Álvaro Morte

Álvaro Morte is a Spanish actor known for Amazon series The Wheel of Time, Netflix drama Money Heist, El Embarcadero and the international blockbuster Sin límites.

Barcelona The Play

Álvaro recently played Manuel in the seductive thriller, Barcelona, a play by Bess Wohl, which also stared Emily in Paris actress Lily Collins.

International success

Álvaro achieved international success, playing El Professor (The Professor) in the successful series La Casa de Papel (known in the UK/ US as the Netflix drama Money Heist). Other titles include: Logain in the international series The Wheel of Time on Amazon; El Embarcadero with Verónica Sánchez and Irene Arcos and the international blockbuster Sin límites on TVE and Amazon Prime Video, which narrates the first round-the-world voyage on the occasion of the V Centenary of the expedition.

Success in Spain – film, TV & theatre

Álvaro studied Dramatic Art in the city of Cordoba in Spain. He began his career working in theatre, including tours with such Spanish stars as Concha Velasco, Pepe Sancho, Ángela Molina and Javier Gutiérrez, and has worked with esteemed directors such as Andrés Lima and José Tamayo, among others.

In film, Álvaro has starred in Durante la Tormenta by Oriol Paulo with Adriana Ugarte and Chino Darín; Objects by Jorge Dorado, a co-production between Spain and Argentina. Álvaro also voiced Gwangi in the Warner Bros. animated film Smallfoot. In 2024, Álvaro will premiere the film of Gerardo Herrero Raqa; and starred opposite Sydney Sweeney in feature film, Immaculate.

Álvaro has worked prolifically in Spain, with film and television credits including: Bandolera; Amar es Para Siempre; Lolita Cabaret; Aida; Isabel; La Memoria del Agua; Victor Ros; Cuéntame Cómo Paso; El Secreto de Puente Viejo. He also played one of the main characters of the legendary series of RTVE and Amazon Historias Para no Dormir, based on the episodes of Chicho Ibañez Serrador.

Álvaro has starred in and directed great classics of Spanish theater with 300 Pistolas, his theater company such as El Perro del Hortelano by Lope de Vega, Tres Sombreros de Copa by Miguel Mihura and La Casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca.

Awards

He has won numerous awards including: the Ondas Award for Best Leading Actor in TV; Fotogramas de Plata for Best Actor; Actors Union Award for Best Leading Actor for La Casa de Papel (Money Heist); Platinum Award for Best Actor in a Series; Platinum Audience Award for Best Actor; TV Iris Award for Best Actor; Esquire’s Man of the Year Award; GQ’s Inconquistables Award for Vanguard; Almeria Film Festival Award and many more.

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