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Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his own short films. At the age of 21, del Toro executive produced his first feature, Dona Herlinda and Her Son (1985). Del Toro spent almost 10 years as a makeup supervisor, and formed his own company, Necropia in the early 1980s. He also produced and directed Mexican television programs at this time, and taught film.
Del Toro got his first big break when Cronos (1992) won nine Ariel Awards (the Mexican equivalent of the Oscars), then went on to win the International Critics Week Prize at Cannes. Following this success, del Toro made his first Hollywood film, Mimic (1997), starring Mira Sorvino.
Del Toro had some unfortunate experiences working with a demanding Hollywood studio on Mimic (1997), and returned to Mexico to form his own production company, The Tequila Gang.
Next for del Toro, was The Devil's Backbone (2001), a Spanish Civil War ghost story. The film was hailed by critics and audiences alike, and del Toro decided to give Hollywood another try. In 2002, he directed the Wesley Snipes vampire sequel, Blade II (2002).
On a roll, Del Toro followed up Blade II (2002) with another successful comic-book inspired film, Hellboy (2004), starring one of Del Toro's favorite actors, Ron Perlman.
Del Toro is divorced, has a daughter and a son and lives in Los Angeles and Toronto.- Actor
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Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is the star of Netflix series "The Lincoln Lawyer." Born in Mexico, Garcia-Rulfo studied in the U.S. and found his passion in acting. After returning to Mexico and appearing in television and film there, he returned to the US and made his feature debut in Carl Franklin's "Bless Me Ultima." Ensuing film credits include "A Man Called Otto," "6 Underground," "Sicario:Day of the Soldado,", "Murder on the Orient Express," and "The Magnificent Seven."- Mirelly Taylor is recurring on Monarch: Legacy of Monsters on Apple TV. She recurred on Power: Force on STARZ, as well as on Seal Team on CBS as a Mexican Cisen CIA operative. This was before shooting CBS ALL ACCESS show Interrogation opposite Peter Sarsgaard. She is best known for playing Isabella Alpert, Nestor Carbonell's wife in the last season of the ABC series "Lost."
Born the daughter of two med-students in their last year of medical school in Guadalajara, Jalisco - Mexico, by age 5 she was taking karate, ballet, tap, and gymnastics. Raised by her mother, at age 11, they moved to Dallas, Texas where she studied acting.
In high school she was heavily involved in choir and theater and graduated with high honors. Her academic achievements allowed her to attend SMU (major: Cinema - double minor: Psychology and Spanish).
Not too long after, she was cast in the spin-off of the Oscar winning film "Crash" entitled the same, created by Glenn Mazzara (Walking Dead)and Paul Haggis (Crash) on STARZ.
Under recommendation, she was accepted into the famous Actor's Studio teacher Alan Miller's private masters' class. Allan Miller has coached many notable names such as Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino and more.
A multidimensional artist, Mirelly elevates her career in all facets and mediums.
Mirelly : "Live your passion and be grateful for everything. Never forget to thank those who believe in you and help you on your path." - Katy Jurado was born María Cristina Estela Jurado García into a wealthy family on January 16, 1924. Her early years were spent amid luxury until her family's lands were confiscated by the federal government for redistribution to the landless peasantry. Despite the loss of property, the matriarch of the family, her grandmother, continued to live by her aristocratic ideals. When movie star Emilio Fernandez discovered Katy at the age of 16 and wanted to cast her in one of his films, Jurado's grandmother objected to her wish to become a movie actress. To get around the ban, Katy slipped from the grasp of her family's control by marrying actor Víctor Velázquez.
Jurado eventually made her debut in No matarás (1943) during the what has been called "The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema". Blessed with stunning beauty and an assertive personality, Jurado specialized in playing determined women in a wide variety of films in Mexico and the United States. Her looks were evocative of the indigenous peoples of Mexico, and she used what she called her "distinguished and sensuous look" to carve a niche for herself in Mexican cinema. Indian features were unusual for a film star in Mexico--despite the success of Fernandez, the fabled "El Indio"--and her ethnic look meant she typically was cast as a dangerous seductress, a popular type in Mexican movies. The Mexican media reported that an American movie director at one of her first Hollywood auditions laughed at her derisively because she spoke English so poorly, and an outraged Jurado promptly stormed out of the audition room, cursing in Spanish. As it turned out, that kind of brazen behavior was exactly the type of personality that the director was looking for.
