Jaime Lorente

Born on 12 December 1991,^[2] Jaime Lorente López studied Dramatic Art at the Superior School of Dramatic Art of Murcia (ESAD Murcia) and earned a master's degree in advanced studies from the UNIR in Logroño.^[3]

Lorente performed in the theatre production Equus, for which he won the Best Actor Award in the first edition of the María Jesús Sirvent Awards. He has also acted in theatre productions such as El público, La vengadora de las mujeres, El secreto a voces and De fuera vendrá.^[4]

In 2016, Lorente began acting in the Antena 3 series El secreto de Puente Viejo as Elías Mato. In 2017, he portrayed "Denver" in the hit TV series, Money Heist, for which he was nominated for the "Best Supporting Actor on Television" award by the Spanish Actors Union. In 2018, he portrayed "Nano" in the Netflix Original Series Élite.^[5] In 2020 and 2021, Lorente portrayed Castilian knight and warlord Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid" in the historical Amazon Prime Video series El Cid.^[6]

In addition to acting, Lorente has published a book titled A propósito de tu boca, a collection of poems that he started writing in high school.^[7] He has also made forays into music, releasing his first EP (La noche) in 2022.^[8][9]

In August 2025, it was reported that Lorente was preparing his directorial debut picture, The Bad Son, set to begin filming later in the year.^[1]