Álvaro Morte facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Álvaro Morte
Morte at the 34th Goya Awards in 2020
Born	Álvaro Antonio García Pérez (1975-02-23) 23 February 1975 (age 49) Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present

Álvaro Antonio García Pérez (born 23 February 1975), known professionally as Álvaro Morte, is a Spanish actor. He gained worldwide recognition for playing the role of 'The Professor' in the television series Money Heist.

Early life

Álvaro Antonio García Pérez was born on 23 February 1975 in Algeciras, province of Cádiz, soon relocating to Bujalance, province of Córdoba, with his family.

Originally enrolled into a degree of communications engineering, he switched to dramatic art, graduating from the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Córdoba in 1999. He also took post-graduate studies at the University of Tampere. After his time in Finland, he settled in Madrid. At the age of 33, he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour in the left thigh, which he ultimately overcame.

Career

Morte with Oriol Paulo at the 2018 Sitges Film Festival

Morte began his acting career when he played a minor role in the Spanish television series Hospital Central. He landed his first main role in a TV series in Planta 25, aired on a number of Spanish regional TV broadcasters and in which he played Ray—a driver—from 2007 to 2008. He then played Adolfo Castillo in the Spanish television series Bandolera, Gabriel Areta in the soap opera Amar en tiempos revueltos.

Morte performed a minor role in Lola, la película (2007), a biopic film about the folkloric singer Lola Flores in which he briefly portrayed a bullfighter, lover of the protagonist.

In addition to his acting work, Morte owns a theatre company called 300 pistolas (English: 300 pistols), founded in 2012.

Morte joined the cast of the long-running telenovela El secreto de Puente Viejo in 2014, portraying Lucas Moliner—a small-town physician—until 2017.

Following his exit from Puente Viejo, Morte played the role of Sergio "el Profesor" Marquina in the television series La Casa de Papel. The first season aired on Antena 3 in 2017. He was heavily praised for his portrayal of the character—the meticulous criminal mastermind behind the heist plot central to the series—and has gained, along with the television series, worldwide fame. In late 2017, Netflix acquired the series and distributed it worldwide on its platform. Part two of the final season were released in December 2021.

He landed his first main role in a feature film in the Netflix film Mirage (2018).

Morte starred in the 2019 Movistar+ television series El embarcadero, playing Óscar, a man who has lived a double life by living with two different women separatedly. In December 2019, Morte was announced to have joined the cast of the Amazon television series The Wheel of Time, an adaption of the epic fantasy novels of the same name, set to portray Logain.

In April 2021, he was announced to have been cast as Juan Sebastián Elcano in the miniseries Sin límites.

Filmography

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Films

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Hospital Central	Buzo/Bombero	Episodes: "El soldadito de plomo", credited as Álvaro A. García, "El vuelo de la suerte", credited as Álvaro Antonio García
2002	Policías, en el corazón de la calle	N/A	3 episodes, credited as Álvaro Antonio García
2007–08	Planta 25	Ray	Main role; 64 episodes, credited as Álvaro Antonio García
2008	Aída	Jefe Gasolinera	Episode: "Lleno, por favor", credited as Álvaro Antonio
2009	¡A ver si llego!	Pablo	6 episodes
2009–10	Cuéntame cómo pasó	Toño	4 episodes
2010	Las chicas de oro	N/A	Episode: "Un lecho de rosas"
2012	Isabel	Soldado de Girón	Episode: "La negociación", credited as Alvaro Morte
2012	La memoria del agua	N/A	Miniseries; Episodes: "Episode #1.1", "Episode #1.2"
2012–13	Bandolera	Adolfo Castillo	14 episodes
2014	Bienvenidos al Lolita	N/A	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2014	El Príncipe	N/A	Episode: "Haz lo que tengas que hacer"
2014	Víctor Ros	Donato Vergel	Episode: "El misterio de la Casa Aranda"
2014	Amar en tiempos revueltos	Gabriel Areta	Main role; 32 episodes
2014–17	El secreto de Puente Viejo	Lucas Moliner	Main role; 92 episodes
2017–21	La Casa de Papel	Sergio Marquina aka El Profesor	Main role; 41 episodes
2019–20	El embarcadero	Óscar	Main role
2020	El último show	Himself	1 episode
2020	The Head	Ramón	Main role; 6 episodes
2021 - present	The Wheel of Time	Logain Ablar	Main role
2022	Sin límites (Boundless)	Juan Sebastián Elcano	Lead role
TBA	Historias para no dormir (Stories to Stay Awake)	TBA	Episode "La pesadilla"

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Álvaro Morte para niños