Daniel Grao

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Grao and the second or maternal family name is Valle.

Daniel Grao Valle (born 17 February 1976)^[1][2] is a Spanish actor. He is known for his performances in television series such as Luna, el misterio de Calenda or Sin identidad, or his lead role in the biopic miniseries about Mario Conde.^[3]

Daniel Grao
Grao in 2025
Born	Daniel Grao Valle (1976-02-17) February 17, 1976 (age 49) Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Children	2

Biography

Born in 1976 in Sabadell, Catalonia,^[4] he discovered acting thanks to a high school teacher in Caldes de Montbui, where he lived with his family, becoming a member of an amateur theatrical group.^[5]

Grao had his debut as a television actor in the Catalan regional broadcaster TV3, with performances in shows such as Temps de silenci and El cor de la ciutat.^[6] A native Spanish-language speaker, he declared in 2020 that he reportedly moved to Madrid because of TV3, as in his first performances in the channel's shows "the accent was not on the quality of the performance but on the way he pronounced the 's's" (in Catalan).^[7]

His debut in a feature film came in 2003 with a minor role in La flaqueza del bolchevique.^[8] While he had previously performed in several stage plays, he landed his first major stage role with La avería.^[8]

He earned some recognition with performances in the TV series Amistades peligrosas and Sin tetas no hay paraíso, whereas Acusados (2009–2010) brought him further popularity.^[9] His performance in the Pedro Almodóvar's film Julieta (2016) further consolidated his career.^[10]

He played the role of Rafael Rodríguez Rapún, Federico García Lorca's lover, in La piedra oscura by Alberto Conejero in 2016 in Spain and France in 2016.^[11]

He landed the role of Bernat Estanyol (the father of the lead character) in the 2018 series La catedral del mar.^[12] He starred in the TV series Stolen Away, aired in 2020 on Antena 3, playing the lead character Antonio Santos.^[13]

Personal life

Since 2004, Grao has been in a relationship with Florencia Fernández, with whom he has two children, Mirko and Guido.^[14]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Amistades peligrosas	David		[15]
2008	Sin tetas no hay paraíso			[9]
2009–10	Acusados	Jorge Vega		[9]
2011	Ángel o demonio	Valafar		[9]
2013	Mario Conde. Los días de gloria	Mario Conde	Lead character. TV movie aired as 2-episode miniseries	[16]
2013	Luna, el misterio de Calenda	Raúl Pando		[17]
2014	Prim, el asesinato de la calle del Turco	José María Pastor	TV movie	[18]
2014–15	Sin identidad	Juan Prados		[19]
2015	Los nuestros			[20]
2016	La sonata del silencio (The Sonata of Silence)	Antonio		[21]
2018	La catedral del mar (Cathedral of the Sea)	Bernat Estanyol		[12]
2018–19	Gigantes	Tomás Guerrero		[8]
2019	Promesas de arena	Andy		[22]
2020	Perdida (Stolen Away)	Antonio Santos	Lead character	[13]
2020	HIT	Hugo Ibarra Toledo, "HIT"	Lead character	[23]
2023	La chica invisible	Miguel Ángel		[24]

Film

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Fin (The End)	Félix		[25]
2014	Café para llevar (Coffee to go)	Javi	Short film	[26]
2015	Palmeras en la nieve (Palm Trees in the Snow)	Manuel		[27]
2016	Julieta	Xoan		[10]
	Acantilado (The Cliff)	Gabriel		[28]
2018	Animales sin collar (Unbridled)	Abel		[29]
	El árbol de la sangre (The Tree of Blood)	Víctor		[30]
2020	El año de la furia (The Year of Fury)	Rojas		[31]
	El inconveniente (One Careful Owner)	Daniel		[32]
2022	La casa entre los cactus (The House among the Cactuses)	Emilio		[33]
2023	El club de los lectores criminales (Killer Book Club)	Antonio Cruzado		[34]
2024	Yo no soy esa			[35]
	El cuento del lobo	Javier		[36]
2025	La huella del mal (The Cavern Crimes)	Daniel Velarde		[37]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	19th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best New Actor	Acusados	Nominated	[38][39]
2012	21st Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Stage Actor in a Secondary Role	La avería	Won	[40]
2022	9th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actor in a Series	HIT	Nominated	[41]
	24th Iris Awards	Best Actor		Nominated	[42]
2024	25th Iris Awards	Best Actor	The Invisible Girl	Nominated	[43]