1. Mario Casas Sierra was born on 12 June 1986 and is a Spanish film and television actor.
21 Facts About Mario Casas
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In 2006, after featuring in minor credits in Motivos personales and Obsesion, Casas landed his first television main role in the teen drama SMS: Sin Miedo a Sonar and debuted in the big screen in Summer Rain.
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Mario Casas acquired a larger clout owing to his appearance in the television series Los hombres de Paco, as part of a popular love triangle together with Hugo Silva and Michelle Jenner.
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Mario Casas appeared in English-language international projects Eden and The 33.
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Mario Casas' leading performance in Cross the Line earned him his first Goya Award for Best Actor.
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Mario Casas made his debut as a director with Caged Wings.
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Mario Casas was born in A Coruna to a 19-year-old father and a 17-year-old mother.
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Mario Casas began appearing in soap operas from 2005 at age 19, before earning minor roles in several Spanish films.
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Mario Casas began his acting career with episode appearances in television series Obsesion, Motivos personales and Mujeres.
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Mario Casas came to domestic media attention with his film debut in the 2006 film El camino de los ingleses, directed by Antonio Banderas.
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Mario Casas then reached international audience as Aitor Carrasco in the Antena 3 series Los hombres de Paco, which he starred from 2007 to 2010.
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In 2009, Mario Casas appeared in two hit films, Fuga de cerebros opposite Amaia Salamanca, and Mentiras y Gordas with his best friend Yon Gonzalez, Ana Maria Polvorosa, Ana de Armas and Hugo Silva.
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In 2010, Mario Casas starred in Carne de neon directed by Paco Cabezas.
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Mario Casas appeared in Miedo, directed by Jaume Balaguero.
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Since 2011, Mario Casas has starred the Antena 3 series El barco, he starred in Tengo ganas de ti, premiered in 2012.
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In 2015, Mario Casas starred in two other films: the new Alex de la Iglesia comedy film My Great Night, and in the romantic drama film Palm Trees in the Snow, where he reunited with the director of the films Three Meters Above The Sky and I Want You, Fernando Gonzalez Molina.
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In 2018, Mario Casas starred in The Photographer of Mauthausen which tells the story of Francisco Boix, a Spanish Republican photographer who was sent to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex during World War II.
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Mario Casas lost around 12 kilograms to play Boix during his imprisonment.
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In October 2022, Mario Casas began to shoot his debut as a feature film director, My Loneliness Has Wings, written alongside Deborah Francois and starring his brother Oscar.
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Mario Casas is the older sibling of actor Oscar Casas, who has sometimes played younger versions of Mario's characters in some works.
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Mario Casas is reported to have been in relationships with several fellow castmates including Erika Sanz, Amaia Salamanca, Maria Valverde, Berta Vazquez, Blanca Suarez, and Deborah Francois.