In addition to acting, Jurado worked as a movie columnist and radio reporter to support her family. She also worked as a bullfight critic, and it was at a bullfight that Jurado was spotted by John Wayne and director Budd Boetticher. Boetticher, who was also a professional bullfighter, cast Jurado in his autobiographical film Bullfighter and the Lady (1951), which he shot in Mexico. She was cast in her part despite having very limited English-language skills and had to speak her lines phonetically. Luis Buñuel cast her in his Mexican melodrama The Brute (1953), and then she made her big breakthrough in American films in the role of Gary Cooper's former mistress, saloon owner Helen Ramirez, in High Noon (1952). The role necessitated her moving to Hollywood. She received two Golden Globe nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for that part, for Most Promising Newcomer and Best Supporting Actress, winning the latter. "She planted the Mexican flag in the U.S. film industry, and made her country proud", said National Actors Association official Mauricio Hernandez. Her "High Noon" performance historically proved to be an important acting watershed for Latino women in American movies. Jurado's portrayal undermined the Hollywood stereotype of the flaming, passionate Mexican "spitfire." Previously, Mexican and Latino women in Hollywood films were characterized by an unbridled sexuality, as exemplified by such diverse actresses as Lupe Velez, Dolores Del Río (who came to loathe Hollywood and returned to Mexico in the 1940s), and Rita Hayworth, nee Margarita Cansino. Although Jurado's character was forced to kow-tow to the stereotype in "High Noon", delivering such lines as, "It takes more than big, broad shoulders to make a man," the actress' great dignity in her role as a moral arbiter among the competing factions of the marshal and his fiancée, the townspeople and the gunmen out to kill the marshal showed her Helen Ramirez to be in control and controlled by nothing, not even her former love for the marshal. Her restrained performance, delivered with a great deal of conviction, emphasized the shortcomings of the rest of the other characters. Her moral integrity is the reason she, like the marshal, must abandon the town.
With her superb performance, Jurado proved that Latino women could be more than just sexpots in the American cinema. Importantly, working against the tropes of a racist cinema, she used her talent to introduce into the American cinema the model of the un-stereotyped Mexican woman who is identifiably Mexican. One of the best examples of this can be seen at the end of the middle of her career, when Jurado played sheriff Slim Pickens' wife and partner in Sam Peckinpah's elegiac Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973). Determined and tough as nails, Jurado's character was clearly her screen husband's equal, and she had a very moving scene with Pickens as his character faced death. Jurado was blessed with extraordinary eyes, which were both beautiful and expressive, their beauty and strength never fading with age. Two years after "High Noon", Jurado received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Spencer Tracy's Indian wife in Edward Dmytryk's Broken Lance (1954), making her the first Mexican actress thus honored.
She refused to sign a contract with a major Hollywood studio in order to be able to return to Mexico between her American roles to star in Mexican films. She +remained in Los Angeles for 10 years, marrying Ernest Borgnine, her co-star in The Badlanders (1958), in 1959. During their tempestuous relationship, Jurado and Borgnine separated and reconciled before finally separating for good in 1961. The tabloids reported that Borgnine had abused her, and their separation proved rocky as well, as they fought over alimony. Their divorce became final in 1964. Borgnine summed up his ex-wife as "beautiful, but a tiger", a bon mot that described her on-screen persona as well (she had two children with former husband Victor Velasquez, a daughter and a son, who tragically was killed in an automobile accident in 1981).
Jurado played the wife of Marlon Brando's nemesis Dad Longworth (Karl Malden) in One-Eyed Jacks (1961), Brando's sole directorial effort. In her role she also was the mother of a young woman who was Brando's love interest, thus marking a career transition point as she assumed the role of a mature woman. As Jurado aged, she appeared in fewer films, but notable among them included Arrowhead (1953) with Charlton Heston, Trapeze (1956) in support of Burt Lancaster and Man from Del Rio (1956) with her fellow Mexican national Anthony Quinn who, unlike Jurado, had become an American citizen. She also appeared with Quinn in _Barabbas (1962)_and The Children of Sanchez (1978).
She appeared on the Western-themed American TV shows Death Valley Days (1952), The Rifleman (1958), The Westerner (1960) and The Virginian (1962). Her career in the US began to wind down, and she was reduced to appearing in "B" pictures like Smoky (1966) with Fess Parker and the Elvis Presley movie Stay Away, Joe (1968). She attempted to commit suicide in 1968, and then moved back home to Mexico permanently, though she continued to appear in American films as a character actress. Her last American film appearance was in Stephen Frears' The Hi-Lo Country (1998), capping a half-century-long American movie career that continued due to her talent and remarkable presence, long after her extraordinary good looks had faded.
