Early career After graduating in Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the
University of Granada, he started touring with Paramount Comedy, performing stand-up comedy all around Spain. He became known for his most famous monologue "Mi familia y yo" ("My family and I"). He then made his first appearance on TV performing in various scenes of a well-known show called
Estas no son las noticias (
This Isn’t the News) until May 2009. At the same time he worked and played his part in a play called
¿Quieres salir conmigo? (
Do You Wanna Go Out with Me?). In February the same year he also appeared in the famous late night show
Buenafuente. In the following years, he established a career in comedy with several appearances on
El Club de la Comedia and as a cast member of comedy shows
No le digas a mamá que trabajo en la tele and
Alguien tenía que decirlo.
2013–present: Ocho apellidos vascos and other roles In 2013 he filmed his first movie
Spanish Affair, starring as the main character alongside
Clara Lago,
Karra Elejalde and
Carmen Machi, directed by
Emilio Martínez-Lázaro. The weekend of its premiere in March 2014, the film gathered an audience of 404,020 which resulted in box office gross of 2.72 million euros. The film broke Spanish box-office records, becoming the top-grossing Spanish title of all time with more than $75 million. Since 2014 Rovira has played the role of Juan Gutiérrez in the comedy TV series
B&b, de boca en boca, on
Telecinco, until his last appearance in 2015. On 7 February 2015 he hosted the
29th Goya Awards ceremony. At the same ceremony, he won the
Goya Award for Best New Actor for
Spanish Affair. On 6 February 2016 he was again host of the
30th Goya Awards ceremony. In 2015 Rovira starred in the
romantic comedy film
Ahora o nunca with
María Valverde, as well as in
Spanish Affair 2, the sequel of the film that rose him to stardom. He appeared along the comedian Tomás García in the first episode of
99 lugares donde pasar miedo, aired on 27 April 2019 on
Discovery MAX. == Personal life ==