# Raúl Arévalo

Raúl Arévalo Zorzo (born 22 November 1979) is a Spanish actor and director. He has featured in films such as Dark Blue Almost Black (2006), Seven Billiard Tables (2007), The Blind Sunflowers (2008), Fat People (2009), Cousinhood (2011), I'm So Excited (2013), Marshland (2014), and The Europeans (2020) and television series such as La embajada (2016) and Riot Police (2020).
He made his full-length directorial debut with The Fury of a Patient Man (2016).
Arévalo is the recipient of multiple accolades, including three Goya Awards, three Actors and Actresses Union Awards, and two Feroz Awards.

## Career

Raúl Arévalo Zorzo was born on 22 November 1979 in Móstoles, province of Madrid. For his television debut, Arévalo joined the television series Compañeros while he was still a student under Cristina Rota. He was part of the cast of the series for two seasons (2001–2002).
In 2003, he made his feature film debut in With George Bush on My Mind, The following year, he appeared in Things That Make Living Worthwhile by Manuel Gómez Pereira.
Between 2003 and 2005, he made appearances in the TV series Hospital Central, Cuéntame cómo pasó, Aída and Motivos personales.
In 2006, he made his breakthrough performance as Israel, the lead character's best friend, in Dark Blue Almost Black, directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo. His work in this film earned him several awards. Later that year, he appeared on Antonio Banderas' second directorial effort Summer Rain, and in 2007 in the musical/comedy Scandalous and Seven Billiard Tables, with Maribel Verdú. He also worked with Verdú in The Blind Sunflowers in 2008, and in 2009, he appeared in Sánchez Arévalo's Fat People. For his performance in this film, he won a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2016, he made his directorial debut with The Fury of a Patient Man, for which he won a Goya Award for Best New Director and a Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay.
He has also appeared in several short films, including Traumalogy (Traumalogía, 2007), as well as many stage productions.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Los abajo firmantes (With George Bush on My Mind) | Hotel waiter | Feature film debut |
| 2004 | Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena (Things That Make Living Worthwhile) | Vendedor ('salesman') | |
| 2006 | Azuloscurocasinegro (Dark Blue Almost Black) | Israel (aka "Sean") | |
| 2006 | El camino de los ingleses (Summer Rain) | Babirusa | |
| 2006 | Scandalous | Utrera | |
| 2007 | Tocar el cielo (Touch the Sky) | Fidel | |
| 2007 | Siete mesas de billar francés (Seven Billiard Tables) | Fele | |
| 2008 | 8 citas (8 Dates) | Jesús | |
| 2008 | Che | Captured soldier #1 | |
| 2008 | Los girasoles ciegos (The Blind Sunflowers) | Salvador | |
| 2008 | El patio de mi cárcel (My Prison Yard) | Poet | |
| 2009 | Gordos (Fat People) | Álex | |
| 2010 | Balada triste de trompeta (The Last Circus) | Carlos | |
| 2010 | También la lluvia (Even the Rain) | Juan / Montesinos | |
| 2011 | Primos (Cousinhood) | Julián | |
| 2012 | Promoción fantasma (Ghost Graduation) | Modesto | |
| 2013 | Los amantes pasajeros (I'm So Excited!) | Ulloa | |
| 2013 | La gran familia española (Family United) | Waiter | |
| 2014 | La vida inesperada (The Unexpected Life) | El Primo ('the cousin') | |
| 2014 | La isla mínima (Marshland) | Pedro Suárez | |
| 2014 | Negociador (Negotiator) | Rafa | |
| 2014 | Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades (Dying Beyond Their Means) | Miguel | |
| 2014 | El club de los incomprendidos (The Misfits Club) | Martín | |
| 2015 | Las ovejas no pierden el tren (Sidetracked) | Alberto | |
| 2015 | Hablar | El Cordero | |
| 2016 | Cien años de perdón (To Steal from a Thief) | Ferrán | |
| 2016 | Tarde para la ira (The Fury of a Patient Man) | — | Director and co-writer |
| 2017 | Oro (Gold) | Martín Dávila | |
