Nacho Fresneda

José Ignacio Fresneda García (Villanueva de la Fuente, Ciudad Real, 19 June 1971), better known as Nacho Fresneda, is a Spanish actor known for his portrayal of the character of Manuel Aimé in the series Hospital Central and as Alonso de Entrerríos in the series, El Ministerio del Tiempo (The Ministry of Time). He has also worked in cinema and theatre, as well as in other television projects, mainly for TV3 (Catalonia). He also played doctor Mauricio Salcedo in the series Amar en tiempo turños. He hit the international scene in 2011 when he played Driss Larbi in the Arturo Pérez-Reverte's American production, La Reina del Sur ("The Queen of the South").

Feature films

 * Tramway to Malvarrosa (Tranvía a la Malvarrosa) (1997), by José Luis García Sánchez.
 * Tre mogli (2001), by Marco Risi .
 * La gran mentira del rocanrol (2002), by Tono Errando .
 * The Bum's Lullaby (La tarara del chapao) (2003), by Enrique Navarro.
 * Febrer (2004), by Sílvia Quer
 * Iris (2004), by Rosa Vergés
 * Atlas of Human Geography (2007), by Azucena Rodríguez
 * The Realm (2018), by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
 * The Silence of the Marsh (2019), by Marc Vigil

Short films

 * Sonata (2013), by Jon Ander Tomás
 * I do not plan to return (2001), by Alicia Puig
 * Los Planetas (2006), by José Carlos Ruiz
 * Salvador (History of an everyday miracle) (2007), by Abdelatif Hwidar

Dubbing

 * Rollerball (2002), as Sanjay (Naveen Andrews).
 * Tears of the Sun (2003), as Terwase (Peter Mensah).
 * Crash (2004), as Farhad (Shaun Toub).
 * The Hangover (2009), as Stu Price (Ed Helms).
 * The International (2009), as General Charles Motomba (Lucian Msamati).
 * Terminator Salvation (2009), as Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington).
 * Clash of the Titans (2010), as Perseus (Sam Worthington).
 * Buried (2010), as Jabir (José Luis García Pérez).
 * The Hangover Part II (2011), as Stu Price (Ed Helms).
 * Wrath of the Titans (2012), as Perseus (Sam Worthington).
 * The Hangover Part III (2013), as Stu Price (Ed Helms).
 * Alisa, que no fue así (2015), as August

Series

 * Ambitions (1998)
 * El cor de la Ciutat (2000–2008) as Huari Ajiram
 * Hospital Central (2002–2008) as Manuel Aimé Torrente Fresneda reappeared in the last episode of the 19th season.
 * Amar en tiempos revueltos ("To Love in troubled times") (2009–2010)
 * La Reina del Sur (2011) as Dris Larbi
 * Gran Nord (2012–2013) as Ermengol Tarrés
 * Víctor Ros (2015) as Fernando de la Escosura
 * El ministerio del tiempo (2015 -) as Alonso de Entrerríos
 * El Señor de los Cielos (2019–2020) as Renzo Volpi
 * Madres. Amor y vida (2020) as Chema.

Episode

 * A flor de pell
 * Mirall trencat (2002) as Felip
 * Le dernier seigneur des Balkans (2005) as Dino Rispoli
 * Infidels (2009) as Marc Guasch
 * Hispania, la leyenda (2010) as Octavio
 * Ángel o demonio (2011)
 * Manual de supervivencia (2013) as Carlos
 * El don de Alba (2013) as Carlos Abrantes
 * Isabel (2013) as Aben Hud
 * Los misterios de Laura (2014) as Nicolás Madera. The mystery of the crime of the century. (Episode 7, Season 3.)
 * La que se avecina (2014), as Jorge Crespo

Movies for TV

 * Another city (2003), by César Martínez Herrada
 * Viure sense by (2005), by Carlos Pérez Ferré
 * Projecte Cassandra (2005), by Xavier Manich

Theatre

 * Enigmatic Variations, directed by Christophe Lidón.
 * Ángel, directed by Jaume Pujol.
 * Macbeth, directed by Calixto Bieito.
 * Por menjar-se ànima, directed by Carmen Portacelli.
 * The Cherry Orchard, directed by Lluís Pasqual.
 * Cándido, directed by Carles Alfaro.
 * No teasing with love, directed by Dennise Rafter
 * Titanic. Pavana spectacles
 * Blood Wedding. Shakespeare Foundation of Valencia
 * Le Bourgeois gentilhomme. Teatre Micalet.
 * The Trojans, by Euripides. Adaptation by Alberto Conejero, directed by Carmen Portacelli

Awards and nominations
In the 2017 Feroz Awards, Fresneda was nominated as Best Leading Actor in a Series for The ministry of Time.