{{Short description|Spanish actor, producer, director, screenwriter, and activist}} {{family name hatnote|León|Barrios|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | name = Paco León | birth_name = Francisco León Barrios | image = Malaga Film Festival 2025 - Paco León 02 (cropped).jpg | caption = León in 2025 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1974|10|4}} | birth_place = Seville, Spain | occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|film director|television director|screenwriter}} | children = 1 | family = María León (sister) }} '''Francisco León Barrios''' (born 4 October 1974), known as '''Paco León''' ({{IPA|es|ˈpako leˈon}}) is a Spanish actor, producer, director, screenwriter and activist.
Born in Seville, León began his career in television comedy roles in Andalusian regional productions. Following appearances in sketch show ''{{Interlanguage link|Homo Zapping|es|Homo Zapping}}'', he became popular in Spain for his performance from 2005 to 2014 in sitcom ''Aída'', portraying Luisma, a good-natured rehabilitated drug addict.<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 October 2018|title=El tuit de Paco León sobre los personajes de 'Aída' abre el debate|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/2018/10/30/el-tuit-de-paco-leon-sobre-los-personajes-de-aida-abre-el-debate_a_23575706/|website=HuffPost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|website=El Confidencial|first=Ana|last=Ramírez|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2022-01-16/aida-aniversario-primer-capitulo-piso-netflix_3358384/|date=16 January 2022|title='Aída' cumple años... y envejece: "Un 'piso Netflix' sería impensable en Esperanza Sur"}}</ref> In addition to his acting career, he has also pursued an activity as a filmmaker and show creator, starting with his debut feature ''Carmina or Blow Up'' (2012), for which he was nominated to the Goya Award for Best New Director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20200325/carmina-revienta-pelicula-puedes-ver-gratis-rtvees/2010739.shtml|website=rtve.es|date=25 March 2020|title=Paco León sobre 'Carmina o Revienta': "Es un experimento bastante auténtico"}}</ref> He has since featured in series such as ''The House of Flowers'' and ''Arde Madrid'' (also show creator) and films such as ''Kiki, Love to Love'' (also director).
He is also a prominent campaigner for HIV/AIDS causes.
==Career== León's first roles were in comedy television, on ''Mariquilla Ríe Perlas'' and ''Castillos en el aire'' in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spainculture.us/digital-projects/talking-sites/repertorio-espanol/|title=Repertorio Español {{!}} SPAIN arts & culture|website=www.spainculture.us|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> These played on Canal Sur, the channel of Andalusia. León has had success in theatre throughout his career, first appearing on stage in 2001. He moved to Madrid in 2003 to continue his career, where his first big job was impersonating personalities on ''Homo Zapping'', where he was noticed for popular imitations of women like Anne Igartiburu and Raquel Revuelta.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.semana.es/famoso/paco-leon-2/|title=Paco León|website=Semana|language=es|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> He is best known for playing Luisma, a recovering drug addict, on ''Aída'',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://aumag.org/2019/10/01/paco-leon-advocate/|title=Paco León: Advocate|last=Dulin|first=Dann|date=1 October 2019|website=A&U Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> a role he played for nine years and which garnered him many Best Actor awards.<ref name=":0" />
He has also had notable film roles, as an OCD patient in ''Toc Toc'' and a playboy in ''The Tribe''.<ref name=":1" /> As a voice and dubbing actor, he has had roles in ''Valiant'' and ''Madagascar'', and as a film director, his debut was the 2012 ''Carmina or Blow Up'', for which he was nominated for a Goya as Best Directorial Debut.<ref name=":0" /> His mother and sister star in the film, and were both nominated for acting Goyas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://premiosgoya.academiadecine.com/candidaturas/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711150547/http://premiosgoya.academiadecine.com/candidaturas/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-07-11|title=Candidatos Premios Goya 2014|date=2014-07-11|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> His third directorial feature was ''Kiki, Love to Love'', in which he stars and was similarly multi-nominated.