Pepón Nieto

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

José Antonio Nieto Sánchez, known professionally as Pepón Nieto (born 20 January 1967) is a Spanish actor.

Pepón Nieto
Nieto in 2025
Born	José Antonio Nieto Sánchez (1967-01-20) 20 January 1967 (age 58) Marbella, Spain
Occupation	Actor

He started his acting career in a 1993 episode of the Antena 3 TV series Farmacia de Guardia. He has appeared in other TV series: Periodistas, La vida de Rita and Los hombres de Paco.^[1]

He has also acted in theatre and films. He made his feature film debut in Running Out of Time (1994).^[2] He has performed in several Spanish theatre plays such as Las Mocedades del Cid, El caballero del milagro, Don Juan Tenorio and Le Dîner de cons.

Personal life

Nieto publicly came out as gay in 2016.^[3]

TV series

• Periodistas (1998–2002).
• La vida de Rita (2003).^[4]
• Los hombres de Paco (2005–2010; 2021).
• Sé quién eres (2017), as Inspector Giralt.
• 30 monedas (2020–)^[5]
• Smiley (2022–)
• love, inevitably (2023-) in Italian with subtitles

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1994	Días contados (Running Out of Time)	Ugarte		[6]
1995	Morirás en Chafarinas
1996	Asunto interno	Pedro		[7]
1997	Suerte [eu]	Santos		[8]
1997	Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí (Excuse Me Darling, but Lucas Loved Me)	Carlos		[9]
1997	El tiempo de la felicidad (Time of Happiness)	Cucho		[10]
1997	Cosas que dejé en La Habana (Things I Left in Havana)	Javier		[11]
1998	El grito en el cielo (Shoot Out)	Paco		[12]
1998	Los años bárbaros (The Stolen Years)	Velasco		[13]
1999	Pepe Guindo [es]	El autor ('the author')		[14]
2001	Hombres felices [ca]	Hermano ('brother')		[15]
2002	La marcha verde [es]			[16]
2003	Los novios búlgaros (Bulgarian Lovers)	Gildo		[17]
2003	Descongélate! (Chill Out!)	Justo Santos		[18]
2004	È già ieri [it]
2008	Chuecatown (Boystown)	Leo		[19]
2012	Impávido (Poker Face)	Roge		[20]
2013	Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching & Bitching)	Calvo		[21]
2015	Mi gran noche (My Big Night)	José		[22]
2017	Perfectos desconocidos (Perfect Strangers)	Pepe		[23]
2022	Mañana es hoy (Tomorrow Is Today)	Quique		[24]