Alberto Ammann

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ammann and the second or maternal family name is Rey.

José Alberto Ammann Rey (born 1978) is an Argentine and Spanish actor.^[1] He has played various roles in films, television and theater. His feature film debut in Cell 211 (2009) earned him a Goya Award for Best New Actor.^[2][3] Other film works include performances in Lope: The Outlaw (2010), Eva (2011), Invader (2012), Thesis on a Homicide (2013), Betibú (2014), The Year of Fury (2020), Presencias (2022), and Upon Entry (2022). He is also known for playing Colombian drug trafficker Pacho Herrera in crime television series Narcos and Narcos: Mexico.

Alberto Ammann
Ammann in 2023
Born	José Alberto Ammann Rey (1978-10-20) 20 October 1978 (age 46) Córdoba, Argentina
Occupations	Actor musician
Parent	Luis Alberto Ammann (father)

Biography

Ammann was born in Córdoba, Argentina, son of journalist, politician, and writer Luis Alberto Ammann and Nélida Rey. In 1978, at the age of one month, he moved with his parents to Spain (Madrid and the Canary Islands), escaping from the last military dictatorship of Argentina, returning to the country in 1982. Years later, he returned to Spain to complete his studies.

He studied acting in the school of Juan Carlos Corazza, as well as the Theater Seminary Jolie Libois, located in Cordoba. Ruben Andalor, Willy Lanni and Ricky Ceballos were among his teachers.

Acting career

Ammann had his big screen debut in thriller film Cell 211 (2009); he portrayed Juan Oliver, a prison guard who gets mistaken for an inmate during a riot.^[2][4][5] He prepared for the role by talking to officers and prisoners.^[6] His performance won him the Goya Award for Best New Actor at the 24th Goya Awards.

In 2010, Ammann starred in Lope in the title role, portraying poet-playwright Lope de Vega in his early years, when he was a young soldier who returns from war and then comes across two women.^[7][8]

Ammann starred in a Chanel commercial alongside Keira Knightley that aired in Hispanic countries starting on 4 April 2011.^[9]

In 2015, Ammann starred as Cali Cartel member Hélmer Herrera in the Netflix series, Narcos.

In 2016, Ammann starred as Javier Delgado, hydrologist and geochemist, in National Geographic's mini-series Mars.

2017 saw the release of television series Apaches on Netflix; an adaptation of Miguel Saez Carral's book of the same title. Ammann stars as protagonist Miguel, a young and promising journalist.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Celda 211 (Cell 211)	Juan Oliver		[5]
2010	Lope (Lope: The Outlaw)	Lope		[10]
2011	Eva	David Garel		[11]
2012	Invasor (Invader)	Pablo		[12]
2013	Tesis sobre un homicidio	Gonzalo Ruiz Cordera		[13]
	Combustión (Combustion)	Navas		[14]
	Mindscape	Tom Ortega	First English-speaking role	[15]
2014	Betibú	Mariano Saravia		[16]
2015	The Debt	Ricardo		[17]
2017	Lazaro: An Improvised Film	Tino
2019	El silencio del cazador [es]	Orlando Venneck		[18]
2020	El año de la furia (The Year of Fury)	Diego		[19]
2022	Presencias	Víctor		[20]
	Overdose [fr]	Eduardo Gracia		[21]
	Upon Entry (La llegada) (Upon Entry)	Diego		[22]
2024	Disco, Ibiza, Locomía	José Luis Gil		[23]
	Justicia artificial (Artificial Justice)	Alex		[24][25]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	Plan América (Plan)	Capitán Mateo
2010	No soy como tú (I'm not like you)	Alberto
2015-2017	Narcos	Pacho Herrera
2017	Apaches	Miguel		[26]
2016-2018	Mars	Javier Delgado
2018-2021	Narcos: Mexico	Pacho Herrera
2022	The Longest Night	Hugo Roca
2024	Griselda	Alberto Bravo
2025	Atrapados	Leo Mercer

Theater

• Las brujas de Salem (The Crucible) (directed by Ricardo Ceballos)
• Paria (directed by Guillermo Ianni)

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	24th Goya Awards	Best New Actor	Cell 211	Won	[27]
	19th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best New Actor		Won	[28]
2019	28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Actor in an International Production	Narcos: Mexico	Won	[29]
2023	29th Forqué Awards	Best Actor in a Film	Upon Entry	Nominated	[30]
2024	11th Feroz Awards	Best Actor in a Film		Nominated	[31]
	16th Gaudí Awards	Best Actor		Nominated	[32]
	38th Goya Awards	Best Actor		Nominated	[33]
	32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated	[34][35]