Sergio Peris-Mencheta
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7 April 1975
- Actor
- stage director
Sergio Peris-Mencheta | |
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 Peris-Mencheta in 2018 | |
| Born | Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio 7 April 1975 Madrid, Spain |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse |
Marta Solaz (m. 2017) |
| Children | 2 |
Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio (born 7 April 1975), better known as Sergio Peris-Mencheta, is a Spanish actor, and theatre director.[1]
Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio was born on 7 April 1975 in Madrid,[2][3][4] son to a Spanish father and a Moscow-born mother, daughter of Spanish exiles.[5] A rugby union player for the team of the Lycée Français,[6] he also was part of international teams that won several championships, and was captain of his youth team. After finishing secondary school, he enrolled at the Charles III University of Madrid,[7] but while participating in the university theater group directed by Inés París he discovered a desire to become an actor.
Career
In 1998, Peris-Mencheta landed a role in teen drama television series Al salir de clase, which earned him popularity.[8] He played Dani Daroca, one of the students of the Siete Robles school.[9]
He made his feature film debut in Jara (1999), in which he starred alongside the also debuting Olivia Molina and seasoned actress Ángela Molina.[10][11] He portrayed Tato, a man who finds a mysterious and beautiful woman (Jara) living alone in the forest since she was a child, starting a murky relationship.[12]
In 2017 he made his American television debut in Snowfall, in which he played a former Mexican luchador employed by a drug cartel in 1980s Los Angeles. The series ran for 6 seasons, from 2017-2023. [13]
Personal life
In 2017, he married actress Marta Solaz, with whom he has 2 children.[14] In January 2024, Peris-Mencheta announced that he was suffering from an unspecified type of cancer, which was later disclosed to be chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML).[15]
