Humberto Zurita
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Humberto Zurita is a Mexican actor, director and producer.
Zurita, one of 10 siblings, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovela
s. He is married to Argentine
-born actress Christian Bach
and the family have two children, Sebastian and Emiliano. With his wife and his brother, Gerardo Zurita, also a telenovela producer, he founded a production company, ZUBA (Zurita-Bach) in 1981.
and Jesus Christ Superstar
.
He graduated from CUT (Centro Universitario de Teatro - the University Theatrical Centre) of UNAM
(Universidad Nacional Autonoma - National Autonomous University of Mexico), the famous educational institute for acting in Mexico.
As a stage actor, he acted in various plays from classical to modern, as well as absurd theater.
Humberto Zurita played classical roles like Hamlet
but he also appeared in various contemporary plays like M. Butterfly
.
As theatrical producer and director he staged The Protagonist (El Protagonista) by the Argentine playwright Luis Agustoni (also acting in the title role as Fernando) and Haute surveillance (Severa Vigilancia) by the famous French writer Jean Genet
.
In television, he started his acting career with Televisa
in the late 1970s. He obtained his first starring role as the adult Alberto Limonta in the 1981 production of El derecho de nacer
. Two years later he took the role of Eddie in the Mexican production of P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
with Manuel Ojeda
as Jimmy. He combined a film career with his television productions such as the telenovela Cañaveral de Pasiones
which was the most successful of 1996 and launched Juan Soler
and Patricia Navidad
to stardom.
In 1997, citing creative reasons he and his wife, Christian Bach, moved to TV Azteca
. In a bold move he produced and starred in El candidato an interactive telenovela about current Mexican political issues a year prior to the 2000 Mexican presidential elections
.
He produced Azul Tequila
(the only telenovela exported to the UK) (starring Bárbara Mori
) and his wife (as La chacala). In the cinema of Mexico he has produced four films including Bésame en la boca starring singer Paulina Rubio
.
Since 2003 he has worked for Argos Television, an independent media company that has produced telenovelas for TV Azteca and Telemundo
Network associated company.
Davila
Zurita, one of 10 siblings, is best known as actor, director and producer of 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"...
s. He is married to Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
-born actress Christian Bach
Christian Bach
Christian Bach is an Argentine actress and producer of telenovelas. She is married to Mexican actor Humberto Zurita with whom she has two sons Sebastián and Emiliano.-Biography:...
and the family have two children, Sebastian and Emiliano. With his wife and his brother, Gerardo Zurita, also a telenovela producer, he founded a production company, ZUBA (Zurita-Bach) in 1981.
Acting career
In adolescence he made his first stage appearances in amateur performances of musicals including TommyTommy (rock opera)
Tommy is the fourth album by English rock band The Who, released by Track Records and Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and Decca Records/MCA in the United States. A double album telling a loose story about a "deaf, dumb and blind boy" who becomes the leader of a messianic movement, Tommy was...
and Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
.
He graduated from CUT (Centro Universitario de Teatro - the University Theatrical Centre) of UNAM
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is a university in Mexico. UNAM was founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous...
(Universidad Nacional Autonoma - National Autonomous University of Mexico), the famous educational institute for acting in Mexico.
As a stage actor, he acted in various plays from classical to modern, as well as absurd theater.
Humberto Zurita played classical roles like Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
but he also appeared in various contemporary plays like M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly is a 1988 play by David Henry Hwang loosely based on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a male Peking opera singer....
.
As theatrical producer and director he staged The Protagonist (El Protagonista) by the Argentine playwright Luis Agustoni (also acting in the title role as Fernando) and Haute surveillance (Severa Vigilancia) by the famous French writer Jean Genet
Jean Genet
Jean Genet was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing...
.
In television, he started his acting career with 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...
in the late 1970s. He obtained his first starring role as the adult Alberto Limonta in the 1981 production of El derecho de nacer
El derecho de nacer
El derecho de nacer is the name of three Mexican productions as well as the Cuban novel that inspired them all about a young and unmarried high society woman seeking to abort her baby and the doctor who in counseling her tells his own story as an out-of-wedlock child.*El derecho de nacer is the...
