Mario Casas

Mario Casas
Mario Casas
	Mario Casas at the TVE show Lo siguiente in 2018
Born	Mario Casas Sierra; 12 June 1986; A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Education	Cristina Rota School of Dramatic Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present
Partner(s)	Amaia Salamanca (2008–2009); Maria Valverde (2009–2014); Berta Vázquez (2014–2016); Blanca Suárez (2018–2019)[1]
Relatives	Óscar Casas, Christian Casas, Sheila Casas, Daniel Casas

Mario Casas Sierra (born 12 June 1986) is a Spanish actor.

Early life

Casas has four siblings. Born in A Coruña, at age four, he left with his family to Barcelona. He moved to the Spanish capital of Madrid, on an adventure, which implied his whole family making the move with him, when he was 18 years old.[2]

His parents were very young when they had him. His mother, Heidi, was only 17 and his father, Ramon, 19. A year and a half later, they had his sister, Sheila. For Mario, his father is his role model, while his mother and the rest of his siblings are his confidants.[2]

His mother raised them, and his father worked as a carpenter. Because of his work, his father had no problem moving to another city, so they decided to accompany Mario when he left for Madrid and settled with him in the city.[2]

Mario has four siblings, forming what he defines a "Sicilian family", a family with many children established around a "matriarch". Mario is the eldest. He is followed by his sister Sheila, and two other brothers, Christian and Oscar. Finally, the youngest member of the family, Daniel, was born in 2014, who he almost considers as his "nephew" because of the enormous age difference.[2]

He gets along well with all of them, although he shares a special bond with his sister Sheila, as they grew up together. Mario, a loyal tattoo lover, has one dedicated to each of his parents and siblings, with the initials of each one.[2]

He remembers his childhood as wonderful, although he had a bit of a hard time because he was given a lot of stick for being short. He developed very late. At age 15, he still had the body of the child. Even so, he has always been a flirt, and had his first "girlfriend" at age four.[2]

As a child he liked everything: singing, dancing, ping-pong, football.... He says he liked trying things out, although he admits that he would get bored easily. His professional career began advertising. He appeared in commercials for Cola Cao, Telepizza, Scalextric...[2] He eventually decided to become an actor after he enrolled at the Cristina Rota School of Dramatic Arts

He also keeps in touch with lifelong friends from school. Those who have been by his side since he moved to Barcelona. In his own words, they are the ones who keep you on track if you derail, true friends which are hard to find.[2]

Acting career

Casas in 2017

2005–2010

Casas began appearing in soap operas from 2005 at age 19, before earning minor roles in several Spanish films.[3] Mario Casas began his acting career with episode appearances in television series Obsesión (English: Obsession), Motivos personales (Personal Motives) and Mujeres (Women). He came to domestic media attention with his film debut in the 2006 film El camino de los ingleses (Summer Rain), directed by Antonio Banderas.

That same year he joined the cast of LaSexta series SMS. Casas then reached international audience as Aitor Carrasco in the Antena 3 series Los hombres de Paco (Paco's Men), which he starred from 2007 to 2010.

In 2009, Casas appeared in two hit films, Fuga de cerebros (Brain Drain) opposite Amaia Salamanca, and Mentiras y Gordas (Sex, Party and Lies) with his bestfriend Yon González,[4] Ana Maria Polvorosa, Ana de Armas and Hugo Silva. Both managed to lead the box office over the weekend of its release. In 2010, Casas starred in Carne de neon (Neon Meat) directed by Paco Cabezas. Later that year in December 2010, he starred in Tres metros sobre el cielo (Three Steps Above Heaven) opposite María Valverde. It was eventually the highest-grossing Spanish film of the year. A sequel Tengo ganas de ti (I Want You), which stars Casas, Valverde and Clara Lago, premiered in 2012.[5] He also appeared in Miedo (2010), directed by Jaume Balagueró.[6]

2011–present

Since 2011, Casas has starred the Antena 3 series El barco (The Boat), he also starred in Tengo ganas de ti (I Want You), premiered in 2012.

