Daniel Grao

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Daniel Grao
Festival de Malaga 2020 - Daniel Grao-2.jpg
At the 2020 Málaga Film Festival
Born
Daniel George Corness

(1976-02-17) February 17, 1976 (age 48)
Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Children3

Daniel Grao Valle (born 17 February 1976) [1] [2] is a Spanish actor. He is known for his performances in television series such as Luna, el misterio de Calenda or Sin identidad , or his lead role in the biopic miniseries about Mario Conde. [3]

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Biography

Born in 1976 in Sabadell, Catalonia, [4] he discovered acting thanks to a high school teacher in Caldes de Montbui, where he lived with his family, becoming a member of an amateur theatrical group. [5]

Grao had his debut as a television actor in the Catalan regional broadcaster TV3, with performances in shows such as Temps de silenci and El cor de la ciutat . [6] A native Spanish-language speaker, he declared in 2020 that he reportedly moved to Madrid because of TV3, as in his first performances in the channel's shows "the accent was not on the quality of the performance but on the way he pronounced the 's's" (in Catalan). [7]

His debut in a feature film came in 2003 with a minor role in La flaqueza del bolchevique . [8] While he had previously performed in several stage plays, he landed his first major stage role with La avería. [8]

He earned some recognition with performances in the TV series Amistades peligrosas and Sin tetas no hay paraíso, whereas Acusados (2009–2010) brought him further popularity. [9] His performance in the Pedro Almodóvar's film Julieta (2016) further consolidated his career. [10]

He played the role of Rafael Rodríguez Rapún, Federico García Lorca's lover, in La piedra oscura by Alberto Conejero in 2016 in Spain and France in 2016. [11]

He landed the role of Bernat Estanyol (the father of the lead character) in the 2018 series La catedral del mar . [12] He starred in the TV series Stolen Away , aired in 2020 on Antena 3, playing the lead character Antonio Santos. [13]

Personal life

Since 2004, Grao has been in a relationship with Florencia Fernández, with whom he has two children, Mirko and Guido. [14]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2006 Amistades peligrosas David [15]
2008 Sin tetas no hay paraíso [9]
2009–10 Acusados Jorge Vega [9]
2011 Ángel o demonio Valafar [9]
2013 Mario Conde. Los días de gloria Mario Conde Lead character. TV movie aired as 2-episode miniseries [16]
2013 Luna, el misterio de Calenda Raúl Pando [17]
2014 Prim, el asesinato de la calle del Turco José María PastorTV movie [18]
2014–15 Sin identidad Juan Prados [19]
2015 Los nuestros [20]
2016 La sonata del silencio (The Sonata of Silence)Antonio [21]
2018 La catedral del mar (Cathedral of the Sea)Bernat Estanyol [12]
2018–19 Gigantes Tomás Guerrero [8]
2019 Promesas de arena Andy [22]
2020 Perdida (Stolen Away)Antonio SantosLead character [13]
2020 HIT Hugo Ibarra Toledo, "HIT"Lead character [23]
2023 La chica invisible (The Invisible Girl)Miguel Ángel

Film

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2012 Fin (The End)Félix [25]
2014 Café para llevar (Coffee to go)JaviShort film [26]
2015 Palmeras en la nieve (Palm Trees in the Snow)Manuel [27]
2016
 Julieta Xoan [10]
Acantilado (The Cliff)Gabriel [28]
2018
 Animales sin collar (Unbridled)Abel [29]
El árbol de la sangre (The Tree of Blood)Víctor [30]
2020
 El año de la furia (The Year of Fury)Rojas [31]
El inconveniente (One Careful Owner)Daniel
2022 La casa entre los cactus (The House among the Cactuses)Emilio
2023
 El club de los lectores criminales (Killer Book Club)Antonio Cruzado
2024
 Yo no soy esa
TBAEl cuento del lobo†Javier
TBALa huella del mal†Daniel Velarde

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2010
 19th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best New Actor Acusados Nominated
2012
 21st Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Stage Actor in a Secondary RoleLa averíaWon
2022
 9th Feroz Awards Best Main Actor in a Series HIT Nominated
24th Iris Awards Best ActorNominated
2024
 25th Iris Awards Best Actor The Invisible Girl Nominated

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