Miguel Herrán

Miguel Herrán (born 25 April 1996) is a Spanish actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Aníbal "Río" Cortés in Money Heist and Christian Varela in Élite. In 2016, he won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for his role in the film Nothing in Return.

Miguel Herrán
Born (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996[1]
Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present

Career

A chance encounter with actor and director Daniel Guzman in the streets of Malaga led to Herrán auditioning for the role of Dario in the film A cambio de nada, which he won a Goya award for in 2016.[2]

In 2017, he was cast as Río in the Antena 3 series La casa de papel, which was later picked up by Netflix. In 2018, he starred as Christian Varela in the Netflix original series Elite (TV series).[3]

Herrán also acted in an advertisement for the Indian music streaming platform Gaana.[4]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Nothing in Return Darío
2016 Nomeolvides Director Assistant Short film
2016 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines Soldado Carvajal
2017 The Invisible Guardian Miguel Ángel
2018 Some Time Later Ray
2018 Alegría, tristeza Terrorist
2020 Hasta el cielo Ángel

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2017–present Money Heist Aníbal Cortés / Rio Main role
2018–2019[5] Elite Christian Varela Expósito Main role (season 1), Guest (season 2); 9 episodes

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2016 Goya Awards Best New Actor Nothing in Return Won [6]
2016 Premios CEC Best New Actor Nominated [7]
2016 ASECAN Awards Best Male Performance Nominated [8]

References
  1. "Miguel Herrán on Instagram: "Y de repente.. abres los ojos y eres todo un señor anciano de 23 años😅 Muchísimas gracias a todos los que me felicitasteis ayer en mi…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Did you know Money Heist's Rio appeared in an Indian ad for Gaana".
  5. "La 3 temporada de Élite no contará con la participación de Miguel Herrán (Christian)". Instagram. October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  6. Zurro, Javier (10 February 2016). "El Goya que salvó mi vida". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  7. "Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain (2016)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  8. "ASECAN (2016)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
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