During the late 2013 and early 2014, he went to Colombia and Chile for his second film project in English called Los 33 (The 33) with Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche, a story based on the Chilean mining accident that occurred in 2010.[7] In 2015, Mario also starred in two other films: the new Álex de la Iglesia comedy film My Great Night, and also in the romantic drama film Palmeras en la Nieve (Palm Trees in the Snow), where he reunited with the director of the films Tres metros sobre el cielo (Three Steps Above Heaven) and Tengo ganas de ti (I Want You), Fernando Gonzalez Molina.[8]

Casas latest role is El fotógrafo de Mauthausen (2018), which tells the story of Francisco Boix, a Spanish Republican photographer who was sent to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex during World War II.[9] Casas lost around 12 kilograms (26 pounds) to play Boix during his imprisonment.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director
2020	Hogar	Tomás	David Pastor, Àlex Pastor
2018	El fotógrafo de Mauthausen	Francisco Boix	Mar Targarona
2018	Bajo La Piel de Lobo	Martinón	Samu Fuentes
2017	The Bar	Nacho
2016	Contratiempo	Adrián Doria
2016	Toro	Toro	Kike Maíllo
2015	Palmeras en la nieve (Palm Trees in the Snow)	Killian	Fernando González Molina
2015	Mi gran noche (My Great Night)	Adanne	Álex de la Iglesia
2015	Los 33 (The 33)	Alex Vega	Patricia Riggen
2015	Eden	Felix	Shyam Madiraju
2013	La mula (Mule)	Castro	Michael Radford
2013	Ismael (Ismael)	Félix	Marcelo Piñeyro
2013	Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (The Witches of Zugarramurdi)	Antonio "Tony"	Álex de la Iglesia
2012	Tengo ganas de ti (I Want You)	Hugo (H)	Fernando González Molina
2012	Grupo 7 (Unit 7)	Ángel Lares Pacheco	Alberto Rodríguez
2010	Carne de neon (Neon Meat)	Ricky	Paco Cabezas
2010	Tres metros sobre el cielo (Three Steps Above Heaven)	Hugo (H) Olivera Castro	Fernando González Molina
2009	Mentiras y Gordas (Sex, Party and Lies)	Toni	Alfonso Albacete y David Menkes
2009	Fuga de cerebros (Brain Drain)	Emilio Carbajosa Benito	Fernando González Molina
2006	El camino de los ingleses (Summer Rain)	Moratalla	Antonio Banderas

Short film

Year	Title	Role	Director
2010	Dinero fácil (Easy Money)	Jaime	Carlos Montero
2010	La wikipeli 2: Miedo (Fear)	Sergio	Jaume Balagueró
2009	Paco (Paco)	Paco 4	Jorge Roelas
2007	Sintonia diario Pop (Sintonia Diario Pop)	Iván	Guillermo Mieza

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network
2019-	Instinto	Marco Mur Seco	Movistar+
2018	Paquita Salas	Himself ("Cameo")	Netflix
2011–13	El barco (The Boat)	Ulises Garmendia	Antena 3
2007–10	Los hombres de Paco (Paco's Men)	Aitor Carrasco	Antena 3
2006–07	SMS	Javier "Javi" Llorens	laSexta
2006	Mujeres (Women)	"Cameo"	La 2
2005–06	Obsesión	Nico	TVE
2005	Motivos personales	"Cameo"	Telecinco

