Tristán Ulloa

Tristán Ulloa (born 6 May 1970) is a Spanish actor, writer, and director.

Tristán Ulloa
Ulloa in 2024
Born	(1970-05-06) 6 May 1970 (age 55) Orléans, France
Education	Lycée Français de Madrid
Occupations	Actor writer director
Years active	1995–present

Career

Tristán Ulloa was born in Orléans, France, and soon moved to Madrid, Spain, where he spent his early childhood.^[1] At age 12, he moved to Vigo, Galicia.^[1][2] His mother, Esther San Román, lives in Hortaleza, Madrid as of 2005.^[3] Ulloa graduated from the Lycée Français de Madrid.^[3]

He has appeared in numerous films such as Sex and Lucía (2001).

On 18 March 2019, it was announced that Ulloa was cast as Father Vincent in the Netflix fantasy series, Warrior Nun.^[4] In December 2023, Ulloa featured in Berlin.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	Memorias del ángel caído	Alberto	Feature film debut	[5][6]
	Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes)	Camarero ('waiter')		[7]
1998	Mensaka, páginas de una historia (Mensaka)	Javi		[8]
1999	Rewind [ca]	Pablo		[9]
	Los sin nombre (The Nameless)	Quiroga		[10]
	Marta y alrededores [ca] (Marta and Surroundings)	Julio		[11]
2000	Pleure pas Germaine [ca]	Miguel		[12]
	Km. 0	Mario		[13]
2001	Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucia)	Lorenzo		[14]
2002	No debes estar aquí (You Shouldn't Be Here)	Sergio		[15][16]
	Volverás (You'll Be Back)	Carlos		[17]
2003	El lápiz del carpintero (The Carpenter's Pencil)	Daniel da Barca		[18]
	Las voces de la noche (Voices in the Night)	Jorge		[19]
2004	El juego de la verdad (The Truth and Other Lies)	Ernesto		[20]
2005	Maroa	Joaquín		[21]
2006	Salvador	Oriol Arau		[22]
	El destino (Destiny)	Pedro		[23][24]
2007	Mataharis	Iñaki		[25]
	Pudor (Modesty)	—	Co-director and screenwriter	[26]
2009	After	Manuel		[27]
	The Frost	Raúl		[28]
	Un buen hombre (A Good Man)	Vicente		[29]
2010	Un lugar lejano [es] (A Distant Place)	Roque		[30][31]
	Que se mueran los feos (To Hell with the Ugly)	Abel		[32]
2012	Astérix & Obélix : Au service de Sa Majesté (Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia)			[33]
2013	Gente en sitios (People in Places)			[34]
2014	Le Dernier Coup de marteau (The Last Hammer Blow)			[35]
2015	Altamira	Henri Breuil		[36]
2016	Crash test Aglaé			.
2019	Terminator: Dark Fate	Felipe Gandal		[37]
2022	Stoyan	Israel		[38]
2025	Romería	Lois		[39]
	La viuda negra (A Widow's Game)	Salva		[40]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1996	Canguros
1998	Más que amigos	Julio
	La vida en el aire	Álex
2000	El comisario	Julio Ponce
2005	D'Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaires [fr]	Louis XIII
	Diario de un skin [es]	Antonio Salas [es]	TV movie	[41]
2009	Otra ciudad	Rafa	TV movie	[42]
	Muchachada Nui	Miembro Iglesia de la Cosmología
2010–13	Gran Reserva	Miguel Cortázar		[43][44]
2013	El tiempo entre costuras (The Time in Between)	Juan Luis Beigbeder		[45]
2015	Los nuestros	Iñaki	TV miniseries	[46]
2017	Narcos	Ernesto Samper	Season 3	[47]
2018	Snatch	Mayor Ortega
2020–22	Warrior Nun	Father Vincent		[48][49]
2021	La caza. Tramuntana	Ángel		[50]
2023	La casa de papel: Berlín (Money Heist: Berlin)	Damián		[51]
2024	El caso Asunta (The Asunta Case)	Alfonso Basterra		[52]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1999	13th Goya Awards	Best New Actor	Mensaka	Nominated	[53]
2002	16th Goya Awards	Best Actor	Sex and Lucia	Nominated	[53]
2004	46th Ariel Awards	Best Supporting Actor	You'll Be Back	Nominated	[54][55]
2008	22nd Goya Awards	Best Actor	Mataharis	Nominated	[53]
		Best New Director	Modesty	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
2014	23rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actor in a Minor Role	The Time in Between	Won	[56]
2025	12th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actor in a Series	The Asunta Case	Nominated	[57]
	33rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated	[58]