El comisario is a Spanish police drama television series that originally aired for twelve seasons from 1999 to 2009 on Telecinco. Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso and starring an ensemble cast with the likes of Tito Valverde, Juanjo Artero, Elena Irureta, Marcial Álvarez, Jaime Pujol, Cristina Perales and Fernando Andina, among others, the plot tracks the daily life the members of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía at the police station of San Fernando in Madrid.
Premise The fiction, a police drama, is set in the 'San Fernando' police station, in the fictional district of the same name in Madrid. It deals with the daily life of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía agents working in the station.
Gerardo Castilla serves as a cold but respectful Chief Police officer for the entire series. Recurring personal subplots include the friendship between Pope and Charlie, and the up and downs of the relationship between Charlie and Elo.
Cast
Final cast ActorCharacterSeasonsTito Valverde Gerardo Castilla 1 – 12Joaquín Climent Pascual Moreno 1 – 12Elena Irureta Laura Hurtado 1 – 12 Juanjo Artero Carlos "Charlie" Márquez 1 – 12Jaime Puyol Andrés Casqueiro 1 – 12Marcial Álvarez Jorge "Pope" San Juan 1 – 12Cristina Perales Eloísa "Elo" Soriano 1 – 12Patxi Freytez Mikel Miralles 2 – 12Fernando Andina Lucas Aguilar 5 – 12Rocío Muñoz Eva Ríos 9 – 12Iris Díaz Vanesa Santana 9 – 12Eva Martín Josefa "Pepa" Romero 11 – 12Ruth Gabriel Federica "Fede" Villalta 12José Luís Torrijos Santos Marino 12Cristina Castaño Sara Ruíz 12
Departed cast ActorCharacterSeasonsAndoni Ferreño Vidal 1Nathalie Poza Alicia Ponce 1Tristán Ulloa Julio Ponce 1 – 2María Jesús Sirvent Rosario Ponce 1 – 4Francesc Orella † Telmo Chacón 2 – 4Mar Regueras Dolores "Lola" Écija 2 – 5Charo Zapardiel † Rita Carvajal 1 – 7Silvia Abascal / Mercé Llorens Sonia Castilla 1 – 2 / 8Laura Domínguez Cristina "Tina" Mariño 1 – 4 / 8Pilar Punzano † Ángela Alonso 6 – 8Manu Fullola José Raimundo "Joserra" García 6 – 8Zutoia Alarcia Elena Serrano 6 – 10Margarita Lascoiti Guadalupe "Lupe" López 1 – 11Paula Echevarría † Clara Osma 8 – 11Marisol Membrillo † Ángeles "Geli" Chamorro 9 – 11Diego Molero Horacio Abarca 9 – 11
Production and release Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso, the series was known as 'Las calles de San Fernando' prior to its release. The producers initially envisioned a dramedy, but the series was eventually re-written as a police drama. The series began airing on 26 April 1999. The series featured a 50 million peseta budget per episode, high for Spanish television at the time. The broadcasting run ended on 2 January 2009, after nearly 10 years on-air, 12 seasons and 191 episodes.
Tito Valverde and Juanjo Artero reprised their characters in El Príncipe in 2016, in guest appearances.
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