Raül Tortosa


Raül Tortosa is a Spanish actor and director born in Terrassa. He is also the vocalist of the pop-rock band Una Hora Más.
In 2016 he portrayed a Tyrell Captain in the HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 6. He won the Best Actor Award in the 16th edition of the Venice Shorts Film Festival 2021 in California for Shadowed.
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Biography

He studied drama at the Nancy Tuñón Studio and in the Meisner Technique Program with Javer Galitó-Cava, combining his training with participation in several plays and numerous short films.
He made his television debut in 2005 with the TV3 series Pecats Capitals. He appeared several times on the program De Llibres and between 2006 and 2009 he played Nico in the popular Catalan series El cor de la ciutat. In 2014, he joined the series La Riera and also appeared in Joel Joan series El crac.
In 2005, he appeared in Manuel Huerga feature film Salvador, playing Quim Puig Antich. In 2010, he played Leticia Dolera's ex-boyfriend in the TV movie Cuatro Estaciones, winner of the 2010 Gaudí Award for Best TV Movie.
Raül wins the Best Actor award at the 16th Venice Shorts Film Festival 2021 in California for Shadowed, a work that has also been awarded Best Thriller and Action Short Film at the Los Angeles International Film Festival. Fundido a negro, in which Raül plays a film screenwriter, was awarded Best Short Film at the 2012 Girona Film Festival.
Since 2007, she has been the lead singer of the pop rock band Una Hora Más. In 2012, the band released their first album, titled Tiempo de Locos. Their first music video was for the song “Si Vuelves.”
In 2012, Raül joined the theater company Apunta Teatre with the play Tu Digues Que l'Estimes. With the same company, he premiered the play Totes les Parelles Ho Fan at the Teatre Gaudí Barcelona and A Voz Ahogada, a tribute to Miguel Hernández, playing the political prisoner Lluís Martí Bielsa.
He appears in the sixth season of A Game of Thrones as captain of the Tyrell army.
His most recent television roles have been Duke Hermelando de Somoza in the series Acacias 38, the Prince of Éboli in Reinas, and Aquilino Benegas in El secreto de Puente Viejo.
In 2019, he co-directed the play Here Comes Your Man with Jordi Cadellans, which premiered in Madrid at the Sara Tarambana and Teatros Luchana theaters and in Barcelona at the Teatre Gaudí Barcelona and Teatre Aquitània theaters. Here Comes Your Man received the 2020 Talent Award for Performing Arts from the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. He also co-directed Un Home Sol, again with Jordi Cadellans, and Ximpanzé and Solstici with Núria Florensa.

Filmography

Films

Killder by Joan Ramon Armadàs Sant Martí by David C. Ruiz and Albert València 100 metros by Marcel Barrena Waratah: Pandemonium by Felix D'Ax and Hector Morgan Cromosoma Cinco by Maria Ripoll Cuatro Estaciones by Marcel Barrena Salvador (Puig Antich) by Manuel Huerga

Television

Shortfilms

El Elegido.Sincopat.Vueltas.AmArte.A Little Death.Shadowed.Atropos.Lia.Una tarde con Bolaño.Lina.L'Altre Costat.Petra.Encadenados.400KM.Fundido a negro.Persuasió.En el Mundo de Hopper.Saps res de vàters?.Recuerdos anónimos.Larga distancia.Visceral.Primo.Lazy.Juego de niños.A gay’s life.Troy.Blanco roto.C-80.Costuras.Lágrimas de Cocodrilo.El baile del cangrejo.Zulo.15x20.La quinta.Las llaves de Disneylandia.45 Frames.Absurdo.

Theatre (as an actor)

  • Kalumba
  • Nyotaimori
  • El Brindis
  • El Millor per als Nostres Fills
  • Separacions
  • Gustafsson R60
  • Sota la Catifa
  • Per tu, m'enamoraria
  • El Dramaturgo
  • A Voz Ahogada, un homenaje a Miguel Hernández
  • La Estuardo
  • Más Retales
  • Retales
  • Hoy Me Voy Con Bla Bla Car
  • Suite 315
  • Totes Les Parelles Ho Fan
  • Tu Digues Que l'Estimes
  • ''Una mirada inocente''

Theatre (as a director)

Solstici Ximpanzé Un Home Sol
  • ''Here Comes Your Man''

Theatre (as assistant director)

Nyotaimori
  • ''Tonta''

Music (Una Hora Más)

Una Hora Más albums

  • ''Tiempo de Locos''

Una Hora Más videoclips

  • Tiempo de Locos
  • ''Si Vuelves''