Diego Martín (actor)

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

Diego Martín Gabriel (born 21 September 1974) is a Spanish actor, known for his performances in prime time television series, including Policías, en el corazón de la calle; Aquí no hay quien viva, Hermanos y detectives and Velvet.^[1]

Diego Martín
Martín at the 31st Goya Awards in 2017
Born	(1974-09-21) 21 September 1974 (age 50) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actor

Biography

Born on 21 September 1974 in Madrid,^[2] he has wrongly claimed sometimes to have been born in Valladolid because of an emotional bonding, as he spent part of his youth there during weekends and holidays, due to his family having roots in the city: he has stated "My whole history with Valladolid is a story of my profession, a lie and a fiction. I have never felt very Madrilenian; Valladolid has always been my home, my landscape, my land, my smells".^[3] He is the grandson of poet Francisco Javier Martín Abril.^[3] After enrolling in a degree in law, he dropped out and started a career in acting instead.^[4]

He landed his first stable role in the TV series Periodistas in 1999.^[5]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000–2003	Policías, en el corazón de la calle	Jaime	83 episodes	[1][5]
2003–2006	Aquí no hay quien viva	Carlos de Haro	56 episodes	[6][1][5]
2004–2005	De moda	Víctor		[7]
2005	Una nueva vida	Manu		[8]
2007–2009	Hermanos y detectives [es]	Dani Montero	26 episodes	[1][9]
2010	La duquesa [es]	Carlos, Duque de Huéscar	TV movie. Aired as miniseries	[10]
2010–2011	Doctor Mateo	Nicolás Yubero		[11]
2013	Familia [es]	Miguel		[12]
2014–2016	Velvet	Enrique Otegui		[13]
2017–2019	Velvet Colección	Enrique Otegui		[14]
2020	The Alienist	Narciso Linares		[15]
2021–2022	Élite (Elite)	Benjamín	Introduced in season 4	[16]
2021	Supernormal	Alfonso		[17]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	Mataharis	Manuel		[18]
2007	Un buen día lo tiene cualquiera [es]	Arturo		[19]
2009	Una hora más en Canarias (With or Without Love)	Germán		[20]
2010	Pájaros de papel (Paper Birds)	Teniente Quiroga		[21]
2011	Amigos... [es]	Santi		[22]
2012	[•REC]³: Génesis	Koldo		[23]
2012	Tengo ganas de ti (I Want You)	Alejandro		[24]
2018	Sin rodeos (Empowered)	Gabriel		[25]
2019	Si yo fuera rico (If I Were Rich)	Mario		[26]
2022	Un novio para mi mujer (A Boyfriend for My Wife)	Diego		[27]
2023	El favor (Just One Small Favor)	Benja		[28]