Javier Calvo

Francisco Javier Calvo Guirao known professionally as Javier Calvo is a Spanish actor and filmmaker. He first achieved fame in Spain for his role of Fernando "Fer" Redondo in the television series Física o Química (2008–2011). Calvo and his former partner Javier Ambrossi began a professional partnership by writing and directing the stage play La llamada (2013), with its success leading to a film adaptation released in 2017. Calvo and Ambrossi would later develop the television series Paquita Salas (2016–present), Veneno (2020–2023) and its sequel Vestidas de azul (2023–2024), and La mesías (2023), as well as the film The Black Ball (2026). He has received several awards including wins in both the Feroz Awards and Fotogramas de Plata, and has received nominations for two Goya Awards. For the film The Black Ball, Calvo and Ambrossi won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director.