Miguel Ángel Muñoz

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.

Miguel Ángel Muñoz
Muñoz at the Goya Awards 2017
Muñoz at the Goya Awards 2017
Background information
Birth nameMiguel Ángel Muñoz Blanco
Also known asM.A.M.
Born (1983-07-04) 4 July 1983 (age 41)
OriginMadrid, Spain
GenresPop music
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1992–present
LabelsM6 Interactions/Sony BMG

Miguel Ángel Muñoz Blanco (born 4 July 1983) is a Spanish actor and singer.

Career

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Muñoz began his career as an actor at the age of eleven in the film El Palomo cojo (1995), followed by many television appearances. From 1997 to 1998, he was a regular on the soap opera Al salir de clase, played a recurring character from 2000 to 2002 on the series Compañeros, and dubbed the voice of Sinbad in the Spanish version of the 2003 American animated adventure film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.

From 2002 to 2004, Muñoz starred as Roberto Arenales on the television series Un Paso Adelante, for which he took dance classes. The series, much like the American show Fame, was set in a performing arts school. It became an international hit and proved to be the breakout role for Muñoz. Muñoz joined several of his castmates to form the band Upa Dance, including: Beatriz Luengo, Pablo Puyol, Monica Cruz, Silvia Marty, Edu Del Prado and Elizabeth Jordan. The group released four albums, from 2002 to 2005, all scoring in the top 5 on the charts in Spain (two at Nº1), with one also reaching Nº1 on the charts in France.

In 2004, Muñoz released the single "Dirás que estoy loco", a song he had performed in the series. The song was ranked Nº1 in Spain for eleven consecutive weeks, selling 180 000 copies. In 2006, Muñoz released his first solo album, M.A.M., which was certified Gold in Italy and Silver in France. The album included "Dirás que estoy loco", which was released as a single across Europe, reaching Nº2 on the charts in Italy and peaking at Nº3 in France. In 2008, Muñoz won a European Border Breakers Award Award for M.A.M..[1][2]

Along with his success as a recording artist, Muñoz continued acting, performing steadily on television and film, and appearing on stage in El Cartero Neruda in 2006. He also joined the series Mis Adorables Vecinos in 2006. Muñoz appeared in the film The Borgia (2006) and the horror film Intrusos en Manasés (2008). From 2007 to 2008, Muñoz acted in the title role of Úlises in the series El síndrome de Úlises.

In 2010, Muñoz played his first high-profile English-speaking role as Antegua in the miniseries Ben Hur.[3] In 2011, he was Toti Blanco in the series Vida loca.[4] The following year, he joined the third season of Capadocia, playing the character Hector Bolaños.[5][6]

In late 2014 Muñoz made it to fourth place as a contestant on the fifth season of the series Danse avec les Stars, in France.[7] He finished in fourth place with his partner, Fauve Hautot.[8]

Personal life

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From 2018 to 2020, Muñoz was in a relationship with Ana Guerra.[9][10]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1994 La vida siempre es corta Miguel Albaladejo Short
1995 El Palomo cojo Felipe Jaime de Armiñán
1997 Mamá quiere ser artista Junior Ángel Fernández Montesinos TV series (6 episodes)
1997–98 Al salir de clase Javi Castro Pepa Sánchez Biezma, Toni Sevilla, ... TV series (77 episodes)
1999 Condenadas a entenderse Lurri Norberto López Amado TV series (1 episode)
2000 ¡Ala... Dina! Repartidor de pizzas José Pavón TV series (1 episode)
Policías, en el corazón de la calle Raúl César Rodríguez Blanco TV series (1 episode)
2000–02 Compañeros Charlie José Ramón Ayerra, Manuel Ríos San Martín, ... TV series (16 episodes)
2001 Gente pez Chaval buzón Jorge Iglesias
Periodistas Policía Antonio Conesa TV series (2 episodes)
2002 Hospital Central Alfonso Trece Javier Pizarro TV series (1 episode)
2002–05 Un Paso Adelante Rober Arenales Jesús del Cerro, Juanma R. Pachón, ... TV series (84 episodes)
TP de Oro - Best Young Talent Actor
2005 Desde que amanece apetece Máquina Antonio del Real
2005–06 Mis adorables vecinos Juan Castillo Gustavo Cotta, Sandra Gallego, ... TV series (19 episodes)
2006 The Borgia Ramón Antonio Hernández
Probabilidades Ricardo Bajo Gaviño Short
2007 Ekipo Ja Himself Juan Muñoz
Aída Julián Jacobo Martos TV series (1 episode)
2007–08 El síndrome de Ulises Ulises Gaytán de Arzuaga Inma Torrente, Álvaro Fernández Armero, ... TV series (26 episodes)
2008 Intrusos en Manasés Ruben Juan Carlos Claver
Trío de ases Joseba Vázquez
Cazadores de hombres Hugo Vidal Álvaro Fernández Armero TV series (1 episode)
2009–2018 Amar en tiempos revueltos Alonso Núñez de Losada
/ Julián Maldonado 		Eduardo Casanova, Joan Noguera, ... TV series (23 episodes)
2010 Lope Tomás de Perrenot Andrucha Waddington
No controles Ernesto Borja Cobeaga
Tensión sexual no resuelta Nardo Miguel Ángel Lamata
Adiós papá, adiós mamá Martín Luis Soravilla Short
Ben Hur Antegua Steve Shill TV mini-series
La piel azul Germán Gonzalo López-Gallego TV mini-series
Gavilanes Ángel E.C. Lletget TV series (1 episode)
2011 Vida loca Toti Blanco Manuel Sanabria, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, ... TV series (20 episodes)
2012 Capadocia Héctor Bolaños Pedro Pablo Ibarra, Javier 'Fox' Patrón, ... TV series (13 episodes)
Infames Joaquín Navarro /
José María "Chema" Barajas 		Moisés Ortiz Urquidi TV series (39 episodes)
2013 Viral Frank Lucas Figueroa
Al final todos mueren Pablo David Galán Galindo, Roberto Pérez Toledo, ...
Hay dos clases de personas He Eva Moreno & Juan Carlos Vellido Short
2014 ABCs of Death 2 Man Alejandro Brugués
2014–15 Sin identidad Bruno Vergel Kiko Ruiz, Joan Noguera, ... TV series (23 episodes)
2015 Hablar El Adicto al Porno Joaquín Oristrell
2016 Amar en tiempos revueltos Alonso Núñez de Losada Eduardo Casanova TV series (1 episode)
2017 Proyecto tiempo Hugo Isabel Coixet
El ministerio del tiempo Gonzalo Guerrero Koldo Serra TV series (1 episode)
Bones of Contention Narrator Andrea Weiss Documentary [11]
2018 Presunto culpable Jon Aristegui Alejandro Bazzano, Menna Fité, ... TV series (13 episodes)
2019 El crack cero Moro José Luis Garci Post-Production
2020 What About Love Christian Santiago Klaus Menzel Post-Production
2022 Daddy Daughter Trip Santiago Arachavaleta Rob Schneider

