Eduardo Capetillo

Eduardo Capetillo Vázquez (born April 13, 1970) is a Mexican actor and singer.

Life He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He belongs to the Capetillo family, who have a long tradition of being bullfighters.

While still very young, he participated in some courses of preparation with the actress Martha Zabaleta and some courses of jazz in the center of qualification of Televisa. His career started when he participated at the Juguemos a Cantar festival, where he won the second place with the song Mi grupo toca Rock (My band plays rock, not to be confused with Menudo's similarly named "Mi Banda Toca Rock"), later launched by Orfeón Records.

He participated in the Spanish theater version of Grease, Vaselina, and recorded his first telenovela in 1983 called Martín Garatuza.

In 1986, Eduardo entered Timbiriche, replacing Benny Ibarra. Success followed through Rock Shows, on Timbiriche VI album, and subsequently recording more hits with albums Timbiriche VII, Timbiriche VIII and Timbiriche lX. Capetillo sang various solos that became hits, such as No seas tan cruel, Todo Cambia, Con todos menos conmigo. He then toured Mexico and some Latin American countries.

In 1989, Capetillo left the group and began his career as a solo artist. In 1991 he sold more than a million copies of the album of five songs, sound track of the telenovela Alcanzar una estrella.

That same year he launched his album Dame Una Noche. In 1992 he returned as an actor and singer thanks to another telenovela, Baila conmigo, and to his second album, Estoy Aquí.

Later he released a new album, Piel Ajena (1995), and a career in which the formula is mixed actor-singer in telenovelas, that strengthens him as an idol in the Latin world thanks to titles like Marimar, together with Thalía, that was seen in more than 150 countries, or Canción de amor, Camila or El secreto, in which he and Yadhira Carrillo are the only Mexican actors of a Spanish cast.

Thanks to the telenovela El secreto, seen on Spanish television (the TVE), Capetillo has returned to record a new album, with Horus-Muxxic, registered in diverse studios of Mexico and Spain, with a production directed and made by his brother-in-law Chacho Gaytán. The album includes the hit song "El Secreto", the main theme of the telenovela, composed, arranged and produced by Federico Vaona in 2001–2002. In 2003 he also interpreted one of the songs of the telenovela Bajo la misma piel. In 2004 he appeared in Amy, la niña de la mochila azúl. His most recent telenovela is Peregrina, a story of an 18-year-old circus girl who discovers her real family.

Capetillo is married to actress and singer Bibi Gaytán, his partner from the Timbiriche years. They have five children: Eduardo (born August 17, 1994), Ana Paula (born 1997), Alejandra (born 1999), Manuel and Daniel Capetillo (born June 20, 2014).

Telenovelas

YearTitleCharacterNote 2022 Donde hubo fuego Ricardo Urzúa Lozano Protagonist 2012–13 La Otra Cara del Alma Roberto Cano Protagonist 2010 Soy tu dueña Horacio Acosta Co-Protagonist 2009 Pecadora Bruno Alcocer / Bernny Alcocer Protagonist 2008 En Nombre del Amor Javier Espinosa de los Monteros Special appearance 2008 Fuego en la sangre Pedro Reyes Special appearance 2005–06 Peregrina Rodolfo Alcocer/Aníbal Alcocer Protagonist and Antagonist 2005 La Madrastra Leonel Ibáñez Co-Protagonist 2004 Amy, la niña de la mochila azul Payaso Cuqui/Octavio Betancourt Adult Protagonist 2002–03 ¡Vivan los niños! Emiliano Leal Adult Protagonist 2001 El Secreto Fernando Salazar Protagonist 1998 Camila Miguel Gutiérrez Protagonist 1996 Canción de amor Renzo Protagonist 1994 Marimar Sergio Santibañez Protagonist 1992 Baila conmigo Eddy López Protagonist 1991 Alcanzar una estrella II Eduardo Casablanca Special appearance 1990 Alcanzar una estrella Eduardo Casablanca Protagonist 1989 Morir para vivir Víctor Protagonist 1986 Martín Garatuza Román Garatuza Co-Protagonist