Mario Casas
Mario Casas | |
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Born | Mario Casas Sierra 12 June 1986 A Coruña, Galicia, Spain |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2005–present |
Relatives | Óscar Casas (brother) |
Mario Casas Sierra (born 12 June 1986) is a Spanish film and television actor. Known for his roles in
In 2006, after featuring in minor credits in
He went on to feature in starring roles in films such as Unit 7 (2012), I Want You (2012; the sequel to Three Steps Above Heaven), The Mule (2013), Witching & Bitching (2013), Ismael (2013), My Big Night (2015), Palm Trees in the Snow (2015), Toro (2016), The Invisible Guest (2016), The Bar (2017), The Skin of the Wolf (2017), The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018), Bye (2019), The Occupant (2020), and The Paramedic (2020).
He also appeared in English-language international projects Eden and The 33.[4][5]
Casas' leading performance in Cross the Line (2020) earned him his first Goya Award for Best Actor. He made his debut as a director with My Loneliness Has Wings (2023).
Early life and education
Casas was born in A Coruña to a 19-year-old father (an ébéniste) and a 17-year-old mother.[6] He moved to Barcelona at the age of 4.[6][7] After featuring as a child actor in some commercials (Cola Cao, Scalextric, Telepizza), he moved to Madrid at age 17−18 with his family, going on to combine odd jobs with acting training at the Cristina Rota acting school.[8][6]
Acting career
2005–2010: Early work and breakthrough
Casas began appearing in soap operas from 2005 at age 19, before earning minor roles in several Spanish films.[9] Mario Casas began his acting career with episode appearances in television series Obsesión (English: Obsession), Motivos personales (Personal Motives) and Mujeres (Women). He came to domestic media attention with his film debut in the 2006 film El camino de los ingleses (Summer Rain), directed by Antonio Banderas.
That same year he joined the cast of
In 2009, Casas appeared in two hit films,
2011–present: Career expansion and further acclaim
Since 2011, Casas has starred the Antena 3 series
During the late 2013 and early 2014, he went to Colombia and Chile for his second film project in English called
In October 2022, Casas began to shoot his debut as a feature film director, My Loneliness Has Wings, written alongside Deborah François and starring his brother Óscar.[17]
Personal life
Mario Casas is the older sibling of actor Óscar Casas, who has sometimes played younger versions of Mario's characters in some works.[18] Mario Casas is reported to have been in relationships with several fellow castmates including Erika Sanz , Amaia Salamanca, María Valverde, Berta Vázquez, Blanca Suárez, and Déborah François.[19]
Filmography
Film
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2006 | El camino de los ingleses (Summer Rain) | Moratalla | [20] | |
2009 | Mentiras y gordas (Sex, Party and Lies) | Toni | [21] | |
Fuga de cerebros (Brain Drain) | Emilio | [3] | ||
2010 | Carne de neón (Neon Flesh) | Ricky | [22] | |
Tres metros sobre el cielo (Three Steps Above Heaven)
|
Hache | [3] | ||
2012 | Grupo 7 (Unit 7) | Ángel | [23] | |
Tengo ganas de ti (I Want You)
|
Hache | Reprise of role in Three Steps Above Heaven | [24] | |
2013 | La mula (The Mule) | Juan Castro | [25] | |
Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching & Bitching) | Antonio | [26] | ||
Ismael | Félix | [27] | ||
2015 | Los 33 (The 33) | Álex Vega | ||
Eden | Felix | |||
Mi gran noche (My Great Night) | Adanne | [28] | ||
Palmeras en la nieve (Palm Trees in the Snow) | Kilian | [29] | ||
2016 | Toro | Toro | [30] | |
Contratiempo (The Invisible Guest) | Adrián Doria | [31] | ||
2017 | El bar (The Bar) | Nacho | [32] | |
Bajo la piel de lobo (The Skin of the Wolf) | Martinón | [33] | ||
2018 | El fotógrafo de Mauthausen (The Photographer of Mauthausen) | Francesc Boix | [3] | |
