Alejo Martín Sauras (born June 29, 1979 in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

), is a Spanish actor who is best known as Raúl Martinez in ''

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''.

Biography

Sauras was born in Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca but he spend his childhood in

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. Sauras studied

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for a while but he left his studies to pursue acting. Along with his acting studies, he studied Japanese, which gave him two theatre roles afterward. He also studied dance with

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of the

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in 2001. Sauras begin to get small roles in television series and his breakthrough happened through the TV series ''

Al salir de clase ''Al salir de clase'' is a Spanish teen drama television series produced by BocaBoca. The 1,199-episode-long broadcasting run on Telecinco spanned from September 1997 to July 2002. Premise The fiction, set in the Madrilenian ''Instituto Siete ...

'' (1997–2001) where Sauras played a young gay man, Santi. Later, Sauras had roles in ''Y decirte una estupidez, por ejemplo, te quiero'' (2000) and ''Diario de una becaria'' (2003). He also made guest roles in television series. From 2003 to 2008 Sauras played Raúl Martínez in

Awards

In 2007, Sauras won a "best actor" prize for his role in the movie ''Bienvenido a casa''.

Filmography

Movies

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Mensaka ''Mensaka'' ( es, Mensaka, páginas de una historia, links=no; ) is a 1998 Spanish drama film written and directed by Salvador García Ruiz (in his directorial feature debut) consisting of an adaptation of the novel ''Mensaka'' by José Ángel Ma� ...

'' (1998) *''Y decirte alguna estupidez, por ejemplo, te quiero'' (2000) *''La mujer de mi vida'' (2001) *''Diario de una becaria'' (2003) *''Atrapados'' TV movie (2003) *''Mentiras'' TV movie (2005) *'' H6: Diario de un asesino'' (2005) *''

Bienvenido a casa ''Welcome Home'' ( es, Bienvenido a Casa, links=no) is a 2006 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by David Trueba, starring Pilar López de Ayala and Alejo Sauras as Eva and Samuel, a couple just settled in Madrid, alongside Ariadna Gil, ...

'' (2006) *'' La habitación de Fermat'' (2007) *''

Café solo o con ellas ''Love Expresso'' ( es, Café solo... o con ellas, links=no) is a 2007 Spanish comedy film directed and written by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo. The cast features Alejo Sauras, Lucía Jiménez, Asier Etxeandia, Elena Ballesteros, Diego Paris, Javier Godi ...

'' (2007) *''Lo que tiene el otro'' (2007) *'' Sexykiller, morirás por ella'' (2007) *'' Mentiras y gordas'' (2008) *''

Los abrazos rotos ''Broken Embraces'' ( es, Los abrazos rotos, links=no) is a 2009 Spanish romantic thriller film written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Almodóvar regulars, it stars Lluís Homar as a blind ...

'' (2009) * Solo Química (2015) * '' El jugador de ajedrez (2017), como Javier Sánchez

Television

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'' (1999–2000) as Santi *''Javier ya no vive solo'' (2003) as Óscar *''

'' (2003–2008) as Raúl Martínez *''

Acusados ''Acusados'' is a Spanish drama television series created by Ida y Vuelta starring Blanca Portillo and José Coronado, among others. It aired from 2009 to 2010 on Telecinco. Premise Rosa Ballester (Blanca Portillo) is a judge who prosecutes th ...

'' (2010) as Pablo Alonso. * '' 14 de abril. La República'' (2011–2019) as Jesús Prado. *''

Estoy vivo ''Estoy vivo'' is a Spanish crime television series with supernatural and comedy elements. Created by Daniel Écija and produced by RTVE in collaboration with Globomedia and Good Mood, it premiered on 7 September 2017 on La 1. Its fourth season p ...

'' (2017–) as El Enlace

Theatre

*''La Ínsula Barataria'' (1996) *''Manuke Mura'' (1996, in Japanese) *''Tonari No Ojiisan'' (1997, in Japanese) *''La Gallina Ciega'' (2002)

References

External links

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