Miguel Ángel Silvestre

Miguel Ángel Silvestre Rambla (born 6 April 1982) is a Spanish actor.[1] He is best known for playing the roles of Alberto Márquez in Velvet, as well as Lito Rodríguez and Franklin Jurado in the Netflix original series Sense8 and Narcos respectively, and El Duque in the Spanish television show Sin tetas no hay paraíso.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Silvestre and the second or maternal family name is Rambla.
Miguel Ángel Silvestre
Silvestre in 2018
Born
Miguel Ángel Silvestre Rambla

(1982-04-06) 6 April 1982
Castelló de la Plana, Valencian Community, Spain
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Partner(s)
Websitehttps://miguelangelsilvestre.org/

Early life

Silvestre was born in Castellón de la Plana. He planned on becoming a professional tennis player before suffering an injury in a Hungarian tournament. He later decided to study physiotherapy until his aunt introduced him to the world of theatre.[2]

He studied drama, physical theatre, modern dance and acrobatics before winning the Mister Castelló 2002 pageant.

Career

Silvestre stars in the Pedro Almodóvar film I'm So Excited (Spanish: Los amantes pasajeros) and in the Spanish horror thriller Verbo.[3] He also starred in the Spanish series Velvet as Alberto Marquez.

In 2015, the high-profile English-language Netflix drama Sense8 was released, in which Miguel plays one of the lead characters, a closeted telenovela star named Lito Rodríguez, who lives in Mexico City with his boyfriend, Hernando (played by Alfonso Herrera).[4]

In 2017, he joined the cast of Netflix series Narcos playing recurring character and real life member of the Cali Cartel, Franklin Jurado.

In 2020,it was announced that he joined the cast of La casa de papel Season 5 in an undisclosed role.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2005Vida y colorJavi
A golpesYuri
2006La DistanciaDaniel
2007DollyNachoShort film
20083:19Ilan
Cuando caen los ídolosRoberto, aged 27Short film
ZhaoMartín
ReflectionsMarco / Roberto
The EndGas station attendant
2010La trampa de la luzGiocondo
2011VerboLíriko
Lo mejor de EvaRocco
2012Winning StreakAlfredoSpanish: The Pelayos
Todo es silencioBrinco
2013I'm So ExcitedNovioSpanish: Los amantes pasajeros
Scorpion in LoveLuisAlacrán enamorado
2017FerdinandEl Primero (voice)
2018IbizaManny
2019La boda de mi mejor amigoGeorge

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2004Mis adorables vecinosMonitorEpisode: "No sé decir no" (Season 1, Episode 2)
2005Motivos personalesNacho13 episodes
2008–2009Sin tetas no hay paraísoEl DuqueMain role (seasons 1–2); 28 episodes
2010AlakranaCapitánMiniseries, Lead role
2012AídaActorEpisode: "La verdad sobre perros y cacos" (Season 9, Episode 21)
2013–2016VelvetAlberto Márquez NavarroMain role
2015–2018Sense8Lito RodríguezMain role
2017NarcosFranklin JuradoRecurring role; 5 episodes
2019En el corredor de la muertePablo IbarMain role; 4 episodes
Velvet ColecciónAlberto Márquez NavarroSpecial episode

Theater
Year Title Writer Director
2002 Verdadero Oeste Sam Shepard Luis Guilera
2003 Porno Mario Fratti Angela Bosch
2004 Noches de amor efímero Paloma Pedrero Eduardo Recabarren

References
  1. Official MySpace
  2. Lluesma, Chelo (17 June 2007). "Miguel Ángel Silvestre". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. Uncle Creepy (3 May 2010). "New Spanish Horror - Verbo". Dread Central. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. Townsend, Megan (28 May 2015). "WATCH: Netflix's Sense8 premieres trailers for LGBT characters Nomi and Lito". GLAAD. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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