Cristián Andrés de la Fuente Sabarots (; born March 10, 1974) is a Chilean actor, presenter, model and producer. He began his career appearing in the Chilean telenovelas before moving to United States for starring in television series ''
Family Law
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'' (1999–2001) and ''
Hidden Hills
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'' (2002–2003). De la Fuente later made his big screen debut in the 2001 action film ''
Driven'' and later appeared in films ''
Vampires: Los Muertos'' (2002) and ''
Basic
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'' (2003). In later years he was a regular cast member in ''
In Plain Sight
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'' (2008–12) and ''
Devious Maids
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'' (2015). De la Fuente also acted in a number of Spanish-language telenovelas.
Early life
Cristian De la Fuente was born in
Santiago
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, Chile, the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente (died 1996) and Adriana Sabarots, a homemaker of
French descent. He served in the
Chilean Air Force
The Chilean Air Force () is the air force of Chile and branch of the Chilean military.
History
The first step towards the current FACh is taken by Lieutenant Colonel, Teniente Coronel training as a pilot in France. Although a local academy was c ...
reserve prior to attending the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
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, where he pursued a degree in civil engineering.
Career
1998–2003
De la Fuente was spotted by a talent scout during his sophomore year as a civil engineering major at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and won a contest as Chile's next "Super Teen". Beginning with small network roles in prime time, he quickly went on to star in four prime time dramas including ''Eclipse de Luna'' and the highly acclaimed televised theatrical production of ''La Tía de Carlos''. He starred in Chile's number-one rated variety program ''Venga Conmigo'', the comedy ''Mi Tío y Yo'' alongside
Gonzalo Robles, and the MTV-style music and dance program ''Generación 2000''.
In 1998, de la Fuente was contracted by
Sony
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and
Telemundo
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for a drama series remake of ''
Starsky and Hutch
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'' called ''Reyes y Rey''. The weekly hour format did not catch on with Hispanic viewers and it was soon cancelled. He was a guest star on ''
Pensacola: Wings of Gold''. He has also appeared regularly on ''
CSI: Miami'' and ''
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''. He has starred opposite
Sylvester Stallone
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in ''
Driven'', in
John Carpenter
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's ''
Vampires: Los Muertos'' with
Jon Bon Jovi
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, as well as the independent thriller ''Minimal Knowledge''.
For his starring role in the independent thriller ''Minimal Knowledge,'' de la Fuente won the Individual Achievement Award for Best Male Actor at the Ajijic International Film Festival.
De la Fuente's hosting credits include
MGM
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's ''Road to the Academy Awards'' for
Latin America
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and the ''
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
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''. He has also presented the
Billboard Latin Music Awards
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,
The World Music Awards, and the
Alma Awards
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. De la Fuente also turned up in
John McTiernan
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's military thriller ''
Basic
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'' opposite
John Travolta
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, and enjoyed several appearances on ''
CSI: Miami'' as lab tech Sam Belmontes between 2003 and 2004.
2004–2007
In 2004, De la Fuente hosted alongside
Kate del Castillo
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the first annual
Premios Juventud
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on the
Univision
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television network. In 2005, he starred in the
Venevisión
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's
Miami
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-made telenovela ''Soñar No Cuesta Nada'', starring alongside Mexican actresses
Karyme Lozano and
Laura Zapata
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Born in Mexico City, Zapata is the daughter of Guillermo Zapata Pérez de Utrera ( ...
. It was a huge hit in the daytime slot on Univision. It ran for 191 episodes. On Univisión there were talks for him to host a night time
talk show
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, but nothing came of it. He also had a recurring role as Aaron in the
CBS
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sitcom ''
The Class''.
In 2005, Cristián was seen in supporting roles in the indie romantic drama ''
Sueño'' with
John Leguizamo
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and the Latin-themed comedy ''Once Upon a Wedding''. He was a popular host for Spanish-language specials and series during this period, including the
2005 Latin Grammy Awards, the
2006 Premios Juventud
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, and the Chilean reality series ''Golpe Bajo'', for which he also served as executive producer and writer. In 2005, he starred in the popular
Venezuela
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n
telenovela
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''Soñar no Cuesta Nada'', which filmed in
Miami
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,
Florida
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. De la Fuente also guest starred in three episodes of
UPN
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's ''
One on One'', and in an episode of the wildly popular
ABC
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show ''
Ugly Betty
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''. Amidst all the acting gigs, he continued to maintain his status with the
Chilean Air Force
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History
The first step towards the current FACh is taken by Lieutenant Colonel, Teniente Coronel training as a pilot in France. Although a local academy was c ...
, for which he occasionally performed as part of the aerial acrobatic troupe, Halcones. In the fall of 2007, he participated in the mini-series directed by
Jennifer Lopez
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, ''
Como Ama Una Mujer
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'' with the actress
Leonor Varela.
2008–present
De la Fuente appeared as a contestant on the sixth season of ABC's ''
Dancing with the Stars
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'' with dance partner
Cheryl Burke
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. They trained at Palm Beach, Florida's Paramount Ballroom, which is owned by former U.S. Nine-Dance Champion
Alec Lazo. De la Fuente suffered a ruptured tendon in his left arm biceps on the April 28, 2008 episode of ''Dancing with the Stars''. The following week, performing with his injured arm, he and Burke led the field. He was eliminated on May 20, 2008, in 3rd place.
De la Fuente hosted the
Latin Grammy Awards of 2008 on November 13, 2008, in
Houston
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,
Texas
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.
In 2009, de la Fuente guest starred in the telenovelas ''
Fuego en la sangre'' as Demian Ferrer, and ''
Corazón salvaje'' as Renato.
From 2008 to 2010, de la Fuente played Raphael "Raph" Ramírez, a
minor league baseball
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player and semi-boyfriend of Mary Shannon on ''
In Plain Sight
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''.
De la Fuente returned to
Chile
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to film the season 2 of his TV show ''Golpe Bajo'', similar to
MTV
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's series ''
Punk'd
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''.
De la Fuente also had a recurring role on ''
Brothers & Sisters'' from 2009 to 2010.
De la Fuente had recurring roles on ABC's
''Private Practice'' during its fourth season and on ABC Family's ''
The Nine Lives of Chloe King
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'' during its first and only season.
De la Fuente starred as Maximiliano Montesinos, the protagonist in the Mexican telenovela ''
Quiero amarte''.
De la Fuente has been tapped to play Ricardo De La Cruz in the romantic comedy film ''Switch Up'', helmed by Tara Pirnia in her directing debut.
''Dancing with the Stars'' performances
Filmography
Film
Television roles
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
Cristian de la Fuente in his profile as a stunt pilot of the Air Force of Chile
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1974 births
Living people
People educated at The Grange School, Santiago
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni
Male actors from Santiago, Chile
Chilean Air Force personnel
Chilean engineers
Chilean male film actors
Chilean male telenovela actors
Participants in American reality television series
Chilean people of Spanish descent
Chilean people of French descent
Chilean male television actors
Chilean male models
Models from Santiago, Chile
20th-century Chilean military personnel