Roberto Álamo
Spanish actor
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Roberto Martínez Felipe (born 1 January 1970), better known as Roberto Álamo, is a Spanish actor who has appeared in more than fifty films since 1996. Álamo won the Goya Award for Best Actor for his performance as Javier Alfaro in May God Save Us (2016).[1]
Life and career
Roberto Martínez Felipe was born in Madrid in 1970.[2][3] He developed an interest in cinema at a young age after watching Jack Lemmon in Days of Wine and Roses.[2] He trained at the Cristina Rota acting school and was a member of theatre company Animalario.[3] He made his feature film debut in The Ugliest Woman in the World (1999).[4]
The theatre play Urtain marked a turning point in his career.[5] Álamo starred from 2008 to 2010 in the aforementioned play as the Basque boxer José Manuel Urtain,[6] winning a Max Award for Best Actor for his performance.[2]
His portrayal of Alfaro, a violent police inspector under the spotlight of their superiors and colleagues chasing a rapist and murderer of elderly women, in Rodrigo Sorogoyen's thriller film May God Save Us (2016) won him the Goya Award for Best Actor.[7][8][9]
Selected filmography
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Días de fútbol (Football Days) | Ramon | |
| 2009 | Gordos (Fat People) | párroco | |
| 2011 | De tu ventana a la mía (Chrysalis) | Paco | |
| 2011 | La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In) | Zeca | |
| 2013 | La gran familia española (Family United) | Benjamin | |
| 2016 | Que Dios nos perdone (May God Save Us) | Javier Alfaro | [10] |
| 2017 | La niebla y la doncella (The Mist and the Maiden) | Teniente Navas | [11] |
| Zona hostil (Rescue Under Fire) | Capitán Torres | [12] | |
| Es por tu bien (It's for Your Own Good) | Poli | [13] | |
2018 |
Alegría tristeza (Happy Sad) | Marcos | |
2023 | El fantástico caso del Golem (The Fantastic Golem Affairs) | Antonio | |
2024 |
Rita | José Manuel | |
| Odio el verano (I Hate Summer) | Alonso | ||
2025 | Cuatro paredes | Arturo | |
| El cautivo (The Captive) | Abderramán | ||
| TBA | Hora y veinte † |
Television
| Year | Series | Network | Character | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Éste es mi barrio | Antena 3 | 1 episode | ||
| 1998 | La casa de los líos | Antena 3 | 1 episode | ||
| 2005 | Maneras de sobrevivir | Telecinco | Josete | 13 episode | |
| 2007 | Génesis: En la mente del asesino | Cuatro | Director documental | 1 episode | |
| Los Serrano | Telecinco | Arturo | 1 episode | ||
| La familia Mata | Antena 3 | 1 episode | |||
| 2007 - 2008 | Los hombres de Paco | Antena 3 | Aliado Uriarte | 5 episode | |
| 2008 | Sin tetas no hay paraíso | Telecinco | 2 episode | ||
| Aída | Telecinco | Martillo | 1 episode | ||
| LEX | Antena 3 | 1 episode | |||
| 2009 | Hermanos y detectives | Telecinco | 1 episode | ||
| 2009 - 2013 | Águila roja | La 1 | Juan de Calatrava | 44 episode | |
| 2011 | Estudio 1 | La 1 | Urtain | 1 episode | |
| 2013 | Luna, el misterio de Calenda | Antena 3 | Diego Mendoza | 7 episode | |
| 2014 | Bienvenidos al Lolita | Antena 3 | Cúper | 8 episode | |
| Hermanos | Telecinco | Xabi | 4 episode | ||
| 2015 | Bajo sospecha | Antena 3 | Federico Sanz | 3 episode | |
| 2017 - 2019 | Estoy vivo | La 1 | Andrés Vargas Soto | 8 episode | |
| 2018 | Fugitiva | La 1 | José K. | 8 episode | |
| El Continental | La 1 | Juan León de Baena | 10 episode | ||
| 2020 | Caronte | Prime Video / Telecinco | Samuel Caronte | 13 episode | |
| Antidisturbios | #0 | José Antonio Úbeda | 6 episode | ||
| 2020 | Porvenir | #0 | Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas | 4 episode | |
| 2021 | La reina del pueblo | Atresplayer | Diego | 6 episode | |
| 2022 | Historias para no dormir | Prime Video | Claudio | 1 episode | |
| 2024 | Asalto al Banco Central (Bank Under Siege) | Emilio Alonso Manglano | |||
2025 |
Innato (Innate) | Aitor |
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 |
1st Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | Family United | Nominated | |
| 28th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |||
| 23rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Won | |||
2017 |
4th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Film | May God Save Us | Won | |
| 31st Goya Awards | Best Actor | Won | |||
2022 |
9th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Film | Josephine | Nominated |