Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio (born 7 April 1975), better known as Sergio Peris-Mencheta, is a Spanish theatre, cinema, and television actor, as well as a theatre director.^[1]

Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio was born on 7 April 1975 in Madrid,^[2][3][4] son to a Spanish father and a Moscow-born mother, daughter of Spanish exiles.^[5] A rugby player for the team of the Lycée Français,^[6] he also was part of international teams that won several championships, and was captain of his youth team. After finishing secondary school, he enrolled at the Charles III University of Madrid,^[7] but while participating in the university theater group directed by Inés París he discovered a desire to become an actor.

In 1998, Peris-Mencheta landed a role in teen drama television series Al salir de clase, which earned him popularity.^[8] He played Dani Daroca, one of the students of the Siete Robles school.^[9]

He made his feature film debut in Jara (1999), in which he starred alongside the also debuting Olivia Molina and seasoned actress Ángela Molina.^[10][11] He portrayed Tato, a man who finds a mysterious and beautiful woman (Jara) living alone in the forest since she was a child, starting a murky relationship.^[12]

In 2017, he married actress Marta Solaz [es], with whom he has 2 children.^[13]