Gabriel Guevara

Gabriel Alejandro Guevara Mourreau, born on 6 February 2001, is a Spanish-French actor and model. He has gained recognition for his role as Nick Leister in the film My Fault, which became the most-watched non-English language film on Prime Video in 2023. Guevara also starred in the youth series Skam España during its initial two seasons and played a lead role in the Disney+ series From Tomorrow.

Gabriel was raised in Madrid, Spain. His mother, Marléne Mourreau, is a well-known French model, actress, and television presenter. His father, Michel Guevara, is a Cuban dancer. Gabriel is bilingual, speaking both Spanish and French, and he is also proficient in English. From a young age, he was involved in the arts, participating in various advertising campaigns and taking on small acting roles, along with formal dance training.

In 2018, he graduated from Instituto Lope de Vega with a Baccalaureate in Performing Arts.

Career Highlights (2018–present)

Guevara made his television debut in late 2018, portraying Cristian Miralles Haro in the first season of Skam España, a Spanish adaptation of a Norwegian teen drama that explores the everyday lives and challenges of teenagers. Over the course of this series, he appeared in twelve episodes during the first two seasons.

He also had a role in the 2018 film Charter, directed by Amanda Kernell, where he played Manuel. In 2020, he appeared as Cristofer in Señoras del (h)AMPA and Samu in the television series Riders.

Guevara's significant breakthrough came in the 2020 TVE series HIT, a high school drama centered around an unconventional educator. He played the main character, Darío, for two seasons.

In 2022, he guest-starred as choreographer Nacho Duato in the Paramount+ series Bosé and appeared in the Prime Video film Tomorrow Is Today, which was the platform's first original Spanish film. He collaborated again with the head writer of Skam España, Estíbaliz Burgaleta, in the Netflix series You Are Not Special as Asier. That same year, he also starred as Fran in the HBO Max series How To Screw Everything Up.

His most notable role to date is in the 2023 Prime Video romance film My Fault, where he plays Nick Leister, a character caught up in a dangerous street racing world who develops a complicated relationship with his stepsister, Noah. This film is adapted from the popular Wattpad novel series Culpables by Mercedes Ron. Following its release, My Fault achieved record viewership on Prime Video, becoming the top-performing non-English original film in the platform's history.

Guevara has several upcoming projects, including a role in the Spanish television series Red Flags and a miniseries titled Ni Una Más, based on the novel by Miguel Sáez Carral. He is also set to reprise his role as Nick in two sequels to My Fault, titled Your Fault and Our Fault for Amazon Prime Video, both of which began production on 31 August 2023.

Theater and Opera (2010–present)

Beyond television and film, Guevara has been active in opera and theater. His performances include Tosca, a Royal Theater opera production, in 2010, Robin Hood in 2012 in France, and Krol Roger opera in 2018. He also collaborated with his father on the 2017 opera L'Elixir d'amore in Italy.

Recent Legal Issues

On 2 September 2023, Guevara was arrested in Venice, Italy, under an international warrant for an alleged sexual assault that occurred in France. At the time, he was scheduled to receive a "Best Young Actor" award, which was subsequently canceled. Following his arrest, his representation confirmed that the case had been resolved in his favor when he was a minor in Spain.

After a brief detention, Guevara was released on 4 September 2023. The Venetian Court of Appeals later nullified the arrest warrant against him, allowing him to return home to Madrid on 15 September 2023. Following these events, he resumed filming for the upcoming sequels in the Culpables series.

Guevara's journey in the entertainment industry continues to evolve, and he remains a prominent figure in Spanish cinema and television.