Yon González Luna (born 20 May 1986) is a Spanish actor. He is probably best known for his performance as Iván Noiret León in the Antena 3 series '' The Boarding School'' (''El internado''), as well as for his role of Julio Olmedo/Espinosa in the television series '' Gran Hotel'' and for that of Francisco Gómez in the

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series '' Cable Girls''.

Acting career

Yon González began his acting career in the

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series ''

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'' in 2006. He then went on to star in the Antena 3 series '' The Boarding School'' (''El internado'') from 2007 to 2010 which brought him wider popularity. González's performance as Iván Noiret León earned him an ACE Award for Best New Actor in 2010, as well as a Golden Nymph for Best Actor – Drama nomination at the

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2009. Throughout 2008 and 2009, González starred in the motion pictures '' Sex, Party and Lies'' (''Mentiras y gordas''), opposite

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, Hugo Silva and his ''The Boarding School'' co–star

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, and

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's ' (''Rabia''). He also appeared in the short films ''The Storymaker'' (''El forjador de historias''), ''Impossible Loves'' (''Amores imposibles''), ''Identity'' (''Identidad'') and ''Latex Puppets'' (''Muñecos de latex''), winning the La FILA Festival of Short Films Award for Best Male Performance for the latter. In 2010, González portrayed

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in ', a television miniseries based on the life of

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. In 2011, González worked primarily in television, appearing in ''

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'', which stars his brother Aitor Luna, '' The Whos'' (''Los Quién'') and '' Gran Hotel'' (''Gran hotel''). ''Gran Hotel'', in which he starred opposite his ''SMS'' fellow

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, won him the

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Award for Best Television Actor. During the 2015-2016 he starred in two seasons drama series, ''

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'' as the main protagonist, Víctor. The crime drama series are aired on

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's Atres Player. In that year, he also starred in a thriller movie together with his brother, Aitor Luna in Killing Time (''Matar El Tiempo'') with the role as Boris. In 2017-2020 he played the role as Francisco Gómez on Netflix original series, '' Cable Girls''. The other filming he made was ''Hil Kanpaiak'', a Basque-language movie where he played the role as Iñigo Kortazar, a policeman. The movie has been aired on Festival du Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes 2021. He is also the main protagonist on ''

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'' as Hugo Llor. The series—based on a historical novel written by

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—aired on Netflix in April of 2022.

Other work

In 2007, González modeled for David Delfín at the

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. He also covered numerous magazines, such as '' Vanity Fair'', '' Glamour'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', either alone or with his '' The Boarding School'' fellows. In 2007, along with

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and

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, González supported the ONG Childhood Without Limits Foundation. In 2020, he worked on promoting

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's latest perfume, K and campaigned it on his

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account.

Personal and media life

González was born in

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, and lives in Madrid. His older brother Aitor González Luna is also an actor, probably best known for his role in ''

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'' and ''

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''. He cites

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and

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as his role models. In 2011, he was ranked sixth in '' 20 minutos'' list of sexiest Spanish actors. He is represented by Paloma Juanes entertainment and actor agency.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Yon 1986 births Male actors from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Living people People from Bergara Spanish male film actors Spanish male models Spanish male stage actors Spanish male television actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Basque-language actors