Biography
Fernando Cayo is a Spanish actor. Born in Valladolid in 1968, he moved to Madrid at the age of 20 to begin his career. He made his feature film debut in the leading role in Shacky Carmine (1999), winning Best Actor at the Toulouse Spanish Film Festival.
Cayo is known for his roles in films including The Orphanage (2007) as Carlos, Kidnapped (2010) as Jaime, The Skin I Live In (2011) as the surgeon, The Counselor (2013), Retribution (2015) as Espinosa, Palm Trees in the Snow (2015) and Sky High (2020) as Duque. On television he has appeared as Colonel Luis Tamayo in Money Heist (2017–2021) and as Guillermo Alegre in McMafia (2018). He has received Union of Actors awards for his work in Money Heist and has an extensive theatre background.
