Pepón Nieto

José Antonio Nieto Sánchez, known professionally as Pepón Nieto (born 20 January 1967) is a Spanish actor.

He started his acting career in a 1993 episode of the Antena 3 TV series Farmacia de Guardia. He has appeared in other TV series: Periodistas, La vida de Rita and Los hombres de Paco.

He has also acted in theatre and films. He made his feature film debut in Running Out of Time (1994). He has performed in several Spanish theatre plays such as Las Mocedades del Cid, El caballero del milagro, Don Juan Tenorio and Le Dîner de cons.

Personal life Nieto publicly came out as gay in 2016.

TV series Periodistas (1998–2002). La vida de Rita (2003). Los hombres de Paco (2005–2010; 2021). Sé quién eres (2017), as Inspector Giralt. 30 monedas (2020–) Smiley (2022–) love, inevitably (2023-) in Italian with subtitles The Final Problem (2026)

Films Year Title Role Notes Días contados (Running Out of Time) Ugarte Morirás en Chafarinas Asunto interno Pedro Santos Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí (Excuse Me Darling, but Lucas Loved Me) Carlos El tiempo de la felicidad (Time of Happiness) Cucho Cosas que dejé en La Habana (Things I Left in Havana) Javier El grito en el cielo (Shoot Out) Paco Los años bárbaros (The Stolen Years) Velasco El autor ('the author') Hermano ('brother') Los novios búlgaros (Bulgarian Lovers) Gildo Descongélate! (Chill Out!) Justo Santos Chuecatown (Boystown) Leo Impávido (Poker Face) Roge Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching & Bitching) Calvo Mi gran noche (My Big Night) José Perfectos desconocidos (Perfect Strangers) Pepe Mañana es hoy (Tomorrow Is Today) Quique