<ref name=":0" /> For his 2014 film, ''Carmina and Amen'', the ''El Confidencial'' writer Juan Manuel Fernández suggested that he was becoming "the new Pedro Almodóvar", particularly highlighting the funeral scene that opens ''Carmina y amén'' and saying it has "a poetry only comparable to" the opening scene of ''Volver''.<ref name="Fernandez">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2014-04-27/paco-leon-el-nuevo-pedro-almodovar_121380/|title=Paco León, el nuevo Pedro Almodóvar|date=2014-04-27|website=El Confidencial|language=es|last=Fernández|first=Juan Manuel|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> Fernández also notes how both León and Almodóvar are influenced by the women in their lives, that they both often work with a sibling, and celebrate their mothers in their films.<ref name=Fernandez/>
In 2018, he created ''Arde Madrid'' with his wife at the time, Anna R. Costa, a black and white miniseries about Ava Gardner, in which he also played Gardner's chauffeur. From 2018 to 2020, he portrayed trans woman María José Riquelme on ''The House of Flowers''. Regarding working on ''The House of Flowers'', León says working with Verónica Castro was an honour.<ref name=":1" />
In 2019, profiling the actor, Dann Dulin wrote that León's "persona and popularity are akin to a James Franco or Jake Gyllenhaal".<ref name=":1" />
Shooting of León's four feature (''Rainbow'') wrapped by October 2021.<ref name="rainbow">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediaset.es/comunicacion/cine/rainbow-primeras-imagenes_18_3214320845.html|website=Mediaset España|title=Primeras imágenes de 'Rainbow'|date=6 October 2021}}</ref> Penned alongside Javier Gullón, it consists of a loose adaptation of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''.<ref name="rainbow" /> It is set for a 2022 release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/rainbow-netflix-paco-leon-mago-oz-5008726/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title='Rainbow': Netflix estrenará en cines 'El mago de Oz' de Paco León|date=1 June 2022}}</ref>
In 2024, it was reported that Paco León was set to direct and co-write a film titled ''Aída y vuelta'' involving the return of the beloved ''Aída'' characters, due to begin filming in the first trimester of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/television/series/paco-leon-pronuncia-regreso-aida-ser-viaje_20241011670967adafcb530001e5daec.html|website=La Razón|title=Paco León se pronuncia sobre el regreso de "Aída": "Va a ser un viaje..."|date=11 October 2024|first=Enrique|last=Castilla}}</ref>
==Personal life== León's mother is {{ill|Carmina Barrios|es}}. He has one sister, María León, who is also an actress. Both his mother and sister starred as characters based on themselves in the films ''Carmina or Blow Up'' (2012) and ''Carmina and Amen'' (2014), which Paco wrote and directed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pontes |first1=Rafa |title=Paco León: "Trabajo desde el placer, tengo muy poco miedo" |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/dominical/20140502/paco-leon-trabajo-desde-el-placer-tengo-muy-poco-miedo-3262601 |website=elperiodico |accessdate=20 March 2019 |language=es |date=2 May 2014}}</ref> María and Paco also play siblings in ''The House of Flowers''.<ref name=":1" /> León met the Catalan playwright Anna Rodríguez Costa in 2006 in a play, going on to act in a short she directed later that year; she was also an acting teacher to María. León said that at the time they met, he had a boyfriend, but knew that he wanted to be with her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.divinity.es/family/paco-leon-mujer-anna-costa-hija-manuela_18_2757570179.html|title=El homenaje de Paco León a su mujer, la "madraza" Anna R. Costa: "No sin mis hijos"|date=2019-05-20|website=divinity|language=es-ES|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> The couple have been together since 2006 and wrote the screenplay for ''Arde Madrid'' together. They have a daughter (born 2010), and Costa's son Eloi (born c. 1994) is León's stepson.<ref name=":1" /> Costa also appears in ''Carmina and Amen''.<ref name=":0" />
In 2020, after 14 years together, the couple broke up.[https://es.blastingnews.com/showbiz-y-tv/2020/10/tras-14-anos-juntos-paco-leon-y-su-pareja-podrian-haber-terminado-su-relacion-003215174.html]
