Jaime Lorente López (born 12 December 1991) is a Spanish actor. He is best known for his role as Denver in the series Money Heist.[1]

Jaime Lorente
Lorente in 2024
Born
Jaime Lorente López

(1991-12-12) 12 December 1991 (age 34)
Murcia, Spain
EducationESAD de Murcia
OccupationActor
Years active2016–present
Children2

Education

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Born on 12 December 1991,[2] Jaime Lorente López studied Dramatic Art at the Superior School of Dramatic Art of Murcia (ESAD Murcia) and earned a master's degree in advanced studies from the UNIR in Logroño.[3]

Career

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Lorente performed in the theatre production Equus, for which he won the Best Actor Award in the first edition of the María Jesús Sirvent Awards. He has also acted in theatre productions such as El público, La vengadora de las mujeres, El secreto a voces and De fuera vendrá.[4]

In 2016, Lorente began acting in the Antena 3 series El secreto de Puente Viejo as Elías Mato. In 2017, he portrayed "Denver" in the hit TV series, Money Heist, for which he was nominated for the "Best Supporting Actor on Television" award by the Spanish Actors Union. In 2018, he portrayed "Nano" in the Netflix Original Series Élite.[5] In 2020 and 2021, Lorente portrayed Castilian knight and warlord Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid" in the historical Amazon Prime Video series El Cid.[6]

In addition to acting, Lorente has published a book titled A propósito de tu boca, a collection of poems that he started writing in high school.[7] He has also made forays into music, releasing his first EP (La noche) in 2022.[8][9]

In August 2025, it was reported that Lorente was preparing his directorial debut picture, El mal hijo, set to begin filming later in the year.[1]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 El secreto de Puente Viejo Elías Mato 27 episodes
2017–2021 Money Heist Daniel "Denver" Ramos 41 episodes
2018–2019 Elite Fernando "Nano" García Domínguez 13 episodes
2020–2021 El Cid El Cid 10 episodes
2023Cristo y Rey (Untameable)Ángel Cristo
2024Mano de hierro (Iron Reign)Néstor

Film

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Year Film Character Notes Ref.
2018 Todos lo saben (Everybody Knows) Luis
Historias románticas (un poco) cabronas David
La sombra de la ley (Gun City) León [12]
Bedspread Fran Short film
2019 ¿A quién te llevarías a una isla desierta? (Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?) Marcos [13]
202242 segundos (The Final Game)Pedro García Aguado[14]
2023Tin&Tina Adolfo [15]
2024
Disco, Ibiza, LocomíaXavi Font
2025
Hamburgo (Hamburg)Germán
Reversión (Reversion)Mario
CoartadasMiguel
2026
La silla (Tied Up)Daniel Lonces

Music

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Year Title
2020 Corazón
2020 Acércate
2020 Romance (Theme from "El Cid"), feat. Deva and Natos y Waor
2021 Mirando al Sol
2021 Saturday
2021 Sra Smit
2022 Guapo y Loco
2022 La Noche
2022 7 DEMONIOS

Accolades

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2018 27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actor in a Minor Role Money Heist Nominated [21]
2019 28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actor in a Secondary Role Nominated [22]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Jaime Lorente debuta como director con Susi Sánchez como protagonista". Telemadrid. 12 August 2025.
  2. "Jaime Lorente: "Cuando hoy hablamos de héroes pensamos en personajes de Marvel. El Cid fue un chaval normal"". El Mundo. 17 December 2020.
  3. quever.news. "Este es el grado de estudios de Jaime Lorente". QueVer (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. "JAIME LORENTE". Maydel Manager (in Spanish). n.d. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. "El trágico desenlace de Jaime Lorente en 'El secreto de Puente Viejo' antes de su éxito en 'La casa de papel'". Antena3 (in Spanish). n.d. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. "Jaime Lorente será 'El Cid' en la mayor serie histórica jamás hecha en España". Epik (in Spanish). 23 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. "A propósito de tu boca". Planeta de Libros (in Spanish). n.d. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  8. García Herráez, Silvia (9 May 2022). "El murciano Jaime Lorente debuta con el EP 'La Noche': "Me tomo en serio esto de la música"". Murcia Plaza.
  9. Coca, Laura (6 May 2022). "Jaime Lorente nos muestra su faceta más oscura y vividora en 'La Noche', su primer EP". Los 40.
  10. Pérez, Laura (22 December 2021). "Jaime Lorente tiene nueva serie tras 'La casa de papel': será Ángel Cristo en Antena 3". Vertele! (in Spanish). eldiario.es.
  11. Ruiz, Adrián (13 March 2024). "'Mano de hierro': Netflix se adentra en el narcotráfico del puerto de Barcelona y engancha con un villano memorable". vertele! via eldiario.es.
  12. Jiménez, Jesús (10 October 2018). "» Noticias » Cultura Dani de la Torre: "'La sombra de la ley' es una mezcla de los clásicos del género"". rtve.es (in Spanish).
  13. López, Lorena (15 April 2019). "Los españoles que han conquistado a Netflix". abcplay (in Spanish). ABC.
  14. "Jaime Lorente se convertirá en Pedro García Aguado en la película 42 segundos". El Mundo (in Spanish). 29 November 2021.
  15. "Sevilla acoge el final del rodaje de la película de terror psicológico 'Tin&Tina', del debutante Rubin Stein". ABC (in Spanish). 10 September 2021.
  16. Rabanal, Antonela (5 February 2024). "Primer vistazo del biopic "Disco, Ibiza, Locomía", el origen del éxito de la banda española". Infobae.
  17. "Asiste al preestreno de 'Hamburgo'". El País. 14 May 2025.
  18. Lobo, Carmen L. (7 November 2025). "Crítica de 'Reversión': ¿Quién soy? ¿Y vosotros? ★★★". La Razón.
  19. Pozo, José Carlos (24 October 2025). "Tráiler de Coartadas, remake de la comedia francesa con Jaime Lorente, Adriana Torrebejano y Leo Harlem". HobbyConsolas.
  20. Paz, Rodrigo (28 May 2026). "Una historia de supervivencia dirigida por un gallego ganador de cuatro Goyas: así es la nueva película de Jaime Lorente". El Correo Gallego (in European Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  21. Navarro, Sergio (13 March 2018). "Malena Alterio, Nacho Fresneda, Ana Polvorosa y Pedro Alonso, premiados por la Unión de Actores y Actrices". FormulaTV (in Spanish).
  22. Onieva, Álvaro (12 March 2019). "'Arde Madrid' arrasa en los Premios Unión de Actores". Fuera de Series (in Spanish).