2019 | Adiós (Bye) | Juan | [34] | |
2020 | Hogar (The Occupant) | Tomás | [35] | |
El practicante (The Paramedic) | Ángel | [36] | ||
No matarás (Cross the Line) | Dani | [37] | ||
2023 | Bird Box Barcelona | Sebastián | [38] | |
TBA
|
Escape † |
[39] | ||
Muy lejos † | Dani |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2005 | Motivos personales | Cameo | Episode: "¿El fin de Victoria Castellanos?" | |
Obsesión | Nicolás "Nico" Castillo | 7 episodes | ||
2006 | Mujeres (Women) | Episode 1. Casas appears in a television screen which airs an episode of Obsesión | [41] | |
2006–07 | SMS: Sin miedo a soñar
|
Javi Llorens | 184 episodes | |
2007–10; 2021 | Los hombres de Paco (Paco's Men) | Aitor Carrasco | 79 episodes | |
2011–13 | El barco (The Boat) | Ulises Garmendia | 43 episodes | |
2018 | Paquita Salas | Himself | Episode: "El secreto" | |
2019 | Instinto | Marco Mur | Miniseries; 8 episodes | |
2021 | El inocente | Mateo Vidal[42] | Miniseries; 8 episodes |
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2009 | 14th LesGaiCineMad Festival | LesGai Performance Award | Sex, Party and Lies | Won | [43][44] |
2011 | 61st Fotogramas de Plata | Best Film Actor | Three Steps Above Heaven | Nominated | [45] |
Latin ACE Awards | Best New Actor | Won | [46] | ||
2012 | 62nd Fotogramas de Plata | Best Television Actor | El Barco | Nominated | [47] |
1st Neox Fan Awards | Best Actor in Spanish Cinema | I Want You | Won | [48] | |
2014 | 1st Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Witching & Bitching | Won | [49] |
Best Actor | The Mule | Nominated | |||
2016 | 3rd Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor | My Big Night | Won | [50] |
2021 | 26th Forqué Awards | Best Actor | Cross the Line | Nominated | [51] |
8th Feroz Awards | Best Actor in a Film | Won | [52] | ||
35th Goya Awards | Best Actor | Won | [53] | ||
13th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | Won | [54] |
References
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- ^ 20minutos.es.
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- ^ "Mario Casas, premio 'La Luz' del Festival Iberoamericano de Huelva". El Mundo. 12 November 2014.
- ^ rtve.es. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "Atención, Mario Casas: ¡Tu hermano Óscar te pisa los talones!". ¡Hola!. 23 August 2015.
- ^ Arraut, Lucas (29 March 2012). "Mario Casas: Heart-throb 2.0". El País.
- ^ Woodman, Stephen (12 March 2018). "Meet Mario Casas, the Superstar Spanish Actor You Still Haven't Heard Of". Culture Trip. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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- ^ Maldivia, Beatriz (18 December 2010). "'Miedo', la wikipeli dirigida por Jaume Balagueró y miles de internautas". Blog de Cine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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- Prisa. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Mario Casas protagoniza 'El fotógrafo de Mauthausen', participada por RTVE". RTVE (in Spanish). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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- ^ "Antonio Banderas estrena ´El Camino de los Ingleses´, su segunda película como director". La Opinión de Málaga. Prensa Ibérica. 24 November 2006.
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- ^ Ayanz, Miguel (22 June 2012). "Tenemos ganas de Mario Casas". La Razón.
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- Europa Press. 18 September 2015.
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- ^ "Mario Casas y Luis Tosar protagonizan la cinta de acción "Toro"". Canal Sur. 11 March 2020.
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- ^ "14º Festival Internacional de Cine Lésbico Gai y Transexual de Madrid" (PDF). Fundación Triángulo. p. 24. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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External links
- Mario Casas at IMDb