Asier Etxeandia

Personal context

Summary

Asier Etxeandia is a Spanish actor and singer whose work spans film, television, theatre and music, including Velvet, Pain and Glory, Cabaret and his stage show El intérprete. His music project Mastodonte and solo performances draw on personal experience, including childhood bullying, fear and insecurity. Etxeandia has spoken publicly about being homosexual and rejected early advice to conceal it for work, saying an artist must be free; he has also said the LGBTQ+ community is useful and necessary in some ways, while rejecting any expectation that he act as its spokesperson. No public party campaigning or sustained advocacy on identity or other political causes is on record.