Young Mexican Actors with Talent
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Adan Canto is a Mexican-American actor and director. He left home at the age of 16 to pursue a career as a musician. Canto wrote for and produced several songs for film and television while living in Mexico City. He began acting in a handful of commercials in Mexico City and was soon cast in a television series called Estado de Gracia. Canto eventually turned to the stage after being cast as a lead for the adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother.
In 2013, Canto made his debut in American television, playing the role of Paul Torres on the Fox drama series, The Following. In 2015 Canto played real life politician Rodrigo Lara Bonia in Netflix drama series Narcos. In 2016, he was cast in the ABC political drama series, Designated Survivor, playing White House Chief of Staff Aaron Shore opposite Kiefer Sutherland, Natascha McElhone, and Maggie Q. Canto wrote and directed his first short film Before Tomorrow in 2014. His short film The Shot earned several festival awards for Best Narrative Short Film in 2020.- Actor
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Vadhir Derbez was born on 18 February 1991 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is an actor and producer, known for The Seventh Day (2021), White Elephant (2022) and The House on Tifton Lake.- Actor
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Aaron Diaz Spencer, born March 7, 1982 in Puerto Vallarta, México. His father is Mexican and his mother American. While still very young, he moved with his family to the city of San Miguel de Allende, where he spent much of his childhood. He later moves to California to attend high school, he also starts working as a model during this period. His idea was to study Hospitality Management and Tourism in Las Vegas, but gets invited to audition for the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) of Televisa, an opportunity he did not hesitate to take, this is when he realizes that acting was his passion.
His first opportunity in a soap opera comes while still a student of CEA. He became known in 2002 while playing the role of 'Kike' in the teen telenovela "Clase 406", this hit telenovela broke records for running uninterrupted on air 1 year & 7 months.
After the success of his first Telenovela he solidified himself as an actor in the following:
TELEVISON
Quantico Leon Velez 2016 ABC Tierra de Reyes Arturo Gallardo Lead 2015 Telemundo Los Miserables César Mondragón Lead 2014 Telemundo Santa Diabla Santiago Cano Lead 2013 Telemundo Rosario Esteban Martínez Lead 2013 Univision El Talisman Antonio Negrete Lead 2012 Univision PAN AM Miguel Guest 2011 ABC Teresa Mariano Sánchez Lead 2010 Televisa Lola Érase Una Vez Alexander Von F. Lead 2007 Televisa Barrera de Amor Andrés Romero Lead 2005 Televisa Corazones al Límite Braulio Valladares Lead 2004 Televisa
FILM
Marcelo Marcelo Lead 2011 Omar Yñigo, México Dinoshark Luis Lead 2010 Kevin O'Neill, USA Amor Xtremo Sebastián Lead 2006 Salvador Cartas,México Thunderbirds Alan Tracy Spanish Voice Over 2004 Jonathan Frakes, USA
THEATRE
Vaselina Danny Seco Lead 2006 Julissa, México
COMMERCIALS Direct TV (6 commercials in total) TV campaign 2015 US hispanic market Honey Bunches of Oats TV campaign 2013 US hispanic market Pepsi TV campaign 2013 Mexico Doritos/Sabritas TV campaign 2013 Mexico Colgate TV campaign 2011 Mexico
SPECIAL SKILLS Singing, Drummer, Music writer and producer, Water sports (skiing, kitesurfing, flyboarding, jet skiing) horseback riding,
Aside from Acting, one of his biggest passions is singing, in 2009 he released 'Enamorate de mi', his first solo album and music production in the rhythm of big band.
That same year he released his second album self titled "Aaron Diaz". "Teresa" & "No Puedo Dejar de Amarte" where two singles from this album he composed for the soap opera "Teresa".
2011 he released his first calendar featuring artistic and exclusive photos, capturing his good taste and creativity as the director of the project.
That same year, he makes an important guest appearance, for the ABC Network series PanAM, where he received great reviews from the TV critics and his public.
He decides to release his second Calendar in 2012 following the same success he had on his previous one, at the hands of renowned photographer Uriel Santana.
Also known for his Publicity Campaigns for brands such as: Pepsi, Sabritas, Honey Bunches of Oats, Colgate, Direct TV to name a few.- Actor
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Luis Gerardo Méndez, one of Mexico's biggest stars, is best known for playing the lead role and executive producing Netflix's first Spanish-language original comedy series CLUB DE CUERVOS.
Luis was most recently seen in a lead role in NARCOS: MEXICO (S3) as troubled Mexican police officer 'Victor Tapia' for Netflix, to critical and rave reviews.
Luis filmed the Netflix feature ME TIME opposite Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg which will premiere in 2022.
Another exciting project is Juan Jose Campanella's 8 part thriller LOS ENVIADOS (THE ENVOYS) for Paramount Plus (where Luis has a first look deal as a Producer for Spanish Language projects). The series premiered in the US in January 2022.