He is openly bisexual,<ref name="veinte">{{cite news|url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2651645/0/paco-leon/entrevista-bertin-osborne/bisexualidad-tuya-mia-tve/|title=Paco León habla abiertamente sobre su bisexualidad: "Cuando conocí a mi mujer yo tenía novio"|date=18 January 2016|newspaper=20 minutos|access-date=8 February 2016|language=es}}</ref> and actively campaigns for HIV/AIDS causes. He has several friends living with the disease and has worked with organisations including Fundación Triángulo, Apoyo Positivo, StopSIDA, and the Fight Against AIDS Foundation since at least 2009, which largely offer support to the LGBT+ community in Spain, as well as fundraising for the work of eminent HIV researcher Bonaventura Clotet.<ref name=":1" /> León has said that he became aware of the AIDS epidemic when Rock Hudson died, but has also had a scare personally.<ref name=":1" />
León became the subject of media attention when he promised to tweet a nude photo of himself after gaining one million Twitter followers, which he did in October 2013;<ref>{{cite web |work=The Huffington Post |title=Paco Leon Tweets Nude Picture To Celebrate 1 Million Twitter Followers |date=10 February 2013 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/02/paco-leon-nude_n_4031365.html |access-date=15 September 2018 |publisher=Oath Inc.}}</ref> he posted a video running naked across a golf course to celebrate a million followers on Instagram in 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.semana.es/corazon/paco-leon-corre-desnudo-campo-golf-celebrar-millon-seguidores-instagram-20180517-001240497/|title=Paco León corre desnudo por un campo de golf para celebrar el millón de seguidores en Instagram|last=Campuzano|first=Ana|date=2018-05-17|website=Semana|language=es|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> following this up with more nudes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.semana.es/corazon/paco-leon-incendia-las-redes-desnudo-integral-20190315-002075124/|title=Paco León: lo vuelve hacer, incendia las redes con su desnudo integral|date=2019-03-15|website=Semana|language=es|access-date=2020-04-17|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807204016/https://www.semana.es/corazon/paco-leon-incendia-las-redes-desnudo-integral-20190315-002075124/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is a relatively private person and does not often give press interviews.<ref name=":1" />
==Filmography==
===Acting roles=== ====Film==== {{pending films key}} {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | align = "center" | 2001 || ''Amar y Morir en Sevilla, Don Juan Tenorio'' || || align = "center"| {{citation needed|date=June 2022}} |- | align = "center" | 2002 || ''Asalto informatico'' || ||align = "center" | {{citation needed|date=June 2022}} |- | align = "center" | 2003 || ''La vida mancha'' || || align = "center" | {{citation needed|date=June 2022}} |- | align = "center" | 2004 || ''Recambios'' || ||align = "center" | {{citation needed|date=June 2022}} |- | align = "center" | 2005 || ''Reinas'' (''Queens'') || Narciso || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/reinas-queens-4926-2495696299.html|website=PopMatters|date=30 August 2006|title=Reinas (Queens) (2005)}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2006 || ''La dama boba'' (''Lady Nitwit'') || Maestro de danza || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJoqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA400|page=400|title=El Siglo de Oro en el cine y la ficción televisiva: Dirección artística, referentes culturales y reconstrucción histórica|first=Yolanda|last=López López|publisher=ACCI|location=Madrid|year=2017|isbn=978-84-16549-70-2}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2006 || ''Los managers'' || Pipo || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2006/07/07/cine/1152223206_850215.html|website=El País|first=Mariana|last=Linares|title='Los managers' mezcla la comedia, el musical y el 'road movie'|date=7 July 2016}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2009 || ''Dieta mediterránea'' (''Mediterranean Food'') || Toni || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcomercio.es/gijon/20090205/mas-actualidad/cultura/paco-leon-olivia-molina-200902051257.html|website=El Comercio|date=5 February 2009|title=Paco León, Olivia Molina y Alfonso Bassave, a dieta}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2013 || ''3 bodas de más'' (''Three Many Weddings'') || Mikel || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a501483/inma-cuesta-una-divertida-y-torpe-invitada-a-3-bodas-de-mas/|website=Fotogramas|title=Inma Cuesta, una divertida y torpe invitada a '3 bodas de más'|first=Pere|last=Vall|date=6 June 2013}}</ref> |- | align = "center" rowspan=3| 2016 || ''Embarazados'' (''We Are Pregnant'') || Fran || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ideal.es/granada/culturas/cine/201601/27/paco-leon-parezco-fran-20160126120853-rc.html|website=Ideal|title=Paco