Martiño Rivas | |
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Born |
Martiño Rivas López 10 January 1985 Vimianzo, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain |
Other names | Martín Rivas |
Alma mater | University of Santiago de Compostela, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998–present |
Parent(s) |
Manuel Rivas María Isabel López Mariño |
Martiño Rivas López (born 10 January 1985 in Vimianzo, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain), also known as Martín Rivas, is a Spanish actor. He is probably best known for his performance as Marcos Novoa Pazos in the Antena 3 series The Boarding School (Spanish: El internado) and for his role in The Blind Sunflowers (Los girasoles ciegos), which earned him a nomination for Goya Award for Best New Actor. Currently, he stars in the Netflix original series Las Chicas del Cable as Carlos Cifuentes.
Rivas began his career as a child actor in 1998 with the TVG series Mareas vivas (English: Live Tides), made in Galician language. In 2005, he appeared in another Galician–language series Maridos e mulleres (Husbands And Wives), also produced by the TVG. Rivas came to wider media attention in 2006, when he landed the role of Moisés in the LaSexta series SMS, opposite Yon González, Amaia Salamanca, Mario Casas and others. From 2007 to 2010, Rivas portrayed Marcos Novoa Pazos in the Antena 3 series El internado (The Boarding School), which brought him international popularity.
In 2008, Rivas starred José Luis Cuerda's film Los girasoles ciegos (The Blind Sunflowers) opposite Javier Cámara and Maribel Verdú, and earned a nomination for Goya Award for Best New Actor. The following year, he appeared in short film Universos (Universes) along with his El internado fellow Blanca Suárez. From 2010-11, Rivas trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, graduating with a Masters in Classical Acting. In 2011, Rivas made his professional stage debut in Dracula, in which he portrayed Jonathan Harker. His new television series El don de Alba (Alba's Master) on Telecinco.