Aside from acting in films in the US and Europe, she continued to act in Mexican films. Her most memorable role in Mexican movies was in Nosotros los pobres (1948) (aka "We the Poor") opposite superstar Pedro Infante. Though in the latter part of her career she appeared occasionally in American films shot in Mexico (including an appearance with her former mentor, Emilio Fernandez, in "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid" and John Huston's Under the Volcano (1984)), she appeared mostly in Mexican movies in the last decades of her career, becoming a prominent and highly respected character actress. She played the leader of a religious cult in the Bunuel-like satire Divine (1998). Jurado won three Ariel awards, the Mexican equivalent of the Oscar, a Best Supporting Actress award in 1954 for Bunuel's The Brute (1953) a Best Actress Award in 1974 for Fe, esperanza y caridad (1974) and a Best Supporting Actress award in 1999 for "El evangelio de las Maravillas". She also was awarded a Special Golden Ariel for Lifetime Achievment in 1997. In the north, she was honored with a Golden Boot Award by the Motion Picture & Television Fund in 1992 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Jurado was an avid promoter of her home state of Morelos as a location for filmmakers.
Towards the end of her life, she suffered from heart and lung ailments. Katy Jurado died on July 5, 2002, at the age of 78 at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She was survived by her daughter. - Iyari Limon was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, but in her infancy she and her parents made Southern California their new home. Although English is her primary language, she's fluent in Spanish from being raised in a Spanish- speaking household. She's also semi-fluent in French, and being of Spanish, French, German, and Mexican-Indian descent, it seems only right that she is able to speak these languages. She is very well-traveled and has lived in Australia, France, Mexico, and England.
She began her acting career in 1995 with a guest appearance on an "ER" episode, followed by other significant guest roles on various TV shows, including as a guest regular in 2000 on the MTV anthology "Undressed." Her biggest break came in 2002 when she was offered the part of Kennedy, one of the 'Slayer Potentials' on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Because of supportive fan mail, she appeared in the last 13 episodes of "Buffy"'s 7th and final season. Being the "Scoobie Gang's" latest addition has brought Iyari a whole new fame; she now makes personal appearances at conventions around the world.
Most recently, she guest starred in the 2004 premiere episode of the Emmy-winning series "Without a Trace." She also appeared in numerous television commercials such as SBC, Always, Toyota, and Dr. Pepper. In 2001, she hosted Radio Disney's world tour 2001, traveling to all of the major cities in the U.S. - Writer
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Manolo Caro is the Creator, Executive Producer and Director of The House Of Flowers - Netflix's original series. Director, producer and script writer of Mexican film and theater. He studied the career of architecture in TEC de Monterrey and Centro in Mexico City, then after, he formed the career of scene director in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba and Estudio de Juan Corazza in Madrid, Spain. He started his professional life working in publicity for the transnational agency BBDO.
His first projects as a film maker are short films, the most prominent work is ¨Gente bien atascada¨ . He debuted in theater directing and writing ¨No sé si cortarme las venas o dejarmelas largas¨ the one which turn out to be a real phenomenon in box office; also it has been sold to different countries. Then he wrote ¨Sin cura", "Un dos tres por mi y todos mis amores¨, "I love Romeo y Julieta" and ¨Nunca es tarde para aprender frances¨.
His film carreer started with the cinematographic version of ¨No sé si cortarme las venas o dejarmelas largas¨ which was placed in third place in box office in its year of release, he continued with ¨Amor de mis amores¨. Co-directed a documentary named ¨La fabulosa y patética historia de un montaje llamado I love Romeo y Julieta¨, ¨Elvira, te daría mi vida pero la estoy usando¨ starting Cecilia Suarez and Luis Gerardo Mendez, film that has been presented in several international film festivals and "La vida inmoral de la pareja ideal". Acts as jury for the Netflix Awards, being one of the most prolific and popular director of the moment.- 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:
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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
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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
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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.- Sasha González was born on 3 May 1997 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Thursday's Widows (2023), La Arriera and VGLY (2023).
