Víctor Clavijo

Víctor Clavijo Cobos (born 28 September 1973) is a Spanish actor. He earned early public recognition in Spain for his performance in the serial Al salir de clase.

Víctor Clavijo
Clavijo in 2025
Born	Víctor Clavijo Cobos (1973-09-28) 28 September 1973 (age 51) Algeciras, Spain
Alma mater	RESAD
Occupation(s)	Actor, photographer
Spouse	Montse Pla ​ (m. 2012)​ [1]

Biography

Víctor Clavijo Cobos was born in Algeciras on 28 September 1973.^[2][3] He studied law at the University of Granada but he eventually dropped out and moved instead to Madrid,^[4] graduating in Drama from the RESAD.^[5] Besides his theatrical performances, his first non-stage role came in 1995 with a performance in the short film David.^[3]

He landed one of his first television roles in the series Menudo es mi padre, where Clavijo played the son of El Fary's second wife.^[6] Clavijo landed his big screen debut in Un buen novio (1998).^[7] He became popular in Spain some time later for his breakout role as Raúl Daroca in the soap opera Al salir de clase, which he performed from 1998 to 2000.^[8][9]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1998–2000	Al salir de clase	Raúl Daroca	Main. Introduced in season 2	[9]
2006	Tirando a dar [es]	Alejo	Main	[10]
2006	Mujeres	Nicolás		[11]
2009–2010	La señora	Fernando Alcázar	Main	[12]
2010	Karabudjan	Dani		[13]
2011; 2018–2019	14 de abril. La República	Fernando Alcázar	Reprise of his role in La señora	[14]
2013	Gran Reserva. El origen	Vicente Cortázar	Main. Prequel of Gran Reserva. Older version in the original series performed by Emilio Gutiérrez Caba	[15]
2014	El corazón del océano	Hernando de Trejo	TV miniseries. Produced in 2011	[16]
2014	Hermanos	Damián Jurado		[17]
2014	Prim, el asesinato de la calle del Turco	José Paúl y Angulo [es]	TV movie	[18]
2014	Cuéntame un cuento	Andrés (The Wolf)	Anthology series. Episode 1: Los tres cerditos	[19]
2015–2016	Carlos, rey emperador	Francis Borgia	Main	[20]
2016	Lo que escondían sus ojos	Antonio Tovar	TV miniseries	[21]
2015–2017	El ministerio del tiempo	Lope de Vega	Recurring. Seasons 1–3	[22]
2017	Cuéntame cómo pasó	Dr. Martín Broto	Recurring. Season 18	[23][24]
2017–2018	Amar es para siempre	Diego Durán	Main. Season 6	[25][26]
2019	Hernán	Cristóbal de Olid	Main	[27]
2020	30 monedas (30 Coins)	Mario	Guest	[28]
2020	Diarios de la cuarentena	Víctor	Main	[29]
2021	Ana Tramel. El juego (ANA. all in)	Gabriel	Main	[30][31]
2024	La ley del mar (The Law of the Sea)	Vicent		[32]
	El Marqués	Rafael Pertierra de Medina, marqués de Bahía y Sobrarbe		[33]

Feature film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	El caballero Don Quijote (Don Quixote, Knight Errant)	Barbero		[34]
2003	El regalo de Silvia (Silvia's Gift)	Mateo		[35]
2004	El principio de Arquímedes (The Archimedes Principle)	Pedro		[36]
2008	Tres días (Before the Fall)	Ale		[37]
2010	18 comidas (18 Meals)			[38]
2011	Camera obscura	Tío Antonio		[39]
2011	Verbo	Tótem		[40]
2012	Silencio en la nieve (Frozen Silence)	Sargento Estrada / Ferrer		[41]
2012	Impávido (Poker Face)	El Botas		[42]
2012	Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days			[43]
2015	Sicarivs: La noche y el silencio	Sicario		[44]
2017	Llueven vacas [ca]	Fernando	Character is portrayed by 6 actors throughout the film	[45]
2023	La espera (The Wait)	Eladio		[46]
2024	La infiltrada (Undercover)	Teruel		[47]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2004	18th Goya Awards	Best New Actor	Silvia's Gift	Nominated	[48]
2007	16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actor in a Minor Role	Mujeres	Won	[49][50]
2009	9th Screamfest Horror Film Festival	Best Actor	Before the Fall	Won	[51]
2010	19th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role	La señora	Won	[52][53]
2011	20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role	18 Meals	Won	[54]
2012	21st Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actor in a Minor Role	14 de abril. La República	Nominated	[55][56]
		Best Film Actor in a Minor Role	Frozen Silence	Nominated
2013	22nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role	Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days	Nominated	[57][58]
2015	24th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actor in a Leading Role	Cuéntame un cuento — Episode: "Los tres cerditos"	Won	[59]
2016	25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Stage Actor in a Secondary Role	Fausto	Won	[60][61]
		Best Television Actor in a Minor Role	El ministerio del tiempo	Nominated
2018	27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actor in a Minor Role	El ministerio del tiempo	Won	[62][63]
		Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role	Llueven vacas	Nominated
2020	29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Stage Actor in a Secondary Role	Lehman trilogy	Won	[64][65]
2024	3rd Carmen Awards	Best Actor	The Wait	Won	[66]
	32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actor in a Minor Role	Someone Who Takes Care of Me	Won	[67]