Carlos Blanco

Carlos Blanco

Actor. Born 2 January 1959 in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.

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2 January 1959, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

Biography

Carlos Blanco Vila is a Spanish actor born on 2 January 1959 in Vilagarcía de Arousa, Galicia. He has worked extensively in theatre as an actor, author and director, as well as in film, television and radio presenting.

He became known in Galicia for playing Ladislao in the TVG series Mareas Vivas, for which he also wrote scripts. His screen credits include Heroína (2005), Volver (2006) as Emilio, Dhogs (2017) and Fariña (2018) as Laureano Oubiña. He voiced the title character in the stop-motion film O Apóstolo (2012).

Blanco won the Premio Mestre Mateo for best supporting actor for his role in Heroína and received a further nomination for Dhogs.

Filmography

Beyond what we have reviewed, Carlos Blanco is known for Riot Police (2020), The Asunta Case (2024), The Minions of Midas (2020), The New Years (2024), Cocaine Coast (2018), The Apostle (2012), Band Together (2025) and Death of a Fisherman (2015).