Alpha Males (TV series)

Alpha Males (Machos Alfa) is a Spanish comedy television series created by brother-and-sister team Alberto and Laura Caballero for Netflix. It stars Fernando Gil, MarÃÂa HervÃÂ¡s, RaÃÂºl TejÃÂ³n, Kira MirÃÂ³, Gorka Otxoa, Paula Gallego, Fele MartÃÂnez, and Raquel Guerrero, and was produced by the Caballero siblings' own production company, Contubernio Films. The show premiered on 30 December 2022. In January 2023, it was renewed for a second season, which aired on 9 February 2024. The third season was released on 10 January 2025. The series was subsequently renewed for a fourth and fifth season, with the former coming out on 9 January 2026. The fifth season is set to premiere on 17 April 2026.

Synopsis

The series follows four male friends in their forties who begin to notice their male privilege disappearing with social change and the empowerment of women, and they are forced to adapt, each in their own way.

In the first season, the four take a course on "deconstructing masculinity", and the way this affects their perceptions is an underlying theme throughout the show.

Cast and characters

Main

Gorka Otxoa as Santi Peralta, a trained architect who is bored in his surveying job. ÃÂlex arranges for him to go on multiple Tinder dates to help him get over his ex-wife Blanca, triggering his interest in the "deconstructing masculinity" course.
Fele MartÃÂnez as Luis Bravo, a police officer who works mostly on traffic offences. He is married to Esther, with two children, but the challenges of modern parenthood are taking a toll on his marriage.
Fernando Gil as Pedro Aguilar, a TV producer. The wealthiest of the four, his life is thrown into disarray in the first episode, when he is fired in favour of a woman, making him financially dependent on his girlfriend Daniela.
RaÃÂºl TejÃÂ³n as RaÃÂºl Camacho, a restaurauteur. The most immature of the four friends, his masculinity is affronted when Luz asks him for an open relationship. Although he is incapable of coping without Luz, he is also frequently unfaithful to her.
as ÃÂlex, Santi and Blanca's daughter, aged 17 in the first season. She lives with Santi and is intelligent and open-minded about sex, encouraging him to date more extensively.
Raquel Guerrero as Esther, Luis's wife and mother of their two children. She dislikes her job as a driving instructor and is frustrated about the decline of her sex life. In the third season, she begins pursuing her dream of acting and stand-up comedy, with mixed results.
MarÃÂa HervÃÂ¡s as Daniela GalvÃÂ¡n, a successful influencer and Pedro's girlfriend. Her lifestyle presents challenges to his traditional attitudes.
Kira MirÃÂ³ as Luz, a divorce lawyer and RaÃÂºl's girlfriend. She is much more intelligent, successful, and adventurous than RaÃÂºl, which causes problems in their relationship.
Karol Luna as Patricia, Pedro and Daniela's Peruvian maid. She is very loyal to her employers (especially Daniela) and works to repair their relationship when they experience difficulties. In the second season, she gets pregnant with Stefan, causing major domestic complications.
Santi MillÃÂ¡n as Patrick, he runs the "deconstructing masculinity" course that the four friends attend in the first season. In the second season, the friends (principally Santi) continue to ask him for advice, to his increasing annoyance.
VÃÂctor MassÃÂ¡n as Diego, the group's "gay friend", who suggests Patrick's course to them. In the second season, he opens a restaurant with RaÃÂºl.
as Blanca, ÃÂlex's mother and Santi's ex-wife. Disorganised and irresponsible, she is disengaged from ÃÂlex's life but still heavily dependent on Santi.
Paloma Bloyd as Irene, a feminist journalist who becomes Santi's love interest in the third season.
Gabriel Alvarez as Ulises, Luis and Esther's son. Luis constantly worries about setting a good example for his son, and his attempts to share "deconstructed" ideals often clash with Esther's more traditional approach.
Leire Marin Vara as Iris/Jacobo, Luis and Esther's younger child, aged 8Ã¢ÂÂ9. In the third season, they begin identifying as a boy and adopt the name "Jacobo".
Pep Sais as Joaquin, Luis's father. He comes to live with Luis and Esther in the third season, after his wife throws him out. His misogynistic ideas clash with Luis's and Iris/Jacobo's more progressive attitudes.
as Jero, RaÃÂºl's business partner at his restaurant. At the end of the first season, Luz sells him RaÃÂºl's share for one euro out of spite.
Silvia Marty as Carmen, Jero's wife. She and RaÃÂºl have been having an affair prior to the start of the series.
Victor Hassan as Stefan, Pedro's Bulgarian "maid", whom he recruits when Daniela and Patricia move out. After they move back in, he has an affair with Patricia, resulting in her pregnancy, before Pedro catches him with another woman and fires him.
BegoÃÂ±a Maestre as Virginia, Pedro's new boss in the third season, taking over as CEO after he is demoted. She has a strong dislike for Pedro.

Production

The series concept was created shortly after the end of the lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After completing filming for the twelfth season of La que se avecina, and given the impossibility of resuming the third season of El pueblo due to the difficulty of traveling between autonomous communities, the Caballero siblings, together with co-writers Daniel Deorador and Araceli ÃÂlvarez de Sotomayor, began to develop ideas for a new series. The team decided to create a show about middle-aged men's reactions to social changes. With the permission of Mediaset EspaÃÂ±a, who co-owned Contubernio Films, the four writers brought the series to Netflix, who had already shown interest in collaborating with the Caballero siblings.

Alpha Males was first announced in March 2022, as the first series by the Caballeros exclusively for a streaming platform. In July 2022, the show's cast was revealed, and it was confirmed that filming had completed.

Ahead of the release of season 3, the show was renewed for a fourth season, which completed filming in July 2025. A German adaptation was also announced. There are also French, Dutch, and Italian adaptations in production.

Release

On 21 November 2022, Netflix released the first images from the series and confirmed that it would premiere on its platform on 30 December 2022.

In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on 9 February 2024. On 14 February, it was reported that a third season was due to begin filming in March 2024; it premiered on 10 January 2025. The series was renewed for a fourth season, which is set to premiere on 9 January 2026.

Episode list

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

International versions

Netflix has announced that it will produce local adaptations of the series in France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Currently airing franchise