Eduardo Yáñez

Eduardo Yáñez Luévano (; born September 25, 1960) is a Mexican actor.

Early life Yáñez was born in Mexico City. He lived with his mother, and has never met his father.

Career Producer Ernesto Alonso saw Yáñez's potential and gave him his first role in the 1981 soap opera Quiéreme siempre. He played the role of "Carlos" alongside the actress Victoria Ruffo.

In 1991, Yáñez moved to the United States where he worked on two soap operas for Capital Vision, Marielena and Guadalupe. Later, he worked in Hollywood, on movies such as Striptease, Wild Things, and Megiddo. His most recent American movie was The Punisher. He has also worked in television series such as Savannah and Soldier of Fortune. He also worked in Sleeper Cell and Cold Case.

In 2005, after a long absence, Yáñez returned to Mexico and appeared in the soap opera La Verdad Oculta. In 2007, he starred in Destilando Amor, "La Mejor Telenovela del Año", "Best Telenovela of the Year" (Premios TVyNovelas 2008). He played Rodrigo Montalvo Santos and Angélica Rivera played his love interest and portraited Teresa Hernández, also known as "La Gaviota" and Mariana Franco. In 2008, he starred in Fuego En La Sangre, a new version of the Colombian telenovela Pasión de Gavilanes, in which he played the role of Juan Reyes, Franco's older brother (Pablo Montero) and Oscar (Jorge Salinas). In 2009, he starred in the soap opera Corazón salvaje with Aracely Arambula, produced by Salvador Mejía for Televisa. In 2011, he appeared as a Venezuelan politician in an episode of the second season of NCIS: Los Angeles. In 2012, Yáñez appeared in another telenovela for Televisa starring in Amores Verdaderos, in which he played the role of José Ángel Arriaga. In 2015, Yáñez came back to star in the telenovela Amores con trampa, in which he played the role of Facundo Carmona. In 2019, he starred in the motion picture comedy ¡He matado a mi marido! next to Maria Conchita Alonso.

Yáñez has appeared in 8 theatrical plays, 13 soap operas, 33 movies (of which 8 are in English).

Personal life Yáñez married his first wife, Norma Adriana Garcia, in 1987. They had a son named Eduardo Yáñez Jr. They were divorced three years later.

In 1996, Yáñez married Francesca Cruz, a Cuban-American he met in Miami. They lived in Los Angeles and Miami. In January 2003, they filed for divorce.

Filmography Film Year Project Role Notes 1984 La muerte cruzó el río Bravo Fernando 1985 Contrato con la muerte Fernando 1985 Narco terror Roca 1985 Enemigos a muerte Jorge 1986 El maleficio 2: Los enviados del infierno Profesor Andrés 1986 Yako, cazador de malditos José Luis / Yako 1990 Carrera contra la muerte Fabián Albarrán 1994 Wreckage Camillio 1996 Striptease Chico 1996 Robin Goodfellow Diego 1998 Wild Things Frankie Condo 1999 Held Up Rodrigo 2000 Knockout Mario Rodrigues 2001 Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 General García 2004 The Punisher Mike Toro 2004 Man on Fire Bodyguard 2A 2006 Hot Tamale Cousin Sammy 2006 All You've Got Javier Espinoza 2015 Don Quixote Mounted Brother 2015 Ladrones Santiago Guzmán 2017 A Change of Heart Cousin David 2019 I Killed My Husband! Pepe

Television

Awards and nominations

Premios ACE (New York)

Emmy Awards Year Category TelenovelaResult 1993 Best Actor in Television Guadalupe

Premios Bravo Year Category TelenovelaResult 2008 Best Lead Actor Destilando Amor

Premios Juventud Year Category TelenovelaResult 2013 ¡Está buenísimo! Amores Verdaderos

TVyNovelas Awards

Favoritos del público Year Category TelenovelaResult2014 Favorite Couple with Erika BuenfilAmores Verdaderos Favorite Kiss with Erika Buenfil