David Solans
{{short description|Spanish actor}}
{{family name hatnote|Solans|Cortés|lang=Catalan}}
{{infobox actor
| image = David Solans, XII Premis Gaudí (2020).jpg
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| name = David Solans
| birth_name = David Solans Cortés
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|08|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Vilassar de Mar, Catalonia, Spain
| nationality = Spanish
| known_for = Merlí
| occupation = actor
}}
David Solans Cortés (born 3 August 1996) is a Spanish film and television actor.
Biography
Solans' film debut was with Jesús Monllaó, who gave him the opportunity to participate in the film Son of Cain, where he played Nico, a psychopathic boy obsessed with chess.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/14006/david-solans-por-suerte-no-identifico-personaje-hijo-cain/|title=David Solans: "Por suerte no me identifico con mi personaje en 'Hijo de Caín'"|first=Guillermo|last=Álvarez|date=6 June 2013|website=eCartelera|publisher=Noxvo|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=es|trans-title=David Solans: "Luckily, I don't identify with my character in 'Hijo de Caín' (Son of Cain)}}
In the following years, he played the protagonist in the web series directed by Marc and Oriol Puig, La caida de Apolo, and in the feature film El dulce sabor de limón by David Aymerich.{{cite web|title=El film 'El dulce sabor del limón' remata sus últimos detalles|url=https://www.diaridetarragona.com/naltros/El-film-El-dulce-sabor-del-limon-remata--sus-ultimos-detalles-20150126-0032.html|first=Irene|last=Rubió|date=26 January 2017|language=es|trans-title=The film 'El dulce sabor de limón' (The sweet flavor of lemon) finishes its final touches|work=Diari de Tarragona|accessdate=4 August 2017}}
His first appearance on the small screen was in the series Bajo sospecha of Antena 3, where he played Oscar in the first season of the series.{{cite web|url=http://www.formulatv.com/fotos/galerias/imagenes-promocionales-bajo-sospecha/david-solans-oscar-bajo-sospecha/|title=David Solans es Oscar en 'Bajo Sospecha'|date=13 October 2014|work=Formula TV|publisher=Noxvo|accessdate=4 August 2017|language=es|trans-title=David Solans is Oscar in 'Bajo Sospecha' (Under Suspicion)}}
In 2015, he starred in the TV series Merlí from TV3, where he plays Bruno Bergeron, a student who finds it difficult to accept himself how he is, and whose father becomes his new philosophy teacher.{{cite web|url=http://los40.com/los40/2016/03/24/cinetv/1458787381_235303.html|title=David Solans: "Cuando cambias el modo de ver las cosas, las cosas cambian"|language=es|trans-title=David Solans: "When you change the way you look at things, things change"|date=24 March 2016|first=David|last=Redondo|work=Los 40|publisher=Prisa|accessdate=4 August 2017}} Due to the grand acclaim the series received in the Catalan public, La Sexta decided to dub the series in Castilian for the whole country.{{cite web|url=http://teleprograma.fotogramas.es/series-tv/2015/noviembre/atresmedia-compra-derechos-merli|title=La serie de TV3 'Merlí' se verá en Atresmedia|language=es|trans-title=The TV3 series 'Merlí' will be seen on Atresmedia|publisher=Hearst España|work=Teleprograma|date=November 2015|accessdate=4 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014061442/http://teleprograma.fotogramas.es/series-tv/2015/noviembre/atresmedia-compra-derechos-merli|archive-date=14 October 2016|url-status=dead}} In 2016, the second season of Merlí aired. He left the series after the 12th episode, one episode before the season ended.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2016/06/19/catalunya/1466361043_291566.html|title='Merlí' vuelve a las andadas|first=Bianca|last=Cia|date=19 June 2016|accessdate=4 August 2017|publisher=Prisa|work=El País|language=es|trans-title='Merlí' is back on track}}
That year, he also began a four-episode mini-series on Telecinco, Lo que escondían sus ojos, playing Ramón Serrano Suñer.{{cite web|url=http://teleprograma.fotogramas.es/series-tv/2015/octubre/blanca-suarez-ruben-cortada-lo-que-escondian-sus-ojos|title=Todo sobre 'Lo que escondían sus ojos'|language=es|trans-title=All about 'Lo que escondían sus ojos' (All that your eyes hide)|first1=Alicia|last1=Mingo|first2=Ignacio|last2=Herruzo|date=October 2015|accessdate=4 August 2017|publisher=Hearst España|work=Teleprograma|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125113814/http://teleprograma.fotogramas.es/series-tv/2015/octubre/blanca-suarez-ruben-cortada-lo-que-escondian-sus-ojos|archive-date=25 November 2016|url-status=dead}}
Filmography
=Television=
- 2015: Bajo sospecha, as Óscar Vidal
- 2015–2018: Merlí, as Bruno Bergeron
- 2016: Lo que escondían sus ojos, as Ramón Serrano-Suñer Polo
- 2018: El Punto Frío, as Martín
- 2018: Boca Norte, as Daniel
- 2019: La caza. Monteperdido, as Quim
- 2019: Días de Navidad, as Juan
- 2019: Merlí: Sapere Aude, as Bruno
- 2022: Heirs to the Land, as young Hugo Llor
- 2022: The Longest Night, as Javi
- 2023: Holy Family, as Samuel Velardo Sanchez
=Film=
- 2013: Hijo de Caín, as Nico
- 2013: La caída de Apolo, as Max
- 2017: El dulce sabor del limón, as Jaume
=Theater=
- 2017: A cada rey su merecido, as Zarek
Awards and nominations
In 2014, he was nominated by the Catalan Academy of Cinema (along with José Sacristán, Javier Cámara y Eduard Fernández){{cite web |url=https://www.academiadelcinema.cat/es/actualitat/actualitat-noticies/1556-un-total-de-35-produccions-competiran-a-la-sisena-edicio-dels-premis-gaudi-el-proper-2-de-febrer |title=Un total de 35 produccions competiran a la 6a edició dels Premis Gaudí el proper 2 de febrer |date=3 January 2014 |access-date=27 December 2018 |work=Acadèmia del Cinema Català |language=ca}} and the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for his role in Hijo de Caín,{{cite web |url=https://decine21.com/noticias/100847-stockholm-y-vivir-es-facil-con-los-ojos-cerrados-favoritas-del-circulo-de-escritores |title="Stockholm" y "Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados", favoritas del Círculo de Escritores |date=10 January 2014 |access-date=27 December 2018 |work=Decine21 |language=es |publisher=ESTRENOS 21, S.L.}} and won Best Actor at Girona Film Festival for his performance in La caída de Apolo.{{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/spain/la-vanguardia-es/20150117/281792807416304 |title=Últimos días del planeta (versión Puig) |date=17 January 2015 |access-date=27 December 2018 |first=Maria |last=Colom |language=es |newspaper=La Vanguardia |via=PressReader}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|4733584}}
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Category:Male actors from Barcelona
Category:Male film actors from Catalonia