Gabriel Soto
Gabriel Soto Díaz (born April 17, 1975) is a Mexican actor and model. He won the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, and placed first runner-up in Mister World 1996. He was also a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and acts in telenovelas.
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Born | Gabriel Soto Díaz April 17, 1975 Mexico City, Mexico |
Nationality | Mexican |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse(s) | [1] |
Children | 2 |
Biography
Gabriel Soto attended Edron Academy.[2]
Career
He began modeling at age 18 after participating in the Mister World contest in 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey, and becoming the first runner-up. In 1997, Gabriel joined the band Kairo replacing Eduardo Verástegui. The albums he participated were Libres and Pasiones.
He has participated in several soap operas in which he managed to convince the public and the critics with his performance.
Mi querida Isabel was the first soap opera in which Gabriel acted, followed by Alma Rebelde, Mi destino eres tú, and Carita de ángel leading his most important role, playing Ulises "ugly" in the soap opera Amigas y rivales produced by Emilio Larrosa.
In 2002, Soto appeared in the soap opera Las vías del amor with Aracely Arambula and Jorge Salinas which was produced by Emilio Larrosa.
In 2004, he was cast in the soap opera Mujer de Madera, produced by Emilio Larrosa, starring in one of the main roles alongside Edith Gonzalez, who would later be replaced by Ana Patricia Rojo. In this telenovela he also worked with Jaime Camil and Maria Sorte.
In 2005, following his return from Los Angeles where he took courses in acting for film, boxing classes, and surf, Soto competed in the Mexican version of Dancing with the Stars.
Then, in 2006, he starred in the telenovela La Verdad Oculta produced by Emilio Larrosa, next to Galilea Montijo Alejandra Barros and Eduardo Yanez, who after being away for many years from telenovelas returned to join the cast.
In 2007, Gabriel starred in the soap opera Bajo las riendas del amor, an adaptation of Cuando llega el amor.
In 2008, he joined the Lucero Suárez. produced Querida Enemiga as a protagonist alongside Ana Layevska, Jorge Aravena and María Rubio.
In 2009, he participated in Sortilegio, produced by Carla Estrada, in which he played Fernando Alanis, before touring the United States with the play Sortilegio, el show.
In 2011, he appeared in La Fuerza del Destino, produced by Rosy Ocampo, as Camilo Galvan, one of the protagonists. The telenovela also starred David Zepeda, Sandra Echeverria, Laisha Wilkins and Juan Ferrara.
In 2012, he starred in Un Refugio para el Amor with Zuria Vega, playing the role of Rodrigo Torreslanda.
In 2013, he starred as the protagonist (alongside Gloria Trevi) in Emilio Larrosa's telenovela: Libre para amarte.[3]
His last starring role was as Maximiliano Bustamante in the universally acclaimed telenovela Yo no creo en los hombres where he also garnered critical appraisal.
Filmography
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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1996 | Mi querida Isabel | Juan | |
1999 | Alma rebelde | Vladimir | |
2000–2001 | Carita de ángel | Rogelio Alvarado Gamboa | |
2000 | Mi destino eres tú | Nicolás | |
2001 | Amigas y rivales | Ulises Barrientos "El Feo" | |
2002–2003 | Las vías del amor | Adolfo Lascuráin / Nicolás Quesada Barragán | |
2004–2005 | Mujer de madera | Adolfo Lascuráin / Nicolás Quesada Barragán | Main role; 205 episodes |
2006 | La verdad oculta | David Genovés Ordóñez | Main role; 120 episodes |
2007 | Bajo las riendas del amor | Juan José Álvarez | Main role; 150 episodes |
2008 | Querida enemiga | Alonso Ugarte Solano | Main role; 110 episodes |
2009 | Sortilegio | Fernando Alanís | Main role; 95 episodes |
2011 | La fuerza del destino | Camilo Galván | Main role; 96 episodes |
2012 | Un refugio para el amor | Rodrigo Torreslanda | Main role; 165 episodes |
2013 | Libre para amarte | Enrique del Pino | Main role; 107 episodes |
2014–2015 | Yo no creo en los hombres | Maximiliano Bustamente | Main role; 122 episodes |
2015 | Yo no creo en los hombres: El origen | Maximiliano Bustamente | Television special |
2015–2016 | Antes muerta que Lichita | Santiago de la Vega | Main role; 43 episodes |
2015–2016 | Antes muerta que Lichita | Santiago de la Vega | Main role; 43 episodes |
2016–2017 | Vino el amor | David Robles | Main role; 142 episodes |
2017–2018 | Caer en tentación | Damián Becker | Main role; 102 episodes |
2018–2019 | Mi marido tiene familia | Ernesto "Neto" Rey | Main role (season 2); 55 episodes |
2018 | Mi propósito eres tú | Ernesto "Neto" Rey | Television special |
2019 | Vecinos | Pietro Massomi | Episode: "Primera cita" |
2019 | Cita a ciegas | Alfredo | 8 episodes |
2019–2020 | Soltero con hijas | Nicolás Contreras | Main role; 87 episodes |
Awards and nominations
Year | Project | Category | Result | Ref |
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2015 | Un refugio para el amor[4][5] | TVyNovelas for Best Lead Actor | Nominated | |
Favoritos Publico for Best couple with Zuria Vega | Won | |||
Favoritos Publico for Best Kiss with Zuria Vega | ||||
2015 | Yo no creo en los hombres[6][7] | TVyNovelas for Best Lead Actor | Nominated | |
Favoritos Públicos for Best Couple with Adriana Louvier | Won | |||
Favoritos Públicos for Best Kiss with Adriana Louvier |
References
- ""Cometí errores", dice Gabriel Soto sobre divorcio de Geraldine Bazán". eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- "Gabriel Soto". Mexican Celebrities. Celebridad.com.mx. 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- Gabriel Soto está "emocionado" de actuar junto a Gloria Trevi en Libre para amarte
- "Univision announces 2013 nominees for Premios TVyNovelas". Corporate Univision. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ""Premios TVyNovelas" Spanish-Language Television Awards". We Love Soaps. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- "Univision announces 2013 nominees for Premios TVyNovelas". Corporate Univision. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
- ""Premios TVyNovelas" Spanish-Language Television Awards". We Love Soaps. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
External links
- Gabriel's personal web page http://www.gabrielsoto13.com
- familyGSoto - Fan club web page http://www.familyGSoto.com
- Gabriel Soto on IMDb
- Net Glimse Bio
- Kairo's Bio at Yahoo! Music