Diego Antonio Fuentes Lopez, known as Diego Fuentes, is a

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actor of Chilean descent and Toronto socialite.

MuchMusic

Fuentes was

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's first ever

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winner in 1995, going on to host the popular ''Clip Trip'' show on MuchMusic's sister station,

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Acting

Most notably, Fuentes portrayed real-life actor Natividad Vacio in the 2007 film ''

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''. He played fan-favourite Bruno Dias on

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's medical drama, '' Remedy'' from 2014 to 2015. In 2011, he appeared in the Drive One Series commercials of Ford Cars, stating the catchphrase "Who wants to stop for gas? I don't."

Music

Fuentes was a resident DJ on "Terrible Tuesdays" at the then popular Queenshead Pub in

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from 2003 to 2005. He originally performed under his own name, then adopted the moniker "Mexico 2000".

Curling

Fuentes is a highly skilled curler. In high school, he and his school curling team competed at

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. On May 12, 2012, Fuentes was lead skip of a local curling team that won the Gabby's 2012 annual Bonspiel held at the High Park Curling Club. The team completed the tournament with 4 wins, 0 losses and 0 ties. In January 2016, Fuentes stated in an interview that "curling is an incredible sport because drinking is involved".

Advocacy and public service

Fuentes is a known advocate for customer rights in fast food restaurants and taxi services in the Greater Toronto Area, as well as a staunch supporter of water conservation. Throughout 2015, he championed a campaign to feed the homeless and clean up Toronto city streets known as "Mexico's Children". In early December, there was an incident outside a Toronto

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where he was reportedly spit on after offering a woman a bagel with cream cheese. The police were called but no charges or arrests were made.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1998 TV) as Zapata * '' Love Thy Neighbor''https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476293/fullcredits#cast * ''

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'' (2014 TV) * ''

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'' (2018) as Lt. Carillo

References

External links

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