After his 2002 acting debut in cinema, he developed an early career primarily in comedy films,[1] likewise earning much popularity for his sidekick role as Satur in swashbuckler television series Águila Roja.

He has since starred in films such as The Motive, Champions, The Daughter and Prison 77 and television series such as Estoy vivo and Vergüenza.

[7] Gutiérrez became very popular to a television audience in Spain for his work in adventure series Águila Roja (2009–2016), portraying Satur (the squire of the protagonist).

[13] He first declined it because he was filming The Olive Tree, by Icíar Bollaín, but then he was convinced by the director Justin Kurzel in a Skype call.

[14] He portrayed the fictional character Sergeant Jimeno Costa in 1898: Los últimos de Filipinas (2016).