Netflix's Money Heist: Engineer to cancer survivor to actor, 7 unknown facts about Alvaro Morte aka Professor

The trailer of the 5th season of Money Heist was released last night August 2. The new trailer guarantees a thrilling season with lots of guns blazing with some emotional rollercoaster rides. In the video, we saw Professor is under the captivity of inspector Alicia Sierra, and Lisbon has taken over the charge inside the Bank of Spain.

The season 5 is all set to release on Netflix on September 3. Spanish actor Alvaro Morte playing the role of The Professor in Money Heist has done many shows like Mirage and Wings. Here we have seven unknown facts about Alvaro Morte.

Money Heist is one of the trending shows in the world. People love all the show's characters and have got attached to them emotionally, especially the Professor, played by Alvaro Morte. 

The show is originally called La Casa de Papel. No matter what issues the characters face, Alvaro Morte’s character leads them to outdo himself and his fellows with his plan and skill.

Alvaro Morte is famous for his characters in shows like Money Heist, Mirage, and Wings. But with Money Heist, he has gained global recognition.
 

46-year-old Alvaro Morte's mother tongue is Spanish, but he is also good with English. He grew up in Algeciras, Cadiz, Spain. 
 

Alvaro Morte was born on February 23, 1975. Morte currently lives in Madrid, Spain, with his family. 
 

Ten years ago, in 2011, Alvaro Morte was diagnosed with a malignant tumour in his leg. Later, he underwent clinical treatment.

Morte is married to stylist Blanca Clemente. Morte prefers to keep his personal life away from the media. Both are parents of twins Julieta Morte and Leon Morte.
 

Alvaro Morte was an engineer before he became an actor. He made his debut in 2002. The actor is also the co-founder of a theatre company called 300 pistolas (300 pistols) along with Blanca Clemente, his wife.
 

According to reports, Alvaro Morte's net worth is estimated to be $4million.
 

He has vast fan following and he is very active on Instagram and Twitter. If you want to follow him, here are his IDs of Instagram and Twitter - @alvaromorte and @AlvaroMorte.
 

As reported by OSSA, he gave many auditions to bag the role of the Professor. He said, “I did five auditions for this role. I auditioned for more than two months. My first audition, I said, okay, it’s a heist, it’s Spain, so they’re going to make a copy of Ocean’s Eleven, and so, they must want George Clooney.”