Hugo Silva (actor)

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

Rafael Hugo Fernández Silva (born 10 May 1977) is a Spanish actor. He attained notoriety for his portrayal of vulgar cop Lucas in television series Los hombres de Paco from 2005 to 2009.^[1]

Hugo Silva
Silva in 2025
Born	Rafael Hugo Fernández Silva (1977-05-10) 10 May 1977 (age 48) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Early life

Rafael Hugo Fernández Silva was born in Madrid on 10 May 1977.^[2] He was raised in the district of San Blas.^[3] He began working as an electrician but, with his mother's encouragement, soon decided to try to be an actor. He began training in the RESAD (Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico, Spain's oldest school of theater), while continuing with his vocal and guitar studies. He also joined a band called INORDEM.

Career

Silva attending the 31st Goya Awards in 2017

In the late 1990s, he had the opportunity to participate in the Spanish television program Crónicas marcianas, helping him obtain some recognition. He was then given a leading role hit television series Al salir de clase, based on the lives of Spanish high school students.

Silva made his feature film debut in Miserable Life (2000).^[4]

In 2005, after having played a role in the unsuccessful Paco y Veva, Hugo Silva was cast as Lucas Fernández in on Los Hombres de Paco, a show that averages nearly 4 million viewers per episode.^[5] In 2007 played the protagonist Mateo of critically acclaimed El Hombre de Arena.

In 2016 he joined the cast of El ministerio del tiempo.

In April 2025, he wrapped shooting the satire Cada día nace un listo directed by Arantxa Echevarría, portraying the protagonist, a man at a low ebb after a past popularity as a talent show celebrity.^[6] He described the character as "a very childlike and positive guy, and he always sees the bright side of life".^[6]

Filmography

Film

Key

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Terca vida (Miserable Life)		Feature film debut	[4]
2003	Ladies' Night	Dago
2004	Reinas (Queens)	Jonás		[7]
2007	El hombre de arena (The Sandman)	Mateo		[8]
2009	Agallas (Guts)	Sebas		[9]
	Mentiras y gordas (Sex, Party and Lies)	Carlos		[10]
2010	Que se mueran los feos (To Hell with the Ugly)	Román		[11]
2011	En fuera de juego (Offside)	Hugo		[12]
	Lo contrario al amor (The Opposite of Love)	Raúl		[13]
2012	El cuerpo (The Body)	Álex Ulloa		[14]
2013	Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching & Bitching)	Jose		[15]
	Los amantes pasajeros (I'm So Excited)	Benito Morón		[16]
2014	Dioses y perros	Pasca		[17]
	Musarañas (Shrew's Nest)	Carlos		[18]
2015	Mi gran noche (My Big Night)	Roberto		[19]
2016	Tenemos que hablar (We Need to Talk)	Jorge		[20]
	El hilo rojo [es]	Bruno		[21]
	En tu cabeza	Mateo		[22]
2017	El intercambio [es]	Máximo		[23]
	Solo se vive una vez (You Only Live Once)	Harken		[24]
	Despido procedente [es]	Sam		[25]
2018	70 binladens (70 Big Ones)	Jonan		[26]
2019	Sordo (The Silent War)	Vicente Roig		[27]
2022	Un novio para mi mujer (A Boyfriend for My Wife)	Cuervo Flores		[28]
2023	Un amor	Piter		[29]
	Faro (Restless Waters, Shivering Lights)	Pablo		[30]
2024	Buscando a Coque (Idol Affair)	César		[31]
	Desmontando a Lucía	Simón		[32]
2025	La buena suerte (The Good Luck)	Pablo		[33]
TBA	Cada día nace un listo †	Toni Lomas		[6]

Television

Silva (the second from the left in the back row) along with other cast members in the set of Los hombres de Paco

Title	Year	Role	Notes	Ref.
Coming Out of Class	2000	Guillermo Sierra	(TV; 2000–01) Al salir del clase
The Commissioner	2002	Chema / Sebastián Alfaro	(TV; 2002–03) El comisario
Paco and Veva	2004	Paco	(TV) Paco y Veva
Los hombres de Paco	2005	Lucas Fernández	(TV; 2005–09; 2021) Nominated—Fotogramas de Plata for Best Television Actor
Karabudjan	2010	Diego Salgado	(TV)
The Princess of Éboli	2010	Antonio Pérez	(TV Film) La princesa de Éboli
El corazón del océano	2011	Juan de Salazar
Los nuestros	2015	Alberto Sánchez	TV
El ministerio del tiempo	2016	Jesús Méndez, "Pacino"	(TV)
Brigada Costa del Sol	2019	Bruno López	(TV)
Nasdrovia	2020	Julián	(TV)[34]
La cocinera de Castamar	2021	Enrique de Arcona, Marquis of Soto and Campomedina	(TV)[35]
Top Boy	2022	Emilio	(TV) Series 4

Stage credits

• Hibrit (1993)
• Les liaisons dangereuses (1995)
• Toni in Atraco a las tres (2001–2002)
• Claudio in Hamlet (2009)

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Fotogramas de Plata	Best Television Actor	Los hombres de Paco	Nominated
2009	Fotogramas de Plata	Best Film Actor	The Sandman	Nominated
2011	Fotogramas de Plata	Best Film Actor	Sex, Parties and Lies	Nominated
2014	1st Feroz Awards	Best Actor in a Film	Witching & Bitching	Nominated	[36]
2017	4th Feroz Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series	El ministerio del tiempo	Won	[37]
2018	5th Feroz Awards	Best Actor in a Television Series		Nominated	[38]
2023	31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Actor in an International Production	Top Boy	Nominated	[39][40]
2024	11th Feroz Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Film	Un amor	Nominated	[41]
	16th Gaudí Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	[42]
	38th Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	[43]
	32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role		Nominated	[44][45]