Héctor Marcelo Buquet Corleto (born October 4, 1963 in
Montevideo, Uruguay
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) is a Uruguayan actor and former model.
Biography
At the age of 18 Buquet joined a theater company in his native Uruguay called ''
El Galpón del Uruguay'' where he participated in 25 stage productions as an actor, producer, songwriter and singer. At the age of 26 he moved to Mexico and participated in the telenovela ''
Simplemente MarÃa'' with
Victoria Ruffo
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Biography
1980s
Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starring in supporting roles in teleno ...
and in
Manolo Fábregas
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' production of ''
Bear Jest'' for which he was nominated as the ''Best Comedy Actor of the Year'' by the
Association of Theater Journalists of Mexico. In 1992 he obtained a role in his second telenovela: ''
El abuelo y yo
''El abuelo y yo'' (''English: Grandfather and I''), is a Mexican TV series produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa in 1992.
Frances Ondiviela, Marcelo Buquet, Ludwika Paleta, Gael GarcÃa Bernal and Jorge Martinez de Hoyos star as the main ...
'' with
Gael GarcÃa Bernal
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. The following year he obtained a role in Uruguay's full feature film ''El dirigible''. In 1994 he produced and starred in ''Triángulo'' directed by
Miguel Córcega Miguel Córcega (, October 29, 1929 in Mexico City – September 29, 2008 in Mexico City) was a Mexican telenovela actor and director. Córcega started his career in acting and directing during the 1940s.
Biography
Film
In the 1960s, Córcega ...
in Mexico City and
Montevideo
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, Uruguay and in ''Che... Che... Chejov'' which received the ''Best Self-Taught Production of the Year''. In 1998 he played as Rodrigo Bracho in ''
La usurpadora'' and its special short sequel ''Más allá de la usurpadora''. His most recent work has been in his fourth
Colombia
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n telenovela: ''
Doña Bella
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'' in 2010.
Awards
* 1998 Special mention by the Association of Theater Critics of Uruguay
* 1994 ''Best Self-Taught Production of the Year'' by the
Mexican Association of Theater Critics
* 1991 ''Foreign-born Model of the Year'' by
Contempo Agency
Telenovelas
Personal
Buquet was married to Lorena Sotelo, who died in 2013 at age 39 from liver cancer. The couple had a son, Marcel, born in 2009.
External links
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Photo gallery
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Uruguayan male stage actors
Uruguayan male telenovela actors
Mexican theatre managers and producers
Uruguayan emigrants to Mexico
1963 births
Living people
Uruguayan male film actors
Uruguayan people of French descent