Vadhir Derbez

Vadhir Derbez Alejandro González Torres (born 18 February 1991) is a Mexican actor and singer who has worked for Televisa, Univision, Warner Brothers, Netflix, TV Azteca and Telemundo.

Personal life Derbez was born in Mexico City. His father is comic actor Eugenio Derbez.

He studied at military school Culver Academies for four years, where he participated in the sketches Tatiana y En Familia con Chabelo (2000), and Diseñador do ambos sexos (2001). He earned his first featured part in the novela (soap opera) Cómplices Al Rescate (2002). La familia P. Luche (2002) was his next involved work, followed by De pocas, pocas pulgas (2003), Par de ases (2004), Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (2004). In 2006 he was on the famous program Vecinos as recurring character Marco López Pérez for a total of 36 episodes.

Derbez participated in Univision's first reality dance competition, Mira Quien Baila (2010) and was the winner of the shows first season. On November 21, 2010, he won first place in Mira Quien Baila: First Season. In 2013 he took part in the musical Grease, playing 3 different roles (Tacho, Kiko, and Danny Sucko) during this time. Afterwards he earned a lead part in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages (2014), playing the role of Jerry, along with the actress and singer Dulce Maria. He then played a lead role in Grease (2017) once more on Musical USA making rounds in a few cities in the United States.

Film Vadhir earned his first part on the big screen giving voice to the character Chuletas in the 2005 animated film Imaginum, but it wasn not until 2015 that he had a role in a live-action film, appearing in the action film Ladrones, alongside Fernando Colunga, Eduardo Yáñez, Jessica Lindsay, and Miguel Varoni. In 2016, he obtained his first lead role in film El tamaño si Importa, directed by Rafa Lara. The next year he was in the film 3 Idiotas, an adaptation of the popular Bollywood film 3 Idiots. After his success in Mexico, he made his Hollywood debut in the film How to Be a Latin Lover (2017), playing a younger version of the character played by his father Eugenio. In May 2019, Vadhir co-starred as Beto in the comedy film Dulce familia.

Music

Derbez made his music debut with his first EP, Vadhir Derbez released 2 September 2016. It featured two singles: "Te Olvidé" and "Me Haces Sentir". "Me Haces Sentir" was later re-released on 14 February 2017 with the live version included.

After a period of almost two years, Vadhir released his next single "Mala" on 5 April 2019, and has announced that his last song "Toda La Banda" was released in June 2019.

Filmography Film

Television roles

Discography Albums EP

Vadhir Derbez (2016) "Te Olvide" (2016) "Al Final" (2016) "Latin Lover" (2017) "Mala" (2019) "Toda La Banda" (2019) "Where You At" feat. Roxy & Ekin (2020) "Buena Suerte" feat. Mario Bautista & Yera (2020) "Luna" feat. Ir Sais (2021) "Te Confieso" feat. Ximena Sariñana (2021) "Mi Soledad" with Ezio Oliva (2021) "Back To Love" with Chilz (2022) "Hasta Que Se Acaba el Mundo" (2022) "Que Pasaría" feat. Paty Cantú (2022)

Soundtracks

Cómplices al Rescate (2001) De Pocas Pocas Pulgas (2003)