Miguel Herrán

Miguel Ángel García de la Herrán, best known as Miguel Herrán, is a Spanish actor. He is known for playing lead roles in series Élite and Money Heist. In 2016, he won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for his role in the film Nothing in Return.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is de la Herrán.
Miguel Herrán
Herrán at the photo shoot at Pier one for the presentation of the Film Sky High
Born
Miguel Ángel García de la Herrán

(1996-04-25) April 25, 1996
Málaga, Spain
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present

Career

A chance encounter with actor and director Daniel Guzmán in the streets of Malaga led to Herrán auditioning for the role of Darío in the film Nothing in Return, which he won a Goya award for in 2016.[1]

In 2017, he was cast as Aníbal "Río" Cortés in the Antena 3 series Money Heist, which was later picked up by Netflix. In 2018, he starred as Christian Varela in the Netflix original series Élite.[2]

Herrán also acted in an advertisement for the Indian music streaming platform Gaana.[3]

Filmography

Movies
Year Movie Character Director Notes
2015 Nothing in Return Darío Buendía Saíz Daniel Guzmán
2016 Nomeolvides Director Assistant Miguel Berzal de Miguel Short film
2016 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines Soldier Carvajal Salvador Calvo
2017 The Invisible Guardian Miguel Ángel Fernando González Molina
2018 Alegría, tristeza Borja Ibon Cormenzana
2018 Tiempo después Ray José Luis Cuerda
2020 Sky High Ángel Daniel Calparsoro
2022 Modelo 77 Manuel Alberto Rodríguez [4]

Television
Year Title Character Channel Notes
2017–2021 Money Heist Aníbal Cortés / Rio Antena 3/Netflix 41 episodes
2018–2019 Elite Christian Varela Expósito Netflix 9 episodes

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2016 Goya Awards Best New Actor Nothing in Return Won [5]
2016 Premios CEC Best New Actor Nominated [6]
2016 ASECAN Awards Best Male Performance Nominated [7]

References
  1. Hernández, Nuria (17 July 2018). "Así son Miguel Herrán y Jaime Lorente, 'hermanos' dentro y fuera de la pantalla". Vanity Fair (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. Jeunesse, Marilyne (2 October 2018). "Meet the Cast of "Elite," Netflix's Thrilling New Mystery Series". Teen Vogue (in Spanish). Condé Nast. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. "Did you know Money Heist's Rio appeared in an Indian ad for Gaana".
  4. Rus, Óscar (30 September 2021). "'Modelo 77', un examen a la Transición española desde los calabozos". abcplay. ABC.
  5. Zurro, Javier (10 February 2016). "El Goya que salvó mi vida". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  6. "Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain (2016)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  7. "ASECAN (2016)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
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