Miguel was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and trained at The Lisbon Theatre & Film School.
Miguel won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Fiction for his portryal of the lead João Vidal in Netflix series Glória, an international spy thriller directed by Tiago Guedes.
Miguel is also known for his work on the critically acclaimed drama Letters From War, in which he received a nominated for the Silver Bear Award for Best Leading Actor. He played Pablo in Cisne, for which he won the Best Young Actor Award at Lisbon and Estoril Film Festival.
He can be seen in upcoming drama O Melhor dos Mundos, and took part in the Portuguese Strictly Come Dancing earlier this year. His other credits include lead Pedro in Dentro, Rodrigo in Codex 632, Alberto Caeiro in Nothingness Club, Coriolano in The Art Of Dying Away, and Afonso in Na Corda Bamba.
In 2017 he made his directorial debut with You See The Moon, and has many stage credits in his native Portugal.
