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''.

Biography

Luis Adrián Álvaro Lastra was born on 26 February 1984 in Palomeras Bajas,

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, Madrid, to a working-class family. Before entering his scenic career, Lastra took vocational training courses in electronics, but according to him, he was a "bad student". Reportedly moved to start a musical career after watching

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's performances in ''Operación Triunfo'', his education in this area began in 2003, taking classes of vocal technique and musical performance as student of Victoria Manso and Patricia Ferro. He began a career in

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in 2004. He has since starred in stage plays such as ''Broadway Millennium'', '' Hoy no me puedo levantar'', ''En tu fiesta me colé'', ''Flashdance'', ', ''Billy Elliot'', ''El discurso del rey''. His first main role in television was his performance as 'Pipo' in the ''Corta-T'' series, aired on

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. He starred in the film 2011 film ''

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'' (''Cousinhood''), playing José Miguel, a military veteran of Afghanistan, addicted to pills. This performance earned him a nomination to the

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in 2012. He also performed as leading actor in the 2011 comedy ''Fuga de cerebros 2'' (sequel to '' Fuga de cerebros''), playing Alfonso Carbajosa. He also played a teacher in seduction techniques in the 2017 comedy ''El club de los buenos infieles''. Venturing into horror, Lastra starred in as leading actor in ''Noctem'', a 2017

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film directed by Marcos Cabotá in which Lastra played himself. Lastra also appeared in the 2020 comedy '' Hasta que la boda nos separe''. Lastra became very popular for his role as the Pedro Infantes in the series ''Velvet'', reprised in the sequel ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lastra, Adrian Spanish male musical theatre actors Spanish male television actors Spanish male stage actors Spanish male film actors 21st-century Spanish male actors 1984 births Living people Male actors from Madrid