José María De Tavira
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José María de Tavira Bianchi (born 27 September 1983) is a Mexican film and stage actor. The son of Mexican theatre director Luis de Tavira and
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actress Rosa María Bianchi, he began acting on stage with his parents; at age seven had his first participation in an adaptation of ''Clotilde en su casa'' of Jorge Ibargüengoitia, then in 1994 participated in the work ''Jubileo'' by Jose Ramon Henríquez.
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nominee Marina de Tavira is José María's cousin. He made his film debut in '' The Mask of Zorro'' playing the main character Alejandro Murrieta (Zorro) as a child. In 2002, he has a brief stint on the Mexican film ''Amar te duele'' by Fernando Sariñana. After that he went to
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, to study drama at
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. While studying in London, he was called to do a casting for the Mexican comedy ''Cansada de besar sapos'' (''Tired of Kissing Toads)''. He played the role of Xavier a stage actor who falls in love with Martha, played by Ana Serradilla. The film was well received by young audiences. He worked with Fernando Sariñana again in the film ''Enemigos íntimos'' as Mauricio co-starring Demián Bichir, Verónica Merchant, Ximena Sariñana, Dolores Heredia and Blanca Sánchez. This movie was shown at the XXIII International Film Festival in Guadalajara. In September 2008 the film ''Arráncame la vida'' ('' Tear This Heart Out''), based on the novel of the Mexican writer Angeles Mastretta, got released in Mexico. In this film he played Carlos Vives, a young leader and lover of Catalina Guzmán, played by
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. This Mexican production had a budget of 6.5 million dollars, was filmed in
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and
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with locations in the Palace of Fine Arts and
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among others. That same year he presented his short film ''100 metros'' at the VI International Film Festival of Morelia. The film is an adaptation of
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's '' Victoria Station'' and held in conjunction with his brother Julián de Tavira, both worked on the script, production and directing. In 2009 is starring ''Amar a morir'' as Alejandro Vizcaino. The film tells a love story amid the current disputes in Mexico. Also starring Martina García and Alberto Estrella. In 2016 he appeared in the Mexican version of ''Rosario Tijeras'' as one of the main characters.


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* Living people 1983 births Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London Male actors from Mexico City Mexican male child actors Mexican male film actors Mexican male stage actors Mexican people of Argentine descent {{mexico-film-actor-stub