Hispanopedia WikiLuis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio (born 7 April 1975), better known as Sergio Peris-Mencheta, is a Spanish actor, and theatre director.[1]
Early life
Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio was born on 7 April 1975 in Madrid,[2][3][4] son to a Spanish father and a Moscow-born mother, daughter of Spanish exiles.[5] A rugby union player for the team of the Lycée Français,[6] 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,[7] 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.[8] He played Dani Daroca, one of the students of the Siete Robles school.[9]
He made his feature film debut in Jara (1999), in which he starred alongside the also debuting Olivia Molina and seasoned actress Ángela Molina.[10][11] 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.[12]
In 2017 he made his American television debut in Snowfall, in which he played a former Mexican luchador employed by a drug cartel in 1980s Los Angeles. The series ran for 6 seasons, from 2017-2023.[13]
Personal life
In 2017, he married actress Marta Solaz, with whom he has 2 children.[14] In January 2024, Peris-Mencheta announced that he was suffering from an unspecified type of cancer, which was later disclosed to be chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML).[15]
Filmography
References
- ↑"Sergio Peris-Mencheta: "El teatro debe tener la verdad del cine" | Metropoli.com". metropoli.elmundo.es. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ↑Nemolato, Luis (20 June 2013). "'Envejecer es progresista'". El Mundo.
- ↑"Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, interpretado por Sergio Peris Mencheta". RTVE. 22 September 2011.
- ↑"Sergio Peris-Mencheta: "He abandonado más lecturas de las que he terminado"". Babelia. El País. 10 October 2020.
- ↑Román, Manuel (5 February 2019). "Sergio Peris-Mencheta, a tiros contra Rambo". Libertad Digital.
- ↑"Peris Mencheta: "La sensación de ensayar es incomparable"". Marca.com. 9 January 2012.
- ↑García, Rocío (6 January 2013). ""Me imponen más Lorca y Chéjov que Shakespeare"". El País.
- ↑"Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Premio Escena del Festival de Teatro Lazarillo". SGAE. 17 August 2016.
- ↑López, Tony (29 August 2016). "Sergio Peris-Mencheta: "La reunión de 'Al salir de clase' está en camino"". Bluper– via El Español.
- ↑Siles, Luis Eduardo (22 November 1999). "Ángela Molina y su hija Olivia brillan en Huelva con la película "Jara"". El País.
- ↑"La increíble conversación entre Sergio Peris-Mencheta y Sylvester Stallone". Cadena100. 30 June 2021.
- ↑"Jara". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- ↑"Sergio Peris-Mencheta Overview". fandango.com. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ↑"Sergio Peris-Mencheta se pone romántico con Marta Solaz, la actriz de 'Al salir de clase' que robó su corazón hace 13 años". ¡Hola!. 18 January 2018.
- ↑Mira, Sergio (10 January 2025). "La condición médica por la cual la piel de Sergio Peris-Mencheta ha oscurecido: "Están tratando de negociar permanentemente"". La Vanguardia.
External links
- Sergio Peris-Mencheta at IMDb
- 1975 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Spanish male actors
- 21st-century Spanish male actors
- Spanish male film actors
- Spanish male television actors
- Male actors from Madrid
- Charles III University of Madrid alumni
- Spanish actor stubs