Sergio Peris-Mencheta


Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio, better known as Sergio Peris-Mencheta, is a Spanish theatre, cinema, and television actor, as well as a theatre director. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1997.

Life and career

Barrio was born on April 7, 1975 in Madrid, to Madrilenian and Muscovite Barrio. He studied at the French Lyceum in Madrid. He was a rugby player on international teams that won several championships, and was captain of his youth team. After finishing secondary school, he enrolled at the Carlos III University to study Law and Business, but while participating in the university theater group directed by Inés París he discovered a desire to become an actor.
In 1998, Peris-Mencheta was cast as Dani Daroca Lavín in a television series that led to popularity among an adolescent audience.

Selected filmography