| 2018 | El aviso (The Warning) | Jon | |
| 2018 | Memorias de un hombre en pijama (Memoirs of a Man in Pajamas) | Paco | Voice |
| 2018 | Mi obra maestra (My Masterpiece) | Alex | |
| 2018 | Ola de crímenes (Crime Wave) | Taxista ('Taxi driver') | |
| 2019 | Dolor y gloria (Pain and Glory) | Venancio | |
| 2019 | El plan (The Plan) | Andrade | |
| 2020 | Black Beach | Carlos | |
| 2020 | Los europeos (The Europeans) | Miguel Alonso | |
| 2021 | Donde caben dos (More the Merrier) | Jaime | |
| 2021 | El lodo (Wetland) | Ricardo | |
| 2022 | Voy a pasármelo bien | David | |
| 2024 | The Room Next Door | Spanish Priest (Bernardo) | |
| 2025 | El cielo de los animales (The Heaven of Animals) | Diego | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001–02 | Compañeros | Carlos Medina | Main role (seasons 8–9) |
| 2003–04 | Cuéntame cómo pasó | Basilio | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Hospital Central | Manolo Téllez | Episode: "Vertido" |
| 2004 | La sopa boba [es] | Jimmy | 6 episodes |
| 2005 | Motivos personales | Marisa Pons' brother | Episode: "Las víctimas se multiplican" |
| 2006 | Génesis: en la mente del asesino | Guillermo García | Episode: "Suicidas" |
| 2008 | Soy el solitario | Carlos | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Aída | Charly | Episode: "En un momento candado" |
| 2012–14 | Con el culo al aire | Jorge Ruiz | Main role |
| 2013–14 | The Time in Between | Ignacio | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Velvet | Víctor | 8 episodes |
| 2016 | La embajada | Eduardo Marañón | Main role |
| 2018 | El Continental | Andrés | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Riot Police | Diego López Rodero | Main role |
| 2021 | Stories to Stay Awake | Javier | Episode: "La broma" |
| 2022 | Santo | Miguel Millán |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2007 | 16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best New Actor | Dark Blue Almost Black | Won |
| 2008 | 22nd Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Seven Billiard Tables | Nominated |
| 2008 | 17th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Seven Billiard Tables | Won |
| 2009 | 23rd Goya Awards | Best Actor | The Blind Sunflowers | Nominated |
| 2009 | 18th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | The Blind Sunflowers | Nominated |
| 2010 | 24th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Fat People | Won |
| 2010 | 19th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Fat People | Nominated |
| 2012 | 26th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Cousinhood | Nominated |
| 2012 | 21st Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Cousinhood | Won |
| 2014 | 1st Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | I'm So Excited | Nominated |
| 2015 | 20th Forqué Awards | Best Actor | Marshland | Nominated |
| 2015 | 2nd Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Film | Marshland | Nominated |
| 2015 | 29th Goya Awards | Best Actor | Marshland | Nominated |
| 2015 | 24th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Leading Role | Marshland | Nominated |
| 2017 | 4th Feroz Awards | Best Director | The Fury of a Patient Man | Won |
| 2017 | 4th Feroz Awards | Best Screenplay | The Fury of a Patient Man | Won |
| 2017 | 31st Goya Awards | Best New Director | The Fury of a Patient Man | Won |
| 2017 | 31st Goya Awards | Best Original Screenplay | The Fury of a Patient Man | Won |
| 2017 | 26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role | La embajada | Nominated |
| 2021 | 26th Forqué Awards | Best Actor in a Series | Riot Police | Nominated |
| 2021 | 8th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Film | The Europeans | Nominated |
| 2021 | 8th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actor in a Series | Riot Police | Nominated |
| 2022 | 30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actor in a Leading Role | Riot Police | Nominated |