José Manuel Poga

José Manuel Rivera "Poga" was born in Jerez de la Frontera on 10 May 1979.^[2][3][4] He made his television acting debut in 2007 as an extra in comedy television series La que se avecina.^[5][6] His performance in Orange Honey (2012) earned him a Best Actor nomination at the 2013 Andalusian Film Critics' Awards ASECAN.^[7][8]

He gained notoriety for his work in action thriller television series Money Heist, playing villainous César Gandía, the hateful, racist, homophobic, and violent chief security officer of the Bank of Spain.^[9][1][10]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2012	Miel de naranjas (Orange Honey)	Leopoldo		[11]
2013	Grupo 7 (Unit 7)	Mateo		[12]
2014	321 días en Míchigan (321 Days in Michigan)	El Rubio		[13]
2014	El Niño	Mario		[14]
2015	Palmeras en la nieve (Palm Trees in the Snow)			[5]
2015	La luz con el tiempo dentro	Rafael Alberti		[14]
2016	Toro	Ginés		[15]
2017	Oro (Gold)			[2]
2018	La sombra de la ley (Gun City)			[16]
2019	Taxi a Gibraltar (Taxi to Gibraltar)	Manchester		[2]
2019	La trinchera infinita (The Endless Trench)	Rodrigo		[17]
2022	La fortaleza (The Fortress)	Jorge		[18]
2023	Infiesto	El Demonio		[14]
2024	El correo (The Courier)	Javier Ocaña		[19]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2015	Aquí Paz y después Gloria	Roque		[5]
2016	Bajo sospecha	Marcos Lara	Introduced in season 2	[5][20]
2016	Víctor Ros	El Estepeño		[5]
2018	Fugitiva	Tobías		[5]
2018	Gigantes	Alfonso		[2]
2017	El ministerio del tiempo	William Martín		[5][21]
2019–21	La casa de papel (Money Heist)	César Gandía	Introduced in part 3. Main antagonist in part 4	[17]
2021	Grasa	El Fati	Introduced in season 2	[22]
2021	Sky Rojo	Fermín		[23]
2023	Tú también lo harías	Dante Bazán		[24]
	El cuerpo en llamas (Burning Body)	Pedro		[25]

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