Pedro Alonso

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

Pedro González Alonso (born 21 June 1971), known as Pedro Alonso, is a Spanish actor, writer, and artist. He is best known for his role of Andrés "Berlin" de Fonollosa in the Spanish heist series Money Heist (La casa de papel) and its spin-off Berlin, and for the role of Diego Murquía in the historical drama series Gran Hotel.

Pedro Alonso
Alonso in 2015
Born	Pedro González Alonso (1971-06-21) 21 June 1971 (age 53) Vigo, Galicia, Spain
Alma mater	RESAD
Occupations	Actor writer artist
Years active	1995–present
Children	1

Early life

Pedro González Alonso was born in Vigo, Spain.^[1][2] He studied at Royal School of Dramatic Arts (RESAD) in Madrid, graduating in 1992, and at Teatro de la Danza (Theatre of Dance). He is also a writer and artist, publishing his work under the name Pedro Alonso O'choro.^[3]

Career

Alonso is known for his performances on television in Rías Baixas (2003–2005), Maridos e mulleres (2006–2008), Padre Casares (2008–2015), and Gondar (2009) at a local level in Galicia and nationally for playing characters such as Diego Murquía / Adrián Vera Celande in historical drama Gran Hotel. He played the role of Andrés "Berlin" de Fonollosa in the crime drama series Money Heist (La casa de papel), which aired on Antena 3 in 2017 and was later broadcast on Netflix.^[4] In 2018, he was chosen as "International Star of the Year" by GQ Turkey magazine. He co-starred in Diablo Guardián, Amazon Prime Video’s first drama series in Latin America, which was released in May, 2018. In 2019, Alonso played the leading role in the mystery thriller The Silence of the Marsh. He reprised his role of Berlin in a spin-off series of the same name, which premiered in 2023.^[5]

Personal life

Alonso is in a relationship with Parisian hypnotherapist and artist Tatiana Djordjevic. He also has a daughter from a previous relationship.^[6] He is ambidextrous^[7] and speaks Spanish, Galician, Catalan, and English.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Hábitos		Short film
1996	Alma gitana	Antonio
1996	Tengo una casa	Ferrari
1996	Paranoia dixital	Guy	Short film
1997	Niño nadie	Alex
1997	Las vacaciones de Clara	Alan	Short film
1997	El pliegue del hipocampo	Xavi	Short film
1998	Insomnio	Miguel
2003	Noviembre	Guard
2005	El Calentito	Marcos
2005	La noche del hermano	Club Porter
2010	18 Meals	Vladimir Torres
2010	Todo lo que tú quieras	Pedro
2011	Un día normal	Professor	Short film
2011	Onde está a Felicidade?	Ramon
2012	O Apóstolo	Pilgrim	Voice
2013	Maldito lunes	Rafa	Short film
2015	Retribution	Contreras	Voice
2015	La playa de los ahogados	Marcos Valverde
2019	The Silence of the Marsh	Q
2023	Awareness	Vicente

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Todos los hombres sois iguales	Raúl	5 episodes
1998	A las once en casa	Alejo	28 episodes
2000	Raquel busca su sitio		Series 1, episode 3: "David contra David"
2000	¡Qué grande es el teatro!	Gonzalo	Episode: "La hermana pequeña"
2001	Pequeno hotel		Series 1, episode 1: "Un día apurado"
2002	El comisario	Iván	Series 5, episode 9: "Cuatro, Tres, Dos..."
2003	Código fuego	Tomás
2003–05	Rías Baixas
2005	Hospital Central	Curro Gómez	Series 10, episode 1: "El gas de la risa"
2005	La Atlántida	Boris	Television film
2005	As leis de Celavella	Amancio	Series 3, episode 20: "Santa Teresa"
2006–08	Maridos e mulleres	Carlos
2006	A vida por diante		Series 2, episode 4: "O roubo"
2007	R.I.S. Científica	Héctor	Series 1, episode 6: "Miedo escénico"
2008–15	Padre Casares	Father Horacio Casares	Series 1–8, 14, 16
2008	La bella Otero	Venancio Romero
2008	El espejo	Álvaro	Television film
2009	Gondar	Pedro Sotelo
2011	14 de abril. La República		2 episodes
2011–13	Gran Hotel	Diego Murquía / Adrián Vera Celande
2014–15	Bajo sospecha	Roberto Vega Sánchez	8 episodes
2015	Hospital Real	Andrés Osorio
2016	El ministerio del tiempo	Lieutenant Cerezo	2 episodes
2016	La embajada	Pablo Villar
2017–2021	Money Heist	Andrés de Fonollosa / Berlin	41 episodes
2017–18	Traición	Roberto Fuentes del Riego
2018	Diablo Guardián	Gallego	3 episodes
2023–present	Berlin	Andrés de Fonollosa / Berlin

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2009	Golden Nymph	Outstanding Actor	Padre Casares	Nominated	[9]
	Mestre Mateo Awards	Best Actor		Nominated	[10]
2010		Best Actor		Nominated	[11]
2014		Best Supporting Actor	Gran Hotel	Nominated	[12]
2018	Fotogramas de Plata	Best TV Actor	Money Heist	Nominated	[13]
	27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Television: Supporting Performance, Male		Won	[14]
2020	Filming Italy Best Movie Award	International Award	—	Won	[15]
2024	Premios Aura	Best Actor in Drama series	Berlin	Won	[16]

Bibliography

• Alonso O'choro, Pedro (2020). Libro de Filipo / Book of Philippus. Grijalbo Ilustrados. ISBN 978-8417752620.