León: "Me parezco más a Fran que a 'El Luisma'"|first=Rosario|last=González|date=27 January 2016}}</ref> |- | ''Kiki, el amor se hace'' (''Kiki, Love to Love'') || Paco || align = "center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/kiki-love-love-kiki-el-881784|title='Kiki, Love to Love' ('Kiki, El Amor Se Hace'): Film Review|last=Holland|first=Jonathan |date=7 April 2016|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> |- | ''7 Años'' || Luis || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/paco-leon-7-anos-es-una-partida-de-ajedrez-donde-el-peon-le-puede-hacer-un-jaque-al-rey-67906/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=14 October 2016|title=Paco León: "7 años' es una partida de ajedrez donde el peón puede hacer jaque al rey"|first=Janire|last=Zurbano}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2017 || ''Toc Toc'' || Emilio || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3151388/0/toc-toc-pelicula-estreno-paco-leon/|website=20minutos.es|date=3 October 2017|title=El reparto de 'Toc Toc': "La risa tiene como primera consecuencia la empatía"}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2018 || ''La tribu'' (''The Tribe'') || Fidel || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/yotele/20220113/hoy-tv-paco-leon-carmen-machi-tribu-antena-3-peliculon-13087746|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|date=13 January 2022|title=Paco León y Carmen Machi formarán parte de 'La tribu' en Antena 3}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2021 || ''Mama o papá'' (''You Keep the Kids!'') || Víctor || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ondacero.es/programas/julia-en-la-onda/audios-podcast/entrevistas/papa-mama-nueva-comedia-atresmedia-cine-asemeja-guerra-rose-pero-ninos_2021121361b7836fccdfac00014c7727.html|website=Onda Cero|date=13 December 2021|title=Paco León sobre 'Mamá o papá', la nueva comedia de Atresmedia Cine: "Se asemeja a la guerra de los Rose pero con niños"}}</ref> |- | align = "center" rowspan=2 |2022 || ''The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'' || Lucas || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent-ending-explained/|website=collider.com|date=28 April 2022|title='The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' Ending Explained: Does Javi's Movie Get Made?|first=Olénka|last=Wellisz}}</ref> |- | ''No mires a los ojos'' (''Staring at Strangers'') || Damián || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/el-cultural/cine/20221104/no-mires-ojos-paco-leon-encierra-armario/712678770_0.html|website=El Cultural|via=El Español|title='No mires a los ojos', Paco León se encierra en tu armario|first=Javier|last=Yuste|date=4 November 2022}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2023|| ''Mari(dos)'' (''Co-husbands'') || Toni || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://valenciaplaza.com/valencia-sigue-siendo-el-epicentro-del-cine-es-el-turno-del-encuentro-de-guionistas|website=Valencia Plaza|title=La valenciana Lucía Alemany dirige a Paco León y Ernesto Alterio en su nueva película|date=2 March 2022}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2024}} || ''Sin instrucciones'' (''Babies Don't Come with Instructions'') || Leo || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canarias7.es/cultura/cine/gran-canaria-vuelve-gran-pantalla-estrena-trailer-20240827122451-nt.html|website=Canarias7|date=27 August 2024|title=Gran Canaria vuelve a la gran pantalla: se estrena el tráiler de 'Sin instrucciones', rodada en la isla y protagonizada por Paco León}}</ref>}} |- | ''Un hipster en la España vacía'' (''A Hipster in Rural Spain'') || Gaspar || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/espana/2024/03/26/un-hipster-en-la-espana-vacia-una-pelicula-que-llega-una-decada-tarde/|date=26 March 2024|title=‘Un hipster en la España vacía’, una película que llega una década tarde|website=Infobae}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2025}} | ''Uno equis dos'' (''One X Two'') || Chino || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Vanitatis|via=El Confidencial|url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/famosos/2025-06-16/marcos-anton-novio-paco-leon-interiorista-arquitecto-1qrt_4152521/|title=Así es Marcos Antón, el novio de Paco León: interiorista y arquitecto y un gran viajero|author=M.P.