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Miguel Herrán

Miguel Herrán

Actor · Born April 25, 1996 (30) · Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

Miguel Herrán (born 25 April 1996) is a Spanish actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Aníbal "Río" Cortés in Money Heist and Christian Varela Expósito in Élite. In 2016, he won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for his role in the film Nothing in Return.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 25, 1996 (30)
From
Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Works as
Actor
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 24% in 30 days

What are Miguel Herrán's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 5

Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 6 of 8 analyzed roles.

Hero
6 of 8
Trickster
2 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Melancholic
6
Dread
3
Joyful
2
Warm
1
Other
5

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

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 Miguel Herrán's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Miguel Herrán's 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

15 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • El confidente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • The Truce(2025)

    as Teniente Salgado

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Bank Under Siege(2024)

    Show 5 episodes · as José Juan Martínez Gómez

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
  • The Cause of The Accident That Started The Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Miguel

  • Valley of Shadows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Quique

  • Los Farad(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Oskar

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
  • Prison 77(2022)

    as Manuel Gómez

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Canallas(2022)

    as Brujo Joven

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Sky High(2020)

    as Ángel

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Some Time Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Ray

  • Elite(2018)

    Show 9 episodes · as Christian Varela

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
  • Money Heist(2017)

    Show 41 episodes · as Río

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • The Invisible Guardian(2017)

    as Miguel Ángel

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Nothing in Return(2015)

    as Darío

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 2015 to 2025; peak year 2025.

Film career

20152025

Peak 2025 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 5 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.

  • 2015Screen debut· Nothing in Return
  • 2015First top-billed film· Nothing in Return
  • 2022Career best· Prison 77

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting15 of 15: 15 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60th

By decade

2010s6 · acting2020s8 · acting

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 56% of 9 roles

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.

How do Miguel Herrán's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 11 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed3

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 37. 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 Miguel Herrán's 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 63 · intenseMedian of all films: 32

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

Who does Miguel Herrán work with?

People who share at least 2 of Miguel Herrán's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Luis Tosar shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers