Álvaro Morte

Álvaro Morte — Biography

Álvaro Morte is the Spanish actor who became known worldwide as Sergio Marquina, the heist mastermind called "The Professor," in La Casa de Papel (Money Heist). He had spent years in Spanish television and theater before that role made him an international name; more recently he returned to screens in Netflix's Two Graves and he continues to run his own theater company.

He first studied communications engineering, then switched to dramatic art, graduating from the Higher School of Dramatic Art in Córdoba in 1999, took a short course at the University of Tampere in Finland and settled in Madrid. His first on-camera work was a small part in Hospital Central; he then took his first significant series role in Planta 25 (2007-2008), played Gabriel Areta in Amar en tiempos revueltos. From 2014 to 2017 he was the doctor Lucas Moliner in El secreto de Puente Viejo. La Casa de Papel began on Antena 3 in 2017, became a global phenomenon once Netflix took it on, and finished in December 2021. He went on to play Óscar in El embarcadero, as Logain Ablar in The Wheel of Time and as Adolfo Suárez in Anatomía de un instante, and he acted opposite Sydney Sweeney in the 2024 film Immaculate.

With the 300 Pistolas company, which he founded in 2012, he has directed plays including El lazarillo de Tormes and La casa de Bernarda Alba. He made his West End debut in Bess Wohl's Barcelona. His performance as the Professor brought nominations for several Spanish awards, the Feroz Awards among them.