Alberto San Juan

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is San Juan and the second or maternal family name is Guijarro.

Alberto San Juan Guijarro (born 1 November 1967) is a Spanish film, stage and television actor.

Alberto San Juan
San Juan in 2018
Born	Alberto San Juan Guijarro (1967-11-01) 1 November 1967 (age 57) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990s–present

Biography

Alberto San Juan was born on 1 November 1968 in Madrid, the son of cartoonist Máximo San Juan [es] and radio announcer Pilar Guijarro Ortiz de Zárate.^[1][2] He spent many of his childhood's summers in Cañamares, province of Cuenca.^[3] He studied journalism and worked for two years at Diario 16 before pursuing an acting career.^[4] At age 24, he joined the Cristina Rota's atelier to train his acting chops.^[5] Jointly with Guillermo Toledo, Nathalie Poza and Ernesto Alterio, San Juan founded the theatre group 'Ración de oreja', which merged with Andrés Lima's 'Riesgo' into the theatre company Animalario [es].^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1995	Morirás en Chafarinas (You Shall Die in Chafarinas)
1996	Airbag	Pako		[7]
1997	Insomnio
1998	Los lobos de Washington (Washington Wolves)	Antonio		[8]
1998	La ciudad de los prodigios
1998	Basado en hechos reales
1998	Entre las piernas
1999	La sombra de Caín	Santana		[9]
1999	San Bernardo
1999	Zapping	Alberto		[10]
1999	Sobreviviré			[11]
1999	La mujer más fea del mundo (The Ugliest Woman in the World)	Luis Casanova		[12]
2000	Km. 0	Sergio		[13]
2001	Valentín
2002	El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed)	Rafa		[14]
2002	No dejaré que no me quieras (I Won't Let You Not Love Me)	Enrique		[15]
2002	Cosa de brujas (The Witch Affair)	Ángel		[16]
2002	Días de fútbol (Football Days)	Jorge		[17]
2003	Carta mortal
2003	Haz conmigo lo que quieras (Kill Me Tender)	Manolo		[18]
2004	Agujeros en el cielo
2004	Horas de luz (Hours of Light)	Juan José Garfia [es]		[19]
2005	Los 2 lados de la cama (The 2 Sides of the Bed)	Rafa	Reprise of role in The Other Side of the Bed	[20]
2007	Días de cine (Cinema Days)	Federico Solá	Also collaborating writer	[21]
2007	Bajo las estrellas (Under the Stars)	Benito Lacunza		[22]
2007	Casual Day	Psicólogo ('psychologist')		[23]
2009	La vergüenza (The Shame)	Pepe		[24]
	La isla interior (The Island Inside)	Martín		[25]
2011	Mientras duermes (Sleep Tight)	Marcos		[26]
2012	La montaña rusa	Luis		[27]
	Una pistola en cada mano (A Gun in Each Hand)	A.		[28]
2014	La ignorancia de la sangre (The Ignorance of Blood)	Yacub		[29]
2015	Las ovejas no pierden el tren (Sidetracked)	Juan		[30]
2016	Las furias (The Furies)	Aki		[31]
2020	Sentimental (The People Upstairs)	Salva		[32]
2022	El cuarto pasajero (Four's a Crowd)	Julián		[33]
2024	Casa en flames (A House on Fire)	Carlos		[34]
2025	Parenostre (Our Father, Our President)	Juan Carlos I		[35]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2003	17th Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Other Side of the Bed	Nominated	[36]
2008	22nd Goya Awards	Best Actor	Under the Stars	Won	[37]
2021	35th Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The People Upstairs	Won	[38]
2024	30th Forqué Awards	Best Actor in a Series	Cristóbal Balenciaga	Nominated	[39]
2025	26th Iris Awards	Best Actor		Won	[40]
	17th Gaudí Awards	Best Actor	A House on Fire	Nominated	[41]
	12th Feroz Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Film		Nominated	[42]
		Best Main Actor in a Series	Cristóbal Balenciaga	Nominated
	39th Goya Awards	Best Actor	A House on Fire	Nominated	[43]
	33rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role		Nominated	[44]
		Best Television Actor in a Leading Role	Cristóbal Balenciaga	Nominated