Mikel Losada

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In this Basque name, the first surname is Losada and the second is García.
Mikel Losada
Mikel Losada and Miren Gaztañaga in the play Macbeth at the Arriaga Theater in 2019
Born
Mikel Losada García

(1978-12-28) 28 December 1978 (age 46)
Ermua (Basque Country)
Spain
NationalitySpanish
Alma materJuan de Antxieta Musical Studies and Performing Arts Center (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Notable workAne Is Missing
Breaking Walls
Cuéntame cómo pasó
The Bastards' Fig Tree
SpouseOlatz Ganboa
Children1
AwardsUnion of Basque Actors and Actresses Award (2001)
Urregin Award (2021)

Mikel Losada García (born in Ermua on 28 December 1978) is a Basque film, theatre and television actor.

He has worked on more than one hundred audiovisual productions, including Ane Is Missing, Breaking Walls, Cuéntame cómo pasó, or Intimacy (Netflix) or Muted (Netflix). He has also worked in more than a hundred theatre productions throughout Spain.[1]

He has been nominated up to three times for the Best Basque Actor Award at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards), the last time in 2022 for the film Ane Is Missing. In 2001 he won the Award for Best Television Actor at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards) and was nominated in the same category in 2022 for the Netflix series Intimacy.

Life and career

He was born in Ermua (Basque Country) on 28 December 1978. He studied at the Juan de Antxieta Musical Studies and Performing Arts Center (Bilbao) where he graduated in dramatic art, being a student of Ramón Barea, Felipe Loza and Itziar Lazkano.[2][3]

At sixteen he got his first roles in theatrical and audiovisual projects. At eighteen he joined Ramón Barea's theatre company. Since then he has worked in more than one hundred audiovisual productions and also in more than one hundred theatre productions.

He has been nominated up to three times for the Best Basque Actor Award at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards), the last time in 2022 for the film Ane Is Missing.[4][5] In 2001 he won the Award for Best Television Actor at the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards (Besarkada Awards) and was nominated in the same category in 2022 for the Netflix series Intimacy.[6]

In 2015, he was part of the cast in the theatre production The Seagull, an original production of the Arriaga Theatre, directed by the Argentinean Gustavo Tambascio, together with Gurutze Beitia, Lander Otaola and Ylenia Baglietto.[7][8][9][10][11][12] Also in that year he co-starred in the film Txarriboda.[13]

In 2016, he participated in the film The Invisible Guardian (based on the novel by Dolores Redondo), together with Marta Etura.[14][15] A year later, in 2017, he co-starred in the film La Higuera de los Bastardos, directed by Ana Murugarren.[16][17]

In 2020, he co-starred in the film Ane Is Missing along with Patricia López Arnaiz.[18] The film received five nominations at the Goya Awards, including the Best Film Award,[19] and won three Goyas.[20][21]

In 2021 he was part of the theatrical production of the Arriaga Theatre El viaje a ninguna parte, directed by Ramón Barea.[22][23][24] Due to his performance in that theatrical production, Losada received the Urregin Award in the category of Best Actor.[25][26]

In 2021, he co-starred in the film García y García, directed by Ana Murugarren, along with José Mota, Pepe Viyuela and Jordi Sánchez.[27][28] In 2023 he participated in its sequel García y García 2, also directed by Ana Murugarren.[29]

He is one of the founding partners of the Pabellón Nº 6 project.[30]

In 2025, Losada co-starred in the film Breaking Walls, directed by Borja Cobeaga, alongside Quim Gutiérrez, Juan Diego Botto, Iñaki Ardanaz, Ramón Barea, and Sofía Otero.[31][32]

In 2025, he performed the theatre production The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, directed by Natalia Menéndez,a theatrical production of the Arriaga Theatre.[33][34][35][36]

Private life

He currently lives in Bilbao. He is in a relationship with actress Olatz Ganboa. In 2016 she and Losada represented Los amantes del Casco Viejo, a theatre production of the Arriaga Theatre.[37][38][39] They also recorded the series Etxekoak together, on ETB 1, in full confinement due to the COVID pandemic in 2020.[40][41][42][43][44] He has a border collie named Kea.[45]

She has a great friendship with the filmmaker Ana Murugarren and, as she herself has explained, Losada appears in all her films.[46] She also has a very close friendship with the actor Ramón Barea, whom Losada considers his friend and mentor.[47]

Filmography

Television

Film

  • 2025, Breaking Walls, dir. Borja Cobeaga
  • 2023 García y García 2, dir. Ana Murugarren
  • 2021 García y García
  • 2020 Ane Is Missing
  • 2019 La pequeña Suiza
  • 2017 La higuera de los bastardos
  • 2016 Igelak
  • 2016 The Invisible Guardian
  • 2015 Txarriboda
  • 2013 Tres mentiras
  • 2013 Alaba zintzoa
  • 2012 Bypass 
  • 2012 El extraño anfitrión (TV)
  • 2012 TESLA. VERSIÓN 04
  • 2011 El precio de la libertad
  • 2010 Dragoi ehiztaria 
  • 2009 Sukalde kontuak
  • 2008 Go!azen
  • 2007 Casual Day
  • 2006 Kutsidazu bidea, Ixabel
  • 2005 Corrientes circulares
  • 2005 Hoja de ruta 
  • 2004 El coche de pedales
  • 2001 Lázaro 
  • 2000 Los amigos
  • 1999 Pecados provinciales
  • 1994 La voz de su amo

Stage

Awards

Max Awards

Year Category For work Result Ref.
2012 Best Stage Production Sekila bai! (ex aequo Mikel Losada, Lander Otaola y Galder Pérez) Nominated [58][59]

Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Awards

Year Category For work Result Ref.
1999 Best Basque Actor ¿? Nominated [5]
2000 Best Basque Actor ¿? Nominated [5]
2001 Best Television Actor ¿? Won
2022 Best Basque Actor Ane Is Missing Nominated [4]
2022 Best Television Actor Intimacy Nominated [6]

Urregin Award

Year Category For work Result Ref.
2021 Best Actor El viaje a ninguna parte Won [25][26]

See also

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