Alan Estrada Gutiérrez (born December 23, 1980 in

Tepatitlán de Morelos Tepatitlán de Morelos is a city and municipality founded in 1530, in the central Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the area known as Los Altos de Jalisco (the 'Highlands of Jalisco'), about 70 km east of state capital Guadalajara. ...

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, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, dancer and singer. His best known role was "Mario" in the Spanish musical ''

Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar ''Hoy no me puedo levantar'' (''Today I Can't Get up'') is a Spanish jukebox musical, with music and lyrics by José María Cano and Nacho Cano, former members of the band Mecano. Based on 32 of the band's greatest hits and named after their fir ...

.'' He is also known for his YouTube channel ''Alan X El Mundo'', documenting his world travels.

Career

At the age of 18 years he went to

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to begin his artistic training. His professional debut was in 2000 in the play ''

Oedipus at Colonus ''Oedipus at Colonus'' (also ''Oedipus Coloneus''; grc, Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, ''Oidipous epi Kolōnōi'') is the last of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's d ...

'' starring Ignacio Lopez Tarso. After that he participated in several revivals as '' Chicago the musical,

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and

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (often colloquially known as ''Joseph'') is a sung-through musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. Thi ...

'' (all Mexican productions). His first television appearance was a minor role as "Claudio" in the soap opera ''Clap'' in 2003. He also acted in the low-budget film ''Hotel Garage'', the tape has never been released. In 2006 he was cast by

Nacho Cano Ignacio Cano Andrés (b. Madrid, 26 February 1963), better known as Nacho Cano, is a Spanish arranger, composer, musician and record producer. He and his brother showed an interest in music in their young lives. At 5, he began to play the Spani ...

as "Mario" starring the Mexican production of the musical ''

'', based on the Spanish music group

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. He played more than 400 performances at the ''Teatro 1 del Centro Cultural Telmex'' and later in ''Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar. El Concierto'' a version of the musical adapted for a tour that opened at the ''Auditorio Nacional'' in Mexico City. By the same time he made a special appearance in the

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’s soap opera '' Lola...Érase una vez'' as "Nicolas". He also starred two short films ''Dejalo Así'' and ''Tabacotla''. The Mexican magazine ''Quien'' listed him as one of the sexiest men in 2007. In 2008, followed by the success in Mexico, the Spanish production of ''Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar'' invited him to close the season of the musical in

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, Spain and started the tour of the Iberian country. The same year he has three Mexican movies in theaters: a brief appearance in ''Casi Divas (Road to Fame)'', followed by the romantic comedy ''Amor Letra Por Letra'' starring with

Silvia Navarro Silvia Angélica Navarro Barva (born September 14, 1978) is a Mexican actress. She debuted as actress in 1997, in the lead role in the telenovela '' Perla''. Since then, she continued to work for Mexican TV network TV Azteca, and later for Te ...

, and the parody ''Divina Confusion'' of Salvador Garcini, also starred by Jesus Ochoa, Diana Bracho, Pedro Armendáriz, Luis Roberto Guzman, Lisa Owen, Adal Ramones, Kalimba and Ana Brenda Contreras. While he was in México promoting his films received the proposal to work for television in ''

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'' so decided to leave the musical in Spain. Alan began his participation in the second season of

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’s reality: ''El Show De Los Sueños'', ''Amigos Del Alma''. His team “Los Mosqueteros” reached the final: ''Los Reyes Del Show'', they did not win the contest but it gave him the opportunity to get to an international audience showing his talent in singing and dancing. He had a role in the second season of the Mexican soap opera ''Verano de amor'' as "Fabian Escudero" and appeared in the Mexican musical Que planton! as "El Pino". He currently co-stars in the Mexican soap opera ''

Amor Bravío ''Amor Bravío'' (International Title: ''Valiant Love'',) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Moreno Laguillo for Televisa that aired from March 5, 2012 to October 21, 2012. It is based on ''De pura sangre'' and ''En los cuernos del amor' ...

'' and is a co-host of the morning talk show "Hoy" which airs in the United States on Univision. He also hosts an online travelling show called "Alan x el Mundo". In 2020, he participated in the second season of '' ¿Quién es la máscara?'' as the Jalapeño.

Theatre

Film

Alan x El Mundo

The idea emerged when he visited Asia,

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and

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. While he was doing his artistic career, he visited China and soon Japan, which was how Alan x El Mundo emerged. After the death of his mom, he traveled to

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, England and

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. After traveling to the

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, he gained fame on YouTube. As of November 2020, the channel had 2.66 million subscribers.

Places

He visited places around the world, including

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, the Set of

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and the Memorial of the

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in Austria. He also went to the opening of

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Personal life

Estrada is gay.

References

External links

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