Sergio Peris-Mencheta: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Spanish actor (born 1975)}}

{{Family name hatnote|Peris-Mencheta|Barrio|lang=Spanish}}

| image = Sergio Peris-Mencheta 2018.png

| caption = Peris-Mencheta in 2018

| birth_name = Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio

| birth_place = [[Madrid]], Spain

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|stage director}}

| years active= 1997–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Marta Solaz|2017}}

| children = 2

'''Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio''' (born 7 April 1975), better known as '''Sergio Peris-Mencheta''', is a Spanish theatre, cinema, and television actor, as well as a theatre director.<ref name="elmundo">{{cite web|url=http://metropoli.elmundo.es/teatro/2014/10/16/543fa08922601dc5658b457d.html|publisher=metropoli.elmundo.es|title=Sergio Peris-Mencheta: "El teatro debe tener la verdad del cine" &#124; Metropoli.com|accessdate=2017-02-26}}</ref>

==Early life==

Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio was born on 7 April 1975 in [[Madrid]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/05/17/gentes/1368785338.html|website=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|date=20 June 2013|title='Envejecer es progresista'|first=Luis|last=Nemolato}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20110922/gonzalo-fernandez-cordoba-interpretado-sergio-peris-mencheta/456958.shtml|website=[[RTVE]]|title=Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, interpretado por Sergio Peris Mencheta|date=22 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/10/08/babelia/1602176432_166078.html|website=Babelia|publisher=[[El País]]|title=Sergio Peris-Mencheta: “He abandonado más lecturas de las que he terminado”|date=10 October 2020}}</ref> son to a Spanish father and a Moscow-born mother, daughter of Spanish exiles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/cultura/cine/2019-02-05/sergio-peris-mencheta-a-tiros-contra-rambo-1276632281/|website=[[Libertad Digital]]|title=Sergio Peris-Mencheta, a tiros contra Rambo|first=Manuel|last=Román|date=5 February 2019}}</ref> A [[Rugby unione|rugby]] player for the [[CR Liceo Francés|team of the Lycée Français]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/2012/01/09/mas_deportes/rugby/1326115728.html|website=[[Marca.com]]|title=Peris Mencheta: "La sensación de ensayar es incomparable"|date=9 January 2012}}</ref> he also was part of international teams that won several championships, and was captain of his youth team. After finishing secondary school, he enrolled at the [[Charles III University of Madrid]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/sociedad/2013/01/06/actualidad/1357495924_928998.html|website=[[El País]]|title=“Me imponen más Lorca y Chéjov que Shakespeare”|date=6 January 2013|first=Rocío|last=García}}</ref> but while participating in the university theater group directed by Inés París he discovered a desire to become an actor.

==Career==

In 1998, Peris-Mencheta landed a role in teen drama television series ''[[Al salir de clase]]'', which earned him popularity.<ref name=sgae>{{Cite web|url=http://sgae.es/es-Es/SitePages/EstaPasandoDetalleActualidad.aspx?i=1164&s=5|website=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|SGAE]]|title=Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Premio Escena del Festival de Teatro Lazarillo|date=17 August 2016}}</ref> He played Dani Daroca, one of the students of the Siete Robles school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/television/20160829/sergio-peris-mencheta-reunion-salir-clase-camino/151235441_0.html|website=Bluper|via=[[El Español]]|date=29 August 2016|first=Tony|last=López|title=Sergio Peris-Mencheta: "La reunión de 'Al salir de clase' está en camino"}}</ref>

He made his feature film debut in ''Jara'' (1999), in which he starred alongside the also debuting [[Olivia Molina (actress)|Olivia Molina]] and seasoned actress [[Ángela Molina]].<ref name="elpais">{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/11/22/andalucia/943226538_850215.html|website=[[El País]]|first=Luis Eduardo|last=Siles|title=Ángela Molina y su hija Olivia brillan en Huelva con la película "Jara"|date=22 November 1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cadena100.es/programas/de-sabado-con-christian-galvez/noticias/increible-conversacion-entre-sergio-peris-mencheta-sylvester-stallone-20210630_1373367|website=Cadena100|title=La increíble conversación entre Sergio Peris-Mencheta y Sylvester Stallone|date=30 June 2021}}</ref> He portrayed Tato, a man who finds a mysterious and beautiful woman (Jara) living alone in the forest since she was a child, starting a murky relationship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a4049/jara/|website=[[Fotogramas]]|title=Jara|date=29 May 2008}}</ref>

==Personal life==

In 2017, he married actress {{ill|Marta Solaz|es}}, with whom he has 2 children.<ref name="hola">{{Cite web|website=[[¡Hola!]]|url=https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20180118104816/sergio-peris-mencheta-marta-solaz-declaracion-amor/|date=18 January 2018|title=Sergio Peris-Mencheta se pone romántico con Marta Solaz, la actriz de 'Al salir de clase' que robó su corazón hace 13 años}}</ref>

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|+Key

| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}

|Denotes works that have not yet been released

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| 1999

| Feature film debut

| rowspan = "2" | 2000

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| 2008

|''[[La vida en rojo]]''

| André Sánchez

|''[[El Capitán Trueno y el Santo Grial]]''

|[[Capitán Trueno]]

|2017-2023

|Gustavo 'El Oso' Zapata

|Main Cast

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|-

| 2021

|S.O.Z: Soldiers or Zombies

|Marroquin

|Amazon Tv Series

|-

| 2021

|''[[Xtreme (film)|Xtreme]]''

|Finito

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|-

| 2022

|''[[Boundless (2022 TV series)|Boundless]]''

|Capitan Cartagena

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|-

| 2023

|''[[Meg 2: The Trench]]''

|Montes

[[Category:Spanish male film actors]]

[[Category:Male actors from Madrid]]

[[Category:Charles III University of Madrid alumni]]