Jorge Salinas

Jorge Salinas (born July 27, 1968) is a Mexican television and film actor, best known for his leading roles in telenovelas.

Career

His first participation on screen was in the movie Viva El Chubasco, alongside Antonio Aguilar and Eulalio Gonzalez. Salinas enrolled at CEA (Centro de Educación Artística de Televisa) in 1990 and after finishing his studies, he received his first opportunity in the telenovela Valeria y Maximiliano. He also participated in the telenovelas El abuelo y yo (1991), Mágica juventud (1992), Dos mujeres, un camino (1993) and María Isabel (1997).

In 1999, he starred as the lead of Sexo, pudor y lágrimas and in 2000, he participated in the film Amores perros alongside Gael García Bernal.

He played leading roles in the telenovelas such as Tres mujeres (1999), Mi Destino Eres Tú (2000), Las Vías del Amor (2002), Mariana de la Noche (2003) and La esposa virgen (2005).

In 2008, he was one of the leading actors of the successful telenovela Fuego en la sangre, where he shared credits with Adela Noriega and Eduardo Yáñez. In 2011, he starred in La que no podia amar as the lead Rogelio Montero Baez, alongside Ana Brenda Contreras, José Ron and Susana González.

In 2012, producer Salvador Mejía Alexandre summon him to be the star of Qué bonito amor, a new version of the Colombian telenovela La Hija del Mariachi who share roles with Danna Garcia, Pablo Montero, Juan Ferrara, among others.

In 2014, he starred in the telenovela Mi corazon es tuyo (My heart is yours). This won the best novela of the year. He played the protagonist, alongside Silvia Navarro and the villain Mayrin Villanueva.

In 2017, he starred along César Évora in the staging of the theatre play: Variaciones Enigmáticas, written by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt.

Personal life

Salinas has a daughter, Gabriela (born 1995), from his relationship with Adriana Cataño; twin sons Santiago and Jorge Emilio (born 2005), with his ex-wife Fátima Boggio; and a daughter, Valentina (born 2006), from an affair with actress Andrea Noli.

On October 15, 2011, he married actress Elizabeth Alvarez, whom he met while filming the telenovela Fuego En La Sangre. In July 2015, he and his wife, Elizabeth, confirmed that she was pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl, who were born on 2 December and named Máxima and León.

Awards and nominations