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Martiño Rivas was born on 10 January 1985 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor, known for The Boarding School (2007), Cable Girls (2017) and Los girasoles ciegos (2008).

Personal life

Mario Casas, has 4 siblings. Born in La Coruña, although very young, at just 4 years old, he left with his family to Barcelona. Later, at the age of 18, he emigrated to the Spanish capital in an adventure in which he took his whole family with him.

His parents were very young when they had him; his mother, Heidi, was only 17 and his father, Ramon, 19. Only a year and a half later they had their sister, so they were very young and had two children. For Mario, his father is his "reference", while his mother, like his brothers, are his "confidants".

His mother has been raising her children, while his father is a cabinetmaker, but has also done construction and renovation work. Because of this work, his father had no problems moving to another city, so they decided to accompany Mario when he left for Madrid and settled with him in the city.

Mario has four other brothers and sisters, forming what he defines as "a Sicilian family", a family with many children established around a "matriarch". Mario, is the oldest of them all. He is followed by his sister Sheila, and two other brothers, named Christian and Oscar. Finally, the youngest member of the family, Daniel, who was born in 2014, and whom he considers almost as his "nephew" because of the enormous age difference.

He gets along well with all of them, although especially with his sister Sheila, as they have grown up together. Mario, a loyal tattoo lover, has one dedicated to each of his parents and siblings, with the initials of each one.

He remembers his childhood as "wonderful", although he had a bit of a hard time because he was given "a lot of cane" for being short, even the girls. He developed very late, until he was 15 years old, he continued to have the body of a child. Even so, he has always been a flirt, and had his first "girlfriend" at the age of 4.

As a child he liked everything: singing, dancing, ping-pong, football.... He says he liked to try everything, although he admits that he got tired fast. His professional career began as an "advertisement child", as he was involved in advertising as a child. He advertised Cola Cao, Telepizza, Scalextric... He eventually decided to become an actor after he had enrolled the Cristina Rota School of Dramatic Arts

He also keeps "lifelong" friends from school. They are the ones he made when he arrived in Barcelona and have always been with him. In his words, true friends who you can count on the fingers of one hand.

Over the years he dated a few fellow actresses he starred with in movies such as María Valverde and Berta Vázques. Since 2018, he is in a relationship with famous Spanish actress Blanca Suarez he played with in movies/tv shows such as: Carne de Neon (2010), El Barco (2011-2013), Mi Gran Noche (2015), and El Bar (2017).

Luis Zahera was born on 23 May 1966 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Cell 211 (2009), The Beasts (2022) and The Candidate (2018).

Fernando Rey, the great Spanish movie actor primarily known in the United States for his role as "Frog One" in The French Connection (1971) and its sequel, was born Fernando Casado D'Arambillet on September 20 1917, in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, the son of Colonel Casado Veiga. Originally, the young Fernando intended to become an architect. However, when the Spanish Civil War erupted in 1936, his architectural studies were interrupted, and he gained employment as a movie extra. He took the stage name "Fernando Rey" at the beginning of his career, equivalent, in English, to "Fernando King". Eight years after his movie debut, he was cast in his first major speaking role, as the Duke de Alba in José López Rubio's 1944 movie "Eugenia de Montijo".

Rey enjoyed a long and prosperous career as an actor in movies, the theater, radio, and television. He also was a major voice-over artist in Spain, narrating films and dubbing the voices of actors in foreign films. Rey's most fruitful collaboration was with the great director Luis Buñuel, which began during the 1960s and continued thought the 1970s. The films that Rey appeared in for Buñuel' made him an international star, the first produced by the Spanish cinema. By the early 1970s, Rey's career reached its high point, with his co-starring role in "The French Connection" (Best Picture Oscar Winner for 1971) and his starring role in Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) ("The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie", Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner for 1972). Rey followed up these successes by appearing in The French Connection (1971) in 1974, and Buñuel's tandem That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) ("That Obscure Object of Desire"), an art-house hit that was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Ironically, in the film, Rey's voice was dubbed into French by Michel Piccoli. That same year, he won the Best Actor prize at Cannes for Carlos Saura' Elisa, My Life (1977).

Many honors came to Rey in the twilight of his career, during the 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded at San Sebastián and Cannes, and was presented with the gold medal of the Spanish Art and Movie Sciences Academy. He became the president of that Academy from 1992 till his death from cancer two years later.

Tamar Novas was born on 3 October 1986 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and editor, known for Broken Embraces (2009), Nowhere (2023) and The Sea Inside (2004).

