---
name: "Raúl Arévalo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raul-arevalo"
fi1m_id: "raul-arevalo"
imdb_id: "nm1666855"
tmdb_id: 34021
wikidata_id: "Q2655070"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 November 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T16:52:16.068803+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Raúl Arévalo

## Identity

Raúl Arévalo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raul-arevalo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raul-arevalo
- **IMDb ID:** nm1666855
- **TMDB ID:** 34021
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2655070
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Ar%C3%A9valo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2655070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1666855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34021

Actor. Born 22 November 1979 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 November 1979, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** რაულ არევალო
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Ar%C3%A9valo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2655070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1666855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34021

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Room Next Door*](https://film.one/film/the-room-next-door.md) (68)

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## Biography

Raúl Arévalo Zorzo is a Spanish actor and director. He was born on 22 November 1979 in Móstoles, Spain, and trained at the Cristina Rota acting school. He began his career in the television series *Compañeros* (2001–2002).

Arévalo has appeared in films including *Dark Blue Almost Black* (2006), *Marshland* (2014), *I'm So Excited!* (2013), *The Fury of a Patient Man* (2016), and *The Room Next Door* (2024) as Spanish Priest (Bernardo). He made his directorial debut with *The Fury of a Patient Man* (2016), which he also wrote. He has received three Goya Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Room Next Door* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Spanish Priest (Bernardo) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-room-next-door.md)
- *Pain and Glory* (2019), Fi1m 84, as Venancio Mallo — [page](https://film.one/film/pain-and-glory.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Castle* (2026), series, as Suizo
- *The Beloved* (2026), as César
- *For one hundred million* (2026), series, as Alfonso
- *Pizza Movies* (2026), as Edu
- *The Anatomy of a Moment* (2025), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Tell Me Your Name* (2025), series, as Rober
- *She Walks in Darkness* (2025), as Arrieta
- *Voy a Pasármelo Mejor* (2025), as David Adulto
- *The Heaven of Animals* (2025), as Diego
- *The Room Next Door* (2024), as Spanish Priest (Bernardo) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-room-next-door.md)
- *The Asunta Case* (2024), series, as Rodrigo
- *Offworld* (2022), series, Director, Writer
- *Emergencia* (2022), Screenplay, Director
- *Santo* (2022), series, as Miguel Millán
- *Voy a pasármelo bien* (2022), as David
- *Wetland* (2021), as Ricardo
- *Stories to Stay Awake* (2021), series, as Javier
- *More the Merrier* (2021), as Jaime
- *The Europeans* (2020), as Miguel
- *Riot Police* (2020), series, as Diego López Rodero
- *Black Beach* (2020), as Carlos
- *El cerro de los dioses* (2019), as Raúl Arévalo
- *Pain and Glory* (2019), as Venancio Mallo — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/pain-and-glory.md)
- *Crime Wave* (2018), as Taxi Driver
- *El Continental* (2018), series, as Andrés
- *My Masterpiece* (2018), as Alex
- *The Plan* (2018), as Andrade
- *Memoirs of a Man in Pajamas* (2018), as Paco
- *The Warning* (2018), as Jon
- *Gold* (2017), as Martín Dávila
- *The Fury of a Patient Man* (2016), Director, Writer
- *The Embassy* (2016), series, as Eduardo
- *To Steal from a Thief* (2016), as Ferrán
- *We Need to Talk* (2016), Thanks
- *Hablar* (2015), as El Cordero
- *El Mago Pop: 48 horas con* (2015), series, Actor
- *Sidetracked* (2015), as Alberto
- *The Misfits Club* (2014), as Martín
- *Marshland* (2014), as Pedro
- *Dying Beyond Their Means* (2014), as Miguel
- *Negociador* (2014), as Novio de Sophie
- *The Unexpected Love* (2014), as Jorge
- *Velvet* (2014), series, as Víctor, Víctor Mendoza
- *People in Places* (2013), Actor
- *Casting* (2013), Actor
- *The Time in Between* (2013), series, as Ignacio
- *Family United* (2013), as Camarero Arévalo
- *I'm So Excited!* (2013), as Ulloa
- *Ghost Graduation* (2012), as Modesto
- *Con el culo al aire* (2012), series, as Jorge Ruiz
- *Urtain* (2011), Actor
- *Cousinhood* (2011), as Julián
- *Even the Rain* (2011), as Juan / Antonio de Montesinos
- *The Last Circus* (2010), as Carlos (chico cine)
- *Sincerity* (2010), as Quim
- *Fat People* (2009), as Alex
- *My Prison Yard* (2008), as Poeta
- *Che: Part Two* (2008), as Captured Soldier #1 — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-two.md)
- *The Blind Sunflowers* (2008), as Salvador
- *8 Dates* (2008), as Jesús
- *Soy el solitario* (2008), series, as Carlos
- *Seven Billiard Tables* (2007), as Fele
- *Touch the Sky* (2007), as Fidel
- *Traumalogy* (2007), as Miguel
- *Scandalous* (2006), as Utrera
- *Summer Rain* (2006), as Babirusa
- *Dark Blue Almost Black* (2006), as Israel (Sean)
- *Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena* (2004), as Vendedor
- *Cuéntame cómo pasó* (2001), series, as Basilio

