Luis Merlo

Luis María Larrañaga Merlo (born June 13, 1966), known as Luis Merlo, is a Spanish actor.

Biography

Early years

Luis Merlo was born on June 13, 1966, in Madrid.^[1] As a child, he got used to travelling with his parents, Carlos Larrañaga and María Luisa Merlo, who were also actors,^[2] and to see them in their theater tours, getting used to seeing them acting and in the backstages, with his three siblings: Amparo Larrañaga, Kako Larrañaga, and Pedro Larrañaga; Pedro Larrañaga is married to the actress Maribel Verdú. Thus, as a kid, Merlo contemplated the art of interpretation as something natural. The influence of his maternal grandfather, Ismael Merlo, who took care of him after the divorce of his parents, reinforced his idea. The fact that he published an album meant for children corroborates his interest in artistics.

Merlo took dance classes for a year after his adolescence, after which he graduated in Drama. When he finished his studies, Mario Gas gave him his very first chance to act in a version of Salomé, offered by the company of Núria Espert in 1985.

Career

In 1986 he debuted with the film Hay que deshacer la casa,^[2] in which he played a young boy who sexually molested an old woman, a role played by Merlo's aunt, Amparo Rivelles. He finished that year with the tour of La última luna menguante, directed by Manuel Collado, with whom he did the work Séneca, o el beneficio de la duda in 1987, starring José Luis Pellicena. Soon he did his very first movie, La señora, in which he played the role of a bellboy in a hotel.

Filmography

Television

References