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Born | Manuel Ríos Fernández 17 December 1998
Calzada de Calatrava, Spain |
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Years active | 2008–present |
Manuel Ríos Fernández (born 17 December 1998) is a Spanish actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Patrick Blanco in the Netflix teen drama series Elite. [1]
Manuel Ríos Fernández was born on 17 December 1998 in Calzada de Calatrava, a small town in the province of Ciudad Real. [2] With a great passion for singing, dancing and acting from a very young age, Ríos made his television debut at nine when he was cast in the reality show Cantando en familia after his mother received a phone call from a local television looking for young talents. [3] In the following year, he participated as a dancer in ¡Tu sí que vales!, a Spanish talent show. [4] At that age, he also began uploading covers of famous songs on YouTube, earning him the nickname "the Spanish Justin Bieber". [5] Ríos studied classical ballet and street dance and won the Spanish Championships in hip hop dance as a member of the dance crew Sweet Babies. [6] He was also a member of Parchís in its 2012 relaunch, a children's musical band with which he released an album and toured throughout Spain. [6] [7] In addition, he portrayed Gavroche in the musical Les Misérables at the Lope de Vega Theatre in Madrid. [8]
In 2013, Ríos signed a 6-year contract with a Grammy Award-winning music producer Richy Peña, and moved with his parents and brother to the United States to work with an American team. [3] His work on his debut EP has been postponed due to his acting career, but he has confirmed he will release it in the future. [9] Ríos characterized the songs he had written as alternative pop with dark elements. [10] He can play the guitar and piano and has cited Lorde and Frank Ocean as some of his musical influences. [11] [12]
Ríos began his acting career in 2014 as Mauricio Martínez in the Spanish TV series Chiringuito de Pepe [13] and made his international breakthrough in 2021, when he landed the role of Patrick Blanco in the Netflix series Elite, joining the cast for the fourth, fifth, and sixth season. [14] In February 2023, he received a nomination for Best TV Actor at the 2022 Fotogramas de Plata for his performance in Elite. [15]
Just days after attending the 2022 MET Gala in New York, Ríos began filming the Netflix psychological thriller series El Silencio (Muted). [16] He was also cast in the lead role in La edad de la ira, an adaptation of the bestselling eponymous novel by Nando Lopez. [17] He portrays Marcos, an introverted teenager growing up in a toxic family environment, who is accused of murdering his father. [18] In 2022, Ríos was cast as a balladeer in short film Strange Way of Life, directed by fellow Calzada de Calatrava native Pedro Almodóvar and which premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. [19] [20]
In October 2023, Ríos and stylist Marc Forné founded the genderless fashion brand CARRER, with Ríos serving as its creative director. [21] [22]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2023 | Strange Way of Life | Singer | Short film | [23] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | Chiringuito de Pepe | Mauricio Martínez | Recurring cast (season 1); 6 episodes | [24] |
2021–2022 | Elite | Patrick Blanco Commerford | Main cast (seasons 4–6); 24 episodes | [1] |
2021 | Elite Short Stories: Patrick | Patrick Blanco Commerford | Lead role; 3 episodes | [1] |
2022 | La edad de la ira | Marcos | Lead role; 4 episodes | [1] |
2023 | Muted | Eneko | Main cast; 8 episodes | [1] |
2024 | Respira | Biel | Main cast; 8 episodes | [1] |
Year | Title | Channel | Notes |
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2008 | Cantando en familia | CMM TV | Contestant |
2009 | Tu sí que vales | Telecinco | Contestant |
2010 | Cántame cómo pasó | La 1 | Contestant |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2010 | Les Misérables | Gavroche Thénardier | Musical, Lope de Vega Theatre (Madrid) | [25] |
2012–2013 | Don Pepito | Don Pepito | Musical, Lope de Vega Theatre (Madrid) |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2022 | Fotogramas de Plata | Best TV Actor | Elite | Nominated |
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