- Susana Dosamantes was born on 9 January 1948 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Darker Than Night (1975), Corazón salvaje (1977) and Amalia Batista (1983). She was married to Luis Rivas, Carlos Vasallo and Enrique Rubio González. She died on 2 July 2022 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- José Ron was born on August 8, 1981 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico as Édgar José Ron Vázquez. He is an actor known for appearing in Mexican telenovelas. He began his acting career in 2004 in Mujer de Madera with Edith Gonzalez. In 2006, he appeared in Rebelde with Anahí, Maite Perroni, Dulce María, Alfonso Herrera, and others. Later that year, he also appeared in Codigo Postal as one of the protagonists with África Zavala. In 2007, he appeared in Muchachitas como tú with Ariadne Díaz, Gabriela Carrillo, and others. In 2008, he appeared in Juro que te amo with Ana Brenda Contreras. In 2010, he appeared in Cuando me enamoro with Silvia Navarro and Juan Soler. In 2011 he appeared again with Ana Brenda Contreras, but this time in La que no podía amar with Jorge Salinas. In 2012, he appeared in with Ariadne Díaz once again, but this time in La mujer del Vendaval as the male protagonist of that telenovela. In 2014, he appeared in Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse (remake of the 1971 telenovela with the same title) with Livia Brito. Currently, he continues to appear in more Mexican telenovelas. He also sometimes acts in theater plays, when not on television.
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George J. Lewis was born on 10 December 1903 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Zorro's Black Whip (1944), Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949) and Malice in the Palace (1949). He was married to Mary Louise Lohman. He died on 8 December 1995 in Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA.- Actress
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Paulette Hernandez was born on 3 December 1990 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress and writer, known for Saw X (2023), My Demons Never Swore Solitude (2017) and Cuna de Lobos (2019).- Director
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Patricia Riggen was born on 2 June 1970 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is a director and producer, known for The 33 (2015), La milpa (2002) and Under the Same Moon (2007). She is married to Checco Varese. They have one child.- Actor
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Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán, popularly known as Canelo Álvarez or Saúl Álvarez, is a Mexican professional boxer. He has won multiple world championships in four weight classes from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including unified titles in three of those weight classes and lineal titles in two. Álvarez is the first and only boxer in history to become undisputed champion at super middleweight, having held the WBA (Super), WBC and Ring magazine titles since 2020, and the IBF and WBO titles since 2021.- Actress
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Ruth has worked extensively in English and Spanish language media. She played Elena Chavez, America Chavez's mom, in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness directed by Sam Raimi. She previously worked with the iconic Sam Raimi in Drag Me to Hell. Ruth starred in the groundbreaking Showtime series Resurrection Blvd., recurred in Beverly Hills 90210, and was directed by Franco Zeffirelli at Rome's Cinecittá Studios. Her voice credits include Disney/Pixar's Cars on the Road for Disney+, Pixar's Golden Globe and Oscar-winning Coco (dir: Lee Unkrich), she Lolita opposite Val Kilmer's Zorro in the 2012 Grammy Awards nominee The Mark of Zorro, a recurring role in Disney's Elena of Avalor, a starring role in the Fwak! animated feature Los Campeones de la Lucha Libre, among others. Videogames include Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Sly Cooper 3, Dead Rising 3. On stage, Ruth has played lead roles at top equity houses including Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre, South Coast Repertory, The Goodman Theatre, The La Jolla Playhouse, The Denver Theatre Center, the Cincinnati Playhouse, and the Long Beach Opera.
Also a WGAw writer, she was featured on the cover of the Writers Guild of America's Written By magazine for being the first writer to join that union via her work in digital media. Ms. Livier received special recognition by the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, the Breakthrough in Entertainment Industry recognition from California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante and the NAMIC Legacy Award.
She has been featured in prominent publications including: Written By, TV Guide, Emmy Magazine, People en Espanol, Latino Leaders, Hispanic, and Latino Future, among others.- Actress
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Margarita Cordova was born on 26 February 1939 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Sunset Beach (1997), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Mission: Impossible (1966).- Music Artist
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Carlos Santana is a Mexican guitarist, composer, singer and band-leader who helped to shape the concept of "world music" by his experiments with blending many styles of music from a multitude of ethnic sources.
