# Hugo Silva (actor)

Rafael Hugo Fernández Silva (born 10 May 1977) is a Spanish actor. He attained notoriety for his portrayal of vulgar cop Lucas in television series Los hombres de Paco from 2005 to 2009.

## Early life

Rafael Hugo Fernández Silva was born in Madrid on 10 May 1977. He was raised in the district of San Blas. He began working as an electrician but, with his mother's encouragement, soon decided to try to be an actor. He began training in the RESAD (Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico, Spain's oldest school of theater), while continuing with his vocal and guitar studies. He also joined a band called INORDEM.

## Career

In the late 1990s, he had the opportunity to participate in the Spanish television program Crónicas marcianas, helping him obtain some recognition. He was then given a leading role hit television series Al salir de clase, based on the lives of Spanish high school students.
Silva made his feature film debut in Miserable Life (2000).
In 2005, after having played a role in the unsuccessful Paco y Veva, Hugo Silva was cast as Lucas Fernández in on Los Hombres de Paco, a show that averages nearly 4 million viewers per episode. In 2007 played the protagonist Mateo of critically acclaimed El Hombre de Arena.
In 2016 he joined the cast of El ministerio del tiempo.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Terca vida (Miserable Life) | | Feature film debut |
| 2003 | Ladies' Night | Dago | |
| 2004 | Reinas (Queens) | Jonás | |
| 2007 | El hombre de arena (The Sandman) | Mateo | |
| 2009 | Agallas (Guts) | Sebas | |
| 2009 | Mentiras y gordas (Sex, Party and Lies) | Carlos | |
| 2010 | Que se mueran los feos (To Hell with the Ugly) | Román | |
| 2011 | En fuera de juego (Offside) | Hugo | |
| 2011 | Lo contrario al amor (The Opposite of Love) | Raúl | |
| 2012 | El cuerpo (The Body) | Álex Ulloa | |
| 2013 | Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching & Bitching) | Jose | |
| 2013 | Los amantes pasajeros (I'm So Excited) | Benito Morón | |
| 2014 | Dioses y perros | Pasca | |
| 2014 | Musarañas (Shrew's Nest) | Carlos | |
| 2015 | Mi gran noche (My Big Night) | Roberto | |
| 2016 | Tenemos que hablar (We Need to Talk) | Jorge | |
| 2016 | El hilo rojo [es] | Bruno | |
| 2016 | En tu cabeza | Mateo | |
| 2017 | El intercambio [es] | Máximo | |
| 2017 | Solo se vive una vez (You Only Live Once) | Harken | |
| 2017 | Despido procedente [es] | Sam | |
| 2018 | 70 binladens (70 Big Ones) | Jonan | |
| 2019 | Sordo (The Silent War) | Vicente Roig | |
| 2022 | Un novio para mi mujer (A Boyfriend for My Wife) | Cuervo Flores | |
| 2023 | Un amor | Piter | |
| 2023 | Faro (Restless Waters, Shivering Lights) | Pablo | |
| 2024 | Buscando a Coque (Idol Affair) | César | |
| 2024 | Desmontando a Lucía | Simón | |
| 2025 | La buena suerte † | Pablo | |

### Television

| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| Coming Out of Class | 2000 | Guillermo Sierra | (TV; 2000–01) Al salir del clase |
| The Commissioner | 2002 | Chema / Sebastián Alfaro | (TV; 2002–03) El comisario |
| Paco and Veva | 2004 | Paco | (TV) Paco y Veva |
| Los hombres de Paco | 2005 | Lucas Fernández | (TV; 2005–09; 2021) Nominated—Fotogramas de Plata for Best Television Actor |
| Karabudjan | 2010 | Diego Salgado | (TV) |
| The Princess of Éboli | 2010 | Antonio Pérez | (TV Film) La princesa de Éboli |
| El corazón del océano | 2011 | Juan de Salazar | |
| Los nuestros | 2015 | Alberto Sánchez | TV |
| El ministerio del tiempo | 2016 | Jesús Méndez, "Pacino" | (TV) |
| Brigada Costa del Sol | 2019 | Bruno López | (TV) |
| Nasdrovia | 2020 | Julián | (TV) |
| La cocinera de Castamar | 2021 | Enrique de Arcona, Marquis of Soto and Campomedina | (TV) |
| Top Boy | 2022 | Emilio | (TV) Series 4 |

## Stage credits

* Hibrit (1993)
* Les liaisons dangereuses (1995)
* Toni in Atraco a las tres (2001–2002)
* Claudio in Hamlet (2009)

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2008 | Fotogramas de Plata | Best Television Actor | Los hombres de Paco | Nominated |
| 2009 | Fotogramas de Plata | Best Film Actor | The Sandman | Nominated |
| 2011 | Fotogramas de Plata | Best Film Actor | Sex, Parties and Lies | Nominated |
| 2014 | 1st Feroz Awards | Best Actor in a Film | Witching & Bitching | Nominated |
| 2017 | 4th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series | El ministerio del tiempo | Won |
| 2018 | 5th Feroz Awards | Best Actor in a Television Series | El ministerio del tiempo | Nominated |
| 2023 | 31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Actor in an International Production | Top Boy | Nominated |
| 2024 | 11th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Film | Un amor | Nominated |
| 2024 | 16th Gaudí Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Un amor | Nominated |
| 2024 | 38th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Un amor | Nominated |
| 2024 | 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actor in a Secondary Role | Un amor | Pending |