Mauricio Henao Serbia (born on 16 February 1987 in
Armenia, Quindío, Colombia) is a Colombian actor best known for his roles in
telenovelas for
Telemundo.
Career
Henao grew up in Colombia until he turned 12 years, then moved to the United States where he studied at
Cypress Creek High School.
Subsequently he dedicated himself to
modeling for different local cities in both Europe and the United States, arriving to work with
Nicolas Felizola
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,
Tommy Hilfiger,
Calvin Klein
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, Paul Joe Paris, among others. Henao has repeatedly been compared to actors like
James Dean
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, and
Ryan Gosling
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. After appearing in several magazines as a model. In 2009 he decided to move to
Miami, United States, where he began taking acting classes and learned to modify his
Colombian accent.
Subsequently, in 2010 he decides to perform the casting for
Telemundo' telenovela ''
¿Dónde está Elisa?'', where he played Eduardo Cáceres.
Later that in the same year, he returns to work for
Telemundo in the telenovela ''
El fantasma de Elena'', where he plays Michell.
Although he had already excelled in two television projects, the role that made him be recognized nationally and internationally was Tony,
main character of the first season of the
Nickelodeon teen drama series ''
Grachi
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''. While filming ''Grachi'',
he came up with the opportunity to work for another Telemundo telenovela entitled ''
Mi corazón insiste en Lola Volcán'', where he played Daniel Santacruz, the younger brother of
Jencarlos Canela in the telenovela.
In 2012 he won his first major role in the
MTV
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teen drama series ''Último año'', where he shared credits with
Dulce María. In 2013, he obtained a special participation in the last chapters of the
Televisa telenovela ''
La Tempestad''. In 2014 he was part of the main cast in the
Telemundo telenovela ''
La impostora''. The following year he joined the cast of the series ''
Señora Acero'', where he played José Ángel Godoy,
Michel Duval
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Early life
Michel Duval was born on February 10, 1994, with the name of Michel ...
's best friend in the series.
This project unlike ''Grachi'' gave him more acting recognition,
and lasted three seasons as part of the regular cast.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
Colombian emigrants to the United States
American male television actors
American male telenovela actors
1987 births
People from Armenia, Colombia
Cypress Creek High School (Florida) alumni