Rubén Ochandiano

Rubén Ochandiano de Higes (born 3 October 1980) is a Spanish actor.

Rubén Ochandiano
Ochandiano at the 34th Goya Awards
Born	Rubén Ochandiano de Higes (1980-10-03) 3 October 1980 (age 44) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actor

Life and career

Rubén Ochandiano de Higes was born in Madrid on 3 October 1980.^[1] He is the nephew of actress and stage director Amelia Ochandiano [es].^[2] He trained as an actor under Juan Carlos Corazza and Manuel Morón [es].^[3]

Ochandiano played bit parts in television series such as Médico de familia and Periodistas until landing a breakthrough role in high school soap opera Al salir de clase, portraying Marcos, the shy nephew of the school's principal, from 1999 to 2000.^[4][5]

Ochandiano made his film debut in Flowers from Another World (1999).^[6] His performance in Maquis-themed drama Broken Silence (2001) as a sheep herder earned him a nomination for a Goya Award for Best New Actor.^[7][8] In the film, his character is forced by a policeman to drink a whole bottle of castor oil in a bar.^[9] In 2006, he played an anarchist in the television miniseries Vientos de agua.^[10] He portrayed "perverse and twisted" archbishop Oliva in historical drama series Toledo, cruce de destinos.^[11] In 2018, he was invited to join the AMPAS.^[12] In 2019, he appeared as an intermediate trader in the last three episodes of season one of Belgian-Dutch narcoseries Undercover,^[13] returning for season 2.^[14]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from Another World)	Oscar	Feature film debut	[15]
2000	Asfalto	Miguel		[16]
2001	Silencio roto (Broken Silence)	Sebas		[17]
2002	Amnèsia (Amnesia)	Jorge		[18]
	Guerreros	Sargento Rubio		[19]
2003	Descongélate! (Chill Out!)	Berto		[20]
	La flaqueza del bolchevique (The Weakness of the Bolshevik)	Manu		[21]
2005	Tapas	César		[22]
2007	Tuya siempre (Always Yours)	Alfredo		[23]
2009	Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces)	Ray X / Ernesto Jr.		[24][25]
2010	Biutiful	Zanc		[26]
2011	No tengas miedo (Don't Be Afraid)	Toni		[27]
2015	Vulcania	Olmo		[28]
	Incidencias (Stranded)	Carlos		[29][30]
2016	The Infiltrator	Gonzalo Mora Jr.		[31]
2019	وُلِدَ مَلِكاً (Born a King)	Al-Thunayan		[32]
	El silencio de la ciudad blanca (Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City)	Eneko		[33]
2021	Hombre muerto no sabe vivir (A Dead Man Cannot Live)	Ángel		[34]
	Y todos arderán (Everyone Will Burn)	Juan		[35]
2022	Sin ti no puedo [cs]	Rafa		[36]
2023	Lobo feroz	Elías		[37]
2024	Daniela Forever	Garrido		[38]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2002	16th Goya Awards	Best New Actor	Broken Silence	Nominated	[39][40]
2004	13th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actor in a Minor Role	The Weakness of the Bolshevik	Nominated	[41][42]