Carlos Librado
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{{Short description|Spanish actor and comedian (born 1976)}}
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| image = Malaga Film Festival 2025 - Carlos Librado.jpg
| caption = Librado in 2025
| occupation = {{Hlist|Actor|stand-up comedian|footballer}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|08|09|df=yes}}
| birth_name = Juan Carlos Librado Gallego
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Juan Carlos Librado Gallego (born 9 August 1976), also known as Nene, is a Spanish actor and comedian.
Life and career
Juan Carlos Librado Gallego was born in Madrid on 9 August 1976.{{Cite web|url=https://www.noticiasdenavarra.com/television/2021/08/13/carlos-librado-echo-futbol-he-2122732.html|website=Noticias de Navarra|date=13 August 2021|first=Rosana|last=Lakunza|title=Carlos Librado: "No echo de menos el fútbol porque siempre he querido ser actor"}} Prior to his acting career, Librado developed a ten-year spell as a professional footballer, playing for lower-league sides RSD Alcalá, CD Badajoz, Alicante CF, and UD Lanzarote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/series-tv/2023-11-17/salon-de-te-la-moderna-asi-es-carlos-librado-nene-canete_3723856/|website=El Confidencial|date=17 November 2023|title=De jugar la Liga a servir el café: así es Carlos Librado, Cañete en la serie 'La Moderna'|first=A|last=Richart}} He trained his acting chops in a theatre group of the University of Alicante. He has performed in stand-up TV and live comedy shows, and collaborated in {{ill|El club de la comedia (Spain)|es|El club de la comedia (España)|lt=El club de la comedia}}, Zapeando, and Pasapalabra.
Librado landed his screen debut with a minor role in the sitcom Aída.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/series-y-tv/256334/carlos-librado-futbolista-profesional-actor.html|website=La Voz de Almería|first=Marta|last=Amadó|date=23 August 2024|title=Carlos Librado, de futbolista profesional a actor}}
He starred alongside Daniel Grao and Isak Férriz as Clemente "Clemen" Guerrero in the narcoseries Gigantes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lne.es/tv-espectaculos/2018/10/10/son-violentos-capos-personajes-gigantes-18736577.html|date=10 October 2018|website=La Nueva España|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|title=Así son los violentos capos (y demás personajes) de Gigantes, la nueva gran serie del narcotráfico "made in Spain"|first=Pablo|last=Tuñón}} He also appeared in {{ill|Lejos de ti|es|Lejos de ti (serie de televisión)}}, {{ill|Los relojes del diablo|es}}, {{ill|Señor, dame paciencia (TV series)|es|Señor, dame paciencia (serie de televisión)|lt=Señor, dame paciencia}}, Dos años y un día, and La Moderna.
He made his feature film debut in The Invisible Guardian (2017), followed by performances in the subsequent installments of the saga, The Legacy of the Bones and Offering to the Storm. His film career also include roles in Undercover Wedding Crashers, {{ill|Very Bald Trip|es|Por los pelos}}, {{ill|The Champion (2024 film)|es|El campeón (película de 2024)|lt=The Champion}}, and From Good to the Hood.{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a63097359/al-otro-barrio-critica-pelicula/|title=Crítica de 'Al otro barrio', cuando Hacienda te pilla|first=Pablo|last=Vázquez|date=5 December 2024}}
References
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Category:Spanish stand-up comedians
Category:Footballers from Madrid
Category:Spanish male television actors
Category:Spanish male film actors
Category:21st-century Spanish male actors