Raúl Arévalo

Raúl Arévalo Zorzo (born 22 November 1979) is a Spanish actor and director. He has featured in films such as Dark Blue Almost Black (2006), Seven Billiard Tables (2007), The Blind Sunflowers (2008), Fat People (2009), Cousinhood (2011), I'm So Excited (2013), Marshland (2014), and The Europeans (2020) and television series such as La embajada (2016) and Riot Police (2020).

He made his full-length directorial debut with The Fury of a Patient Man (2016).

Arévalo is the recipient of multiple accolades, including three Goya Awards, three Actors and Actresses Union Awards, and two Feroz Awards.

Career
Raúl Arévalo Zorzo was born on 22 November 1979 in Móstoles, province of Madrid. For his television debut, Arévalo joined the television series Compañeros while he was still a student under Cristina Rota. He was part of the cast of the series for two seasons (2001–2002).

In 2003, he made his feature film debut in Los abajo firmantes, aka With George Bush on My Mind. The following year, he appeared in Things That Make Living Worthwhile by Manuel Gómez Pereira.

Between 2003 and 2005, he made appearances in the TV series Hospital Central, Cuéntame cómo pasó, Aída and Motivos personales.

In 2006, he made his breakthrough performance as Israel, the lead character's best friend, in Dark Blue Almost Black, directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo. His work in this film earned him several awards. Later that year, he appeared on Antonio Banderas' second directorial effort Summer Rain, and in 2007 in the musical/comedy Scandalous (¿Por qué se frotan las patitas?) and Seven Billiard Tables (Siete mesas de billar francés), with Maribel Verdú. He also worked with Verdú in The Blind Sunflowers (Los girasoles ciegos) in 2008, and in 2009, he appeared in Sánchez Arévalo's Fat People. For his performance in this film, he won a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2016, he made his directorial debut with The Fury of a Patient Man, for which he won a Goya Award for Best New Director and a Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay.

He has also appeared in several short films, including Traumalogy (Traumalogía, 2007), as well as many stage productions.