Fran Perea
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Francisco Manuel Perea Bilbao (born November 20, 1978, in Málaga
Málaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...

, Andalucía, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

), professionally known as Fran Perea, is a Spanish
Spain
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 actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and singer.

Career

Fran Perea graduated from the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático of Málaga. He made his debut in 2000, acting Hugo in television series Al salir de clase. He portrayed Hugo from 2001 to 2002.

In 2003, Perea got the role of Marcos Serrano in television sitcom Los Serrano
Los Serrano
Los Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on April 22, 2003 and is played on the channel Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid...

. He also sang the opening theme "1 más 1 son 7", and was a huge hit in 2003. Due to his role of Marcos, Fran Perea became famous singer. His first album, La chica de la habitación de al lado, was totally inspired by his role in Los Serrano. It earned four Platinum
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...

 and one Gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

 discs. In 2004, he had a Spanish
Spain
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 tour, and recorded live hits album Fran Perea, en concierto. In 2005, he released his second album Punto y Aparte, that followed the success of La chica de la habitación de al lado. One year later, Perea left Los Serrano and started acting in films.

In 2006, he portrayed David in film Los Mánagers, directed by Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Fernando Guillén Cuervo is a Spanish actor, film director and scriptwriter.His parents are Fernando Guillén and Gemma Cuervo, and his sisters are Cayetana and Natalia. All are actors. He wrote the script of Los novios búlgaros and worked as a direction assistant in Año mariano.- Filmography :-...

. Also, he was the protagonist of 2006 film
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

 El camino de los ingleses, directed by famous actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Banderas , better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer...

. When Banderas selected him for the film, he did not know that Perea was very famous in Spain for his roles in the TV-series Al salir de clase and Los Serrano.

In 2007, Perea acted in Goya
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....

-nominated film Las 13 rosas
Las 13 rosas
Las 13 Rosas is a 2007 Spanish film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro. It stars Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Verónica Sánchez and Marta Etura...

, directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro
Emilio Martínez Lázaro
Emilio Martínez Lázaro is a Spanish film director famous for such films as The Other Side of the Bed and His Master's Voice....

. One of the protagonists was Verónica Sánchez
Verónica Sánchez
Verónica Sánchez Calderón is a Spanish actress. She made her debut in theatre in 1996, and came to media attention as Eva Capdevila in the Telecinco series Los Serrano in 2003. Sánchez has since developed a successful film career...

, former Los Serrano co-star and Perea's ex-girlfriend. He also portrayed guest roles in television series Hospital central
Hospital Central
Hospital Central is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco network in Spain, and cable/satellite channel Factoría de Ficción reruns them a couple of weeks later...

in 2007 and 2008, and portrayed Marcos in few episodes of Los Serrano, including the last one.

He is currently preparing his third album, which will be released in 2008.

Personal life

From 2003 to 2006, he dated Spanish
Spain
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 actress and Los Serrano
Los Serrano
Los Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on April 22, 2003 and is played on the channel Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid...

co-star Verónica Sánchez
Verónica Sánchez
Verónica Sánchez Calderón is a Spanish actress. She made her debut in theatre in 1996, and came to media attention as Eva Capdevila in the Telecinco series Los Serrano in 2003. Sánchez has since developed a successful film career...

. They broke up after they both left Los Serrano due to their careers. They attended together at the ceremony of 2006 Goya Awards
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....

.

Politics

Has participated with another Spanish famous people in a campaign in support of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party . He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he will not stand for re-election in 2012...

 as candidate for the president of the government of Spain
Spain
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 in the elections in 2008.

Television

  • Al salir de clase (2001–2002) as Hugo
  • Los Serrano
    Los Serrano
    Los Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on April 22, 2003 and is played on the channel Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid...

    (2003–2006) as Marcos Serrano

Guest roles

  • El comisario (2002, 2003) as Guti
  • Los Serrano
    Los Serrano
    Los Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on April 22, 2003 and is played on the channel Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid...

    (2007, 2008) as Marcos Serrano
  • Muchachada Nui
    Muchachada Nui
    Muchachada Nui is a Spanish TV show, consisting of unrelated sketches that use absurd and surrealistic humor. It is broadcast on "La 2 de Televisión Española"...

    (2007) as Marcial Ruíz Escribano
  • Hospital central
    Hospital Central
    Hospital Central is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco network in Spain, and cable/satellite channel Factoría de Ficción reruns them a couple of weeks later...

    (2007) as Javi
  • Hospital central
    Hospital Central
    Hospital Central is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco network in Spain, and cable/satellite channel Factoría de Ficción reruns them a couple of weeks later...

    (2008) as Dr Enrique Trujillo

Film

  • Los Mánagers (2006) as David
  • El camino de los ingleses (2006) as El Garganta
  • Perez, el ratoncito de tus sueños
    El Ratón Pérez
    El Ratón Pérez is a 2006 Argentine film directed by Juan Pablo Buscarini, starring Delfina Varni, Nicolas Torcanowsky and the voices of Alejandro Awada as Ratón Perez, Mariano Chiesa as Commander Fugaz and Roly Serrano as El Rata. The film includes 3D animated characters created by the Patagonik...

    (2007) (voice)
  • Las 13 rosas
    Las 13 rosas
    Las 13 Rosas is a 2007 Spanish film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro. It stars Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Verónica Sánchez and Marta Etura...

    (2007) as Teo

Short films

  • Tu mismo (2000)
  • Cañí
    Cañi
    For the Spanish footballer nicknamed 'Cani', see Rubén Gracia.Cañí is a Spanish adjective, which refers to the Gypsy race. It may also refer to:*La España cañí, a set phrase that refers to folkloric Spain and is sometimes used derogatorily....

    (2000)
  • Final feliz para un crimen de Aure Roces (2001)
  • La aventura de Rosa de Ángela Armero (2008)

Studio albums

  • 2003: La chica de la habitación de al lado #2 Spain
    Spain
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    , #10 Finland
    Finland
    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

  • 2005: Punto y Aparte #8 in Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

  • 2010: Viejos conocidos

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