Miguel Ángel Muñoz Blanco (born 4 July 1983) is a Spanish actor and singer.
Miguel Ángel Muñoz | |
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Muñoz at the Goya Awards 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Miguel Ángel Muñoz Blanco |
| Also known as | M.A.M. |
| Born | 4 July 1983 |
| Origin | Madrid, Spain |
| Genres | Pop music |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | M6 Interactions/Sony BMG |
Career
editMuñoz began his career as an actor at the age of eleven in the film El Palomo cojo (1995), followed by many television appearances. From 1997 to 1998, he was a regular on the soap opera Al salir de clase, played a recurring character from 2000 to 2002 on the series Compañeros, and dubbed the voice of Sinbad in the Spanish version of the 2003 American animated adventure film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.
From 2002 to 2004, Muñoz starred as Roberto Arenales on the television series Un Paso Adelante, for which he took dance classes. The series, much like the American show Fame, was set in a performing arts school. It became an international hit and proved to be the breakout role for Muñoz. Muñoz joined several of his castmates to form the band Upa Dance, including: Beatriz Luengo, Pablo Puyol, Monica Cruz, Silvia Marty, Edu Del Prado and Elizabeth Jordan. The group released four albums, from 2002 to 2005, all scoring in the top 5 on the charts in Spain (two at Nº1), with one also reaching Nº1 on the charts in France.
In 2004, Muñoz released the single "Dirás que estoy loco", a song he had performed in the series. The song was ranked Nº1 in Spain for eleven consecutive weeks, selling 180 000 copies. In 2006, Muñoz released his first solo album, M.A.M., which was certified Gold in Italy and Silver in France. The album included "Dirás que estoy loco", which was released as a single across Europe, reaching Nº2 on the charts in Italy and peaking at Nº3 in France. In 2008, Muñoz won a European Border Breakers Award Award for M.A.M..[1][2]
Along with his success as a recording artist, Muñoz continued acting, performing steadily on television and film, and appearing on stage in El Cartero Neruda in 2006. He also joined the series Mis Adorables Vecinos in 2006. Muñoz appeared in the film The Borgia (2006) and the horror film Intrusos en Manasés (2008). From 2007 to 2008, Muñoz acted in the title role of Úlises in the series El síndrome de Úlises.
In 2010, Muñoz played his first high-profile English-speaking role as Antegua in the miniseries Ben Hur.[3] In 2011, he was Toti Blanco in the series Vida loca.[4] The following year, he joined the third season of Capadocia, playing the character Hector Bolaños.[5][6]
In late 2014 Muñoz made it to fourth place as a contestant on the fifth season of the series Danse avec les Stars, in France.[7] He finished in fourth place with his partner, Fauve Hautot.[8]
Personal life
editFrom 2018 to 2020, Muñoz was in a relationship with Ana Guerra.[9][10]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | La vida siempre es corta | Miguel Albaladejo | Short | |
| 1995 | El Palomo cojo | Felipe | Jaime de Armiñán | |
| 1997 | Mamá quiere ser artista | Junior | Ángel Fernández Montesinos | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 1997–98 | Al salir de clase | Javi Castro | Pepa Sánchez Biezma, Toni Sevilla, ... | TV series (77 episodes) |
| 1999 | Condenadas a entenderse | Lurri | Norberto López Amado | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | ¡Ala... Dina! | Repartidor de pizzas | José Pavón | TV series (1 episode) |
| Policías, en el corazón de la calle | Raúl | César Rodríguez Blanco | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2000–02 | Compañeros | Charlie | José Ramón Ayerra, Manuel Ríos San Martín, ... | TV series (16 episodes) |
| 2001 | Gente pez | Chaval buzón | Jorge Iglesias | |
| Periodistas | Policía | Antonio Conesa | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2002 | Hospital Central | Alfonso Trece | Javier Pizarro | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002–05 | Un Paso Adelante | Rober Arenales | Jesús del Cerro, Juanma R. Pachón, ... | TV series (84 episodes) TP de Oro - Best Young Talent Actor |
| 2005 | Desde que amanece apetece | Máquina | Antonio del Real | |
| 2005–06 | Mis adorables vecinos | Juan Castillo | Gustavo Cotta, Sandra Gallego, ... | TV series (19 episodes) |
| 2006 | The Borgia | Ramón | Antonio Hernández | |
| Probabilidades | Ricardo Bajo Gaviño | Short | ||
| 2007 | Ekipo Ja | Himself | Juan Muñoz | |
| Aída | Julián | Jacobo Martos | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2007–08 | El síndrome de Ulises | Ulises Gaytán de Arzuaga | Inma Torrente, Álvaro Fernández Armero, ... | TV series (26 episodes) |
| 2008 | Intrusos en Manasés | Ruben | Juan Carlos Claver | |
| Trío de ases | Joseba Vázquez | |||
| Cazadores de hombres | Hugo Vidal | Álvaro Fernández Armero | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2009–2018 | Amar en tiempos revueltos | Alonso Núñez de Losada / Julián Maldonado |
Eduardo Casanova, Joan Noguera, ... | TV series (23 episodes) |
| 2010 | Lope | Tomás de Perrenot | Andrucha Waddington | |
| No controles | Ernesto | Borja Cobeaga | ||
| Tensión sexual no resuelta | Nardo | Miguel Ángel Lamata | ||
| Adiós papá, adiós mamá | Martín | Luis Soravilla | Short | |
| Ben Hur | Antegua | Steve Shill | TV mini-series | |
| La piel azul | Germán | Gonzalo López-Gallego | TV mini-series | |
| Gavilanes | Ángel | E.C. Lletget | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2011 | Vida loca | Toti Blanco | Manuel Sanabria, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, ... | TV series (20 episodes) |
| 2012 | Capadocia | Héctor Bolaños | Pedro Pablo Ibarra, Javier 'Fox' Patrón, ... | TV series (13 episodes) |
