Eloy José Arenas Azorín (born 19 February 1977) is a Spanish film, theatre and television actor. He appeared in movies like All About My Mother (1999), Cuba (1999), Mad Love (2001), Guerreros (2001), Kisses for Everyone (2002), The Borgia (2006) and No me pidas que te bese, porque te besaré (2008), as well as Disforia (2025). He also appeared in many Spanish TV series such as Gran Hotel (2011–2013) as Javier Alarcón, Sin identidad (2014–2015) as Pablo, Apaches (2017) as Sastre, High Seas (2019–2020) as Fernando Fábregas, La edad de la ira (2022) as Álvaro and Ni una más (2024) as Pablo. In Theater he has starred in plays like The Picture of Dorian Gray (2004) as Dorian Gray and Cat on a Hot tin Roof (2016–2017) as Brick.
Biography Eloy was born in Madrid on 19th of February, 1977. He is the son of comedian Eloy Arenas and the artist representative Amelia Azorín, who represented her son through her company Camelion from the beginning of his career until her retirement in 2016.
Thanks to his father he got to know show business from within. When he was five years old Eloy Azorín made a small appearance in a TV program presented by Joaquín Prat and featuring Eloy Arenas, in which he interrupts his father and ends the show saying goodbye to the audience.
Eloy studied at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Madrid, and his first film appearance was at the age of 19 as the protagonist of Como un relámpago (1996) where he shared the bill with Santiago Ramos and Assumpta Serna, directed by Miguel Hermoso. His big break came with Todo sobre mi madre (1999), by Pedro Almodóvar, which was awarded the Oscar for best foreign-language film. In this movie, Eloy Azorín plays Esteban, the son of Manuela (Cecilia Roth) whom he asks, as a gift for his eighteenth birthday, to tell him everything about his father, whom he never knew. He has starred in many movies and TV series since then, having won the Best Actor award at the Peñíscola International Comedy Film Festival for his role as Ramón in the movie Besos para todos.
Filmography
Cinema YearTitleDirector1996Como un relámpagoMiguel Hermoso1998AtómicaDavid Menkes y Alfonso Albacete1999Todo sobre mi madrePedro Almodóvar1999Aunque tú no lo sepasJ. Vicente Córdoba2000Besos para todosJaime Chávarri2001GuerrerosDaniel Calparsoro2001Juana la locaVicente Aranda2002CubaPedro Carvajal2003El año del diluvioJaime Chávarri2004A+ (Amas)Xavier Ribera Perpiñá2006SkizoJesús Ponce2006Los BorgiaAntonio Hernández2008No me pidas que te bese, porque te besaréAlbert Espinosa2010Todas las canciones hablan de míJonás Trueba2014Pancho, el perro millonarioTom Fernández2019¿Qué te juegas?Inés de León2022JaulaIgnacio Tatay2025DisforiaChristopher Cartagena
Short films Year Title Role 1999 La luz que me ilumina — 2000 Jardines deshabitados — 2004 Niño vudú Narrator 2005 Sofía Pablo 2006 Tras las puertas Mario Martínez 2008 Babies for Gina Él 2008 Santiago de sangre (Vampire Prison) Gabriel 2009 Parenthesis — 2010 Ida y vuelta (Round Trip) Enrique 2012 Los sueños de Ulma — 2022 Aquellos días, este tiempo (Those Days, This Time) Él
Television +YearTitleNetworkRoleNotes1998HermanasTelecincoSinger1 episode1998La vida en el aireLa 2Juanjo13 episodes2003Ausias MarchLa 1Prince of VianaTV movie2003Arroz y tartanaLa 1JuanitoTV movie2004Hospital CentralTelecincoDaniel Alonso7 episodes2008Guante blancoLa 1Jorge Lestón8 episodes2010–2012AídaTelecincoEduardo Sastre12 episodes2011–2013Gran HotelAntena 3Javier Alarcón39 episodes2013Águila RojaLa 1Father Javier1 episode2014–2015Sin identidadAntena 3Pablo López Redondo23 episodes2016La que se avecinaTelecincoGonzalo1 episode2017–2018TraiciónLa 1Rafael "Rafa" Sotomayor9 episodes2018ApachesAntena 3Eduardo Sastre12 episodes2018El ContinentalLa 1Antonio Montesinos6 episodes2019–2020Alta marNetflixFernando Fábregas22 episodes2021YrrealRTVE PlayLuis6 episodes2022La edad de la iraAtresplayerÁlvaro1 episode2024BandidosNetflixThe Spaniard2 episodes2024Ni una másNetflixPablo8 episodes2024Bellas artesDisney+Mario Casal1 episode2025Perdiendo el juicioAtresplayer / Antena 3Jaime Ortiz6 episodes2025Cuando nadie nos veMaxRamón7 episodes2025La caza: IratiRTVEMikel8 episodes2026MarbellaMovistar Plus+Alfredo5 episodes
Theatre Year Title Role 2004 The Portrait of Dorian Gray (El retrato de Dorian Gray) Dorian Gray 2005 A Electra le sienta bien el luto Orín 2006 Sálvese quien pueda Dudu 2008–2009 En la roca Guy 2011 Algo de ruido hace — 2014 Confesiones de un bartender Bartender 2016–2017 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (La gata sobre el tejado de zinc caliente) Brick 2018–2019 7 años Luis
Acting in music videos +YearBandSong2009AlisCuando el sol nos de calambre2011Russian RedEveryday everynight2012SupersubmarinaCancion de Guerra2013AliasCantos de Ocasión
Awards Peñíscola International Comedy Film Festival: Best Actor (2001), for Besos para todos. Cartelera Turia Awards: Best Actor (2001), for Besos para todos. European Film Promotion (Berlin): Shooting Star (2001). Ercilla Awards: Breakthrough Actor (2004), for The Portrait of Dorian Gray (El retrato de Dorian Gray). Unión de Actores y Actrices Awards: Nominated for Best Leading Actor in a Television Series (2015), for Sin identidad. Granada International Film Festival – Premios Lorca: Nominated for Best Actor (Feature Film) (2025), for Disforia.
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