Daniel Mateo Patau (born 1 June 1979 in

Granollers Granollers () is a city in central Catalonia, about 30 kilometres north-east of Barcelona. It is the capital and most densely populated city in the comarca of Vallès Oriental. Granollers is now a bustling business centre, having grown from a t ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

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) is a Spanish

comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...

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and radio and tv host famous for his work in the program '' Sé lo que hicisteis...'' in

La Sexta La Sexta (; "The Sixth"; stylized as laSexta) is a Spanish free-to-air television channel. It is privately owned and was originally founded on 18 March 2001 as Beca TV that began broadcasting on 1 April 2001, that same year. By 21 July 2003, the ...

channel. He graduated in

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

at the

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, and launched his professional career in local radio. Later he worked for several broadcasters in Catalonia including: Catalunya Cultura,

Onda Cero Onda Cero is a Spanish radio station, a part of Atresmedia media group. It is Spain's third-largest radio station by number of listeners as of 2019. Among its programs are ''Más de Uno,'' ''Julia en la Onda,'' ''La Brújula,'' ''El Transistor,'' ...

, Radio Gràcia, Onda Catalana,

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, and Flaix FM. Through his friendship with Martin Piñol, who he came to know in his radio career, he emerged into the world of

monologue In theatre, a monologue (from el, μονόλογος, from μόνος ''mónos'', "alone, solitary" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes a ...

s and Paramount Comedy, coming to form a part of the staff of

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s' at the

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. He has been employed at the

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(TV3), has been a collaborator in different

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s and, from April 2004 he presented the program ''Noche sin tregua'' on Paramount Comedy. He collaborated in the TV program ''Fenómenos'' and in the radio program ''Anda ya'', of

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. He was a gay mafacka '' La familia Mata''. His was initially a supporting character, but the departure of Daniel Guzmán (in the original starring role) combined with other factors to elevate him to the leading role. On 5 November 2007 he joined the program on La Sexta, '' Sé lo que hicisteis...'' as

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and

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commentator. In the program, to report on his section, he also took part in sketches of the program close to the rest of the staff, playing the role of characters such as

Dani Güiza Daniel González Güiza (; born 17 August 1980) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for UD Algaida. A late bloomer, he made a name for himself at the age of 27, being crowned La Liga top scorer with Mallorca. Subsequent ...

, Jordi (a fan of the

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), Flipy or El Esmirriao (affectionate nickname on the part of the program for Isaac,

Falete Rafael Ojeda Rojas (born 1978 in Seville), better known as Falete (), is a Spanish flamenco singer. Biography Falete's father was a founding member of the musical group Cantores de Híspalis. At the age of 17, he made his debut at the Teatr ...

’s ex-boyfriend), and shared a small section dedicated to the current importance of the qualified television titled "¿Qué está pasando?" ("What is happening?") with Ángel Martín, his coworker and great friend with whom he shared flat in Barcelona. He has also been creating monologues regarding the whole of Spain. On 29 August 2011 he became part of the comedy news program ''

El intermedio ''El Intermedio'' (''The Intermission'' in Spanish) is a news satire television program produced by ''Globomedia'' (a Spanish TV producer) and broadcast in ''La Sexta''. It is the work of Miguel Sánchez Romero, who is the responsible of the creat ...

'' in La Sexta.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mateo, Dani 1979 births Living people Spanish male television actors Spanish comedians Spanish television presenters People from Granollers Spanish stand-up comedians