Mateo Franco started his acting career in Galicia (Northwest of Spain) working with Manuel Lourenzo and Santiago Fernández. As a kid he acted in Mar do Rostro, a film directed by Jorge Rivera. He attended the degree of DRAMA and Acting at Superior School of Dramatic Art of Galicia. He travelled to South Korea to develop a clown for international circus company La Fiesta Escénica´s Galtuk at Gwang Gyang World Art Circus Festival. In 2013 he won a grant to study in the US. He has been working with John Strasberg at his New York Studio since September 2013. In NY he has also worked in Theodora Skipitare´s production The Chairs as actor-assistant of The Living Theatre´s founder Judith Malina at CUNY and The Whitney Museum of American Art. In Spain he starred in BASKAVIGIN shoot mainly in Iceland and premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival 2016. He has worked in different movies, TV series and Theatre plays around different countries and continents.