Miguel Ángel Silvestre

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

Miguel Ángel Silvestre Rambla (born 6 April 1982) is a Spanish actor. He rose to prominence with his performance as El Duque in Sin tetas no hay paraíso.^[1]

Miguel Ángel Silvestre
Silvestre in 2025
Born	Miguel Ángel Silvestre Rambla (1982-04-06) 6 April 1982 (age 43) Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

He has since played roles in series such as Velvet, Sense8, En el corredor de la muerte, Narcos, 30 Coins and Sky Rojo.

Early life

Miguel Ángel Silvestre Rambla was born in Castellón de la Plana on 6 April 1982.^[2] He planned on becoming a professional tennis player before suffering an injury in a Hungarian tournament. He later decided to study physiotherapy until his aunt introduced him to the world of theatre.^[3]

He studied drama, physical theatre, modern dance and acrobatics before winning the Mister Castelló 2002 pageant.

Career

Silvestre made his feature film debut in the 2005 drama Life and Colour.^[4]

He stars in the Pedro Almodóvar film I'm So Excited and in the Spanish horror thriller Verbo.^[5] He also starred in the Spanish series Velvet as Alberto Marquez.

Silvestre and Sense8 co-star Naveen Andrews

In 2015, the high-profile English-language Netflix drama Sense8 was released, in which Miguel plays one of the lead characters, a closeted action movie star named Lito Rodríguez, who lives in Mexico City with his boyfriend, Hernando (played by Alfonso Herrera).^[6]

In 2017, he joined the cast of Netflix series Narcos playing recurring character and real life member of the Cali Cartel, Franklin Jurado.

In 2020, it was announced that he had joined the cast of Money Heist's Season 5 in an undisclosed role.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Vida y color (Life and Colour)	Javi		[7]
	A golpes (By Force)	Yuri		[7]
2006	La distancia (The Distance)	Daniel		[8]
2007	Dolly	Nacho	Short film
2008	3:19	Ilan
	Cuando caen los ídolos	Roberto, aged 27	Short film
	Zhao	Martín
	Reflections	Marco / Roberto
	The End	Gas station attendant
2010	La trampa de la luz	Giocondo
2011	Verbo	Líriko
	Lo mejor de Eva (Dark Impulse)	Rocco		[9]
2012	Winning Streak	Alfredo	Spanish: The Pelayos
	Todo es silencio (All Is Silence)	Brinco		[10]
2013	I'm So Excited	Novio	Spanish: Los amantes pasajeros
	Alacrán enamorado (Scorpion in Love)	Luis		[11]
2017	Ferdinand	El Primero (voice)
2018	Ibiza	Manny
2019	La boda de mi mejor amigo	George

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Mis adorables vecinos	Monitor	Episode: "No sé decir no" (S01, E02)
2005	Motivos personales	Nacho	13 episodes
2008–2009	Sin tetas no hay paraíso	El Duque	Main role (seasons 1–2); 28 episodes
2010	Alakrana	Capitán	Miniseries, Lead role
2012	Aída	Actor	Episode: "La verdad sobre perros y cacos" (S09, E21)
2013–2016	Velvet	Alberto Márquez Navarro	Main role
2015–2018	Sense8	Lito Rodríguez	Main role
2017	Narcos	Franklin Jurado	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2019	En el corredor de la muerte	Pablo Ibar	Main role; 4 episodes
	Velvet Colección	Alberto Márquez Navarro	Special episode
2020–present	30 Coins	Paco
2021–2023	Sky Rojo	Moisés Expósito	Main role
2021	Money Heist	René	Guest role; 3 episodes
TBA	Weiss & Morales	Raúl Morales	Main role

Theater

Year	Title	Writer	Director
2002	Verdadero Oeste	Sam Shepard	Luis Guilera
2003	Porno	Mario Fratti	Angela Bosch
2004	Noches de amor efímero	Paloma Pedrero	Eduardo Recabarren

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2009	18th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best New Actor	Sin tetas no hay paraíso	Nominated	[12][13]
2014	23rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actor in a Minor Role	Scorpion in Love	Nominated	[14][15]
2020	7th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actor in a Series	En el corredor de la muerte	Nominated	[16]
	29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated	[17][18]
2024	32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Actor in an International Production	Los enviados	Nominated	[19][20]