Fernando Soto (born in Madrid, 18 October 1968) is a Spanish actor and director. He graduated from the RESAD School of Drama in 1992.
As an actor Soto has been in many theatre productions, starting in Teatro de la Abadía, where he participated in plays such as Maridos y Mujeres, Sobre Horacios y Curiaceos, Me acordaré de todos vosotros, La melancolía de King Kong, and Medida por Medida. His performances were also seen in Perfectos desconocidos, directed by Daniel Guzmán; La Avería, directed by Blanca Portillo; Alejandro y Ana, with Animalario Productions; and the Centro Dramático Nacional (CDN) productions of Madre Coraje (directed by Ernesto Caballero) and La ciudad oscura (written by Antonio Rojano). In the Teatro Español he performed in Don Juan, El loco de los balcones, and Jose Ramón Fernández's Yo soy Don Quijote de la Mancha as Sancho Panza, sharing the stage with José Sacristán.
Soto's work as an actor in film includes appearances in Daniel Monzón's Celda 211; Paco León's Kiki, el amor se hace; Ángeles González Sinde's Una palabra tuya and La suerte dormida; Imanol Uribe's Miel de naranjas; Alberto Rodríguez's After; Eduardo Chapero-Jackson's Verbo; Julien Leclerq's The Informant; and Álex de la Iglesia's Balada triste de trompeta.
On television Soto has been engaged in series like La casa de papel, Amar es para siempre, La Catedral del mar, Isabel, Alatriste, Homicidios, Vive camtando, la pecera de Eva, Frágiles, Sin tetas no hay paraíso, Doctor Mateo, Hospital Central, Aída, Vientos de agua, La que se avecina, El ret, Mi gitana, Amar es para siempre, Cuestión de sexo, La señora, Guante blanco, La princesa de Eboli, Mario Conde (los días de gloria), and Los Serrano.
As a director, Soto has been behind plays like La estupidez by Rafael Spregelburd; Drac Pack by Najwa Nimry, Carlos Dorrego and Emilio Tomé; Constelaciones by Nick Payne; El minuto del payaso, Babilonia, and Las Cervantas by Jose Ramón Fernández and Inma Chacón; Taxidermia de un gorrión by Oskar Galán; Onán by Nacho Faerma; Tarinspotting Harry Gibson; Bailar en la oscuridad, an adaptation of a Lars Von Tier film; Autopsia by Jose Manuel Mora; Rulos and Prohibido besar by Ángeles González Sinde; Hamster by Santiago Cortegoso; and La virtuz de la torpeza and Delirare by Cristina Redondo.
Soto has also taken part in shows for the National Heritage such as productions by EscenaTe, directing in places like El Museo del Prado, Jardín del Capricho and La Muralla de Ávila.
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2023
2023
as Patricio Matesanz
2020
as Médico
2020
as 'Actor'
2018
as Antonio Román
2018
as Capitán Ferrán Montaner
2017
as Ángel Rubio
2017
as Conde
2016
as Fernando
2015
2015
as Francisco "Paco" Camacho Bermúdez
2013
as Police nationale poste frontière
2013
2013
as Self - Guest
2012
as Rodrigo Ponce de León
2011
as Rafa
2010
as Médico
2009
as Armando Nieto
2008
2007
as Mario
2003
as Trabajador 2
2003
as Funcionario 3