Luis Adrián Álvaro Lastra (born 26 February 1984), known professionally as Adrián Lastra, is a Spanish actor, dancer and singer, known for his performance as Pedro in the TV series ''

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''.

Biography

Luis Adrián Álvaro Lastra was born on 26 February 1984 in

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, Madrid, to a working-class family. Before entering his scenic career, Lastra took vocational training courses in electronics, but according to him, he was a "bad student". Reportedly moved to start a musical career after watching

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's performances in ''Operación Triunfo'', his education in this area began in 2003, taking classes of vocal technique and musical performance as student of Victoria Manso and Patricia Ferro. He began a career in

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in 2004. He has since starred in stage plays such as ''Broadway Millennnium'', ''

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'', ''En tu fiesta me colé'', ''Flashdance'', ', ''Billy Elliot'', ''El discurso del rey''. His first main role in television was his performance as 'Pipo' in the ''Corta-T'' series, aired on

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. He starred in the film 2011 film ''

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'' (''Cousinhood''), playing José Miguel, a military veteran of Afghanistan, addicted to pills. This performance earned him a nomination to the

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in 2012. He also performed as leading actor in the 2011 comedy ''Fuga de cerebros 2'' (sequel to ''

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''), playing Alfonso Carbajosa. He also played a teacher in seduction techniques in the 2017 comedy ''El club de los buenos infieles''. Venturing into horror, Lastra starred in as leading actor in ''Noctem'', a 2017

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film directed by Marcos Cabotá in which Lastra played himself. Lastra also appeared in the 2020 comedy ''

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''. Lastra became very popular for his role as the Pedro Infantes in the series ''Velvet'', reprised in the sequel ''

''.

Filmography

;Film ;Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lastra, Adrian Spanish male musical theatre actors Spanish male television actors Spanish male stage actors Spanish male film actors 21st-century Spanish male actors 1984 births Living people People from Madrid