Miguel Herrán

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is de la Herrán.

Miguel Ángel García de la Herrán^[1] (born 25 April 1996), best known as Miguel Herrán, is a Spanish actor. In 2016, he won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for his feature film debut in Nothing in Return. He gained fame for his performances in television series Élite and Money Heist.

Miguel Herrán
Herrán at the 37th Goya Awards
Born	Miguel Ángel García de la Herrán (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 29) Málaga, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2015–present
Children	1

Life and career

Herrán was born in Málaga on 25 April 1996 and raised in Chamberí, Madrid.^[2][3] He was not interested in studying and failed four years of his elementary and secondary education.^[3] A chance encounter with actor and director Daniel Guzmán in the streets of Madrid led to Herrán auditioning for the role of Darío in the film Nothing in Return (2015), which would earn him the Goya Award for Best New Actor.^[3]

In 2017, he was cast as Aníbal Cortés (codename 'Río') in the Antena 3 series Money Heist, which was later picked up by Netflix. In 2018, he starred as Christian Varela in the Netflix original series Élite.^[4]

Herrán also acted in an advertisement for the Indian music streaming platform Gaana.^[5]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Character	Notes	Ref.
2015	A cambio de nada (Nothing in Return)	Darío		[6]
2016	1898, Los últimos de Filipinas (1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines)	Soldado Carvajal		[7]
2017	El guardián invisible (The Invisible Guardian)	Miguel Ángel		[7]
2018	Alegría tristeza (Happy Sad)	Borja
2018	Tiempo después (Some Time Later)	Ray
2020	Hasta el cielo (Sky High)	Ángel		[8]
2022	Modelo 77 (Prison 77)	Manuel		[9]
2024	Valle de sombras (Valley of Shadows)	Quique		[10]

Television

Year	Title	Character	Channel	Notes	Ref.
2017–21	Money Heist	Aníbal Cortés / Rio	Antena 3/Netflix	41 episodes
2018–19	Elite	Christian Varela Expósito	Netflix	9 episodes
2023	Los Farad	Oskar			[11]
2024	Asalto al Banco Central (Bank Under Siege)	José Juan Martínez Gómez, "El Rubio", "Número 1"			[12]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2016	30th Goya Awards	Best New Actor	Nothing in Return	Won	[13]
	Premios CEC	Best New Actor		Nominated	[citation needed]
2022	28th Forqué Awards	Best Film Actor	Prison 77	Nominated	[14]
2023	10th Feroz Awards	Best Actor in a Film		Nominated	[15]
	2nd Carmen Awards	Best Actor		Won	[16]
	37th Goya Awards	Best Actor		Nominated	[17]
2025	26th Iris Awards	Best Actor	Los Farad	Pending	[18]