Salvador Pineda Popoca (born June 16, 1952 in Huetamo, Michoacan, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, who has participated in over 20 Mexican
telenovela
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s and Mexican
movies
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, as well as two
Hollywood
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low budget movies. Born to Mexican politician Salvador Pineda who served under Mexican President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, and Gloria Pineda, house-wife. His uncle (on his mother's side) is the renowned Mexican cardiologist Ignacio Chavez Sanchez.
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Biography
Salvador Pineda is known for his acting on many Televisa
Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
soap operas, including 1980s ''Colorina'' with Lucía Méndez
Lucía Leticia Méndez Pérez (born January 26, 1955) is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer. Méndez was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Career
In 2011, Lucía starred in Mexico the telenovela '' Esperanza del C ...
, and ''Mi Pequeña Soledad'' with Verónica Castro
Verónica Castro (), full name Verónica Judith Sáinz Castro (born 19 October 1952), is a Mexican actress, singer, producer, former model and presenter.
She started her career as a television actress, where she met comedian Manuel Valdés, fa ...
. He is also remembered for his soap opera ''Tu o Nadie'' with Lucía Mendez and Andrés García
Andrés García (born May 24, 1941) is a Dominican-born Mexican actor. He has formerly served as a scuba diving instructor in Acapulco.
Career
García was born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is the son of Spanish exiles from ...
. Pineda and García were considered two of the sexiest Latino actors of the 1980s, appearing in shirtless photos in magazines sold in Latin America.
Pineda's identifiable, gravelly voice and his physique led to his being type-cast as a villain, or, less frequently as a gruff, edgy heroic lead.
Pineda began his internationalization in 1984, when he worked in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
as the star of canal 2's ''Coralito'', with Sully Diaz
Sully may refer to:
* Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (born 1951), American pilot notable for landing his disabled airliner on the Hudson
** ''Sully'' (film), a 2016 film by Clint Eastwood about Sullenberger
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* Sully, Calvados, commu ...
. He returned to Puerto Rico in 1985, to film another telenovela with ''canal 2''.
Pineda also made an attempt at a singing career, having released one CD. He is divorced from Venezuelan actress Mayra Alejandra
Mayra Alejandra Rodríguez Lezama (May 7, 1958 – April 17, 2014) was a Venezuelan actress. She was the daughter of the Comedian, Charles Barry and the Writer and Actress, Ligia Lezama.
Biography
Mayra Alejandra Rodríguez Lezama was born on ...
.
He has a daughter, but is very private about it.
Telenovelas
Sources
Official "El Juramento" Website
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1952 births
Living people
Mexican male film actors
Mexican male telenovela actors
Male actors from Mexico City