He was born Carlos Augusto Alves Santana on July 20, 1947, in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico. He is one of six children born to José Santana and Josefina Barragán. From the age of 5 young Santana learned the violin from his father, a professional mariachi violinist. He switched to guitar at the age of 8, when the family moved to Tijuana. During the late 50s he was playing gigs at clubs and bars with various bands up and down the Tijuana Strip. In 1961 he moved to San Francisco, California, joining the family, which moved there the previous year. In 1966 he made his debut with the newly formed Santana Blues Band. In 1968 Santana was promoted by Bill Graham to play at the famous Fillmore West in San Francisco. The first album, self-titled 'Santana', was released in 1969.
Santana shot to fame after the legendary performance at Woodstock Music and Art Festival in 1969. His surprise appearance was captured in the film 'Woodstock' which vastly increased Santana's popularity. The psychedelic second album titled 'Abraxas' (1970) reached No.1 on the album charts and went on to sell over four million copies worldwide. Three songs from that album: 'Black Magic Woman', 'Oye Como Va', and 'Samba Pa Ti' became huge international hits. Then he collaborated with poet and guru Sri Chinmoy and jazz guitarist John McLaughlin in a spiritual and musically innovative album 'Love, Devotion, Surrender' (1973).
After years of touring, Santana participated in the first-ever joint US-Soviet "Rock'n Roll Summit" in 1987. At that time Santana evolved to become a multi-faceted artist and prepared to re-emerge as a conscientious member of society. He contributed to the benefit of San Francisco Earthquake Relief, Doctors Without Borders, Indigenous People Fund, Hispanic Media & Education Group, Amnesty International, LA Museum of Tolerance, and other charitable causes. In 1998, Carlos Santana and his wife Deborah started the Milagro Foundation which contributed 1,8 million dollars to help underprivileged youths. Santana also contributed the profits of his 2003 'Shaman' tour to fight AIDS.
'Supernatural' (1999) is considered by many to be Carlos Santana's greatest work. It became the Album of the Year, received eleven Grammy awards, and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. It included such hits as "Smooth" and "Maria Maria" and featured guest artists Rob Thomas, Wyclef Jean, Eric Clapton, and Dave Matthews among others. Santana continued collaboration with various artists in his next albums, 'Shaman (2003) and 'All That I Am' (2005), and also contributed to the 2005 album of Herbie Hancock. He received the Latin Recording Academy's honor as "Person of the Year" in 2004.
During the four decades of his career Santana has been a true multi-cultural artist. He contributed to shaping the concept of "world music" by his experiments with blending many styles and genres of music from a multitude of ethnic sources. His instantly identifiable blend of Latin, salsa, blues, rock, and Afro-Cuban styles has been evolving with the inclusion of elements from jazz, fusion, and world beat. Santana's high-pitched and clean guitar sound has been coming out of his custom-made PRS guitars. His unique and instantly recognizable sound is legendary: "With one note people know me..." says Carlos Santana.
A street and public square in his native town of Autlan de Navarro is bearing his name. Carlos Santana is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has sold more than 90 million records, and performed to over 100 million people globally.- Actor
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Erick Elias was born on June 23, 1980 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. A descendant of a family of architects, he started by studying for acting, music, dance, and modeling at a young age. He has been appearing in some telenovelas and other television series. His protagonist debut was in the telenovela Tormenta en el paraiso with Sara Maldonado in 2007. He has also dabbled in film dubbing and tape. In 2008, he married Karla Guindi. In 2010, he starred in the telenovela Niña de mi Corazon with Paulina Goto. In 2014, he starred in the telenovela El color de la Pasion with Esmeralda Pimentel. He has 2 daughters with Karla Guindi: Penelope and Olivia.- Actor
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Alfredo Adame was born on 10 June 1958 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor and producer, known for Retrato de familia (1995), In the Name of Love (2008) and Timeless Love (2010). He is married to Mary Paz Banquells. They have three children.- Actor
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Vicente Fernández was born on 17 February 1940 in Huentitán El Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and producer, known for La ley del monte (1976), El Arracadas (1978) and Matar o morir (1984). He was married to María del Refugio Abarca Villaseñor. He died on 12 December 2021 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.- Actress
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Ale Fips is a multifaceted performer hailing from Guadalajara, Mexico, with a rich tapestry of experiences in the entertainment industry. She began her career in regional theatre. From a very young age, she starred in beloved musicals like "El Príncipe Rana" and "Peter Pan," which premiered at El Teatro Galerías in Guadalajara. Her talent transcended stages onto screens beginning with Mexico's rendition of "High School Musical" for Disney Channel and TV Azteca. She went on to star in the Premios TVyNovelas award-winning shows "La Rosa de Guadalupe," and "Como Dice el Dicho," two of the highest rated series in Mexico. She then starred in the supernatural thriller series "Código Paranormal" for LATV/TV Azteca. Ale transitioned to film portraying the fearsome cartel Queenpin Alicia "La Güera," opposite Luis Fernando Peña in El Buchón for Hulu/Cinelatino. She then moved to New York City with memorable performances in Off-Broadway productions like "Seucy and Boto," "Undefined Fraction" for La Mama ETC Theatre, and "Judgment on a Grey Beach," which Ale also produced. In addition to live shows, Ale performed in the Reddot award-winning immersive exposition "Vida y Obra de Frida Kahlo" as the voice of Frida Kahlo, which has toured in London, Spain, Colombia, and Shanghai and been profiled by CNN and the BBC. Ale trained at the Stella Adler Academy in Hollywood. Today in addition to acting, Ale is on the Board of Directors and play selection committee for "A Light in Dark Places," a Los Angeles based Non-Profit which uses theater as a means to reach out to those whose lives have been affected by suicide. Ale has served as a jurist for several film festivals, and in 2024 was invited to co-host the 10th Anniversary of the Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival.- Actor
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Valentín Trujillo was born on 28 March 1951 in Atotonilco, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Violación (1989), Perro callejero (1980) and Yo el ejecutor (1987). He was married to Patricia María. He died on 4 May 2006 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Raúl Coronado was born on 26 May 1984 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Along Came Love (2016), Papá a Toda Madre (2017) and La jefa del Campeón (2018).
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Alejandro Ávila was born on 24 November 1973 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Juro que te amo (2008), El Señor de los Cielos (2013) and La culpa (1996).- Anette Michel was born on 30 June 1971 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for La otra mitad del sol (2005), When You Are Mine (2001) and Contigo sí (2021).
- Tonita Castro was born on 15 January 1953 in Jalisco, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012), Funny People (2009) and The Book of Life (2014). She died on 8 May 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Pedro Fernandez was born on September 28 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico in 1969. His birth name was Jose Martin Cuevas Cobos. He made his film debut in 1979 when producer Ruben Galindo gave him his first oportunity in the production "La nina de la mochila azul" where he started his career. He changed his name to Pedro Fernandez, because of his music idols Pedro Infante and Vicente Fernandez. He is also a singer with more than 25 LPs in a 20 year music career. He's married to Rebeca, a woman from Reinosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. They've three children Osmara, Karina and Gema Guadalupe.- Actor
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Handsome, husky leading man, chiefly in westerns and "comedias rancheras", Casanova appeared as an extra as early as 1946. His break-through came in 1953: after playing alongside star María Félix in Camelia (1954), and appearing in Luis Buñuel's _Él (1952)_ and 'Emilio Fernández''s Reportaje (1953), Casanova was offered the leading role in a popular serial directed by Ramón Peón, _Águila negra, El (1953)_, a hero of the Zorro/Lone Ranger type. After those films, he became a regular leading man in romantic comedies and action films. He made fun of his own early film persona in Mecánica nacional (1971), and continued to work into the 1990s, still in action films but now playing character roles.- Giovanna Reynaud was born on 16 July 1997 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Daddies on Request (2022), High Heat (2022) and Jungle Nest (2016).
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Ariadne Díaz was born on 17 August 1986 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Mañana es para siempre (2008), Te juro que yo no fui (2018) and Llena de amor (2010). She has been married to Marcus Ornellas since 2015. They have one child.- Actor
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Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino was born on April 8, 1908, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Over the objections of his father, he trained early as a singer and, as such, was sent to New York in 1929 to record the songs of Agustín Lara. While there he had a radio show, "Tito Guízar y su Guitar", and studied opera. In 1932 he married another Mexican singer, Carmen Noriega. He performed both operatic and Mexican cowboy songs at Carnegie Hall. His 1936 movie Out on the Big Ranch (1936) launched the singing cowboy film in Mexico and succeeded as well in the United States. From there he went to Hollywood, playing with such stars as Roy Rogers, Dorothy Lamour and Mae West. He continued playing series parts in Mexican television well into the 1990s. Tito Guízar died at age 91, survived by a son, two daughters and five grandchildren.- Iván Arana was born on 21 June 1987 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor, known for El Señor de los Cielos (2013), Soy tu fan (2010) and Two for the Girl (2009).
