Juan José Ballesta

For the politician, see José Ballesta.

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

Juan José Ballesta Muñoz, also known as Juanjo Ballesta (born 12 November 1987) is a Spanish actor.

Juan José Ballesta
Ballesta in 2025
Born	Juan José Ballesta Muñoz (1987-11-12) 12 November 1987 (age 37) Parla, Community of Madrid, Spain
Other names	Juanjo Ballesta
Years active	1997–present

Biography

Born on 12 November 1987 in Parla, Ballesta grew up in Toledo.^[1] He debuted in a performance in television in 1997, starring in the series Querido maestro.^[1] He later joined the cast of the TV series Compañeros, playing the role of Emilio Rubio Viñé for 10 episodes.^[2] He rose to fame and won a Goya Award for Best New Actor for El Bola (2000), his debut performance in a feature film.^[3][2]

He has performed in more than sixteen projects, since 1997.^[4]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	El Bola	Pablo / Bola	Goya Award for Best New Actor	[5][6]
2002	El embrujo de Shanghai (The Shangai Spell)	Finito Chacón		[7]
2002	El viaje de Carol (Carol's Journey)	Tomiche		[8]
2003	Planta 4ª (The 4th Floor)	Miguel Ángel		[9]
2005	7 Vírgenes (7 Virgins)	Tano		[10]
2006	Cabeza de perro (Doghead)	Samuel		[11]
2007	Ladrones (Thieves)	Álex		[12]
2009	La casa de mi padre [es]	Gaizka		[13]
2010	Entrelobos	Marcos (adult)	Younger version interpreted by Manuel Camacho	[14]
2010	Bruc. La llegenda [es]	Bruc		[15]
2017	Oro (Gold)	Iturbe		[4]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997–1998	Querido maestro [es]	Roberto		[2]
2000–2001	Compañeros	Emilio Rubio Viñé	10 episodes. The character was also played by Jorge San José and Daniel Esparza	[2][16]
2006	Regreso a Moira [es]	Tomás (young)	TV movie part of the Historias para no dormir anthology series. Older version performed by Jordi Dauder	[17]
2010–2012	Hispania, la leyenda	Paulo		[18]
2016	El ministerio del tiempo	Vicente González Toca	2 episodes	[2]
2017–2018	Servir y proteger	Rober Batista		[2]

Awards

• Goya award for Best New Actor (2000)