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Imanol Arias

Imanol Arias

Actor · Born April 26, 1956 (70) · Riaño, León, Castilla y León, España

Imanol Arias began his career with a traveling theatre group in Spain performing in Euskadi (Basque Country). After minor roles on stage, he travels to Cuba to shoot Cecilia (1982) directed by Humberto Solás. In 1987 he won the Concha de Plata of the San Sebastian Film Festival for the biography of Eleuterio Sánchez, El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987) directed by Vicente Aranda.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
April 26, 1956 (70)
From
Riaño, León, Castilla y León, España
Works as
Actor
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 91 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 3% in 30 days

What are Imanol Arias' films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Bonds
22%
Survival
17%
Power
16%
Morality
13%
Society
4%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 9

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 9 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

18 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 5 of 18 analyzed roles.

Shadow
5 of 18
Hero
4 of 18
Mentor
4 of 18
Herald
3 of 18
Threshold guardian
2 of 18
Show the 18 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Melancholic
10
Dread
5
Warm
5
Romantic
3
Other
16

How their films linger

Unsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Imanol Arias' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Imanol Arias' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

91 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Innato(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · as Félix Garay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • The Best Heart Attack of My Life(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as El Yayo

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Nueva Tierra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Gregorio

  • La bandera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Leyenda feroz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • El molino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Milá Vs Milá (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Entrevistado

  • Portrait of White Woman with Grey Hair and Wrinkles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Álvaro

  • Offering to the Storm(2020)

    as Padre Sarasola

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Velvet Colección: Grand Finale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • The Legacy of the Bones(2019)

    as Padre Sarasola

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Sand and Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Sultan

  • The (Silent) War(2019)

    as Sergeant Manuel Castillo

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Velvet Colección(2017)

    Show 20 episodes · as Eduard Godó

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Despido procedente(2017)

    as Javier

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • La última palabra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Chaos and Order: Manuel Felguérez and His Abstract Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • The Great Illusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Thanks · as Self

  • Mi valle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Imanol Arias

  • Stranded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Benemérita

  • Eva Doesn't Sleep(2015)

    as Dr. Ara

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Spy Time(2015)

    as Anacleto

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas(2014)

    as Piloto avión

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Dying Beyond Their Means (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Gerardo

  • Humberto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Vicente Ferrer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Vicente Ferrer

  • The Liberator(2013)

    as Juan Domingo de Monteverde

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • My First Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Miguel Ángel Bernardo

  • Un País Para Comerselo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 25 episodes · Actor

  • Paper Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Jorge del Pino

  • What The Tourist Should See (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Lo que tiene el otro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Nocturna(2007)

    as Pastor de gatos (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Final (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • La semana que viene (sin falta) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer · as Teo Morales

  • Mentiras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Fabián

  • The 3 Wise Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Baltasar (voz)

  • Besos de gato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Anchoas

  • Severo Ochoa: La conquista de un Nobel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Severo Ochoa

  • Savages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Cuéntame cómo pasó (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 418 episodes · as Antonio Alcántara Barbadillo

  • A House with a View of the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Tomás Alonso

  • His Master's Voice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Sacristán

  • Waiting for the Messiah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Baltasar

  • Mary Magdalene(2000)

    as Amos

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Camino de Santiago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 3 episodes · as Xoan Castro

  • El Club de la Comedia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Monologuista

  • Buenos Aires Kills Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Condesa Pavlova

  • Rack Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Scalesi

  • In Praise of Older Women(1997)

    as Dávalos

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Querido maestro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 40 episodes · as Mario

  • Comanche Territory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Mikel Uriarte

  • Ilona llega con la lluvia(1996)

    as Abdul

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • África(1996)

    as Arturo

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Un asunto privado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Duque de Arcos

  • The Flower of My Secret(1995)

    as Paco

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Lazos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Luis Vázquez

  • All Men Are the Same (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Juan Luis

  • Arnau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 5 episodes · as Yazid

  • Sálvate si puedes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Roberto

  • Intruso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Ángel

  • Wild Tango(1993)

    as Angel

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Bilingual Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Juan

  • Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Doria

  • Ivorsi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Una mujer bajo la lluvia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Ramón

  • Welcome to Veraz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Paco

  • Alone Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Javier

  • La mujer de tu vida (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Actor

  • Brigada Central (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 26 episodes · as Manuel Flores

  • El Lute: The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 5 episodes · as Eleuterio Sánchez 'El Lute'

  • El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free(1988)

    as Eleuterio Sánchez 'El Lute'

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • El Lute: Run for Your Life(1987)

    as Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Divine Words (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Séptimo Miau

  • Riaño Vivo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Actor

  • Bandera negra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Esteban

  • Tiempo de silencio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Pedro Martín

  • Lulú de noche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Rufo

  • Bohemian Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Preso catalán

  • Eternal Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Pierre

  • Camila (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Ladislao Gutiérrez

  • Mikel's Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Mikel

  • Anillos de Oro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 13 episodes · as Ramón

  • Bearn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Don Juan

  • Demons in the Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Juan

  • The Beehive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Novio de Victorita

  • Labyrinth of Passion(1982)

    as Riza Niro

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Cecilia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Leonardo

  • Cervantes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 9 episodes · as Cardenal Aquaviva

  • La Corea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Chico de la pensión

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 91 titles from 1976 to 2025; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

The Liberator (2013)

$5.1M worldwide

Highest rated

Nocturna (2007)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

Velvet Colección (2017)

Film career

19762025

Peak 2014 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting89 of 91: 88 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score51stDirecting1 of 91: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleProducing1 of 91: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 91: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s20 · acting1990s25 · 24 acting · 1 crew2000s15 · 15 acting · 1 crew2010s20 · 19 acting · 1 crew2020s10 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 25% of 20 roles
829212

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Imanol Arias' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 18; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Mary Magdalene (2000)

75th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Nocturna (2007)

Midcredits 87th · 76% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Imanol Arias' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Imanol Arias work with?

People who share at least 2 of Imanol Arias' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Leonardo Sbaraglia shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles