Francesc Garrido

Acting

Francesc Garrido

Born — Died

1969-09-07 — 2026-08-30

Place of birth

Barcelona, España

Known for

Acting

Credits

76 titles

Francesc Garrido was a Spanish actor from Catalonia who worked in film, television and theatre. He trained at Barcelona’s Institut del Teatre and continued his studies at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. His film credits included Smoking Room, The Sea Inside, Alatriste, 25 Carat, Falling Star and The Adoption. On television, he was known for roles in Sé quién eres, La sala, Gran Reserva, The Time in Between, Isabel, Jaguar and The Gypsy Bride.

Known for

Paco's Men poster
7.8

Follows police officer Francisco "Paco" Miranda and his men through funny cases.

Paco's Men

2005

Isabel poster
7.7

Charting the life of Isabella I of Castile, one of the most important women in Spain’s history, Isabel follows her passionate story from childhood to being crowned Queen. From her political struggles within King Henry IV's court to her wedding to Ferdinand of Aragon, the drama encapsulates the passions, emotions and sacrifices of a woman who refused to just be a figurehead and whose outlook was ahead of her time.

Isabel

2012

The Sea Inside poster
7.6

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.

The Sea Inside

2004

The Titan poster
5.3

On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.

The Titan

2018

Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew poster
7.0

On December 30, 2000, a group of friends climbed Balandrau, but an unpredictable blizzard unleashed the worst Pyrenees storm in history.

Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew

2026

The Time in Between poster
8.1

Sira Quiroga is a young Spanish dressmaker engaged to a solid suitor when a suave typewriter salesman upends her life. Spain is being upended by a civil war and the new regime's growing alliances with Nazi Germany. Sira, smart, gutsy and resourceful with a Scarlett O'Hara-like ability to whip up designer duds on a moment's notice, Sira has spunk. Sira gains and loses a small fortune, is dumped by her cad of a lover in Morocco, runs guns to get the cash to start her life anew and becomes couturier to the Nazi wives stationed in Madrid. Urged on by her friend, the real-life British spy Rosalinda Fox, Sira, too, aids the British cause.

The Time in Between

2013

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew poster
7.0

On December 30, 2000, a group of friends climbed Balandrau, but an unpredictable blizzard unleashed the worst Pyrenees storm in history.

Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew

2026

The Birthday Party poster
5.3

The late 1970s, somewhere in the Mediterranean: Marcos Timoleon, a tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extravagant birthday party for Sofia on his exclusive private island. The party is a perfect excuse for various people in his life to approach him with their own agendas.

The Birthday Party

2026

The Redemption poster
6.4

Lucas, a 47-year-old boy, and Antonia, an old woman, live together in an apartment in the center of the city. Their life goes on as usual until an investment fund acquires the building to turn it into tourist apartments. Lucas tries to get the necessary money to avoid the loss of the house, but a wrong decision will change the rest of their lives.

The Redemption

2025

Galaxy of Horrors poster
5.1

Trapped in a damaged cryogenic pod, a man is forced to watch a series of horrific science-fiction tales while his life support systems run out. Featuring eight intense stories of the unknown and other-worldly, equally wonderful and terrifying. Visit the GALAXY OF HORRORS, if you dare! Curated from Rue Morgue & Unstable Ground's Little Terrors Festival.

Galaxy of Horrors

2024

Someone Who Takes Care of Me poster
7.3

A profoundly feminine drama about the agreements and disagreements between three actresses of different ages united by family ties and separated by generational conflicts, with artistic creation as a backdrop.

Someone Who Takes Care of Me

2023

Color of Heaven poster
5.0

Olivia Brontë, a movie star, travels to Switzerland for a photo shoot with a major fashion magazine. There she will meet Tristán del Val, a Spanish philosopher whom she met years ago. This reunion will lead them to revisit the past and reconsider their future.

Color of Heaven

2022

2010s · 22 titles

The Titan poster
5.3

On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.

The Titan

2018

Apartment 143 poster
5.2

A team of parapsychologists sets out to investigate a series of anomalous phenomena taking place in a newly occupied apartment. Telephone calls with no caller, mysterious shadows, extraordinary light emissions, flying objects, and exploding light bulbs are some of the events they will face while recording their every step with state-of-the-art technology. Using infrared filming, digital photography, psychophonic recordings, movement detectors, and magnetic field alteration meters, the group’s attempts to contact the “other side” will grow increasingly dangerous as they near a point of no return.

Apartment 143

2011

The Uncovering poster
5.1

The sudden reappearance of the young Vera in a coastal village makes Jordi decide to undertake the search for his father, who has been presumed dead for over twenty years.

The Uncovering

2018

Falling Star poster
5.9

During a brief rule towards the end of the 19th century, the Italian duke Amadeo of Savoy occupied the Spanish throne. However, confined to the safety of life within the palace walls, the lonely, frustrated king and his servants succumb to playful adventures focused more on pleasure than his duties.

Falling Star

2014

West poster
5.0

A fugitive film director in exile, called H, returns to the industrial city of which he fled in the past, in a time and place unknown. Gloria, the working woman who loved and left behind lives subjected to routine. But H, unable to adapt, convince her to run away together to a place that no one remembers the outside of civilization.

West

2019

4L poster
5.9

To find Joseba, a dying friend, and see him reunite with his daughter Ely, two old friends, Jean Pierre and Tocho, embark with her on a road trip through the Sahara desert, from Spain to Mali.

4L

2019

People in Places poster
5.0

A fragmented view of contemporary Spain, drawing conclusions about the persistence of the human condition, strangeness, and the chaos within relationships.

People in Places

2013

Station of the Forgotten poster
5.5

"Station of the forgotten" chronicles the relationship between Domingo, an old sailor stranded away from the sea and Pau, a teenager who finds difficult to fit in society. Their paths will cross at the old people's home where Domingo now lives, and where Pau is serving a community service sentence. They find eachother at a key point in their respective lives: Pau is negotiating the tricky path from adolescence to maturity, and Domingo, the equally tricky one leading from old age to death.

Station of the Forgotten

2010

Flow poster
8.0

Walter Mann is an actor who can make his life's dream come true: to star in his own play. However, the big moment that is about to arrive is interrupted by an internal struggle that will destabilize him emotionally.

Flow

2014

The Ignorance of Blood poster
3.6

Javier Falcón, Chief of the Sevilla Homicide Division, must solve two different cases in a short time. In the first case he is personally involved. An old friend of his infiltrated an Islamic terrorist cell and now the group is trying to recruit his young son for their cause. The same case hits even closer at home. A war is raging between two clans in the Russian Mafia. When an important mobster tries to defect, he gets killed in a car crash. On the scene, the police find an encrypted USB stick with highly explosive information. Then the son of Falcon’s girlfriend Consuelo is kidnapped. They are contacted by both Mafia clans claiming they have the kid and wanting to get their hands on the information. And both say they will kill him if Falcon doesn’t give them the stick

The Ignorance of Blood

2014

Twice Upon a Time in the West poster
8.5

A girl on the run, a villain in the making, a faux cowboy, and Claudia Cardinale as Claudia Cardinale starring in a post-modern homage to cinema.

Twice Upon a Time in the West

2015

Until We Fall poster
6.1

Louise loved Adam. Adam loved Louise. That is how it used to be. But a child has disappeared. Their child. The police said it was a drowning accident. Yet the truth is that their little boy’s body was never found. Lucas, ten years old. How easy it all would have been if the ocean had taken the trouble to throw up a little-swollen child’s corpse onto the beach. Or if a local with alcohol in his blood and blood on his hands had ploughed him down at full speed. An indescribable pain. No more living, no more happiness, but at least no unanswered questions. Unfortunately, that is not how it is for Adam and Louise.

Until We Fall

2019

Black Buenos Aires poster
2.5

In the middle of the 'Corralito', Argentina's bank freeze, Jordi travels to Buenos Aires in pursuit of a government contract. To enter into the high spheres of political power, he will have to pay something more than money. Just how far is he willing to go? Written by Zip Films

Black Buenos Aires

2010

The Invisible Artery poster
2.5

Vicenç is a politician with mayor aspirations married to Carme. She is unhappy with their marriage and lives obsessed about having children. A young boy who was a part of their lives fifteen years ago starts a process that will destroy Vicenç in a professional and personal way.

The Invisible Artery

2015

Black Brown White poster
4.9

No synopsis available yet.

Black Brown White

2011

Meublé. La Casita Blanca poster
2.3

La Casita Blanca is about to close its doors. What still on any given day in any of the forty rooms? Meublé tells six stories about desire, the game, the need for companionship and madness, as necessary to live and they do not understand the crisis.

Meublé. La Casita Blanca

2011

They Will All Die in Space poster
6.6

The starship Tantalus drifts through space.

They Will All Die in Space

2015

Pitahaya poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Pitahaya

2014

Assembly poster
5.2

This film is Álex Montoya's first feature film: an interesting adaptation of the play La gente by Juli Disla and Jaume Pérez, also screenwriters of the film. The emergence of assembly groups after the political movements after 2011 served their authors to cast a comic look at decision-making processes and the capacity for dialogue of the human being.

Assembly

2019

La adopción poster
6.0

A Spanish couple travels to a country in Eastern Europe to adopt a child. However, things do not work out as they had expected.

La adopción

2015

Barcelona 1714 poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Barcelona 1714

2014

The communicant poster
9.0

Maria wants to make her deceased mother's last wish come true. Nevertheless, in her family, nobody supports her.

The communicant

2018

2000s · 21 titles

The Sea Inside poster
7.6

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.

The Sea Inside

2004

Take My Eyes poster
7.2

One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...

Take My Eyes

2003

Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer poster
5.9

In 17th century Spain, Diego Alatriste, a brave and heroic soldier, is fighting in his King's army in the Flandes region. His best mate, Balboa, falls in a trap and, when near to his death, asks Diego to look after his son and teach him to be a soldier.

Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer

2006

The Uninvited Guest poster
6.5

Mysterious events lead an increasingly paranoid architect to believe a stranger is lurking in his large house.

The Uninvited Guest

2005

Theresa: The Body of Christ poster
4.5

In the 16th century, the daughter of a Spanish nobleman joins a convent and becomes a spiritual leader.

Theresa: The Body of Christ

2007

Pretextos poster
NR

Marriage of Vienna, theater director, and Daniel, a geriatric physician, is in crisis. Both cling to their professional activity to fill the void in their lives agonizing. Their worlds seem antagonistic, their needs, different. Account of the worst loneliness: loneliness in the company, and on promises unfulfilled desires can not be met, but it becomes a good excuse to continue living despite everything.

Pretextos

2008

Caravaggio poster
5.6

The tumultuous and adventurous life of Michelangelo Merisi, controversial artist, called by Fate to become the immortal Caravaggio. A violent genius that will dare to defy the ideal vision of the world imposed by the Renaissance painters. A provoker that scandalized patrons and institutions, raising the altars the outcast figures he knew so well: drunkards, vagrants and prostitutes.

Caravaggio

2007

Smoking Room poster
5.8

The Spanish branch of an American company is obliged to enforce the ban on smoking in their offices. From now on, those who want to smoke during working hours must do so in the street. Ramirez, one of the employees of this small office composed mainly of men, decides to begin collecting signatures against what he considers unfair. What Ramirez intends is to be use an unoccupied office as smoking room

Smoking Room

2002

Unnatural Causes poster
4.5

A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.

Unnatural Causes

2008

The Journey of Arián poster
5.4

Arián, a young Basque girl, idealistic but naive, joins a ruthless terrorist gang and, hoping to prove her commitment, volunteers to participate in the kidnapping of the daughter of an important businessman.

The Journey of Arián

2001

Gente de mala calidad poster
4.6

Tricked by a former college rival (Guillermo Toledo), two juvenile brothers (Santiago Segura, Javier Gutiérrez) travel to a concert that's not taking place.

Gente de mala calidad

2008

L’illa de l’holandès poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

L’illa de l’holandès

2001

La silla poster
10.0

A man is consumed with the idea of acquiring a chair from a bric-a-brac shop.

La silla

2006

No artwork available
4.7

Four adults in Madrid do not cross paths but often frequent Club Mingus in the city's centre. There is also urban construction going on in the city.

A ras de suelo

2005

25 Carat poster
6.0

Abel is a boxer turned debt collector who is struggling to provide for his young son. When he falls in love with beautiful car thief Kay, the couple plan for a new crime-free beginning. To fund their new law-abiding life, however, they conspire for one last big score. The resulting fiasco takes them on a rough ride through the gritty Barcelona underworld. Winner of Best Film at the 2009 Málaga Spanish Film Festival.

25 Carat

2008

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Chapapote... o no

2006

Inner City Princess poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Inner City Princess

2007

No artwork available
7.3

Tour of the life of Elena Dmitrievna Diakonova Gala from Kazan Russia, where she was born, to Davos, where she met Paul Éluard, and continues in Paris and New York down to Cadaqués, where she died.

Gala

2003

Iris TV poster
7.0

In a flashback, Kim Ros, explains the story of a TV director-host, himself, who created a scary show that finally destroyed him. The show was called IRIS, and their stars were sociopathyc people who didn't know they really were part of the show.

Iris TV

2003

Conexão poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Conexão

2009

Dogs poster
9.0

Victor and Gloria entry workers form a relatively stable marriage. But one day Victor loses a leg due to an accident, granting him permanent disability. Consequently, his life changes and, among other things, the relationship with his wife deteriorates progressively.

Dogs

2002

Series credits

Paco's Men poster
7.8

Follows police officer Francisco "Paco" Miranda and his men through funny cases.

