- Humberto Zurita
Humberto Zurita (born
September 2 1954 ) is a Mexican actor, director and producer.Zurita was born in
Torreón ,Coahuila , and is one of ten children in his family.He is best known as actor, director and producer of
telenovela s. He is married to Argentine-born actressChristian Bach and the family have two children, Sebastian and Emiliano.Together with his wife and his brother
Gerardo Zurita , also a telenovela producer, he founded a production company calledZUBA (for Zurita-Bach) in 1981.Acting career
In adolescence he made his first stage appearances in amateur performances of plays including the rock operas Tommy 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 likeM. Butterfly .As theatrical producer and director he staged
The Protagonist (El Protagonista) by the Argentine playwrightLuis Agustoni (also acting in the title role as Fernando) andHaute surveillance (Severa Vigilancia) by the famous French writerJean Genet . In television he started his acting career withTelevisa in the late 1970s. He obtained his first starring role as the adultAlberto 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 " withManuel 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 launchedJuan Soler andPatricia Navidad to stardom. In 1997, citing creative reasons he and his wife, Christian Bach, moved toTV 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 also produced the costly "Azul Tequila " (the only telenovela exported to the UK) (starringBárbara Mori ) and his wife (as "La chacala "). In theCinema of Mexico he has produced four films including "Bésame en la boca " starring singerPaulina 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.Films
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 caliente " (1986)
* "De mujer a mujer " (1986)
* "El tres de copasl " (1986)
* "Luna caliente " (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)Telenovelas
As an actor
Argos
* "Marina" (2006) as Guillermo Alarcon-Morales
* "Los Plateados " (2005) as Emilio Gallardo Rivas
* "Ladrón de Corazones " (2003) as Antonio VegaTV Azteca
* "
Agua y aceite " (2002) as Ernesto
* "El candidato " (1999) as Ignacio SantoscoyTelevisa
* "
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
* "Encadenados " (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 mujer " (1978) as JavierAs a producer
Televisa
* "
Cañaveral de pasiones " (1996)
* "Bajo un mismo rostro " (1995)TV Azteca
* "
Agua y aceite " (2002)
* "La calle de las novias " (2000)
* "El candidato " (1999)
* "Azul tequila " (1998)
* "La chacala " (1998)As a director
* "
El candidato " (1999)
* "Azul tequila " (1998)
* "Señora " (1998)tage
As an actor
*
Vámonos a la guerra (Let’s Go to War ) (1979) directed byHector Mendoza
*El Quijote (The Quijote ) (1979) directed byHector Mendoza ;
* P.D. Tu gato ha muerto"(P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (1981)) withManuel Ojeda ;
*El rey Lear (King Lear ) (1981) - withIgnacio Lopez Tarso ;
*Un tranvía llamado deseo (A Streetcar Named Desire) de 1982 withJaqueline Andere andDiana Bracho ;
*Trampa de muerte (The Dead Catch ) (1984) withManolo Fabregas ;
*M.Butterfly (M.Butterfly ) (1989) withHector Bonilla
*El Protagonista (The Protagonist ) (1991) with Nuria Bages
*El Protagonista (The Protagonist ) (2001) withOlivia Collins andCarmelita Gonzales .
* "Videoteatros " (TV, epidose "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 Woman")
* "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
* [http://www.alma-latina.net/01actors/h/humberto_zurita.shtml Humberto Zurita] at the
Telenovela database
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* [http://mx.geocities.com/anca_palt/humberto_zurita/index.html Humberto Zurita un guia sui-generis en Mexico]
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