Eduardo Casanova (born 24 March 1991) is a Spanish actor and filmmaker, popularly known in Spain for his role as Fidel in the sitcom ''

Aída ''Aída'' is a Spanish sitcom that aired on Telecinco from 16 January 2005 to 8 June 2014. Set in Madrid, it is a spin off of the sitcom ''7 Vidas'', on which Aída was a recurring character. It was produced by Globomedia. The show stars C ...

'' (2005–2014).

Biography

He was born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

on 24 March 1991. In 2005, age 14, he joined the cast of ''

'', aired on

Telecinco Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially laun ...

and which was a spin-off of ''

7 vidas ''7 Vidas'' is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives (in contrast to English-speaking countries, whe ...

''. Casanova played the role of Fidel, an openly gay teenager (described as the "first gay boy in Spanish TV"), earning him great popularity in Spain. After ten seasons, ''Aída'' ended in 2014 and Casanova then advanced his interest on film direction, while also starring in a number of productions. In 2015, he joined the cast of ', aired on

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, playing Chencho, a rich customer of the 'Gym Tony'. In 2017, after directing short films, Casanova presented his debut feature film: '' Skins''. In 2022, he participated in ''

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as a guest judge. His sophomore feature, '' Piety'', premiered in 2022.

Filmography

Actor

;Television ;Film

Director

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Casanova, Eduardo 1991 births Spanish film directors Spanish male television actors Spanish male film actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Male actors from Madrid Living people