Mario Casas | |
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| Born | Mario Casas Sierra (1986-06-12)12 June 1986 (age 38) 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 inSpanish cinema andtelevision, he has received various accolades including aGoya Award, aGaudí Award, and threeFeroz Awards.
In 2006, after featuring in minor credits inMotivos personales andObsesión, Casas landed his first television main role in the teen dramaSMS: Sin Miedo a Soñar and also debuted in the big screen inSummer Rain.[1] Casas acquired a larger clout owing to his appearance in the television seriesLos hombres de Paco, as part of a popular love triangle together withHugo Silva andMichelle Jenner.[1] His early film career, featuring in box-office darlings such asSex, Party and Lies (2009),Brain Drain (2009), andThree Steps Above Heaven (2010), consolidated after his performance asbad boy Hache in the latter title, which earned him wide popularity in Spain.[1][2][3] He also starred in television seriesEl barco (2011−13).[1]
He went on to feature in starring roles in films such asUnit 7 (2012),I Want You (2012; the sequel toThree 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), andThe Paramedic (2020).
He also appeared in English-language international projectsEden andThe 33.[4][5]
Casas' leading performance inCross the Line (2020) earned him his firstGoya Award for Best Actor. He made his debut as a director withCaged Wings (2023).
Casas was born inA Coruña to a 19-year-old father (anébéniste) and a 17-year-old mother.[6] He moved toBarcelona at the age of 4.[6][7] After featuring as a child actor in some commercials (Cola Cao,Scalextric,Telepizza), he moved toMadrid at age 17−18 with his family, going on to combine odd jobs with acting training at theCristina Rota acting school.[8][6]
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 seriesObsesión (English:Obsession),Motivos personales (Personal Motives) andMujeres (Women). He came to domestic media attention with his film debut in the 2006 filmEl camino de los ingleses (Summer Rain), directed byAntonio Banderas.
That same year he joined the cast ofLaSexta seriesSMS. Casas then reached international audience as Aitor Carrasco in theAntena 3 seriesLos hombres de Paco (Paco's Men), which he starred from 2007 to 2010.
In 2009, Casas appeared in two hit films,Fuga de cerebros (Brain Drain) oppositeAmaia Salamanca, andMentiras y Gordas (Sex, Party and Lies) with his best friendYon González,[10]Ana Maria Polvorosa,Ana de Armas andHugo Silva. Both managed to lead the box office over the weekend of its release. In 2010, Casas starred inCarne de neón (Neon Flesh) directed byPaco Cabezas. Later that year in December 2010, he starred inTres metros sobre el cielo (Three Steps Above Heaven) oppositeMaría Valverde. It was eventually the highest-grossing Spanish film of the year. A sequelTengo ganas de ti (I Want You), which stars Casas, Valverde andClara Lago, premiered in 2012.[11] He also appeared inMiedo (2010), directed byJaume Balagueró.[12]
Since 2011, Casas has starred the Antena 3 seriesEl barco (The Boat), he also starred inTengo ganas de ti (I Want You), premiered in 2012.
During the late 2013 and early 2014, he went to Colombia and Chile for his second film project in English calledLos 33 (The 33) withAntonio Banderas andJuliette Binoche, a story based on theChilean mining accident that occurred in 2010.[13] In 2015, Mario also starred in two other films: the newÁlex de la Iglesia comedy filmMy Great Night, and also in the romantic drama filmPalm Trees in the Snow, where he reunited with the director of the filmsThree Meters Above The Sky andI Want You,Fernando Gonzalez Molina.[14] In 2016, he performed inOriol Paulo's mystery thriller filmThe Invisible Guest which became a commercial success, although the film had opened to mixed critical responses. The film grossed US$3.9 million in Spain and CN¥172.4 million in China.In 2018, Casas starred inThe Photographer of Mauthausen which tells the story ofFrancisco Boix, a Spanish Republican photographer who was sent to theMauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex duringWorld War II.[15] Casas lost around 12 kilograms (26 pounds) to play Boix during his imprisonment.[16]
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]
Mario Casas is the older sibling of actorÓscar 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 includingErika Sanz [es],Amaia Salamanca,María Valverde,Berta Vázquez,Blanca Suárez, andDéborah François.[19]
| † | Denotes film or TV productions 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 inThree 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 | Mi soledad tiene alas (Caged Wings) | — | Director and writer | |
| Bird Box Barcelona | Sebastián | [39] | ||
2024 | Escape | N. | ||
2025 | El secreto del orfebre (The Goldsmith's Secret) | Juan Pablo | ||
| Molt lluny (Away) | Sergio | |||
TBA | Zeta† |
| 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 ofObsesión | [44] | |
| 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[45] | Miniseries; 8 episodes |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14thLesGaiCineMad Festival | LesGai Performance Award | Sex, Party and Lies | Won | [46][47] |
| 2011 | 61stFotogramas de Plata | Best Film Actor | Three Steps Above Heaven | Nominated | [48] |
| Latin ACE Awards | Best New Actor | Won | [49] | ||
| 2012 | 62ndFotogramas de Plata | Best Television Actor | El Barco | Nominated | [50] |
| 1st Neox Fan Awards | Best Actor in Spanish Cinema | I Want You | Won | [51] | |
| 2014 | 1st Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Witching & Bitching | Won | [52] |
| Best Actor | The Mule | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | 3rd Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor | My Big Night | Won | [53] |
| 2021 | 26th Forqué Awards | Best Actor | Cross the Line | Nominated | [54] |
| 8th Feroz Awards | Best Actor in a Film | Won | [55] | ||
| 35th Goya Awards | Best Actor | Won | [56] | ||
| 13th Gaudí Awards | Best Actor | Won | [57] | ||
2024 | 30th Forqué Awards | Best Actor in a Film | Escape | Nominated | |
2025 | 28th Málaga Film Festival | Silver Biznaga for Best Actor | Away | Won |
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