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Ximena Sarinana is an actress, singer, songwriter producer from Mexico City. Born in Guadalajara to Director Producer Fernando Sarinana and Writer Carolina Rivera, she started acting at the age of 8 in musical theater in her hometown. When the family moved to Mexico City, Ximena did 3 lead roles in 3 Soap operas for Mexican TV network Televisa, and then began her career in film, doing a total of 11 films, including box office hits such as Amar Te Duele (2002) and Niñas Mal (2006) and internationally awarded films like Dos Abrazos (winner of the 2007 Tribeca Best New Narrative Filmmaker award). Ximena is also a Grammy award and Latin Grammy award nominee for her career in music. She has released two platinum selling albums under her name through Warner Music Group, as well as contributed to soundtracks of some of the movies she has participated in, not only as a performer (Amar Te Duele, Niñas Mal, Amor Extremo) but as a music supervisor as well (Enemigos Intimos). She has toured as a performing artist in the US, Europe, Latin America and Japan.- Actor
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Nacho Galindo was born on 7 November 1908 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Headline Hunters (1955), Yellow Fin (1951) and Born Reckless (1958). He died on 22 June 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jacqueline Bracamontes was born on 23 December 1979 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Rubí (2004), Entrenando a mi papá (2015) and Alegrijes y rebujos (2003). She has been married to Martin Fuentes since 1 October 2011. They have six children.
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Lupillo Rivera was born on 30 January 1972 in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor and composer, known for Las nieves de enero (1995), One Long Night (2007) and The 3 Wise Men (2003). He has been married to Mayeli since 29 April 2006. They have one child.- Actress
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Sherlyn was born on 14 October 1985 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Elisa Before the End of the World (1997), Don't Mess with an Angel (2008) and The Duchess of Cancun (2018). She was previously married to Gerardo Islas.- Enrique Álvarez Félix was born on 6 April 1934 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Corazón salvaje (1966), Marisol (1996) and El retrato de Dorian Gray (1969). He died on 24 May 1996 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Alberto Estrella was born on 23 September 1962 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor and writer, known for Man on Fire (2004), eXXXorcisms (2002) and The Realm of Fortune (1986).- Ana Bertha Lepe was born on 12 September 1934 in Tecolotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Lo que le pasó a Sansón (1955), Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers (1965) and Barú, el hombre de la selva (1962). She died on 24 October 2013 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Juan Ferrara was born on 8 November 1943 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor, known for The Holy Mountain (1973), Misterio (1980) and The Power of Destiny (2011).
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Jonathan Becerra was born on 29 March 1993 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Camaleones (2009), Misión S.O.S. aventura y amor (2004) and Hijas de la luna (2018).- Actress
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María Victoria was born on 26 February 1923 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Unos granujas decentes (1980), Cupido pierde a Paquita (1955) and Sortilegio (2009).- Actress
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Maria León was born on 14 February 1986 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress and producer, known for Pachuco Project, La Voz de un Sueño (2016) and Guerra de Idolos (2017).- Ariel López Padilla was born on 12 August 1962 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor, known for A Chance to Love (2007), Secreto de amor (2001) and Pobre niña rica (1995). He was previously married to Mariana Levy.
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José Elías Moreno was born on 12 November 1910 in Las Palmas, Unión de San Antonio, Jalisco, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Santa Claus (1959), Las tres perfectas casadas (1953) and La bestia magnífica (1952). He was married to Beatriz Jimeno. He died on 15 July 1969 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.- Manuel Balbi was born on 13 March 1978 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor, known for 100 días para enamorarnos (2020), Almost Thirty (2014) and El Señor de los Cielos (2013).
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Amador Granados was born on 13 September 1959 in Unión de San Antonio, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor and producer, known for El Porvenir (2011), Rivales de sangre (1999) and El Mandadero (2015).- Sergio Pérez is a Mexican racing driver who races in Formula One for Red Bull Racing, having previously driven for Sauber, McLaren, Force India, and Racing Point. He won his first Formula One Grand Prix at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, breaking the record for the number of starts before a race win at 190. He also earned his first Formula One pole position at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, breaking the record for the most races before a first pole position at 215. Pérez has a contract with Red Bull Racing until the end of the 2024 season.
- Ximena Navarrete was born on 22 February 1988 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for The Tempest (2013), 108 Costuras (2018) and Estrella2 (2012). She has been married to Juan Carlos Valladares since 1 April 2017.