Hernán (TV series)

Hernán is a Spanish, Nahuatl, and Maya language historical drama television series co-produced by Televisión Azteca, Dopamine, and Onza Entertainment that became available for streaming worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on 21 November 2019,^[1] except in the United States,^[1] and it will subsequently premiere on 22 November 2019 on History in Latin America,^[1] and later on TV Azteca on 24 November 2019 in Mexico.^[1] The first season consists of 8 episodes,^[2] and a second season has been confirmed, which will begin filming in January 2020.^[2] The series planned its premiere as part of the 500th anniversary of the Fall of Tenochtitlan^[2] and revolves around Hernán Cortés (Óscar Jaenada) from his arrival at the Mexican coast until the defeat of the Mexicas.^[2]

Hernán
Genre	Historical period drama
Starring	Óscar Jaenada
Country of origin	Mexico Spain
Original languages	Spanish Maya Nahuatl
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Production companies	Televisión Azteca Onza Entertainment Dopamine
Original release
Network	Amazon Prime Video
Release	21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
Related
Cortés[1]

A+E Networks International agreed to globally distribute the series in November 2019.^[3]

Cast

Part of the cast was confirmed on October 15, 2019, by the newspaper El Imparcial.^[2]

• Óscar Jaenada as Hernán Cortes
• Dagoberto Gama as Moctezuma Xocoyotzin
• Ishbel Bautista as La Malinche
• Jorge Antonio Guerrero as Xicotencatl
• Mitzi Mabel Cadena as Doña Luisa
• Michel Brown as Pedro de Alvarado
• Víctor Clavijo as Cristóbal de Olid
• Almagro San Miguel as Gonzalo de Sandoval
• Miguel Ángel Amor as Bernal Díaz del Castillo
• Isabel Luna as Mictecacihuatl

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Marina"	Norberto López Amado	Curro Royo	21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
2	"Olid"	Julián de Tavira	María Jaén	21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
3	"Xicotencatl"	Norberto López Amado	María Jaén & Julián de Tavira	21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
4	"Bernal"	Norberto López Amado	María Jaén	21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
5	"Moctezuma"	Norberto López Amado	Curro Royo	21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
6	"Alvarado"	Julián de Tavira	María Jaén	21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
7	"Sandoval"	Álvaro Ron	María Jaén & Curro Royo	21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)
8	"Hernán"	Norberto López Amado	Curro Royo & Julián de Tavira	21 November 2019 (2019-11-21)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2020	29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Actor in an International Production	Óscar Jaenada	Won	[4]
2021	8th MiM Series Awards [es]	Best Miniseries		Nominated	[5]
		Best Screenplay	Julián de Tavira, María Jaén, Amaya Muruzabal, Curro Royo	Nominated