Daniel Grao
{{short description|Spanish actor}}
{{family name hatnote|Grao|Valle|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_name = Daniel Grao Valle
| image = Malaga Film Festival 2025 - Daniel Grao (cropped).jpg
| caption = Grao in 2025
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|17}}
| birth_place = Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2001–present
| children = 2
}}
Daniel Grao Valle (born 17 February 1976){{Cite web |last=Filmstarts |title=Daniel Grao |url=https://www.filmstarts.de/personen/242530.html |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=FILMSTARTS.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=KG |first=imfernsehen GmbH & Co |title=Filmografie Daniel Grao |url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/daniel-grao/filmografie |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=fernsehserien.de |language=de}} is a Spanish actor. He is known for his performances in television series such as Luna, el misterio de Calenda or Sin identidad, or his lead role in the biopic miniseries about Mario Conde.{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/Eduardo-Noriega-sonata-silencio-TVE_0_1706529340.html|website=Vertele!|date=30 July 2015|title=Eduardo Noriega, a la serie 'La sonata del silencio' de TVE|publisher=eldiario.es}}
Biography
Born in 1976 in Sabadell, Catalonia,{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/tele/20200201/daniel-grao-perdida-antena-3-hijo-capaz-hacer-cosas-nunca-sospecharia-7826111|website=El Periódico|title=Daniel Grao: "Por un hijo uno es capaz de hacer cosas que nunca sospecharía"|first=Inés|last=Álvarez|date=February 2020 }} he discovered acting thanks to a high school teacher in Caldes de Montbui, where he lived with his family, becoming a member of an amateur theatrical group.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diaridesabadell.com/2018/10/16/les-12-cares-de-daniel-grao/|title=Les 12 cares de Daniel Grao|first=Guillermo|last=Altarriba|date=16 October 2018|website=Diari de Sabadell}}
Grao had his debut as a television actor in the Catalan regional broadcaster TV3, with performances in shows such as Temps de silenci and El cor de la ciutat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/series-de-ficcion/ellos-protagonizan-los-actores-masculinos-de-nuestra-ficcion-i|website=Espinof|title=Ellos protagonizan: los actores de nuestra ficción (I)|date=2 September 2012}} A native Spanish-language speaker, he declared in 2020 that he reportedly moved to Madrid because of TV3, as in his first performances in the channel's shows "the accent was not on the quality of the performance but on the way he pronounced the 's's" (in Catalan).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/tele/20201124/daniel-grao-me-fui-a-madrid-por-tv-3-8219522|title=Daniel Grao: "Me fui a Madrid por TV-3"|first=Ferran|last=Monegal|date=24 November 2020|website=El Periódico}}
His debut in a feature film came in 2003 with a minor role in La flaqueza del bolchevique.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/10/19/actualidad/1539936860_762383.html|website=El País|title=De Mario Conde a Pedro Sánchez|first=Gregorio|last=Belinchón|date=21 October 2018}} While he had previously performed in several stage plays, he landed his first major stage role with La avería.
He earned some recognition with performances in the TV series Amistades peligrosas and Sin tetas no hay paraíso, whereas Acusados (2009–2010) brought him further popularity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/series-tv/a1987168/la-catedral-del-mar-antena-3-daniel-grao-netflix/|website=Diez Minutos|title=Daniel Grao y el fenómeno de 'La Catedral del Mar'|first=Maribel|last=Escalona|date=29 May 2018}} His performance in the Pedro Almodóvar's film Julieta (2016) further consolidated his career.
He played the role of Rafael Rodríguez Rapún, Federico García Lorca's lover, in La piedra oscura by Alberto Conejero in 2016 in Spain and France in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://cadenaser.com/programa/2016/07/25/hoy_por_hoy/1469439914_626060.html | title="Es el trabajo de mi carrera donde más vulnerable me siento" | date=25 July 2016 }}
He landed the role of Bernat Estanyol (the father of the lead character) in the 2018 series La catedral del mar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/television/2018/05/23/5b029639e5fdea100c8b45a1.html|website=El Mundo|title=¿Quién es quién en La Catedral del Mar? Los actores y los personajes en la serie|date=23 May 2018 }} He starred in the TV series Stolen Away, aired in 2020 on Antena 3, playing the lead character Antonio Santos.{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/noticias/Critica-Perdida-serie-Antena3-Daniel-Grao_0_2195180481.html|website=Vertele!|publisher=eldiario.es|title=Antena 3 firma con 'Perdida' una serie que sabe enganchar desde el primer minuto|date=14 January 2020|first=Pedro|last=Zárate}}
Personal life
Since 2004, Grao has been in a relationship with Florencia Fernández, with whom he has two children, Mirko and Guido.{{Cite web |date=2018-10-25 |title=Daniel Grao se pone romántico con su chica: 'Gracias por acompañarme en la vida' |url=https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20181025131947/daniel-grao-novia/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=HOLA |language=es}}
Filmography
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Category:Spanish male television actors
Category:Spanish male film actors
Category:Spanish male stage actors
Category:Spanish bisexual actors