Paco's Men

2005

Isabel poster
7.7

Charting the life of Isabella I of Castile, one of the most important women in Spain’s history, Isabel follows her passionate story from childhood to being crowned Queen. From her political struggles within King Henry IV's court to her wedding to Ferdinand of Aragon, the drama encapsulates the passions, emotions and sacrifices of a woman who refused to just be a figurehead and whose outlook was ahead of her time.

Isabel

2012

The Time in Between poster
8.1

Sira Quiroga is a young Spanish dressmaker engaged to a solid suitor when a suave typewriter salesman upends her life. Spain is being upended by a civil war and the new regime's growing alliances with Nazi Germany. Sira, smart, gutsy and resourceful with a Scarlett O'Hara-like ability to whip up designer duds on a moment's notice, Sira has spunk. Sira gains and loses a small fortune, is dumped by her cad of a lover in Morocco, runs guns to get the cash to start her life anew and becomes couturier to the Nazi wives stationed in Madrid. Urged on by her friend, the real-life British spy Rosalinda Fox, Sira, too, aids the British cause.

The Time in Between

2013

Gangs of Galicia poster
6.9

When her father's murder reveals a hidden double life, a lawyer seeks revenge by infiltrating a Galician drug cartel and becoming close to its leader.

Gangs of Galicia

2024

Estació d'enllaç poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Estació d'enllaç

1994

I Know Who You Are poster
6.2

A lawyer suffering from amnesia due to an accident tries to piece together the events leading to it, with the help of his wife.

I Know Who You Are

2017

Cites poster
6.9

Looking for love, sex, or just someone to move away from the loneliness, the characters in " Cites " meet face to face, after meeting online, laden with uncertainties and hopes. Based on the original format of the British series " Dates " Brian Elsley . Each episode of the series , located in Barcelona , focuses on two of these quotations , which come into play fears , secrets and expectations of its protagonists. A staff relations existing partner network around a character that cross each other and that we will find again throughout the series look.

Cites

2015

Los sin nombre poster
6.9

No synopsis available yet.

Los sin nombre

2025

Gran reserva poster
4.8

Two families compete in the wine industry in this suspense drama.

Gran reserva

2010

La nena poster
8.6

Months after the events of The Purple Network, the hunt is not over yet. Following Lucas's death, Elena Blanco has disappeared. Only Mariajo knows where she is, but she keeps it a secret, even from the rest of the team. The fight against The Network has taken too much of a toll on her, and in a desperate attempt to get her life back on track, she has left the BAC.

La nena

2026

Three Days of Christmas poster
6.8

Four sisters celebrate Christmas in their family home at 3 different times in their lives: teen-hood, adulthood and elderly age.

Three Days of Christmas

2019

The Purple Network poster
6.9

Inspector Elena Blanco has discovered that her son Lucas is alive, but belongs to the sinister Purple Network, which Vistas told her about before its dramatic denouement. Six months have passed and the inspector hides from her team that her son is among them; Only Mariajo, her faithful confidant, knows the truth. The BAC has been penalized by the outcome of the Macaya case, being transferred to another ship and the only thing they can do is pull on that thread that Vistas left them, a network that is hidden in the depths of the interns.

The Purple Network

2023

The Gypsy Bride poster
6.2

Set in the heart of the Spanish Romani community, the fiction follows police inspector Elena Blanco and her team, as they try to crack the crime case pertaining to the murders of sisters Lara and Susana Macaya, separated by a 7-year gap.

The Gypsy Bride

2022

Jaguar poster
7.1

In 1960s Spain, a Holocaust survivor joins a group of agents seeking justice against the hundreds of Nazis who fled to the nation to hide after WWII.

Jaguar

2021

Sira poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sira

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Crims poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Crims

2000

La sala poster
5.1

No synopsis available yet.

La sala

2019

La fossa poster
NR

David Martos works undercover to exhume an uncatalogued Civil War mass grave where he believes his family may be buried, based on the seemingly delusional stories his grandfather told him.

La fossa

2020

Conexão poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Conexão

2011

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Todo lo necesario

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Vida privada poster
7.0

Surrounded by the profund social and political changes that took place in Barcelona between the end of Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship and the Second Republic, the eldest son of a bankrupt aristocràtic family falls into a spyral of decadence. At the same time, his younger brother fights to return to the top at any price and without any scruples.

Vida privada

2018

Conexão poster
NR

The border between the North of Portugal and Galicia is the biggest drug entry point in Europe. History not only reflects the reality of clans but also engages in social implications.

Conexão

2011

Ermessenda poster
4.2

Catalan miniseries.

Ermessenda

2011