Miguel Ángel Silvestre

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Actor • Dancer • Acrobat

Birth Date: April 6, 1982

Age: 41 years old

Birth Place: Castelló, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Miguel Ángel Silvestre rose to fame in his native Spain with performances in pirate hijacking drama "Alakrana" (Telecinco, 2010), Pedro Almodovar's "I'm So Excited" (2013) and period romance "Velvet" (Antena 1, 2013-16) before crossing over to the English-language market with recurring roles in "Sense8" (Netflix, 2015-17) and "Narcos" (Netflix, 2015-). Born in Castello de la Plana, Spain in 1982, Silvestre initially pursued a career as a professional tennis player before injury cut his ambitions short. Encouraged by his theater director aunt, he went on to study drama, modern dance and acrobatics and make his on-screen debut in a 2004 episode of sitcom "Mis adorables vecinos" (Antena 3, 2004-06). A year later he landed the regular role of Nacho in murder mystery "Motivos personales" (Telecinco, 2005) and appeared on the big screen for the first time in coming-of-age "Vida y color" (2005). Having briefly showed up in boxing drama "A golpes" (2005), Silvestre then took center stage when he played felon/fighter Daniel in "The Distance" (2006), and went on to take further lead roles in cancer story "3:19" (2008) and romantic drama "Zhao" (2008). After pulling double duty in thriller "Reflections" (2008), starring as both a serial killer and his wrongly convicted twin brother, he returned to television as ill-fated drug trafficker El Duque in gritty Colombian series "Sin tetas no hay paraiso" (Canal Caracol, 2006-2010) and the real-life captain of a ship hijacked by Somalian pirates in the miniseries "Alakrana" (Telecinco, 2010). Central roles in early 20th Century-set romance "L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo" (2010), fantasy horror "Verbo" (2011) and erotic thriller "Dark Impulse" (2012) followed, as did key parts in gambling comedy drama "Winning Streak" (2012), drug-smuggling drama "All Is Silence" (2012) and neo-Nazi tale "Scorpion In Love" (2013). Silvestre then starred as fashion empire heir Alberto Marquez in the big-budget mid-20th Century love story "Velvet" (Antena, 2013-16) and was cast as the Groom in Pedro Almodovar's bawdy sky-high comedy "I'm So Excited" (2013). His international profile received a major boost when he was cast as closeted telenovela star Lito Rodriguez in the Wachowski siblings' ambitious globe-trotting sci-fi "Sense8" (Netflix, 2015-17), and further still when he joined the third season of Pablo Escobar drama "Narcos" (Netflix, 2015-) as a cartel money launderer. Silvestre then ventured into the recording booth for the first time to voice matador El Primero in the bull-fighting animation "Ferdinand" (2017).

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The EnvoysStream

Actor
Simón Antequera
Series
2021

Sky RojoStream

Actor
Moisés
Series
2021

30 CoinsStream

Actor
Paco
Series
2020
91%

En el corredor de la muerte

Actor
Pablo Ibar
Show
2019

La boda de mi mejor amigo

Actor
Jorge
Movie
2019

Sense8: Extras

Actor
Lito
Show
2018

Ferdinand

Voice
El Primero
Movie
2017

NarcosStream

Actor
Franklin Jurado
Series
2015
89%

Sense8Stream

Actor
Lito
Series
2015
86%

Los viernes al Show

Guest
Show
2014

VelvetStream

Actor
Alberto Márquez
Series
2014

Velvet

Actor
Alberto Márquez
Show
2014

Scorpion in Love

Actor
Luis
Movie
2013

Alakrana

Actor
Show
2012

Winning Streak

Actor
Alfredo
Movie
2012

All Is Silence

Actor
Brinco
Movie
2012

Verbo

Actor
Movie
2011

Dark Impulse

Actor
Rocco
Movie
2011

L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo

Actor
Giocondo
Movie
2009

The End

Actor
Gas Station Attendant
Movie
2009

Sin tetas no hay paraíso

Actor
Rafael Duque
Show
2008

Reflections

Actor
Marco/Roberto
Movie
2008

Nada es Casualidad 3:19

Actor
Ilan
Movie
2008

El Hormiguero

Guest
Show
2006

La Distancia

Actor
Daniel
Movie
2006

Motivos personales

Actor
Nacho Mendoza
Show
2005

Aída

Actor
Show
2005

Vida y color

Actor
Javi
Movie
2005

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