Eduardo Capetillo
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Eduardo Capetillo is a Mexican actor and singer. He was born in Mexico City
, Mexico
. He belongs to the Capetillo family
, who have a long tradition of being bullfighters.
Being still very young, he participated in some courses of preparation with the actress Martha Zabaleta and some courses of jazz in the center of qualification of Televisa
. His career started when he won the festival Juguemos a Cantar
, where he won the second place with the song Mi grupo toca Rock (My band plays rock), later launched by Orfeón
Records.
He participated in the Spanish theatre version of Grease
, Vaselina, and recorded his first telenovela
in 1983 called Martín Garatuza
.
In 1986, Eduardo entered Timbiriche
, occupaying the place of Benny Ibarra
, the success took shape with the album Rock Shows, launching that corresponds to the album Timbiriche VI, then he recorded more hits in the group with the album Timbiriche VII and the album Timbiriche VIII and Timbiriche lX. There are some songs in which Capetillo had solos and became hits, such as: No seas tan cruel, Todo Cambia, Con todos menos conmigo. He was in a tour in Mexico and some Latin American countries.
In 1989, Capetillo left the group and began his career as a single artist. In 1991 he sold more than a million copies of the album of five songs, sound track of the soap opera Alcanzar una estrella
.
That same year he launched his album, Dame Una Noche. In 1992 he returned as an actor and singer thanks to another telenovela, Baila conmigo, and to his second album, Estoy Aquí
.
Later he would release a new album, Piel Ajena in (1995), and a career in which the formula is mixed actor-singer in telenovelas, that strengthens him as an idol in the Latin world thanks to titles like Marimar, together with Thalía
, that was seen in more than 150 countries, or Canción De Amor, Camila
or El secreto, in which he and Yadhira Carrillo
are the only Mexican actors of a Spanish cast.
Indeed thanks to the soap opera El secreto, seen on Spanish television (the TVE), good looking Eduardo Capetillo has returned to record a new album, with Horus-Muxxic, registered in diverse studios of Mexico and Spain, with a production directed and made by his brother-in-law Chacho Gaytán
. In 2003 he also interpreted one of the songs of the telenovela Bajo la misma piel
.
In 2004 he appeared in Amy, la niña de la mochila azúl.
His most recent telenovela is Peregrina, a story of an 18-year old circus girl who discovers her real family.
Capetillo is married to actress and singer Bibi Gaytán
, his ex-companion from Timbiriche. They have 3 children: Eduardo (born in 1995), Ana Paula (born in 1997), and Alejandra (born in 1999).
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. He belongs to the Capetillo family
Capetillo family
The Capetillo is a Mexican family with a long tradition in bullfighting. The most famous members are:* Manuel Capetillo, a matador* Guillermo Capetillo, a singer/actor and bullfighter son of Manuel...
, who have a long tradition of being bullfighters.
Being still very young, he participated in some courses of preparation with the actress Martha Zabaleta and some courses of jazz in the center of qualification of Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
. His career started when he won the festival Juguemos a Cantar
Juguemos a Cantar
Juguemos a Cantar is a series of albums from the TV Show of the same name, aiming mainly to children. Its editions were released on 1982 and 1983. In 1982, Televisa produced this competition show that was transmitted before the program of Raúl Velasco "Siempre en Domingo"...
, where he won the second place with the song Mi grupo toca Rock (My band plays rock), later launched by Orfeón
Orfeón
Orféon is a record label from Mexico, which has released a large number of recordings for the Latin American market since at least the 1950s. During the 1960s, the label signed American rockers Bill Haley & His Comets and the band had numerous regional hits on the label...
Records.
He participated in the Spanish theatre version of Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
, Vaselina, and recorded his first telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
in 1983 called Martín Garatuza
Martín Garatuza
Martín Garatuza was a famous trickster whose frauds and escapes became legendary in colonial New Spain and whose name has passed into Spanish language, folklore and literature....
.
In 1986, Eduardo entered Timbiriche
Timbiriche
Timbiriche is the name of a Mexican group that debuted on April 30, 1982, during a broadcast of the news program Hoy Mismo with Alex Gongora and disbanded in 1994....
, occupaying the place of Benny Ibarra
Benny Ibarra
Benny Ibarra De Llano is a singer, musician, producer and actor. He was born into a family of artists. His mother, Julissa, was a singer and actress in the 1960s; and his father, Benny, an actor and 1960s rock singer in the Mexican band Los Yaki.Benny Ibarra 's brother, Alejandro , was a singer...
, the success took shape with the album Rock Shows, launching that corresponds to the album Timbiriche VI, then he recorded more hits in the group with the album Timbiriche VII and the album Timbiriche VIII and Timbiriche lX. There are some songs in which Capetillo had solos and became hits, such as: No seas tan cruel, Todo Cambia, Con todos menos conmigo. He was in a tour in Mexico and some Latin American countries.
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
In 1989, Capetillo left the group and began his career as a single artist. In 1991 he sold more than a million copies of the album of five songs, sound track of the soap opera Alcanzar una estrella
Alcanzar una estrella
Alcanzar una estrella is a Mexican telenovela first broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in 1990.The telenovela, which was also broadcast in Latin America and on Univision in the United States, tells the story of an introverted girl's infatuation with her teen idol...
