theater), while continuing with his vocal and guitar studies. He also joined a band called INORDEM.

In the late 90's he had the opportunity to participate in the Spanish television program Crónicas Marcianas, helping him obtain some recognition. He was then given a leading role hit television series Al Salir de Clase, based on the lives of Spanish high school students. In 2005, after having played a role in the unsuccessful Paco y Veva, Hugo Silva was cast as Lucas Fernandez in on Los Hombres de Paco, a show that averages nearly 4 million viewers per episode. In 2007 played the protagonist Mateo of critically acclaimed El Hombre de Arena.

In 2016 he joined the cast of El ministerio del Tiempo.

Paco Tous was born in 1964 in Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor, known for Los hombres de Paco (2005), The Invisible Guest (2016) and Money Heist (2017).

Gabino Diego was born on 18 September 1966 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Belle Epoque (1992), Oh, Carmela! (1990) and Los peores años de nuestra vida (1994).

Arturo Fernández was born on 21 February 1929 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. He was an actor, known for Truhanes (1983), Los cuervos (1961) and ¡Cómo sois las mujeres! (1968). He was married to Carmen Quesada and María Isabel Sensat Marqués. He died on 4 July 2019 in Madrid, Spain.

Ángel de Andrés López was born on 23 October 1951 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tapas (2005) and Baton Rouge (1988). He was married to Milena Montes. He died on 4 May 2016 in Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain.

Member of the Spanish comic duo "Cruz y Raya", together with José Mota. They met at the military service in 1985, and after leaving it they decided to go to Madrid in search of adventure, where they started their first show, known as '60 personajes en busca de humor' ('60 characters in search of humor'), imitating many famous people. This first show was very successful and soon they were given the opportunity to act at 'Caribiana', one of the most important night clubs in Madrid, where they were doing their performances until they got a contract with the 'Windsor' hall at the Gran Vía street, where they were acting for two years, until they reached the honor of being the kings of independent humor. Later, they started their radio career, with several programs ('Viva la gente divertida' (Antena 3 channel), Luis del Olmo), or Javier Sardà, who made them known to a big audience). Hugo Stuven gave them the opportunity to make their debut on TV with a slot in the program Raffaella Carrà's program 'Hola Raffaella'. In 1990 they made their debut at cinema with the film Ni se te ocurra... (1991), with a warm reception from the audience. Their next occupation was TV, doing special programs of great success, such as 'Colón Pirata' and 'No Smoking', the latter being nominated for the 'TP de Oro' award as the Best Special Program of 1993. During the summer of that year they had their own program, 'Abierto por vacaciones', which was #1 with audiences during its whole broadcast period. Their first 'hard' test arrived in the 1993's New Year's Eve. The comic duo 'Martes y Trece' decided to rest that year and TVE asked them to do the 1993 New Year's Eve's TV Special. They accepted and made a program named 'Este año, Cruz y Raya ¡Seguro!', after which the famous 12 bell strokes were broadcasted live. From that moment on Cruz y Raya have had their own program on TVE. In 1994 they made the series 'Perdiendo el juicio', 'VayaTele' and also the summer special 'Aquí hemos venido a lo que hemos venido', all of them with great success. From September 1995 until April 1996 they entertained the audience with a 30 minute series filled with sketches mixed with imitations and music events, and this series also reached #1 in audience during Friday nights. This success was unexpected for an only-humor program, and the next year they were back with a second season, with more or less the same format. In 1998, after a well-deserved rest from TV, they were back at TVE with the series 'Este no es el programa de los Viernes', their most successful appearance so far. Their comic phrases started to be heard in people's voice here and there ('Ja me maaten', 'Le quiero, Don Puente'). 1999 watched the appearance of their new success 'Estamos en directo', and at the end of the year they made the TVE 2000 New Year's Eve special: 'En efecto 2000'. This program shared an incredible 50% of the audience. During 2000 they made the series 'cruzyraya.com', in their classic format. At the end of 2000 they made the TVE 2001 New Year's Eve special again, titled this time '2001: Aunque sea en el espacio', which also reached a 50% share. In cinema, they had dubbed several animation films (Goomer (1999), Mulan (1998) (José), or the parrot of 102 Dalmatians (2000) (José, too). Juan made his debut as director with the film ¡Ja me maaten...! (2000), and José performed a little role as a beach watcher in the film _Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella (2001)_, and also a collaboration in the soundtrack. Nowadays they both are preparing several projects on their own, but their separation is very unlikely.

Eloy Arenas was born on 6 January 1950 in Alicante, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Qué loca peluquería (1996), Pero ¿esto qué es? (1989) and El comisario (1999).

Jorge Roelas was born on 8 May 1960 in Madrid, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for Tiovivo c. 1950 (2004), Médico de familia (1995) and Paco (2009).

Miguel Ángel Muñoz belongs to that distinguished group of actors who, without being a member of a family of performers, seemed destined for the stage and show business since birth. He is not the sort of person whose image crystallized at a particular moment in time: he acts, dances, and sings naturally, in a very spontaneously way, as he was born to do. It comes so naturally to him that it is unthinkable that he pursue a different line of work.

These natural talents led him to debut on the silver screen at the age of 9 with a leading role in El palomo cojo, directed by Jaime de Armiñán (who some years earlier came within a hair's breadth of winning the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Mi querida señorita). Miguel Ángel's great artistic sensibility and capabilities secured him work in the cinema, theatre, television, dance and the recording industry before he was twenty, and he has enjoying great acclaim throughout the course of his career.