Luis recently wrapped filming the starring role in the Netflix limited series BELASCOARAN.
He will next film the limited series THE RESORT (Peacock), written / directed by Andy Siara (PALM SPRINGS).
Luis crossed over to the Amercian market in groundbreaking fashion - starring in the Netflix original feature MURDER MYSTERY opposite Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. The film had the most watched original film opening in Netflix history, viewed by nearly 31 million households in its first three days. Luis was then seen in the Sony feature film CHARLIE'S ANGELS, directed by Elizabeth Banks and starring Kristen Stewart. These projects marked Luis' entrance into the US marketplace with English speaking roles.
Luis executive produced and filmed the lead role in the Focus Films feature comedy, HALF BROTHERS (dir. Luke Greenfield). The film is inspired by events that occurred in his life, and will be his first English speaking lead role in film. Universal released the film in December 2020.
In Mexico, Luis has starred in a slew of successful films including CANTINFLAS and Gaz Alazraki's NOSOTROS LOS NOBLES (THE NOBLE FAMILY), which has become the 2nd most successful film of all time at the Mexican box office, and has garnered Luis critical attention. Luis also starred in BAYONETA for Netflix, in which he received an Ariel Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance. The versatile actor also alternated nights in the same role with Diego Luna in the 2017 Mexico City stage play PRIVACIDAD which they both also produced. Luis also starred in Sebastian Hofmann's 2017 Sundance film TIME SHARE (TIEMPO COMPARTIDO).
Additionally, Luis has starred in the Verizon Spanish speaking international advertisement campaign, and has served as the face of many Mexican advertising campaigns including Pepsi and Toyota Prius.
FEBRUARY 2022- Actor
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Diego Cataño was born on 5 July 1990 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. He is an actor and editor, known for ZeroZeroZero (2019), The Mule (2018) and Narcos (2015).- Actor
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Multi-faceted Eugenio Siller has built a versatile career as an actor and singer. Born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, he began his career as a singer in 1998 and later enrolled in the prestigious CEA acting school in Mexico. Upon graduating in 2005, his career as an actor was set in motion with the role of Luciano on the hit Spanish-language soap opera Rebelde (Rebel). He followed this success with the role of blind man Rafael on Codigo Postal (Postal Code), for which he prepared by taking classes at a school for the blind. Continuing with challenging roles, Eugenio joined the cast of the reality show Los 5 Magnificos (The Magnificent Five), where contestants were required to perform circus-type acrobatics. His first starring role in a soap opera came with Al Diablo con los Guapos (To Hell with the Handsome), a smash hit with very high ratings throughout its run in the U.S. in 2008. In 2009, Mi Pecado (My Sin) made him a household name in the Latin world. Telemundo Networks took notice and in 2010, Eugenio played the lead role of Martín Lobos on Aurora (Aurora). He followed that success with the Sony Pictures/Telemundo co-production of Una Maid en Manhattan (A Maid in Manhattan) playing the lead Cristóbal Parker Salas which aired between 2011-2012. In 2014 Eugenio starred in Reina de Corazones (Queen of Hearts) as lead Nicolas Nunez and he also co-wrote and sang the novella's theme song - "Te Esperare". In 2015 he returned to the small screen with Quien es Quien (Who's Who) as the lead playing twin brothers Pedro "Perico" Perez and Leonardo Fuentemayor. Eugenio's leap to film happened in 2016 when he joined the cast of Jesus de Nazareth (Jesus of Nazareth) playing the role of John the Apostle. 2017 has kicked off with Eugenio playing John O'Donnell in the independent feature film Blind Trust which is being shot in Atlanta, Georgia which was shot in Atlanta, Georgia, and won "Best feature film" in the Georgia Latino Film Festival and Eugenio was awarded "Best Actor". In 2018 Eugenio embarks in a new comedic film project Tod@s Caen (Everyone Falls) which becomes a huge blockbuster in México. Continuing with another comedic film, Eugenio travels to the Dominican Republic in 2019 to shoot Super Bomberos (Super Firefighters) as the lead role. It's in this same year that Eugenio travels to the north of Spain to star in another biblical movie called El Niño Dios (Child God) portraying Joseph the carpenter.- Actor
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Born in March 1992 in Mexico City.
He studied for a time in the Center of Cinematographic Training (CCC) degree in cinematographic direction. He has recorded several short films as director and actor.
In 2015 he starred in "Te Prometo Anarquía" by Julio Hernández Cordón, with whom he won several awards at international festivals (Mix Brasil, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Lisbon International Film Festival, Costa Rica International Film Festival) Award for best actor at the Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana.
He has starred in other films, one in Argentina (2015) "3x2" and "Help me to spend the night" (2016), the debut feature by José Ramón Chávez who won the public prize at the De Guadalajara film festival, where he premiered In 2017