Jimmy Castro
{{Short description|Spanish actor, born 1987}}
{{family name hatnote|Castro|Vioque|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jimmy Castro
| image = Jimmy Castro. (21458823570).jpg
| birth_name = Jimmy Castro Vioque
| birth_date = 20 October 1987
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| occupation = Actor, television presenter
| education = Autonomous University of Madrid
}}
Jaime Castro Vioque (born 20 October 1987) is a Spanish actor. He became popular in Spain in the 2000s as television presenter in Club Disney and Zona Disney.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/telenovela/servir-y-proteger/a34772303/jimmy-castro-servir-y-proteger/|website=Diez Minutos|title=Jimmy Castro, de 'Chico Disney' a policía en 'Servir y Proteger'|date=26 November 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/play/series/noticias/abci-jimmy-castro-chico-disney-triunfa-como-policia-servir-y-proteger-202011101003_noticia.html|website=abcplay|publisher=ABC|title=Jimmy Castro, "el chico Disney" que triunfa como policía en "Servir y proteger"|first=Carmen|last=Aniorte|date=11 November 2020}}
Biography
Born on 20 October 1987 and grew up in Madrid, he has Nigerian ancestry. While Castro had his television debut in 1995 with an appearance in Canguros,{{Cite web|website=FormulaTV|title=13 presentadores infantiles que marcaron a toda una generación (vol. II)|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/70918/13-presentadores-infantiles-marcaron-generacion-vol-ii/|first=Diego|last=Da Costa|date=18 August 2017}} he earned recognition for his role as Hakim in the television series Hermanas,{{Cite web|url=https://es.vida-estilo.yahoo.com/jimmy-castro-el-actor-que-logro-superar-la-barrera-de-la-fama-juvenil-154659266.html|website=Yahoo|title=Jimmy Castro, el actor que logró superar la barrera de la fama juvenil|first=Paula|last=Olvera|date=12 August 2019}} aired in 1998. Besides his training as an actor (at the Laboratorio de William Layton in Madrid and at The Bob McAndrew Acting Studio in New York), he also studied Philosophy at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Castro earned popularity in Spain as presenter of the Club Disney show, which he joined in 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ideal.es/gente-estilo/201501/01/jimmy-club-disney-jimmy-20150101150218.html|website=Ideal|title=¿Qué fue de...Jimmy de 'El Club Disney' (Jimmy Castro Vioque)?|date=1 January 2015}} Castro hosted the show until 2007, when it has already been rebranded as Zona Disney. Years later, Castro would resume his activity as television presenter by co-hosting, together with Jimmy Barnatán, the Atresmedia show Los remakers. Besides his career in television, Castro, a member of the fourth promotion of the Joven Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico, has also a career as stage actor, performing in stage plays such as La dama boba or El banquete.
After performances in television series such as Divinos, Como el perro y el gato, Hospital Central and El comisario,{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/9240/jimmy-castro-ficha-por-los-hombres-de-paco/|website=FormulaTV|title=Jimmy Castro ficha por 'Los hombres de Paco'|date=25 October 2008}} Castro joined the cast of the 7th season of the Antena 3's popular series Los hombres de Paco (aired in 2009) to play Nelson, an unexperienced police officer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/456109/0/jimmy/castro/nelson/|website=20minutos.es|title=Un toque de color para la tele|date=11 March 2009}} He also performed in the prison escape television series La fuga (aired on Telecinco in 2012); she played the role of Ander, one of the inmates.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1234766/0/telecinco/la-fuga/carcel-futurista/|website=20minutos.es|title=Telecinco presenta 'La fuga' una nueva serie con temática carcelaria y futurista|date=28 November 2011}} Afterwards, Castro landed a minor role in American period drama series Still Star-Crossed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/78972/los-remakers-atreseries-recrearan-escenas-conocidas-television-espana/|website=FormulaTV|title='La Casa de Papel' llega a 'Los Remakers' en Atreseries con Jaime Lorente|date=18 April 2018}}
Since October 2020, he stars in the soap opera Servir y proteger in the role of Carlos Okoye, a good-hearted police inspector troubled by marriage issues.
Filmography
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;Television
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} | ||||
| 1998 | {{ill|Hermanas (TV series)|es|Hermanas (serie de televisión)|lt=Hermanas}} | Hakim | 23 episodes | align = "center" | |
| 2009 | Los hombres de Paco | Nelson | align = "center" | | |
| 2012 | La fuga | Ander | align = "center" | | |
| 2019 | Allí abajo | Tomy | align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/series/alli-abajo/personajes/jimmy-castro-tomy-alli-abajo_201903135c88eb150cf237544c4d01e5.html|website=Antena3|title=Jimmy Castro es Tomy en 'Allí Abajo'|date=13 March 2019}} | |
| 2020– | Servir y proteger | Carlos Okoye | align = "center" | | |
| 2023 | Un cuento perfecto (A Perfect Story) | Iván | align = "center" | {{Cite web|website=uwu|via=Público|url=https://www.publico.es/uwu/cultura/un-cuento-perfecto-anna-castillo-contra-la-perfeccion/|title=‘Un cuento perfecto’: Anna Castillo contra los finales idílicos|date=28 July 2023|first=Aurora|last=Muñoz}} |
;Film
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Category:Spanish television presenters
Category:Spanish male stage actors
Category:Spanish male television actors
Category:21st-century Spanish male actors