Segundo Cernadas
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Pedro Cernadas better known as Segundo Cernadas, is a telenovela
actor who has gained international fame, both in South America
and other parts of the world. Cernadas is considered a teen idol in Argentina
; many teenaged girls there follow his career.
Cernadas began to show interest in becoming an actor when he was a teenager himself.
Cernadas was convinced by a show business insider that he should change his name, so he chose Segundo to be his artistic first name. He chose the name to honor his favorite fictitious person, the main character in Don Segundo Sombra
.
Pablo Ponce, a well known Argentine acting instructor, was Cernadas' first professional acting teacher. Soon after, Cernadas was accepted by one of Argentina's top show business academies.
Although Cernadas' main acting interests were in the theatrical
area, soon after being accepted by the academy, he made his television
debut, acting in "Montana Rusa, Otra Vuelta" ("Rollercoaster, (let's go) One More Time"). He followed that by participating, as a married
medical
doctor in "90-60-90 modelos
".
In 1997, Cernadas made his third appearance at a telenovela, in "Ricos y Famosos
" ("Rich and Famous"), which became a major international hit.
1998 was an important year in Cernadas' life: after participating in "Milady: La Historia Continua" ("Milady: The Story Continues)", which was the sequel to Argentine soap opera
classic "Milady
", he was seriously considering moving to Mexico
to work there, but he was convinced to stay in his home country by producer Raúl Lecouna, who offered Cernadas his first starring role as a telenovela actor, in another soap that would become a major hit: "Muñeca brava
" ("Wild angel"). This soap opera had such a wild success, that Cernadas travelled across Argentina, and to many other countries, to relive his character at various acting venues, for the next two years.
In 2000, he played the role of "Bebo" in "Los Buscas de Siempre" ("The (same) Bullies of Always)". Later on that year, he would once again play a doctor, in "Los Medicos de Hoy" ("Today's Doctors").
Cernadas visited Mexico once again, Miami
and Caracas, in an effort to find a job. He was hired by Venezuela
-based Iguana Productions to star in "Todo Sobre Camila" ("All About Camila"). He travelled to Ecuador
during the filming of this telenovela, as the show was co-produced by Iguana Productions, and an Ecuatorian company.
But, despite all the work that he had done, Cernadas would not become a major international super-star until 2002, when he flew to Peru
to act in "Bésame Tonto
" ("Kiss me, Fool"), alongside Gianella Neyra
. The soap opera, which featured romantic, family and even mafia
twists, became the number one show in many countries, such as the Dominican Republic
, Chile
, Panama
and many other countries. This soap opera marked the beginning of a period in which Cernadas began to be recognized as a teen idol by girls and young women outside Argentina as well.
In 2003, he participated in "Dr. Amor" ("Dr. Love
") .
By 2004, Univision
began to show "Bésame Tonto" in the United States
; and Cernadas became the first Argentine actor to star in a Philippine
soap opera, when he went to Manila
to participate and team-up with Iza Calzado
in "Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man
" ("I Love You, Whoever You Are").
In 2005 he returned to Argentina
and worked at Amor en custodia (2005) and Se dice amor (2006).
vian Gianella Neyra, in 2004. They have a son named Salvador.
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"...
actor who has gained international fame, both in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
and other parts of the world. Cernadas is considered a teen idol in Argentina
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...
; many teenaged girls there follow his career.
Cernadas began to show interest in becoming an actor when he was a teenager himself.
Cernadas was convinced by a show business insider that he should change his name, so he chose Segundo to be his artistic first name. He chose the name to honor his favorite fictitious person, the main character in Don Segundo Sombra
Don Segundo Sombra
Don Segundo Sombra is a 1926 novel by Argentine rancher Ricardo Güiraldes. Like José Hernández's poem Martín Fierro, its protagonist is a gaucho. However, unlike Hernandez's poem, Don Segundo Sombra does not romanticize the figure of the gaucho, but simply examines the character as a shadow cast...
.
Pablo Ponce, a well known Argentine acting instructor, was Cernadas' first professional acting teacher. Soon after, Cernadas was accepted by one of Argentina's top show business academies.
Although Cernadas' main acting interests were in the theatrical
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
area, soon after being accepted by the academy, he made his television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
debut, acting in "Montana Rusa, Otra Vuelta" ("Rollercoaster, (let's go) One More Time"). He followed that by participating, as a married
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
medical
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
doctor in "90-60-90 modelos
90-60-90 Modelos
90-60-90 modelos is an Argentine 1996 telenovela, produced by Telearte. It was aired on January 8, 1996, on Canal 9 in Argentina. It had two seasons, in 1996 and 1997....
".
In 1997, Cernadas made his third appearance at a telenovela, in "Ricos y Famosos
Ricos y Famosos
- Cast :*Natalia Oreiro as Valeria García Méndez de Salerno - Main heroine*Diego Ramos as Diego Salerno Ortigoza - Main hero*Antonio Grimau as Alberto García Méndez - Father of Valeria and Agustín...
" ("Rich and Famous"), which became a major international hit.
1998 was an important year in Cernadas' life: after participating in "Milady: La Historia Continua" ("Milady: The Story Continues)", which was the sequel to Argentine soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
classic "Milady
Milady
Milady is an English term of address to a noble woman.It is the female form of milord.Milady may also refer to:*Milady de Winter, fictional character in Alexandre Dumas, père's d'Artagnan Romances novels...
", he was seriously considering moving to 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...
to work there, but he was convinced to stay in his home country by producer Raúl Lecouna, who offered Cernadas his first starring role as a telenovela actor, in another soap that would become a major hit: "Muñeca brava
Muñeca brava
Muñeca Brava is an award-winning Argentine telenovela, produced by Telefe in 1998 - 1999. The television series was broadcast in more than 80 countries over the world, enjoying high ratings....
