Julio Perillán

An American actor of Spanish descent, Julio Perillán was raised in Bethesda, Maryland, and studied physics at the University of Maryland, College Park before he went to Los Angeles to train in film and acting. He started acting in 1998 and appeared on stage in Fool for Love, The Masque of Poe and Walk of Fame Café. His debut screen role came in 2003, in Eden's Curve, an independent film, and he later worked in Spain, where his first Spanish job was the lead in Juanma Bajo Ulloa's Fragile (2004). Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and The Dark Hour are among his other films. In The Mystery of the King of Kinema, a documentary, he played Max Linder, a role that earned him a best lead actor nomination at the 2016 Goya awards. He has also acted on Spanish television in Los Ochenta, El comisario, Hospital Central and Cuéntame cómo pasó.