Nacho Sánchez (actor)

Nacho Sánchez was born in Ávila in 1992.^[1] He made his baby steps on stage in the IES Isabel de Castilla's theatre group 'Criatura'.^[2] He was discovered by Pablo Messiez, who gave Sánchez a role in the play La piedra oscura [fr],^[3] where Sánchez starred alongside Daniel Grao as a young soldier named Sebastián.^[4] Sánchez' performance in the play earned him the Actors and Actresses Union Award for Best New Actor.^[3] He has since starred in different plays in the Teatro Español, including the monologue Ivan and the Dogs portraying Ivan Mishukov.^[5][6] His performance in the former play earned him the Max Award for Best Leading Actor, thereby reportedly becoming the youngest recipient ever in the history of the award category.^[5] Also in the Teatro Español, he starred alongside Emma Vilarasau in the staging of El sueño de la vida, an unfinished work by García Lorca.^[7][8] For his television debut in 2016, Sánchez appeared in a minor role as Rafael Ríos in two episodes of season two of El ministerio del tiempo ("Tiempo de valientes").^[9]

Sánchez made his feature film debut in Daniel Sánchez Arévalo's film Seventeen.^[10] He starred alongside Biel Montoro and portrayed Ismael, the elder brother of Montoro's Héctor, whom with the character embarks on road trip across the Cantabrian coast.^[11] His performance clinched him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor.^[12] He then featured alongside Macarena García and Ingrid García-Jonsson in the 2020 film The Art of Return, directed by Pedro Collantes.^[13][14] He also featured in The Sea Beyond.^[15] He starred alongside Jorge Perugorría in the Filmin streaming series Doctor Portuondo, released in 2021, portraying the role of Carlo Padial, the creator of the series.^[16][17] Also in 2021,^[15] he landed a starring role in Carlos Vermut's Manticore, portraying Julián,^[18] a video game designer tortured by a grim secret.^[19]