Netflix star “Elite” dies at 41

Julian Ortega, the actor who became known primarily for his role in the Netflix series “Elite,” has died. He was 41 years old.

According to The Sun, the Spanish star suffered a cardiac arrest on Zahora Beach in Barbate, Spain on Sunday.

He was reportedly pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics tried to resuscitate him for 30 minutes.

Ortega's Instagram comments were flooded with emotional messages from fans and fellow actors reacting to his death.

His last post was shared on March 19.

It was a tribute to a show Ortega had worked on. In Spanish, he said the other people he had worked with “taught me so much, to enjoy color and to go crazy.”

Ortega is best known for his role in “Elite,” a Spanish teen drama series that ran for eight seasons on Netflix from 2018 to 2024.

The series followed an elite high school where rich and privileged teenagers grew up.

According to his IMDb, Ortega appeared in six episodes of the series as the manager of the restaurant La Cabaña.

The first season of “Elite” was streamed by over 20 million accounts in the first month after its release, Netflix announced in 2019.

Ortega's other notable acting credits include the Spanish shows “4 estrellas”, “The Countryside”, “Caronte”, “Untameable” and “La sue se avecina”.

According to his IMDb, he completed work on the upcoming film “Trompeta” before his death.

Ortega's mother, Gloria Munoz, is also an actress.

Munoz, 76, is known for the films “Pellet,” “Hopelessly Devout” and “The Flower of My Secret,” as well as the series “A Different View” and “Dangerous Moms,” according to her IMDb.

Most recently, she played the lead role in the Eva Longoria Apple TV+ series “Land of Women.”