| Infames | Joaquín Navarro / José María "Chema" Barajas |
Moisés Ortiz Urquidi | TV series (39 episodes) | |
| 2013 | Viral | Frank | Lucas Figueroa | |
| Al final todos mueren | Pablo | David Galán Galindo, Roberto Pérez Toledo, ... | ||
| Hay dos clases de personas | He | Eva Moreno & Juan Carlos Vellido | Short | |
| 2014 | ABCs of Death 2 | Man | Alejandro Brugués | |
| 2014–15 | Sin identidad | Bruno Vergel | Kiko Ruiz, Joan Noguera, ... | TV series (23 episodes) |
| 2015 | Hablar | El Adicto al Porno | Joaquín Oristrell | |
| 2016 | Amar en tiempos revueltos | Alonso Núñez de Losada | Eduardo Casanova | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2017 | Proyecto tiempo | Hugo | Isabel Coixet | |
| El ministerio del tiempo | Gonzalo Guerrero | Koldo Serra | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Bones of Contention | Narrator | Andrea Weiss | Documentary [11] | |
| 2018 | Presunto culpable | Jon Aristegui | Alejandro Bazzano, Menna Fité, ... | TV series (13 episodes) |
| 2019 | El crack cero | Moro | José Luis Garci | Post-Production |
| 2020 | What About Love | Christian Santiago | Klaus Menzel | Post-Production |
| 2022 | Daddy Daughter Trip | Santiago Arachavaleta | Rob Schneider |
Stage credits
edit| Title | Year | Role | Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Cenerentola | 1996 | Servant | Teatro de la Zarzuela |
| Bastien und Bastienne | 2003 | Bastien | Teatro Alcázar |
| Quickly | 2003 | Miguel | Teatro Real de Madrid |
| Il Postino | 2005 | Pablo Neruda | (2005–06) Teatro Real de Madrid and Spanish tour |
| Order of the Empty Tomb | 2009 | Unknown | Colegiata Santa María la Mayor de Antequera |
Discography
editStudio albums with UPA Dance
edit| Year | Album | Charts | Certification | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESP | FRA | ||||
| 2002 | UPA Dance | 1
|
1
|
7×Platinum | World: 900,000+ ESP: 700,000+ FRA: 200,000+ |
| 2003 | UPA Dance Edición Especial | 5
|
—
|
ESP: Platinum | ESP: 100,000+ |
| 2004 | UPA Live | 1
|
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ESP: Platinum | ESP: 100,000+ |
| 2005 | Contigo | 4
|
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ESP: Gold | ESP: 50,000+ |
Solo studio albums
edit| Year | Album | Charts | Certification | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [12] |
ITA [13] |
SUI [14] | ||||
| 2006 | M.A.M.
|
13
|
14
|
67
|
FRA: Silver[15] ITA: Gold |
World: 250.000+[16] |
Solo singles
edit| Year | Single | Charts | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESP | FRA [17] |
ITA[18] | BEL | SUI[19] | BRA | |||
| 2006 | "Dirás que estoy loco" | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 17 | — | M.A.M. |
| 2006 | "Esa morena" | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | "Vivo para tí" | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
Master Chef Celebrity
editIn 2016 Muñoz won the first Master Chef Celebrity of Spain.[20][21] He chose charity Fundación Pequeño Deseo as the recipient of his €75,000 prize.[22]
References
edit- ^ EFE (15 January 2008). "El cantante y actor Miguel Ángel Muñoz, premiado con el galardón europeo EBBA". Público (in Spanish). Display Connectors, SL. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz, premio EBBA de la Comisión Europea". Diario Sur (in Spanish). Vocento. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ OTR/PRESS (6 May 2009). "Miguel Ángel Muñoz estará en 'Ben-Hur'". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Comienza la grabación de la comedia 'Vida Loca'". Telecinco (in Spanish). Mediaset España. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Pinto, Carolina (26 September 2013). "Miguel Ángel Muñoz salva la patria en 'Capadocia'". El Diario NY (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Díaz, Yolaine (26 September 2013). "El actor español Miguel Ángel Muñoz se une a la tercera temporada de la serie Capadocia". People (in Spanish). Meredith Corporation. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Miguel Angel Muñoz (Danse avec les stars) a remporté Masterchef en Espagne". Gala (in French). Prisma Média. G+J Network. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Abouaf, Fanny (23 November 2014). "Danse avec les stars : Miguel Angel Munoz éliminé en demi-finale". Gala (in French). Prisma Média. G+J Network. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Diéguez, Antonio (21 July 2018). "Ana Guerra rompe con Jadel tras tres años y comienza a salir con Miguel Ángel Muñoz". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Ana Guerra olvida a Jadel con Miguel Ángel Muñoz". Bekia (in Spanish). 21 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "All Films at the 31st TEDDY AWARD". Teddy Awards, 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz – M.A.M." Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz – M.A.M." Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz – M.A.M." Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Certifications Albums Argent – année 2006". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Biography". www.miguelangelmunoz.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz". Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz". Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Moreno, Adrián (14 December 2016). "Miguel Ángel Muñoz, ganador de 'MasterChef Celebrity'". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ Pérez Ruiz de Elvira, Álvaro (14 December 2016). "Miguel Ángel Muñoz gana 'MasterChef Celebrity'". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz elige Pequeño Deseo para el premio MasterChef Celebrity". Fundación Pequeño Deseo (in Spanish). 14 December 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.