Hugo Silva (actor)

Rafael Hugo Fernández Silva was born in Madrid on 10 May 1977.^[2] He was raised in the district of San Blas.^[3] He began working as an electrician but, with his mother's encouragement, soon decided to try to be an actor. He began training in the RESAD (Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico, Spain's oldest school of theater), while continuing with his vocal and guitar studies. He also joined a band called INORDEM.

In the late 1990s, he had the opportunity to participate in the Spanish television program Crónicas marcianas, helping him obtain some recognition. He was then given a leading role hit television series Al salir de clase, based on the lives of Spanish high school students.

Silva made his feature film debut in Miserable Life (2000).^[4]

In 2005, after having played a role in the unsuccessful Paco y Veva, Hugo Silva was cast as Lucas Fernández in on Los Hombres de Paco, a show that averages nearly 4 million viewers per episode.^[5] In 2007 played the protagonist Mateo of critically acclaimed El Hombre de Arena.

In 2016 he joined the cast of El ministerio del tiempo.

In April 2025, he wrapped shooting the satire A Sucker's Born Every Minute directed by Arantxa Echevarría, portraying the protagonist, a man at a low ebb after a past popularity as a talent show celebrity.^[6] He described the character as "a very childlike and positive guy, and he always sees the bright side of life".^[6]

• Hibrit (1993)
• Les liaisons dangereuses (1995)
• Toni in Atraco a las tres (2001–2002)
• Claudio in Hamlet (2009)