## Gallery

- ![Raúl Arévalo](https://film.one/media/person/10696/gallery-407b5c15f356.jpg) Raúl Arévalo — Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Premios_Goya_2018_-_Ra%C3%BAl_Ar%C3%A9valo.jpg/1280px-Premios_Goya_2018_-_Ra%C3%BAl_Ar%C3%A9valo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Madrid ya cuenta con dos nuevos Hijos Adoptivos de la ciudad. El cineasta Pedro Almodóvar, y el cantante Rafael Martos, conocido artísticamente como Raphael, ha (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/10696/gallery-ead261bcc43d.jpg) Madrid ya cuenta con dos nuevos Hijos Adoptivos de la ciudad. El cineasta Pedro Almodóvar, y el cantante Rafael Martos, conocido artísticamente como Raphael, ha (2018) — Diario de Madrid, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Almod%C3%B3var_y_Raphael_ya_son_Hijos_Adoptivos_de_Madrid_12.jpg/1280px-Almod%C3%B3var_y_Raphael_ya_son_Hijos_Adoptivos_de_Madrid_12.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Equipo de la película Black Beach en la presentación en el Festival de Málaga 2020. Sesión de fotos en Muelle Uno](https://film.one/media/person/10696/gallery-1656db47325c.jpg) Equipo de la película Black Beach en la presentación en el Festival de Málaga 2020. Sesión de fotos en Muelle Uno — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Equipo_Black_Beach.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Equipo_Black_Beach.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Raul Arévalo en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle Uno de presentación de la película Los europeos, durante el Festival de Málaga 2020](https://film.one/media/person/10696/gallery-d0dce7ffe8b4.jpg) Raul Arévalo en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle Uno de presentación de la película Los europeos, durante el Festival de Málaga 2020 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Raul_Ar%C3%A9valo.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Raul_Ar%C3%A9valo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Raúl Arévalo en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle uno de presentación de la Película Black Beach en el Festival de Málaga 2020](https://film.one/media/person/10696/gallery-a05ac0bbe979.jpg) Raúl Arévalo en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle uno de presentación de la Película Black Beach en el Festival de Málaga 2020 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Ra%C3%BAl_Ar%C3%A9valo-2.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Ra%C3%BAl_Ar%C3%A9valo-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Raúl Arévalo en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle uno de presentación de la Película Black Beach en el Festival de Málaga 2020](https://film.one/media/person/10696/gallery-acc02fdffbc0.jpg) Raúl Arévalo en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle uno de presentación de la Película Black Beach en el Festival de Málaga 2020 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Ra%C3%BAl_Ar%C3%A9valo-3.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Ra%C3%BAl_Ar%C3%A9valo-3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2015: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Marshland*
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor 2009: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *Fat People*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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