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Eduardo Verastegui Profile |
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Birth Date: May 21, 1974
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Birth Place: Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico
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Birth Name: José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba
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Height: 6'1"
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Biography |
Eduardo Verástegui (born as José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba
May 21, 1974) is a Mexican actor.
Born in Mante, Tamaulipas, México, Verástegui was studying
law but decided to pursue modeling in Mexico City and ended
up working for such famous designers as Calvin Klein and
Versace. Soon after, in 1994, he bacame a member of the
Mexican pop group, Kairo. Throughout a four-year tour, Kairo
played sold out concerts throughout Latin America,
establishing them as one of the most successful music groups
in the Spanish-speaking market.
In 1997, Verástegui began acting in Mexican soap operas
produced by powerhouse production company, Televisa. His
novelas were seen in over 50 countries, and by over 10
million viewers in the United States. In addition, his soap
operas achieved record-breaking ratings in major markets in
the United States.
In 2001, Verástegui signed a recording contract as a solo
artist with Universal Music Latino and recorded his first
self-titled album. Two years later, in 2003, Eduardo
Verastegui was chosen as the lead character in the Latin
comedy, Chasing Papi alongside Jaci Velasquez, Sofia
Vergara, and Roselyn Sanchez. Though the movie was a total
flop, Verastegui insisted in staying in Hollywood vowing to
never "sell himself" to another production house.
Lalo, as he is called by the media and his fans, is one of
today's fastest rising Latino stars. The Mexican actor has
also made appearances in the popular TV series, Charmed, and
in Jennifer Lopez's "Ain't It Funny" video. Eduardo has been
voted by People en Español as one of the 50 Most Beautiful
People in the world.
He just finished his most recent film titled "Bella". Bella
took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film
Festival by winning the highly-coveted “Peoples Choice
Award”, a distinction which puts them in the company of such
Oscar-winning films as Chariots of Fire, American Beauty,
Life is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hotel
Rwanda. Last year's winner of the “People’s Choice" Award,
Tsotsi, won an Oscar for best foreign-language film.
Bella marks the feature directorial debut for Alejandro
Monteverde, who also co-wrote its original screenplay with
Patrick Million. Bella features Manuel Perez, Angelica
Aragon, Jaime Terelli and Ali Landry. Bella was produced by
Sean Wolfington, Eduardo Verastegui, Leo Severino, Alejandro
Monteverde and Denise Pinckley and executive produced by J.
Eustace Wolfington, Ana Wolfington and Stephen McEveety. The
film was financed by producers Sean Wolfingtonand Eustace
Wolfington. McEveety (Braveheart, We Were Soldiers, Passion
of the Christ) consulted on the script and signed on as an
Executive Producer to help market the movie. Bella is
McEveety's first release under his nascent Mpower Films
moniker and marks his first feature since ankling Mel
Gibson's Icon productions. |
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Other Information |
He has a golden retriever
He likes golden retrievers
He likes to cook. |
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