|date=16 June 2025}}</ref>}} |- | ''Miss Carbón'' (''Queen of Coal'') || Antonio Muñoz || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://laopinionaustral.com.ar/arte-y-cultura/se-estreno-miss-carbon-el-segundo-largometraje-de-agustina-macri-543683.html|date=14 June 2025|title=Se estrenó “Miss Carbón”, el segundo largometraje de Agustina Macri|website=La Opinión Austral}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2026}} || ''Aída y vuelta'' (''Aida, the Movie'') || Himself / Luis Mariano "Luisma" García || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/series-y-tv/380048/mediaset-lanza-trailer-aida-vuelta-pelicul-paco-leon-sobre-serie.html|date=8 November 2025|title=Mediaset lanza el tráiler de 'Aída y vuelta', la película de Paco Léon sobre la serie|website=La Voz de Almería}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|{{TableTBA}}}} || {{pending film|Mi querida señorita}} || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a46605177/mi-querida-senorita-remake-los-javis-netflix/|title=Netflix anuncia el reparto de 'Mi querida señorita', el remake producido por Los Javis de la película española nominada a los Oscar|date=6 February 2025|first=Fran|last=Chico}}</ref>}} |}
====Short films==== * ''La grieta'' by Enrique López de Haro * ''Días rojos'' (2004) * ''Con lengua'' (2006) by Anna R. Costa * ''Espagueti western'' (2007) (Voice)
====Television==== * ''Castillos en el aire'' (1999) on Canal Sur * ''Jet Lag'' (2000) * ''Moncloa, digame'' on Telecinco, FDF * ''Homo Zapping'' on Antena 3 TV (2003–2005) * ''7 vidas'' on Telecinco (2004, 2005) * ''Aída'' on Telecinco (2005-2014) * ''Planeta Finito'' on La Sexta (2007) * ''Ácaros'' on Cuatro (2007) * ''La peste'' on Movistar+ (2017) * ''The House of Flowers'' on Netflix (2018) * ''Arde Madrid (Madrid on Fire)'', Movistar (2018) * ''Blowing Kisses'', on Star (2021)<ref name=10min>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/series-tv/a35629202/besos-al-aire-serie-reparto-disney-plus/|website=Diez Minutos|title='Besos al aire': el reparto completo de la primera serie española de Disney Plus|date=25 February 2021|first=Ignacio|last=Herruzo Martínez}}</ref> * ''Drag Race España'', on ATRESplayer Premium (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://premium.atresplayer.com/drag-race/noticias/este-domingo-abrimos-puertas-werk-room-tercera-edicion-drag-race-espana_20230414643930bef7cb370001f6f3f2.html|website=ATRESplayer Premium|title=Este domingo abrimos las puertas del werk room en la tercera edición de 'Drag Race España'|date=14 April 2023}}</ref>
=== Voice acting ===
==== Film ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Publisher !! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2005}} || ''Madagascar'' || Alex || rowspan = "5" | Spain's Spanish dub || {{center|<ref name="madagascar">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a486764/paco-leon-alex-el-leon-es-mi-personaje-mas-dramatico/|date=27 July 2012|title=Paco León:"Álex el león es mi personaje más dramático"|website=Fotogramas}}</ref>}} |- | ''Valiant'' || Valiant || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/play/cine/abci-palomas-mensajeras-y-guerreras-200507080300-203651200364_noticia.html|date=8 July 2005|title=Palomas mensajeras (y guerreras)|website=ABC}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2008}} || ''Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'' || rowspan = "2" | Alex || {{center|<ref name="madagascar"></ref>}} |- | {{center|2012}} || ''Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted'' || {{center|<ref name="madagascar"></ref>}} |- | {{center|2016}} || ''Sing'' || Miss Crawly || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sensacine.com/peliculas/pelicula-227066/secretos/|title=Anédotas sobre "¡Canta!" y su rodaje|website=SensaCine}}</ref>}} |}
===As director=== ''' Film''' {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Producer |- | 2012 |''Carmina or Blow Up'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{partial|Executive}} |- | 2014 |''Carmina and Amen'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- | 2016 |''Kiki, Love to Love'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |- | 2022 |''Rainbow'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- | 2026 |''Aída y vuelta'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |}
'''Short film''' {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Notes |- | 2013 | ''La Vuelta a la Tortilla'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | rowspan=2|Content branded short film |- | 2014 | ''Vaca Paloma'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |- | 2020 |''Vecinooo'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Content branded short film <br/>Also cinematographer, art director, sound, lighting, camera operator and props |}