" ("Wild angel"). This soap opera had such a wild success, that Cernadas travelled across Argentina, and to many other countries, to relive his character at various acting venues, for the next two years.
In 2000, he played the role of "Bebo" in "Los Buscas de Siempre" ("The (same) Bullies of Always)". Later on that year, he would once again play a doctor, in "Los Medicos de Hoy" ("Today's Doctors").
Cernadas visited Mexico once again, Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
and Caracas, in an effort to find a job. He was hired by Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
-based Iguana Productions to star in "Todo Sobre Camila" ("All About Camila"). He travelled to Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
during the filming of this telenovela, as the show was co-produced by Iguana Productions, and an Ecuatorian company.
But, despite all the work that he had done, Cernadas would not become a major international super-star until 2002, when he flew to Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
to act in "Bésame Tonto
Bésame Tonto
Besame Tonto was a 2003 Spanish language television soap opera as a joint Peruvian and Venezuelan production that received high ratings in Latin American countries as well as Russia, Germany and the Philippines...
" ("Kiss me, Fool"), alongside Gianella Neyra
Gianella Neyra
Gianella Neyra Magagna , is a Peruvian actress and model.-Career:Neyra began acting at the age of seven and, while a girl, attended the Lee Strasberg studio in New York City...
. The soap opera, which featured romantic, family and even mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
twists, became the number one show in many countries, such as the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
and many other countries. This soap opera marked the beginning of a period in which Cernadas began to be recognized as a teen idol by girls and young women outside Argentina as well.
In 2003, he participated in "Dr. Amor" ("Dr. Love
Love
Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. Love is central to many religions, as in the Christian phrase, "God is love" or Agape in the Canonical gospels...
") .
By 2004, Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
began to show "Bésame Tonto" in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
; and Cernadas became the first Argentine actor to star in a Philippine
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
soap opera, when he went to Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
to participate and team-up with Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado
Iza Calzado is a Filipina actress, TV host, performer and model, working as one of GMA-7's contract artists.- Biography :...
in "Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man
Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man
Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man was a GMA Network Philippine drama. It was the first Philippine drama to have its lead played by a foreign actor. The show premiered on February 2, 2004 and was part of the network's GMA Telebabad block...
" ("I Love You, Whoever You Are").
In 2005 he returned to Argentina
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...
and worked at Amor en custodia (2005) and Se dice amor (2006).
Telenovelas
| Year | Telenovela | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Todo te amo for you | Martin |
| 2010 | El Fantasma de Elena El Fantasma de Elena El Fantasma de Elena is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo.The first season comprised 117 episodes transmitted in the USA from 20 July 2010 to 7 January 2011... |
Eduardo Girón |
| 2009 | Bella Calamidades Bella Calamidades Bella Calamidades is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by RTI Colombia for Telemundo. A tongue-in-cheek romance story, it features a ravishing beauty plagued by bad luck. The tentative stars are Danna Garcia and Segundo Cernadas. This telenovela was sold to more than 90 countries around the... |
Marcelo Machado |
| 2009 | Pasión Morena Pasión Morena Pasion morena is a Mexican telenovela by TV Azteca. It premiered on 2009. The protagonists are Victor González and Paola Nuñez. Grand actors include Anette Michel Fernando Ciangherotti, Ari Telch and Evangelina Elizondo... |
Oscar Salomón |
| 2008 | Valentino, el Argentino | Valentinov alter ego |
| 2006 | Se dice amor | Rodrigo |
| 2005 | El patron de la vereda El Patron de la Vereda El Patron de la Vereda: El Juego del Amor is an Argentine telenovela, filmed in 2005. Screenplay is written by Enrique Torres, and telenovela is produced by Raul Lecouna... |
Javier |
| 2004 | Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man was a GMA Network Philippine drama. It was the first Philippine drama to have its lead played by a foreign actor. The show premiered on February 2, 2004 and was part of the network's GMA Telebabad block... I Love You, Who Ever You Are |
Fernando |
| 2003 | Bésame Tonto Bésame Tonto Besame Tonto was a 2003 Spanish language television soap opera as a joint Peruvian and Venezuelan production that received high ratings in Latin American countries as well as Russia, Germany and the Philippines... |
Romulo Martinez |
| 2002 | Todo sobre Camila | Alejandro Novoa |
| 2000 | Los medicos de hoy | Dr. Federico Ezcurra |
| 2000 | Los buscas de siempre | Baby |
| 1998 | Muñeca brava Muñeca brava Muñeca Brava is an award-winning Argentine telenovela, produced by Telefe in 1998 - 1999. The television series was broadcast in more than 80 countries over the world, enjoying high ratings.... |
Pablo Rapallo |
| 1998 | Milady, la historia continua | Leonardo Lopez Quintana |
| 1997 | Ricos y Famosos Ricos y Famosos - Cast :*Natalia Oreiro as Valeria García Méndez de Salerno - Main heroine*Diego Ramos as Diego Salerno Ortigoza - Main hero*Antonio Grimau as Alberto García Méndez - Father of Valeria and Agustín... |
Agustin Garcia Mendez |
| 1996 | Montaña rusa, otra vuelta | Diego |
| 1996 | 90-60-90 Modelos 90-60-90 Modelos 90-60-90 modelos is an Argentine 1996 telenovela, produced by Telearte. It was aired on January 8, 1996, on Canal 9 in Argentina. It had two seasons, in 1996 and 1997.... |
Dr Fabrizio |
Personal life
Segundo Cernadas married "Besame Tonto" co-star, PeruPeru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian Gianella Neyra, in 2004. They have a son named Salvador.
External links
- http://segundocernadas.blogspot.com/ (Fan Site)