Miguel Ángel Silvestre

Miguel Ángel Silvestre Rambla is a Spanish actor. He rose to prominence with his performance as El Duque in Sin tetas no hay paraíso.
He has since played roles in series such as Velvet, Sense8, En el corredor de la muerte, Narcos, 30 Coins and Sky Rojo.

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Early life

Miguel Ángel Silvestre Rambla was born in Castellón de la Plana on 6 April 1982. He is the son of a bank manager and of Miguel Ángel Silvestre Vara, a physiotherapist. He planned on becoming a professional tennis player before suffering an injury to his shoulder in a Hungarian tournament. He later decided to study physiotherapy until his aunt introduced him to the world of theatre.
He studied drama, physical theatre, modern dance and acrobatics before winning the Mister Castelló 2002 pageant.

Career

Silvestre made his feature film debut in the 2005 drama Life and Colour.
He stars in the Pedro Almodóvar film I'm So Excited and in the Spanish horror thriller Verbo. He also starred in the Spanish series Velvet as Alberto Marquez.
In 2015, the high-profile English-language Netflix drama Sense8 was released, in which Miguel plays one of the lead characters, a closeted action movie star named Lito Rodríguez, who lives in Mexico City with his boyfriend, Hernando.
In 2017, he joined the cast of Netflix series Narcos playing recurring character and real life consultant for the Cali Cartel, Franklin Jurado.
In 2018, he acted in the film Ibiza on Netflix, in which he played Manny.
In 2019 he starred in the Mexican film La boda de mi mejor amigo '', an adaptation of the 1997 film by the same name. He also starred in the miniseries En el corredor de la muerte from Movistar+.
In 2020, he starred as one of the protagonists of the HBO blockbuster 30 monedas '', created by Álex de la Iglesia.
In 2021, he starred in both seasons of the Netflix series Sky Rojo, created by Álex Pina. Also, he confirmed that he had joined the main cast for the fifth season of La casa de papel ''(Money Heist), also created by Álex Pina, which was released globally on Netflix in 2021. He plays René, Tokio's ex-partner. He also announced his role as the protagonist of the Mexican series Los enviados, the first series by ViacomCBS together with the Argentinian director and screenwriter Juan José Campanella.
The miniseries Weiss & Morales'' was filmed in 2024, a procedural series, in which he played detective Raúl Morales. The series was released on 23 May 2025 on the La 1 channel of Televisión Española.