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2012	Alicante Film Festival	Alicante Film Award	N/A	Nominated
2011	Association of Latin Entertainment Critics Awards	Best New Actor	Three Steps Above Heaven	Won
2009	EñE Film Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Sex, Lies and Parties	Won
2009	EP3 Awards	Best New Actor	Sex, Lies and Parties	Won
2010	Fotogramas de Plata Awards	Best Film Actor	Three Steps Above Heaven	Nominated
2011	Fotogramas de Plata Awards	Best Television Actor	The Boat	Nominated
2009	LesGaiCineMad Festival Awards	LesGaiCineMad Award for Acting	Sex, Lies and Parties	Won
2011	Micrófono de Oro Awards	Best Television Actor	Paco's Men The Boat	Won
2011	Móstoles International Short Film Festival Awards	Best Actor	Easy Money	Nominated
2010	Must! Awards	Best Male Performer	Paco's Men Sex, Lies and Parties	Nominated
2012	Neox Fan Awards	Best Film Actor	I Want You	Won
2009	New Talent of Spanish Cinema Awards	Best New Talent	Brain Drain Sex, Lies and Parties	Nominated
2009	Shanghai Awards	Best Film Actors	Sex, Lies and Parties	Nominated
2011	Villarreal International Short Film Festival	Best Actor	Easy Money	Won
2009	Zaragoza Film Festival	Best Young Talent	Brain Drain Sex, Lies and Parties	Won
2010	Zaragoza Film Festival	Best Young Talent	Three Steps Above Heaven	Won

References

"Blanca Suárez y Mario Casas ponen fin a su relación". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
"Las diez fotos de la infancia de Mario Casas". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
Woodman, Stephen (12 March 2018). "Meet Mario Casas, the Superstar Spanish Actor You Still Haven't Heard Of". Culture Trip. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
Redondo, David; Blázquez, Clara (18 June 2009). Sánchez, Álvaro (ed.). "Entrevista a Mario Casas, en exclusiva". Punto de Encuentro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
"Mario Casas, María Valverde y Clara Lago presentan 'Tengo ganas de ti'". Hola (in Spanish). 19 June 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
Maldivia, Beatriz (18 December 2010). "'Miedo', la wikipeli dirigida por Jaume Balagueró y miles de internautas". Blog de Cine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
"Antonio Banderas, Mario Casas y Juliette Binoche presentan 'Los 33' con los mineros de Atacama". Hola!. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
"Mario Casas protagoniza la adaptación del best seller «Palmeras en la nieve»". ABC (in Spanish). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
Antón, Jacinto (23 November 2017). "La vida del fotógrafo que sufrió el horror nazi se convierte en película". El País. Prisa. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
"Mario Casas protagoniza 'El fotógrafo de Mauthausen', participada por RTVE". RTVE (in Spanish). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

External links

Mario Casas on IMDb
Mario Casas on Twitter

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[1] "Blanca Suárez y Mario Casas ponen fin a su relación". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[:0-2] "Las diez fotos de la infancia de Mario Casas". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[3] Woodman, Stephen (12 March 2018). "Meet Mario Casas, the Superstar Spanish Actor You Still Haven't Heard Of". Culture Trip. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[4] Redondo, David; Blázquez, Clara (18 June 2009). Sánchez, Álvaro (ed.). "Entrevista a Mario Casas, en exclusiva". Punto de Encuentro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[5] "Mario Casas, María Valverde y Clara Lago presentan 'Tengo ganas de ti'". Hola (in Spanish). 19 June 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[6] Maldivia, Beatriz (18 December 2010). "'Miedo', la wikipeli dirigida por Jaume Balagueró y miles de internautas". Blog de Cine (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[7] "Antonio Banderas, Mario Casas y Juliette Binoche presentan 'Los 33' con los mineros de Atacama". Hola!. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[8] "Mario Casas protagoniza la adaptación del best seller «Palmeras en la nieve»". ABC (in Spanish). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[9] Antón, Jacinto (23 November 2017). "La vida del fotógrafo que sufrió el horror nazi se convierte en película". El País. Prisa. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

[10] "Mario Casas protagoniza 'El fotógrafo de Mauthausen', participada por RTVE". RTVE (in Spanish). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.