Stage credits

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Title Year Role Production
La Cenerentola 1996 Servant Teatro de la Zarzuela
Bastien und Bastienne 2003 Bastien Teatro Alcázar
Quickly 2003 Miguel Teatro Real de Madrid
Il Postino 2005 Pablo Neruda (2005–06) Teatro Real de Madrid and Spanish tour
Order of the Empty Tomb 2009 Unknown Colegiata Santa María la Mayor de Antequera

Discography

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Studio albums with UPA Dance

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Year Album Charts Certification Sales
ESP FRA
2002 UPA Dance
1
1
 7×Platinum World: 900,000+
ESP: 700,000+
FRA: 200,000+
2003 UPA Dance Edición Especial
5
—
 ESP: Platinum ESP: 100,000+
2004 UPA Live
1
—
 ESP: Platinum ESP: 100,000+
2005 Contigo
4
—
 ESP: Gold ESP: 50,000+

Solo studio albums

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Year Album Charts Certification Sales
FRA
[12] 		ITA
[13] 		SUI
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2006 M.A.M.
13
14
67
 FRA: Silver[15]
ITA: Gold 		World: 250.000+[16]

Solo singles

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Year Single Charts Album
ESP FRA
[17] 		ITA[18] BEL SUI[19] BRA
2006 "Dirás que estoy loco" 1 3 2 16 17 — M.A.M.
2006 "Esa morena" — 29 — — — —
2006 "Vivo para tí" — — — — — 2

Master Chef Celebrity

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In 2016 Muñoz won the first Master Chef Celebrity of Spain.[20][21] He chose charity Fundación Pequeño Deseo as the recipient of his €75,000 prize.[22]

References

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  1. ^ EFE (15 January 2008). "El cantante y actor Miguel Ángel Muñoz, premiado con el galardón europeo EBBA". Público (in Spanish). Display Connectors, SL. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz, premio EBBA de la Comisión Europea". Diario Sur (in Spanish). Vocento. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ OTR/PRESS (6 May 2009). "Miguel Ángel Muñoz estará en 'Ben-Hur'". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Comienza la grabación de la comedia 'Vida Loca'". Telecinco (in Spanish). Mediaset España. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. ^ Pinto, Carolina (26 September 2013). "Miguel Ángel Muñoz salva la patria en 'Capadocia'". El Diario NY (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. ^ Díaz, Yolaine (26 September 2013). "El actor español Miguel Ángel Muñoz se une a la tercera temporada de la serie Capadocia". People (in Spanish). Meredith Corporation. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Miguel Angel Muñoz (Danse avec les stars) a remporté Masterchef en Espagne". Gala (in French). Prisma Média. G+J Network. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  8. ^ Abouaf, Fanny (23 November 2014). "Danse avec les stars : Miguel Angel Munoz éliminé en demi-finale". Gala (in French). Prisma Média. G+J Network. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  9. ^ Diéguez, Antonio (21 July 2018). "Ana Guerra rompe con Jadel tras tres años y comienza a salir con Miguel Ángel Muñoz". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Ana Guerra olvida a Jadel con Miguel Ángel Muñoz". Bekia (in Spanish). 21 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  11. ^ "All Films at the 31st TEDDY AWARD". Teddy Awards, 31 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz – M.A.M." Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz – M.A.M." Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  14. ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz – M.A.M." Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  15. ^ "Certifications Albums Argent – année 2006". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  16. ^ "Biography". www.miguelangelmunoz.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  17. ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  18. ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz". Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  19. ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz". Swiss Music Charts. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  20. ^ Moreno, Adrián (14 December 2016). "Miguel Ángel Muñoz, ganador de 'MasterChef Celebrity'". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  21. ^ Pérez Ruiz de Elvira, Álvaro (14 December 2016). "Miguel Ángel Muñoz gana 'MasterChef Celebrity'". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  22. ^ "Miguel Ángel Muñoz elige Pequeño Deseo para el premio MasterChef Celebrity". Fundación Pequeño Deseo (in Spanish). 14 December 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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