Osvaldo Benavides

Osvaldo Benavides (born June 14, 1979, Mexico City, Mexico), is a Mexican actor, writer, producer and cinematographer.[1]

Osvaldo Benavides
Benavides in 2018
Born	(1979-06-14) 14 June 1979 Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Occupation	Actor, writer, producer, cinematographer
Years active	1992–present

Early life

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, currently resides in Tepoztlán, Morelos. Osvaldo began acting at age 9 years. He has participated in musical theater rods as: "El Graduado" and "Todos eran mis hijos".[2]

Career

Benavides as Juan Pablo in the Univision's series La bella y las bestias.

Benavides began his career in television from an early age, on the telenovela El abuelo y yo, along to Gael García Bernal, and Ludwika Paleta.[3][4] Two years later, in 1995 he played Nandito, the lost son of María la del Barrio,[3] thanks to his character, he won in the edition 14th TVyNovelas Awards for Best Young Lead Actor.[3] In that same year he also participated in the telenovela El premio mayor as Chicles.[3] In 1996 he played Lazarito in the telenovela Te sigo amando, along to Claudia Ramírez, and Luis José Santander, and won again at the 16th TVyNovelas Awards as Best Young Lead Actor. In 1998, he participated in the telenovela Preciosa, and later in the film La primera noche, with the latter he made his film debut, and for which he stood out. In the year 2000, he participated in telenovela Locura de amor, and again stood out in the cinema as Rocco, in the film Por la libre.[5]

In 2001, he participated in the film Piedras verdes, a film about the philosophical-spiritual discovery of the protagonist.[5] In that same year he also participated in the film La segunda noche, and Seres humanos. In 2002, he appeared in Daniela, and two years later he played Damián in the telenovela Piel de otoño, and in 2006 to Curioso, in the film Un mundo maravilloso.[6] After these last two productions, he moved away from the world of telenovelas and the acting for eleven years.[7]

Filmography

Films roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	La primera noche	Sergio
2000	Dust to Dust	Rocco
2001	Piedras verdes	Sebastián
2001	La segunda noche	Alfonso
2001	Seres humanos	Damián
2002	El mago	Unknown	Short film
2003	Zurdo	Unknown
2003	Ligerita	Unknown	Short film
2006	Un mundo maravilloso	Curioso
2010	SubHysteria	Ariel	Also writer, and associate producer
2012	El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza	La Lisiada Novela Actor
2013	Me late chocolate	Alex
2014	The Perfect Dictatorship	Ricardo Díaz
2015	El cielo es azul	Auturo
2018	Todo mal	Fernando
2018	Más sabe el Diablo por viejo	Teo
2019	Mentada de padre	Fausto

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	El abuelo y yo	Paco
1995	El premio mayor	Chicles
1995–1996	María la del Barrio	Nandito
1996	Te sigo amando	Lazarito
1998	Preciosa	Simón Ortiz
2000	Locura de amor	León Palacios
2002	Mujer, casos de la vida real	Unknown	Episode: "Cruz de fuego"
2002	Daniela	Andrés Miranda
2010–2012	Soy tu fan	Julián Muñoz	Series regular; 12 episodes
2010	Gritos de muerte y libertad	Lucas Alamán	Episode: "Sangre que divide"
2011–2012	La que no podía amar	Miguel Carmona	Main role; 152 episodes
2012	Cloroformo	Joe	Main role; 13 episodes
2013–2014	Lo que la vida me robó	Dimitrio Mendoza	Main role; 183 episodes
2015	A que no me dejas	Adrián Olmedo	Main role (part 1); 70 episodes
2016	Ruta 35	Mercurio Acosta	Main role; 35 episodes
2018	La bella y las bestias	Juan Pablo Quintero	Main role; 66 episodes
2018–2019	El Rey del Valle	Luis Miguel del Valle	Main role (seasons 1–2); 26 episodes
2019–present	Monarca	Andrés Carranza	Main role (season 1); 10 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1996	María la del Barrio	14th TVyNovelas Awards for Best Young Lead Actor	Won
1998	Te sigo amando	16th TVyNovelas Awards for Best Young Lead Actor	Won
2015	Lo que la vida me robó	33rd TVyNovelas Awards for Best Supporting Actor[8]	Won[9]
2015	La dictadura perfecta	Diosa de Plata Awards for Best Role of Men[10]	Won[11]
2016	A que no me dejas	34th TVyNovelas Awards for Best Leading Actor	Nominated[12]

References

1. Michelle Oyola (November 11, 2013). "Osvaldo Benavides, en la pantalla chica y la pantalla grande" (in Spanish). People en Español. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
2. MarianaVidal (September 20, 2012). "Osvaldo Benavides" (in Spanish). La Ciudad de Frente. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
3. "Tienen éxito desde pequeños ...y siguen `pegando". quien.com (in Spanish). Retrieved September 19, 2019.
4. "Recuerdan a su \"Abuelo\"". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Retrieved September 19, 2019.
5. "5 películas para ver a Osvaldo Benavides". videocine.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved September 19, 2019.
6. Gutiérrez, Vicente. ""Es arriesgado producir teatro, pero es un negocio noble": Osvaldo Benavides". eleconomista.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved September 19, 2019.
7. "Osvaldo vuelve al cine sin hacer dramas". El Siglo de Torreón. p. Spanish. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
8. Novelalounge. "Premios TVyNovelas 2015: Lista Completa De Nominados" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
9. "Premios TVyNovelas 2015 Ganadores: Mejor Actor De Reparto, Osvaldo Benavides Por 'Lo Que La Vida Me Robó'" (in Spanish). NovelaLounge. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
10. ""La dictadura perfecta" compite por la Diosa de Plata". estoenlinea.oem.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved April 18, 2015.
11. Javier Poza. "Aún sin confirmar protagónico "El Lenguaje del amor": Benavides". Grupo Fórmula (in Spanish). Retrieved April 25, 2015.
12. "Premios TVyNovelas 2016 México Nominados Votaciones: 'Antes Muerta Que Lichita' Domina Nominaciones". spanish.latinospost.com (in Spanish). Retrieved March 18, 2016.

External links

• Osvaldo Benavides on IMDb