Paula Gallego was born on 5 February 2004 in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is an actress, known for The Passenger (2021), 893 kilómetros (2025) and Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001).

Nancho Novo was born on 17 September 1958 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and director, known for La Celestina (1996), Give Me Something (1997) and The Red Squirrel (1993).

Casas was originally a soccer player and stayed for three years with the Spanish "Atlético Madrid" team. Due to injuries suffered he quit playing soccer and entered the acting profession in 1943, though by the time he retired from soccer he already had three acting credits, ranging from 1941 to 1943. Between the start of his acting career and his death he has 170 appearances in film and TV to his credit.

Nerea Barros Noya is a Spanish actress and producer hailing from Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. She began her career in the arts while working as a nurse at the Hospital Clínico de Santiago de Compostela, balancing her medical profession with small roles in film and theater. Barros made her film debut at sixteen in the 1997 Galician film A nena, directed by Xavier Bermúdez, with whom she collaborated again in Rafael (2008). Her early television work includes a significant role in the Galician series Matalobos (2009-2010), but she gained broader recognition in 2013 through her participation in the Antena 3 adaptation of María Dueñas's novel, El tiempo entre costuras.

Barros's breakthrough came with her portrayal of Rocío in the critically acclaimed film La isla mínima (2014), for which she received the Goya Award for Best New Actress, affirming her prominence in Spanish cinema. She continued to build her filmography with notable roles in La isla de las mentiras (2020), a drama about heroines who saved shipwreck survivors off the Galician coast, and the television series La novia gitana (2022-2023), adapted from Carmen Mola's novel, earning a Feroz Award nomination for Best Lead Actress.

Expanding her creative scope, Barros debuted as a director, writer, and producer with the short documentary Memoria (2022), which garnered a Goya nomination for Best Documentary Short. Throughout her career, she has been recognized for her nuanced performances and contribution to Spanish audiovisual culture, balancing artistic endeavors with a commitment to social themes. Barros remains an influential figure in contemporary Spanish entertainment, known for her versatility and dedication to storytelling across multiple formats.

Sabela Arán was born in 1987 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is an actress, known for A esmorga (2014), Vilamor (2012) and Santo (2022).

Gema R. Neira was born in 1982 in Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is a writer and producer, known for High Seas (2019), The Asunta Case (2024) and Nacho (2023).

He was born in 1918, although there isn't a consensus as some books date his birth in 1925. He was one of the main directors of the Spanish horror boom in the 70s, specially for his quartet of films about the living dead templars which started with Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972).

She started her model career when she was 18 years old. In 2012 she got the «Best Model» L'Oreal Award during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid. She has worked with photographers such as Juergen Teller, Jamie Haweskworth, Nico Bustos or Gorka Postigo.

In 2015 she gets her first role in a movie with Alberto Rodríguez in "El hombre de las mil caras" and "Plan de Fuga" directed by Iñaki Dorronsoro. A year later she does "Si tu voyais son coeur" directed by Joan Chemla, along si Gael García bernal and Marine Vatch and "No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas" directed by Maria Ripoll.

In 2017 she starts filming the new TV Series by Jorge Sánchez Cabezudo and Alberto Sánchez Cabezudo that will be released on the 27th of October this year.

Xosé A. Touriñán is a Spanish actor, presenter, producer and director.

His beginnings in the world of acting go back to 2002 with "Os dous de sempre", a comic duo that he formed with Marcos Pereiro. In 2005 he began his career on Televisión de Galicia, where he achieved great public success thanks to "Cantareiras de Ardebullo" in the program "Luar". Touriñán became one of the most recognized comedians in Galicia, acting in series and programs such as "Padre Casares" (2008), "Air Galicia" (2009), "Land Rober" (2009-2017) and "Era visto!" (2011). In Spain, he stands out as an actor in the tv series "Fariña" (2018), "Little coincidences" (2018), "Justo antes de Cristo" (2019), "Antes de perder" (2019) or "El desorden que dejas" (2020 ) and in the film "Cuñados" (2021).

In theater, he has represented successful monologues such as "Manolo Lojo", "Monólogo do imbécil", "Curtis & Teixeiro", "Agora en serio" or "Aquí Tou!" and plays such as "Amigos ata a morte" or "Unha noite na praia". He has recently achieved great success with "Somos criminais" (2018 - 2023) and in the theater shows "Fariña" (2019) and "Recortes, caneos e outras formas de driblar" (2022). As a television presenter, he worked on "Botarse ao monte" (2009), "Tourilandia" (2012-2013) and "Rutas Bizarras" (2021).