.
That same year he launched his album, Dame Una Noche. In 1992 he returned as an actor and singer thanks to another telenovela, Baila conmigo, and to his second album, Estoy Aquí
Estoy Aquí
"Estoy Aquí" is a song written by Shakira and Luis F. Ochoa, released as the second single from her 1996 breakthrough album Pies Descalzos. It was her first successful worldwide single...
.
Later he would release a new album, Piel Ajena in (1995), and a career in which the formula is mixed actor-singer in telenovelas, that strengthens him as an idol in the Latin world thanks to titles like Marimar, together with Thalía
Thalía
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
, that was seen in more than 150 countries, or Canción De Amor, Camila
Camila (telenovela)
This page refers to the 1998 soap opera. For the 1984 Argentinian movie see Camila.Camila is a Mexican romantic drama telenovela produced by and originally broadcast on Televisa in 1998.It is a remake of Viviana, a Mexican telenovela from 1978....
or El secreto, in which he and Yadhira Carrillo
Yadhira Carrillo
Yadhira Carrillo Villalobos is an actress and former beauty queen.-Early career:Yadhira Carrillo was chosen Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes in 1994...
are the only Mexican actors of a Spanish cast.
Indeed thanks to the soap opera El secreto, seen on Spanish television (the TVE), good looking Eduardo Capetillo has returned to record a new album, with Horus-Muxxic, registered in diverse studios of Mexico and Spain, with a production directed and made by his brother-in-law Chacho Gaytán
Chacho Gaytán
Chacho Gaytán is a Mexican musician, composer and member of Sentidos Opuestos, a famous group in Mexico during the 1990s. He is currently a judge in La Academia, a famous singing show in TV Azteca....
. In 2003 he also interpreted one of the songs of the telenovela Bajo la misma piel
Bajo la misma piel
Bajo la misma piel, or Under the same skin, was a Mexican television series produced by Televisa starting in 2003. It is an original telenovela from Martha Carrillo and Cristina García...
.
In 2004 he appeared in Amy, la niña de la mochila azúl.
His most recent telenovela is Peregrina, a story of an 18-year old circus girl who discovers her real family.
Capetillo is married to actress and singer Bibi Gaytán
Bibi Gaytán
Bibí Gaytán was born January 27, 1972 in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Three of her four brothers are in show business: musician Chacho Gaytán, actor Alejandro Gaytan, and singer Mano Gaytan...
, his ex-companion from Timbiriche. They have 3 children: Eduardo (born in 1995), Ana Paula (born in 1997), and Alejandra (born in 1999).
Telenovela
- 2010: Soy tu dueñaSoy tu dueñaSoy Tu Dueña is a telenovela starring Lucero, Fernando Colunga, Jacqueline Andere, David Zepeda, Sergio Goyri and Gabriela Spanic. It is the remake of La Dueña, produced by Florinda Meza, that aired in 1995. The telenovela began airing on Univision June 1, 2010, replacing the second hour that...
as Horacio Acosta - 2009: PecadoraPecadora (telenovela)Pecadora is a telenovela produced in Miami, Florida by Venevision Productions, LLC.It began airing on November 9, 2009, via TC Televisión in Ecuador at 22:00. It was released in Venezuela on August 25, 2010 at 3pm by the original channel Venevision. Univision began airing the telenovela on May 3,...
as Bruno / Bernny - 2008: En Nombre del AmorEn Nombre del AmorEn Nombre Del Amor is a Mexican telenovela that aired in late 2008 through mid 2009. It is a remake of Cadenas de Amargura . En Nombre Del Amor was produced by Carlos Moreno, and filming began on August 4, 2008...
as Javier Espinoza de los Monteros - 2008: Fuego en la sangreFuego en la sangreFuego en la sangre is a 1966 Argentine film....
- 2006: Peregrina
- 2005: La MadrastraLa MadrastraLa Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points...
as Leonel Ibáñez - 2004: Amy, la niña de la mochila azul
- 2002: ¡Vivan los niños!
- 2001: El Secreto
- 1998: CamilaCamila (telenovela)This page refers to the 1998 soap opera. For the 1984 Argentinian movie see Camila.Camila is a Mexican romantic drama telenovela produced by and originally broadcast on Televisa in 1998.It is a remake of Viviana, a Mexican telenovela from 1978....
- 1996: Canción de amor
- 1994: Marimar
- 1992: Baila conmigo
- 1991: Alcanzar una estrella IIAlcanzar una estrella IIAlcanzar Una Estrella II is a telenovela produced by Televisa in 1991. It is the sequel to Alcanzar Una Estrella.-Plot:...
- 1990: Alcanzar una estrellaAlcanzar una estrellaAlcanzar una estrella is a Mexican telenovela first broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in 1990.The telenovela, which was also broadcast in Latin America and on Univision in the United States, tells the story of an introverted girl's infatuation with her teen idol...
- 1989: Morir para vivir
- 1986: Martín GaratuzaMartín GaratuzaMartín Garatuza was a famous trickster whose frauds and escapes became legendary in colonial New Spain and whose name has passed into Spanish language, folklore and literature....
- 1985: Cementerio del terror
- 1982: Jugemos a cantar