. Two years later he took the role of Eddie in the Mexican production of P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead is a novel by James Kirkwood, Jr., original published in 1972, adapted from his play. The book and play were later adapted to film.-Synopsis:...
with Manuel Ojeda
Manuel Ojeda
Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta is one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone.-Career:...
as Jimmy. He combined a film career with his television productions such as the telenovela Cañaveral de Pasiones
Cañaveral de Pasiones
Cañaveral de pasiones is a Mexican telenovela, originally airing in 1996, and produced by Humberto Zurita and Christian Bach.-Plot:...
which was the most successful of 1996 and launched Juan Soler
Juan Soler
Juan Soler Valls Quiroga is an Argentine actor and former rugby player and model. He is married to Argentine actress Magdalena "Maki" Moguilevsky with whom he has two daughters.-Personal life:...
and Patricia Navidad
Patricia Navidad
Ana Patricia Navidad Lara is a Mexican actress and singer.- Biography :Patricia developed an interest in music before acting, mainly influenced by her father, Jesus, and is quoted as saying that his voice has been her inspiration since she was born...
to stardom.
In 1997, citing creative reasons he and his wife, Christian Bach, moved to TV Azteca
TV Azteca
Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...
. In a bold move he produced and starred in El candidato an interactive telenovela about current Mexican political issues a year prior to the 2000 Mexican presidential elections
Mexican general election, 2000
General elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 2000. The presidential elections were won by Vicente Fox of the Alliance for Change, who received 43.4% of the vote, the first time the opposition had won an election since the Mexican Revolution...
.
He produced Azul Tequila
Azul Tequila
Azul Tequila is a Mexican telenovela. The 80-episode serial was produced for TV Azteca by the celebrity couple Christian Bach and Humberto Zurita in conjunction with Humberto's brother Gerardo through their production company ZUBA Producciones...
(the only telenovela exported to the UK) (starring Bárbara Mori
Bárbara Mori
Bárbara Mori Ochoa is a Mexican actress and model. She became famous for being the female lead in the Bollywood film, Kites....
) and his wife (as La chacala). In the cinema of Mexico he has produced four films including Bésame en la boca starring singer Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Susana Rubio Rue is a Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina...
.
Since 2003 he has worked for Argos Television, an independent media company that has produced telenovelas for TV Azteca and Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
Network associated company.
As an actor
- Morena (1994) as Carlos Narval
- Un instante para morir (1993) as Garcia Rojas
- Imperio de los malditos (1993) as Guero
- Pelo suelto (1993)
- Persecución infernal (1992)
- Amor que mata (1992)
- Asalto (1991) as Andrés
- Muerte ciega (1991)
- Diana, René, y El Tíbiri (1988)
- Luna calienteLuna CalienteLuna Caliente is a 2009 Spanish film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Eduard Fernández and Thaïs Blume. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Argentine author Mempo Giardinelli...
(1986) - De mujer a mujer (1986)
- El tres de copasl (1986)
- Luna calienteLuna CalienteLuna Caliente is a 2009 Spanish film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Eduard Fernández and Thaïs Blume. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Argentine author Mempo Giardinelli...
(1985) - Bajo la metralla (1983)
- Luna de sangre (1982)
- El día que murió Pedro Infante (1982)
As a producer
- El amor de tu vida S.A. (1996)
- Bésame en la boca (1995)
- Perfume, efecto inmediato (1994)
- Educación sexual en breves lecciones (1994)
Telemundo
- La Reina del Sur (telenovela)La Reina del Sur (Telenovela)La Reina del Sur is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo in conjunction with the Antena 3 network and RTI Producciones...
(2011) as Epifanio Vargas Godfather of El "Guero"
Davila
Argos
- MarinaMarina (Telemundo TV series)Marina is a Spanish-language telenovela that aired on United States-based television network Telemundo. It premièred on October 16, 2006. The final original episode aired Thursday, June 28, 2007 it is a remake of the Mexican María la del Barrio, María Mercedes and Los Ricos También Lloran.Sandra...
(2006) as Guillermo Alarcon-Morales - Los Plateados (2005) as Emilio Gallardo Rivas
- Ladrón de Corazones (2003) as Antonio Vega
TV Azteca
- Secretos del Alma (2008) as Andres Lascurain
- Agua y aceite (2002) as Ernesto
- El candidato (1999) as Ignacio Santoscoy
Televisa
- Alguna vez tendremos alas (1997) as Guillermo Lamas
- La antorcha encendida (1996) as Mariano Foncerrada
- El vuelo del águila (1994) as Gral. Porfirio Díaz
- Capricho (1993) as Daniel
- Al filo de la muerte (1991) as Francisco
- EncadenadosEncadenadosEncadenados is the title of a very popular song written by Carlos Arturo Briz. This track has been recorded by a handful of artist including: Gualberto Castro, Luis Miguel, Nana Caymmi, Oscar Chavez, Dyango, Alejandro Fernández, Los Hermanos Reyes, Luishino, Armando Manzanero, Luis Miguel, Mina,...
