Ricardo Chávez is a Mexican actor who has worked in theater, television and film. He was also a model and a ballet dancer before acting.

Early life and background

Ricardo Chávez was born in

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on November 24, 1965, to a middle-class family. He is the youngest of three brothers. His father is an engineer and his mother is a housewife, and were both in the entertainment business before getting married. His father sang Mexican music and opened concerts for Pedro Infante and his mother worked as a model. At the age of 16 when he was studying bachelor’s to become a Classical Dance Performer at the

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, Ricardo started working in theater.

Career

He then moved back to acting and started appearing in popular soap operas in Mexico, on the Hispanic network

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. After starring in nine soap operas on that network, Chávez moved to Brazil and played a lead role in the soap opera ''Vale Todo'' on

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. Later, he went to

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to play the lead role in the series ''On The Edge of the Law''. Following this he played the lead role in the film ''Pretty Boy'' for which he won an award in "The Made in Miami Film Festival". Ricardo Chávez has acted in 21 different plays including ''Who Is the Guilty One?'', ''Andrés, Here Comes the Train'', ''How To Forget My Past'', '' Waiting for Godot'', '' The Fiddler on the Roof'' with Manolo Fábregas among others.

Book

After 18 soap operas, 21 theater plays, 8 movies and over 100 television shows and series, Ricardo wrote ''Your Life Does Not Have To Be A Soap Opera'', which was published simultaneously in English and Spanish in several continents.

Filmography

Movies

Television

Theater

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chavez, Ricardo Mexican male television actors Male actors from Mexico City Mexican male telenovela actors 1965 births Mexican male film actors Mexican male stage actors Mexican male writers Writers from Mexico City Living people