In 2022 he debut in cinema with the short film "Nena".

María Pujalte was born on 22 December 1966 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Periodistas (1998), Los misterios de Laura (2009) and En la ciudad (2003).

María Casares was born on 21 November 1922 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Children of Paradise (1945), Orpheus (1950) and The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945). She was married to André Schlesser. She died on 22 November 1996 in Alloue, Charente, France.

Manuel Torreiglesias was born in 1941 in Pontedeume, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Boa saúde (1991), Escuela de salud (1975) and Usted, por ejemplo (1982). He died on 19 May 2025 in Madrid, Spain.

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teoula Franco y Bahamonde was born on December 4, 1892, in Ferrol, Spain. He entered the Spanish Military Academy in 1907 and upon graduation three years later was commissioned as a lieutenant. His career path seemed assured after he was detailed to the colony of Spanish Morocco to fight against the Berber tribes and acquitted himself well. In 1916 he won the Battle of El Biutz, which stopped Berber attacks against Spanish outposts. In 1923 he was appointed commander of the Spanish Foreign Legion, and in 1926 at the age of 33 was named the army's youngest brigadier general.

Franco returned to Spain in 1927 to lead the National Military Academy. He was assigned to quell a miners' strike in the Masturias in 1934, and revealed himself to be a ruthless authoritarian by ordering the execution of over 2,000 miners and other workers who were "suspected" of being Marxists. Franco proved to be one of Spain's staunchest and most rabid anti-Communists, and as such was invited to take a leading role in a right-wing coup being planned by fellow officers to overthrow the government of the Republic of Spain, which had large numbers of Socialist and democratic members in its ruling circles. Franco accepted and, shortly after the revolt broke out on July 17, 1936, he was named commander of the nationalist forces with the title of "Generalísimo". Although he had hoped to seize control of the government quickly, the republican forces proved to be more formidable than Franco and his conspirators had counted on, and the struggle evolved into a full-scale civil war that lasted nearly three years. With much political, financial and material support from Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, both of whom sent tanks, arms and even combat troops to aid him, Franco emerged as the victor, capturing the capital of Madrid on March 28, 1939, which ended the Spanish Civil War. Named "el caudillo" (the leader), dictator for life, Generalísimo Franco proved to be an astute political leader as well as a masterful military commander. Although he owed a great debt to Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy for their aid, he managed to keep Spain officially neutral during World War II despite pressure from many senior political and military leaders in the government to enter the war on the side of the Axis Powers. Franco was initially keen to join the Axis, and wrote to Hitler offering to join the war on 19 June 1940. However by the end of the year he had decided to stay out of the conflict and let Spain recover from the terrible civil war that wrecked its economy and severely weakened its military. Nevertheless he provided considerable help to the Axis from 1940 to 1943. After the Axis Powers were defeated in 1945, Spain was isolated for many years before Franco tried allying himself with the west by pushing his anti-Communist "credentials". Spain was admitted into the United Nations in 1955 and was soon allied with the United States and other western powers. He served as supreme leader of Spain until his death on November 20, 1975, at the age of 82.

Isabel Naveira was born in 1975 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Matalobos (2009), Néboa (2020) and Infiesto (2023).

Ramón Campos was born in 1975 in Noia, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is a writer and producer, known for The Asunta Case (2024), Gran Hotel (2011) and High Seas (2019).

Ana Turpin was born on 9 January 1978 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. She is an actress, known for Uma (2018), All the Names of God (2023) and Love in Difficult Times (2005).

Alberto Vázquez was born on 13 October 1980 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015), Unicorn Wars (2022) and Birdboy (2011).

Fernando Morán was born in 1949 in A Coruña, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor, known for The Load (2017), Sea Beasts (2018) and The Beach of the Drowned (2015).

Fernando Cortizo was born in 1973 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for The Apostle (2012), Leo (2007) and El Camino De Terry (2016).

Spanish child actor who at this writing (2000) has proven himself in a big movie "La Lengua de las Mariposas" (1999) perhaps is the best Spanish child actor of his generation. Born in 1990, Manuel Lozano started his acting career like many other child actors, making some commercials. When he was still 9, Manuel was chosen to play Moncho with Fernando Fernan Gomez in the Spanish critically acclaimed La Lengua de las Mariposas. His performance in this movie won a Goya Award, a nomination for Young Artist Award. He also starred in another critically acclaimed movie, "Eres Mi Heroe", which won at the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival. With a Spanish mother and Italian father, Manuel Lozano has dual nationality and now lives in Galicia, Spain.