Francesc Garrido (7 September 1969 – 30 August 2026) was a Spanish film, television and stage actor from Catalonia.
Life and career
Francesc Garrido was born in Barcelona on 7 September 1969. He trained his acting chops at the Barcelona's Institut del Teatre, further advancing his training in the performing arts at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
After making his big screen debut in The City of Marvels (1999), he featured in Catalan and Spanish-language films such as Smoking Room, The Sea Inside, Alatriste (as Martín Saldaña), Theresa: The Body of Christ (as Salcedo), 25 Carat (as Abel), Falling Star (as Minister Serrano) L'adopció, and Barcelona 1714.
Garrido starred in leading television roles as Juan Elías, a mysterious man with amnesia in Sé quién eres, and as inspector Yago Costa in La sala. Other main television credits include performances in Los hombres de Paco (as Portillo), Gran Reserva (as Pablo Cortázar, the illegitimate first born son of Don Vicente Cortázar), The Time in Between (as comisario Claudio Vázquez, a sort of protector of the protagonist), Isabel (as Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca), Three Days of Christmas (as Mateo), Jaguar (as Marsé), and The Gypsy Bride (as Buendía).
Garrido died of a heart attack on the evening of 30 August 2026, aged 56.