Alvaro Jimenez Nagore was born in Bilbao, Basque, Spain, to Antonio and Mariabeth Nagore. In February 1996, his parents were divorced and he lived with his father, while his brother Jose (born 1981) followed his mom. At the age of 13, Alvaro was chosen to play Juan in "Secretos del Corazon" (1997) after the talent searching Jose Guiderfo saw him when he played drama as the prince in "Snow White". He began filming with other chosen kids, Inigo Garces and Andoni Erburu, in December 1996. Alvaro made just one movie, because in 7 January 1998, he was in a car accident, and died.