Due to his innate qualities and talents, his track record to date is spectacular. Miguel Ángel Muñoz has proved himself to be an actor with a wide range of registers, who defies typecasting in any genre. He is capable of taking on parts in comedy, drama, humor, tragedy or musicals, be it on film, on stage, or on television. In other words: he is an actor in the broadest sense of the word. Yet one thing about Miguel Ángel Muñoz deserves special emphasis. His natural acting talent has been, and no doubt will continue to be, the key asset in his professional career. His human qualities are impressive, both at a personal level and as demonstrated in his work. We mean not only that he is a tireless worker and a responsible, level-headed person, but also someone with a striking ability to create a magnificent working atmosphere wherever he works.

Miguel Ángel Muñoz -having tasted notable success at an early age- has always managed to keep his feet firmly on the ground. He has a sixth sense for detecting tensions common to this line of work and creating harmonious environments as well as developing personal relationships with his colleagues. All of the directors, actors, production teams, etc., that have worked alongside him can vouch for this. We mention this since it is undoubtedly another key aspect in the development of his method of work.

On film he has worked in drama, comedy, terror, epic and even animation dubbing Brad Pitt's voice in DreamWorks' production Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas. He has made appearances in numerous TV series in Spain, in various types of roles, often as the leading man, as in Un Paso Adelante (the series with greatest sales in the history of Spanish television) or El Sindrome de Ulises (The Ulysses' Syndrome), which FOX is preparing to remake for the USA.

His stage roles include the narrator of Mozart's first opera, Bastien und Bastienne at the Teatro Real of Madrid, one of the most prestigious theatres in Europe, and the starring role of Antonio Skármeta's El cartero de Neruda (The Postman), in which he gave an outstanding performance. He has recorded albums that have sold in the thousands both in Spain and abroad, bringing him several Platinum records.

He has performed live music as a special guest at the San Remo Festival, and alongside artists of the stature of Janet Jackson.

More detailed information can be found in his resume.

While he could have carried on with his musical career thanks to the sales of his records throughout Europe and the success of his live performances, instead Miguel Ángel Muñoz has channeled his professional efforts into acting, thus heeding the powerful call he has heard since the days of his youth. After he completing his role in the remake of Ben Hur, directed by Steve Shill (The Tudors, Rome, Dexter), he perfected his already advanced English. This has enabled him to act in both Spanish and English with equal ease, be it in feature films, on stage, or on the small screen.

Miguel Ángel has not stopped working since beginning his career over 20 years ago. Films like No controles directed by Borja Cobeaga (short film nominated for an Oscar), the short film Adios Papá, Adios mama, nominated for the 25th Goya Awards, for which Miguel Ángel received the award for best actor in the Alfas del Pi Festival, or Tension Sexual no Resuelta are among his latest titles in this recent years.

In addition, last years has been especially intense in Miguel Ángel Muñoz's professional career as an actor, as he has been involved in many projects in the field of cinema, TV and theatre, both nationally and internationally. One of these projects has been his role as one of the main characters in What about love, together with Sharon Stone and Andy García. The international film was directed by Klaus Menzel with a script by the Oscar award-winner Douglas Day Stweart (An Officer and a Gentleman).

Furthermore, he has played a leading part in the cast of the successful HBO series Capadocia, first broadcast in Latin America, and nominated for three International Emmy Awards, whose USA broadcast launch will be in September 2013.

In addition to the aforementioned projects, the TV series Infames launched and broadcast in Cadena 3 México and Mundo Fox in the USA also occupies a special place, since it broke all viewer records for the network and sparked sharp controversy by addressing political subjects while a change of government was underway in Mexico. Miguel Ángel Muñoz will also take part in the cast for the film Viral, by Lucas Figueroa - who in 2010 achieved the Guinness World Record for directing and producing the most acclaimed short film in history, Por qué hay cosas que nunca se olvidan. Miguel Ángel is also part of the cast of the feature film Al final todos mueren (Eventually they all die), a project sponsored and coordinated by Javier Fesser.

His last series "Sin Identidad" (2014-2015) has been one of the most successful projects in the Spanish and Italian TV in the last years.

As the culmination of a brilliant career, Miguel Ángel Muñoz stars in the film "Hablar" directed by Joaquin Oristrell. This "one shot film" was presented in the 18th Malaga Film Festival receiving the best price from the young jury and Miguel's performance was acclaimed by the critic. In the more than 20 years of his professional career, Miguel Ángel Muñoz has been, and continues to be involved in an ongoing learning process, and he never ceases to grow as an actor: he placed himself in the hands of the master Juan Carlos Corazza in Madrid, he trained in Integrative Psychology in the S.A.T. Program in Argentina with Claudio Naranjo and subsequently studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles. In 2015 he finished the Hoffman Process with Luis Fernando Camara.

José Sancho was born on 11 November 1944 in Manises, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain. He was an actor, known for Live Flesh (1997), Talk to Her (2002) and Curro Jiménez (1976). He was married to Reyes Monforte and María Jiménez. He died on 3 March 2013 in Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.

Antonio Garrido was born on 20 August 1971 in Salteras, Seville, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor, known for Diary of a Nymphomaniac (2008), The Beach of the Drowned (2015) and The Pretenders (2006). He has been married to Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor since 11 July 2008.

Paco León was born on 4 October 1974 in Seville, Seville, Andalucía, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Kiki, Love to Love (2016), Carmina or Blow Up (2012) and Carmina y amén. (2014).