Andreas Muñoz
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Early life

Andreas Muñoz was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1990. His is the eldest in a family of actors including Gara and Omar Muñoz, and son of Luís Mariano Muñoz and María Dolores Blázquez.

Muñoz began his professional acting career at the age of nine, debuting in the film The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone is a 2001 Spanish-Mexican gothic thriller film written by Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras and David Muñoz, and directed by Guillermo del Toro. It was independently produced by Pedro Almodóvar....

, directed by Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones...

. A few years later he received his first starring role in the TV series Dime que me quieres ["Tell me that you love me"], with Imanol Arias
Imanol Arias
Imanol Arias born Manuel María Arias Domínguez , is a Spanish actor and one off film director.Imanol Arias began his career with a travelling theatre group in Spain performing in the Basque Country of northern Spain. He debuted on TV in 1976 and his first film was in "Cecilia " of 'Humberto Solas'...

 and Lydia Bosch.

Muñoz also studied music as a child, learning piano and drums, and presently performs with a band as drummer and singer. He is currently studying drama at Royal School of Dramatic Art (RESAD).

Muñoz became known on the international stage through his work at Disney Channel Spain
Disney Channel Spain
Disney Channel Spain is a free-to-air television channel and is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel, broadcasting in Spain. It is marketed to mostly children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has increased with an older audience. It is owned by Disney-ABC...

. Because of his fluency in English, he traveled to the United States with the entire Disney Channel Spain crew for the Disney Channel Games
Disney Channel Games
The Disney Channel Games were annual Olympic-based televised games that aired on the Disney Channel from 2006–2008. The 2006 Games were filmed in California and produced by 7ATE9 Entertainment. In 2007 and 2008 the Games were filmed at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World...

 and worked as presenter during the show. Since then he has started to appear in ads in English for Disney Channel USA.

Leading roles

Arena en los bolsillos
This movie, directed by Cesar Martínez Herrada, was Muñoz' first leading role in a Spanish film.

Arena en los bolsillos is a film about 4 young boys, Iván, Lionel, Jenny and Elena, from a neighborhood on the outskirts of Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

. They plan a journey to the sea to escape from all the misery around them and on the way to find love and solidarity. During their journey they leave their signature on the walls ... a "graffiti" is their hallmark.

Supporting roles

Year Film Role Director Notes
2009 The Way
The Way (film)
The Way is a 2010 American drama film. It is a collaboration between Martin Sheen and his real life son Emilio Estevez, to honour the Camino de Santiago and promote pilgrimage...

 
Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez is an American actor, film director, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is well-known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire...

 
2008 NO-DO  Elio Quiroga 
2006 Goal II: Living the Dream  Jaume Collet-Serra
Jaume Collet-Serra
Jaume Collet-Serra is a Spanish film director and producer.Collet-Serra is most famous for the 2005 remake House of Wax, and 2009's Orphan...

 
2005 Arena en los Bolsillos
Arena en los Bolsillos
Arena en los bolsillos is the first solo studio album from Spanish musician Manolo García, released in 1998. The album contains 12 individual songs, plus an alternate version of the song "Carbon y ramas secas" and an instrumental version of the song "Pajaros de Barro".- Track listing :#"Prefiero el...

 
Iván César Martínez Herrada 
2004 Vida y color
Life and Colour
- Synopsis :Spain, 1975. Fede , a fifteen-year-old boy, is getting conscious of his environment little by little: his sister Begoña unsatisfied with her imminent wedding; his grandfather , who stops dealing with his best friend after the Spanish Civil War; his friend Ramona , a girl with Down...

 
Benito Santiago Tabernero 
Volando voy  "El Gavioto" Miguel Albaladejo
Miguel Albaladejo
Miguel Albaladejo, is a Spanish screenwriter and film director.-Filmography as Film Director:* La primera noche de mi vida * Manolito Gafotas * Ataque verbal * Rencor...

 
2003 Horas de luz  Manolo Matji 
Incautos  Miguel Bardem 
2002 Atraco a las 15:30  Pedro Masó
Pedro Masó
Pedro Masó was a Spanish director, producer, and scriptwriter.His relation with the cinema began at an early age when he was employed as a boy in the Estudios Chamartín in Madrid...

 
2001 El Caballero Don Quijote  Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director. His 1973 film Habla, mudita was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Camada negra at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival...

 
Hasta aquí hemos llegado  Yolanda García Serrano 
2000 El espinazo del diablo  Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones...

 

Main character

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Casi Ángeles: La resistencia  Thiago Main character.
Spanish version of the argentina series Casi Ángeles
2008/09 Dos de mayo  Antonio García Ponte "Toñin" Produced by Telemadrid
Telemadrid
Telemadrid is the first autonomous public television station of Madrid and the fifth national station, after those of Catalonia, Euskadi, Galicia and Andalusia. It is affiliated with FORTA since its inception, and it is a public channel that belongs exclusively to the autonomous government of...

.
Main character.
2007/08 Cosas de la Vida
Cosas de la vida
Cosas de la Vida is a Disney Channel Spain television series....


["Life Bites"]
Teo Produced by Disney Channel Spain
Disney Channel Spain
Disney Channel Spain is a free-to-air television channel and is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel, broadcasting in Spain. It is marketed to mostly children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has increased with an older audience. It is owned by Disney-ABC...


Main character
2000/01 Dime que me quieres  David Produced by Antena 3
Antena 3 (Spain)
Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....


Main character

Supporting roles

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Rescatando a Sara  Carlos TV movie
Supporting role
2007 Años perdidos  Made-for-TV movie
2006 Ke no  Series for Cuatro
Supporting role
2010 Los Protegidos
Los Protegidos
Los Protegidos is a Colombian telenovela aired since May 6, 2008 on Colombian tv network RCN. This telenovela is produced by Teleset and it was created as a counterweight for Caracol Televisión's new production El Cartel , but it was premiered before this last one in order to get a higher impact...

 
Antena 3
Supporting role
La pecera de Eva  "Nano" Telecinco
Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish commercial television channel operated by Mediaset España. Launched in 1990 as Tele 5, it was the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel...


Supporting role
2002 Código: Fuego  "Chipi" Series for Antena 3
Supporting role
Policías  David Series for Antena 3
Supporting role

TV host

Year Title Notes
2011 No sin mis padres  Family TV Show
2009 My camp Rock
My Camp Rock
My Camp Rock is a singing competition based on the Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock. Two series have been broadcast in the United Kingdom and two series in 2009 and 2010 in Sweden, Denmark and Norway as My Camp Rock Scandinavia...

 
Disney Channel Show
2008 Disney Channel Games
Disney Channel Games
The Disney Channel Games were annual Olympic-based televised games that aired on the Disney Channel from 2006–2008. The 2006 Games were filmed in California and produced by 7ATE9 Entertainment. In 2007 and 2008 the Games were filmed at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World...

 
Disney Channel Show, USA

Theater and others

Year Title Role Director Notes
1999 Euripides
Euripides
Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...

' Medea
Medea
Medea is a woman in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children, Mermeros and Pheres. In Euripides's play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, king of...

 
Michael Cacoyanis  Collaboration
2003 La pájara pinta  Documentary based on the centenary of Rafael Alberti
Rafael Alberti
Rafael Alberti Merello was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27....


Starring role
2005 Pájaros de Portugal  Joaquín Sabina
Joaquín Sabina
Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina , known artistically as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums...

 
Main character

Awards and recognition

Muñoz was awarded "Best Actor" at the 2008 NoteCortes FilmFest for his performance in the short film Paredes, directed by Jorge Galerón.

Sources

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