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Born | Daniel George Corness February 17, 1976 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2001–present |
Children | 3 |
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]
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 Conojero 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]
Since 2004, Grao has been in a relationship with Florencia Fernández, with whom he has two children, Mirko and Guido. [14]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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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 Pastor | TV 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 Santos | Lead character | [13] |
2020 | HIT | Hugo Ibarra Toledo, "HIT" | Lead character | [23] |
2023 | La chica invisible (The Invisible Girl) | Miguel Ángel |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2012 | Fin (The End) | Félix | [25] | |
2015 | Palmeras en la nieve (Palm Trees in the Snow) | Manuel | [26] | |
2016 | Julieta | Xoan | [10] | |
2016 | Acantilado (The Cliff) | Gabriel | [27] | |
2018 | Animales sin collar (Unbridled) | Abel | [28] | |
2018 | El árbol de la sangre (The Tree of Blood) | Víctor | [29] | |
2020 | El año de la furia (The Year of Fury) | Rojas | [30] | |
2020 | 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 | |||
TBA | El cuento del lobo† | Javier |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | 19th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best New Actor | Acusados | Nominated | |
2022 | 9th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Series | HIT | Nominated | |
24th Iris Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | |||
2024 | 25th Iris Awards | Best Actor | The Invisible Girl | Nominated |
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