(1988) as Germán - De pura sangre (1986) as Alberto
- El maleficio (1983) as Jorge de Martino
- El derecho de nacer (1981) as Alberto
- Soledad (1980) as Fernando
- Querer volar (1980) as Daniel
- Muchacha de barrio (1979) as Raul
- Una mujerUna MujerUna Mujer it is the first studio album with new unreleased songs of Myriam. Before the success her debut album was a lot of composer got interested in sending songs for Myriam. Soraya, Mr. Manzanero, Claudia Brant are some of the writers that participated in this album...
(1978) as Javier
TV Azteca
- Agua y aceite (2002)
- La calle de las noviasLa calle de las noviasLa calle de las novias is a Mexican telenovela produced by TV Azteca and Zuba Producciones. Directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo , it stars Silvia Navarro and Juan Manuel Bernal as protagonists.- Cast :* Silvia Navarro - Aura Sánchez...
(2000) - El candidato (1999)
- Azul tequilaAzul TequilaAzul Tequila is a Mexican telenovela. The 80-episode serial was produced for TV Azteca by the celebrity couple Christian Bach and Humberto Zurita in conjunction with Humberto's brother Gerardo through their production company ZUBA Producciones...
(1998) - La chacala (1998)
As a director
- El candidato (1999)
- Azul tequilaAzul TequilaAzul Tequila is a Mexican telenovela. The 80-episode serial was produced for TV Azteca by the celebrity couple Christian Bach and Humberto Zurita in conjunction with Humberto's brother Gerardo through their production company ZUBA Producciones...
(1998) - SeñoraSeñoraSeñora was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and broadcast on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by José Ignacio Cabrujas, Ibsen Martínez , Cristina Policastro , and Eliseo Morales and directed by Luis Alberto Lamata and Aura Guevara...
(1998)
As an actor
- Vámonos a la guerra (Let's Go to WarLet's Go To WarLet's Go to War is a Canadian electro-rap trio formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2008. The music group is made up of members Henry Walter, Adrien Gough, and Peter-John Kerr. The band is signed to Last Gang Records....
) (1979) directed by Héctor Mendoza - El Quijote (The Quijote) (1979) directed by Héctor Mendoza;
- P.D. Tu gato ha muerto (P.S. Your Cat Is DeadP.S. Your Cat Is DeadP.S. Your Cat Is Dead is a novel by James Kirkwood, Jr., original published in 1972, adapted from his play. The book and play were later adapted to film.-Synopsis:...
(1981)) with Manuel OjedaManuel OjedaManuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta is one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone.-Career:...
; - El rey Lear (King LearKing LearKing Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...
) (1981) - with Ignacio López TarsoIgnacio López TarsoIgnacio López Tarso is a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He is considered as one of the country's finest actors.-Early life:...
; - Un tranvía llamado deseo (A Streetcar Named DesireA Streetcar Named Desire (play)A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
) de 1982 with Jaqueline Andere and Diana BrachoDiana BrachoDiana Bracho is a Mexican film, television and stage actress.-Early life:Diana Bracho is the daughter of actor/director Julio Bracho, the niece of actress Andrea Palma and the mother of actor Julio Bracho . She married Dr. Felipe Bracho, a university professor. They have a daughter, Andrea...
; - Trampa de muerte (The Dead Catch) (1984) with Manolo Fábregas;
- M.Butterfly (M.Butterfly) (1989) with Hector BonillaHéctor Bonilla-Selected filmography:- External links :...
- El Protagonista (The Protagonist) (1991) with Nuria Bages
- El Protagonista (The Protagonist) (2001) with Olivia Collins and Carmelita Gonzales.
- Videoteatros (TV, episode Véngan corriendo que les tengo un muerto, 1993)
As a producer and/or director
- El cepillo de dientes (The toothbrush)
- El beso de la mujer araña (Kiss of the Spider WomanKiss of the Spider Woman (musical)Kiss of the Spider Woman is a musical with music by John Kander and Fred Ebb, with the book by Terrence McNally. It is based on the Manuel Puig novel El Beso de la Mujer Araña...
) - El protagonista (The Protagonist) (2001);
- El matrimonio perjudica severamente la salud (The matrimony harms seriously the health) (2002);
- Severa Vigilancia (Haute Surveillance) (2003)
External links
- Humberto Zurita at the Telenovela database
- Humberto Zurita en Todo sobre Zurita-Bach