'''Television''' {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Creator ! Director ! Writer ! Executive<br/>Producer ! Notes |- | 2006 |''Ácaros'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | TV Series; 26 episodes |- | 2018 |''Arde Madrid'' |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | TV miniseries; 8 episodes<br/>Also casting director |}
'''Music video''' {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Artist |- |rowspan=2| 2020 | ''Lo que te falta'' | Soleá Morente |- |''Ojos de serpiente'' | Dora Postigo |}
== Accolades == {{Incomplete list|date=June 2022}} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | align = "center" | 2006 || 15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Television Actor in a Leading Role || ''Aída'' || {{won}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2006/05/30/agenda/1148940002_850215.html?outputType=amp|website=El País|first=Elisa|last=Silió|title=La gala subversiva de la Unión de Actores|date=30 May 2006}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2013 || 27th Goya Awards || Best New Director || ''Carmina or Blow Up'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/carmina-o-revienta|website=premiosgoya.com|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|title=Carmina o revienta|access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2017 || 31st Goya Awards || Best Adapted Screenplay || ''Kiki, Love to Love'' || {{nom|{{Abbr|Nominated|Nominated alongside Fernando Pérez}}}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/kiki-el-amor-se-hace/|website=premiosgoya.com|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|title=KIKI, el amor se hace|access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2019 || 28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Actor in an International Production || rowspan = "2" | ''The House of Flowers'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laguiago.com/espana/listado-completo-de-nominados-a-los-premios-union-de-actores-y-actrices-2019/|website=La Guía GO|title=Listado completo de nominados a los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices 2019|date=13 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/g26792712/premios-union-de-actores-2019/|website=Fotogramas|title='Arde Madrid' arrasa en los Premios de la Unión de Actores|first=Juan|last=Silvestre|date=12 March 2019}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2020 || 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Actor in an International Production || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a30872304/premios-union-de-actores-2020/|website=Fotogramas|title= XXIX Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices: Lista completa de finalistas|date=11 February 2020|first=Juan|last=Silvestre}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/los-repartos-de-dolor-y-gloria-y-estoy-vivo-triunfan-en-los-29o-premios-de-la-union-de-actores-y-actrices/|website=Audiovisual451|title=Los repartos de 'Dolor y gloria' y 'Estoy vivo' triunfan en los 29º Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices|date=10 March 2020}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2023 || rowspan = "2" | 2nd Carmen Awards || Best Actor || ''Staring at Strangers'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" rowspan = "2" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/5/vivir/249096/controverso-opta-a-dos-carmen-que-anuncian-sus-candidatos-desde-almeria|website=La Voz de Almería|title='Controverso' opta a dos Carmen, que anuncian sus candidatos desde Almería|date=14 December 2022|first=Evaristo|last=Martínez}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ideal.es/culturas/almeria/modelo-triunfa-carmen-20230205014104-nt.html|website=Ideal|publisher=Grupo Vocento|date=5 February 2023|title=Modelo 77 triunfa en los Carmen: Así ha quedado el palmarés}}</ref> |- | Best Adapted Screenplay || ''Rainbow'' || {{nom|{{Abbr|Nominated|Nominated alongside Javier Gullón}}}} |- | {{center|2025}} || 4th Carmen Awards || Best Actor || ''Babies Don't Come with Instructions'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-solos-noche-15-nominaciones-rita-14-encabezan-iv-premios-carmen-cine-andaluz-20241217144313.html|website=Europa Press|date=19 December 2024|title='Solos en la noche', con 15 nominaciones, y 'Rita', con 14, encabezan los IV Premios Carmen del Cine Andaluz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/cordoba/cordoba-brilla-premios-carmen-encumbran-segundo-premio-20250202013533-nts.html|website=ABC|first=Alfredo|last=Martín-Gorriz|date=2 February 2025|title=Córdoba brilla en unos Premios Carmen que encumbran a 'Segundo premio', 'Rita' y '¿Es el enemigo?'}}</ref>}} |}
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