
Miguel Herrán
Actor · Born April 25, 1996 (30) · Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Miguel Herrán (born 25 April 1996) is a Spanish actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Aníbal "Río" Cortés in Money Heist and Christian Varela Expósito in Élite. In 2016, he won the Goya Award for Best New Actor for his role in the film Nothing in Return.
Biography from TMDB.
- April 25, 1996 (30)
- Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
- Actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Miguel Herrán's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 5
Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 6 of 8 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Darío in Nothing in Return (2015)
- Tricksteras Río in Money Heist (2017)
- Heroas Ángel in Sky High (2020)
- Tricksteras Ángel in Sky High (2020)
- Heroas Manuel in Prison 77 (2022)
- Heroas Oskar in Los Farad (2023)
- Heroas José Juan Martínez Gómez 'El Rubio' in Bank Under Siege (2024)
- Heroas Teniente Salgado in The Truce (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Miguel Herrán's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Miguel Herrán's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
El confidente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

The Truce(2025)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Bank Under Siege(2024)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
The Cause of The Accident That Started The Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Valley of Shadows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Los Farad(2023)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Prison 77(2022)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Canallas(2022)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Sky High(2020)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Some Time Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Elite(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Money Heist(2017)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
The Invisible Guardian(2017)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Nothing in Return(2015)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 2015 to 2025; peak year 2025.

Biggest box office
Prison 77 (2022)

Highest rated
Money Heist: The Phenomenon (2020)

Most popular right now
Money Heist (2017)
Film career
Peak 2025 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2015Screen debut· Nothing in Return
- 2015First top-billed film· Nothing in Return
- 2022Career best· Prison 77
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Miguel Herrán's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 11 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Miguel Herrán's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Miguel Herrán work with?
People who share at least 2 of Miguel Herrán's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Luis Tosar shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Daniel CalparsoroShared titles: Bank Under Siege (2024), Sky High (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Calparsoro

- Daniel GuzmánShared titles: Canallas (2022), Nothing in Return (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Guzmán

Writers
- Alejandro HernándezShared titles: Los Farad (2023), 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Alejandro Hernández

Actors
- Luis TosarShared titles: Canallas (2022), Sky High (2020), 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016), Nothing in Return (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Luis Tosar

- Patricia VicoShared titles: Bank Under Siege (2024), Sky High (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Patricia Vico

- Fernando TejeroShared titles: Los Farad (2023), Prison 77 (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Fernando Tejero

- Álex BarahonaShared titles: Canallas (2022), Nothing in Return (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Álex Barahona

Cinematographers and editors
- Jaime ColisShared titles: Los Farad (2023), 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jaime Colis
- Alex CatalánShared titles: Prison 77 (2022), 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Catalán

- Josu InchausteguiShared titles: Sky High (2020), Nothing in Return (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Josu Inchaustegui

Producers
- Domingo CorralShared titles: Canallas (2022), Prison 77 (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Domingo Corral
