The before and now of mexican soap operas’ heartthrobs

The world of telenovelas usually presents enchanting love affairs. Stories that many times we ourselves would like to live. And the male characters, with their charm and personality, often play an important role in these stories. When it comes to soap operas, Mexican productions are, like the Brazilian ones, a world reference and their heartthrobs usually charm the public — especially the female audience. So, how about checking out how some of the main actors of Mexican teledramaturgy of the 1990s and 2000s are doing today?

A little nostalgic, the awesome.club decided to research whether these heartthrobs have aged with class since their first jobs on TV. Check it out!

Age seems to have done Kuno Becker good, not just physically, but professionally as well. He began his career at the age of 19, participating in For life. Later came other important successes, such as dreamers and First love.🇧🇷 at a thousand per hourin which he played his first protagonist.

After his success on the big screen, ​​he participated in cinematographic projects such as the saga Goal! — The impossible dreamin addition to the animation Cars, in which he dubbed the voice of Lightning MCQUEEN, between others. He is currently working as a screenwriter and director.

In friends and rivals, Gabriel Soto presented one of the most memorable transformations in Mexican television with his character Ulisses, “The ugly one”. The beginning of her artistic career was as a model. After that, he was part of the musical group Kairo, which he joined to replace Eduardo Verástegui, having then started acting in telenovelas. He is currently one of the most sought-after actors in Mexican teledramaturgy.

In 1998, he had his first leading role, in Sonhadoras (forming one of the romantic couples in the plot). Almost three years later, he repeated the success with Amigas and rivals, a story in which his character falls in love with the same woman as his father. More recently, he played Pancho López, a character who participated in several plots.

Born in Argentina, but naturalized as a Mexican. Juan arrived to start an acting career in his native country, but his arrival in Mexico catapulted him to the position of one of the main faces of television. He has been very active throughout his artistic career and among his most outstanding soap operas are madness of love🇧🇷 Bet for a love🇧🇷 the most beautiful ugly and Queen of Hearts🇧🇷

He began his artistic career almost by a stroke of luck, when the musical group he was part of during his youth was invited to participate in the program always on sunday🇧🇷 That’s when a music producer heard him and invited him to record his first album.

It is important to highlight that, in dreamers and DKDA — Dreams of youth, two of the most successful soap operas, Jan played musicians. His last participation in telenovelas was in Rafaelain 2011. At that time, however, she had already changed areas in TV, starting to work as a presenter.

His first work as a protagonist was in First love… at a mile a minutean adaptation of the novel Fifteen years🇧🇷 Just a year later, he would have his second leading role, in Life’s a game, playing a female soccer coach who falls in love with a female player on the team.

His last participation on the small screen was in 2017, in the telenovela nothing personal🇧🇷 Since then, he has stayed out of the spotlight, although he sometimes shows off his taste for travel, yoga and meditation in social media posts.

He started his career in the group Kairo and, after several albums with the band, released his only solo album. She participated in some Mexican telenovelas, being dreamers and Rebellious soul the most prominent. She later appeared in American series such as young witches and CSI: Miami🇧🇷 He is currently involved in philanthropy and has his own film production company.

Debuted in the soap opera When it comes to lovein 1989, and since then acted in more than 20 melodramas, such as friends and rivals🇧🇷 The privilege of loving🇧🇷 Salome and, more recently, Falling in love with Ramón🇧🇷 He also participated in feature films not only acting, but also directing.

He attended high school in San Diego, California, and then returned to Mexico to study acting. His first opportunity came in 2002, in the telenovela Class 406🇧🇷 Two years later, he won his first starring role in Hearts to the limit🇧🇷 Currently, he is still very active on television, and his most recent work was playing the conqueror Ricardo Calderón in a new version of Betty, the ugly one in NY🇧🇷

He began his career in the 1980s, at the festival Let’s play singing, and later joined the band Timbiriche replacing Benny Ibarra. Capetillo and the group recorded a few albums together. Afterwards, the heartthrob released his first solo album. His acting career has important successes such as Reaching for a Star, Marimar, El Secreto and Stepmother🇧🇷

Although his participation in telenovelas is limited to three (Class 406🇧🇷 Rebel and chameleons), his performances are well remembered by audiences. together with the group RBD, traveled through several countries achieving great success. In recent years, she has worked in Mexican and international films and series such as Sense8🇧🇷 El Dandy and the exorcist🇧🇷

Patrício is an actor, singer and presenter. His first soap operas were in Argentina, his country of origin. However, in the mid-1990s he moved to and participated in soap operas such as DKDA: Dreams of youth🇧🇷 Life’s a game and Rebel🇧🇷 Today, he continues to work in television as an actor, although he has become more popular as a morning variety show host.

Venezuelan model, actor and singer. Before arriving in Mexico in 1997 to star in Maria Isabelwas already a recognized actor in his homeland, starring in stories like Abigail and pretty face🇧🇷 Currently, he is a businessman and has his own production company, although he has also participated in small projects for television.

Guy is a curious case: the son of American countries and born in Brazil, he was successful in Mexico as an actor and, of course, speaks three languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish. He became known thanks to the Colombian telenovela Coffee with a woman’s aroma🇧🇷 Then came successes like The lie🇧🇷 Salome and Eve Luna🇧🇷 Also participated in the series lord of heaven and The Recluse🇧🇷

Born in Argentina, Martín arrived in Mexico at a young age and is mainly known for his role in children’s soap operas in the country as a child, being Daniela’s diary, Friends forever and Accomplices in a rescue the most captivating. After his last job in Mexico, he concentrated on his singing career and returned to Argentina. In 2019, however, he returned to Aztec lands with his “El Regreso Tour” and had considerable success with his performances.

Who else would you add to this list? Do you have a favorite heartthrob? Tell us in the comments. We want to know!