William Levy
Born William Gutierrez Levy
August 28, 1980 (age 29)
Cojimar, Havana, Cuba
Occupation Actor
Years active 2002-present
Domestic partner(s) Elizabeth Gutierrez (2003 – present) 1 child
William Levy is a Cuban actor and former model.
Biography
William was born on August 29, 1980 in Cojimar, La Havana, Cuba and is the oldest of four siblings. He immigrated legally to Miami before his 15th birthday thanks to a permit granted to his step-father (a disident) for him and his family to leave Cuba. He attended Barbara Goleman Senior High in Florida where he pursued his childhood passion: baseball. He studied Business Administration on an athletic scholarship. After two years, he dropped out of college to study acting in Los Angeles; he later also took acting classes in Miami and Mexico City (CEA, Televisa). To launch his acting career, he took his mother's maiden name (Levy) as his last name.
In 2006, Christopher Alexander, his son with Mexican-American actress Elizabeth Gutiérrez was born.On July 11 2009, he converted to Catholicism.
Career
Levy worked as a model for the agency Next Models, and later participated in two reality shows transmitted by Telemundo: Isla de la Tentación and Protagonistas de Novela 2 .
In 2005 he performed at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan Puerto Rico, starring in the play La Nena Tiene Tumbao.
His first debut on the Spanish language channel Univision, was with the Venevision International production: Olvidarte Jamas. He later appeared in Mi Vida Eres Tu and Acorralada.
In 2008, he participated in his first film Retazos de Vida directed by Viviana Cordero. The movie was filmed in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
He was invited by television producer Carla Estrada to participate in Pasión; his breakthrough in Mexican soap operas. His performance was so well received that Televisa later cast him as the lead in Cuidado con el Angel, with actress and ex- RBD singer Maite Perroni. The show was first broadcasted in Mexico on June, 2008 and began airing in the United States on September, 2008 on Univision. It averaged 4.7 million viewers per evening according to Entertainment Weekly.
William finished filming Sortilegio with actress Jacqueline Bracamontes (Miss Mexico 2000), and produced by Carla Estrada on October 9, 2009. Sortilegio is currently being transmited on Univision.
In November 2009, the actor is going to lend his voice to the animated movie Planet 51 in its spanish version. The movie opens on November 27 in Mexico. Also from November to December, William is going to tour several Mexican cities with the play Un Amante a la Medida.
Television
2009: Sortilegio as Alejandro Lombardo (lead role)
2008/2009: Cuidado con el Angel as Juan Miguel (lead role)
2007/2008: Pasion as Vasco (supporting role)
2006: Acorralada as Larry (supporting role)
2005: Olvidarte Jamas as German (supporting role)
2005: Mi Vida Eres Tu as Federico (supporting role
2003: Protagonistas de novela II as self
2002: La Isla de la tentación as self
Film
2009: Planet 51 voice of Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker (main character) by Sony Pictures
2008: Retazos de Vida as Thiago. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Theater
2009: Un Amante a la Medida, (lead role), co-producer, Mexico.
2005: La Nena Tiene Tumbao. San Juan, Puerto Rico
Awards
2009: Juventud "Esta buenisimo"
2008: Bravo actor revelación 2008 (Best new actor).
Fotos:
Born William Gutierrez Levy
August 28, 1980 (age 29)
Cojimar, Havana, Cuba
Occupation Actor
Years active 2002-present
Domestic partner(s) Elizabeth Gutierrez (2003 – present) 1 child
William Levy is a Cuban actor and former model.
Biography
William was born on August 29, 1980 in Cojimar, La Havana, Cuba and is the oldest of four siblings. He immigrated legally to Miami before his 15th birthday thanks to a permit granted to his step-father (a disident) for him and his family to leave Cuba. He attended Barbara Goleman Senior High in Florida where he pursued his childhood passion: baseball. He studied Business Administration on an athletic scholarship. After two years, he dropped out of college to study acting in Los Angeles; he later also took acting classes in Miami and Mexico City (CEA, Televisa). To launch his acting career, he took his mother's maiden name (Levy) as his last name.
In 2006, Christopher Alexander, his son with Mexican-American actress Elizabeth Gutiérrez was born.On July 11 2009, he converted to Catholicism.
Career
Levy worked as a model for the agency Next Models, and later participated in two reality shows transmitted by Telemundo: Isla de la Tentación and Protagonistas de Novela 2 .
In 2005 he performed at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan Puerto Rico, starring in the play La Nena Tiene Tumbao.
His first debut on the Spanish language channel Univision, was with the Venevision International production: Olvidarte Jamas. He later appeared in Mi Vida Eres Tu and Acorralada.
In 2008, he participated in his first film Retazos de Vida directed by Viviana Cordero. The movie was filmed in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
He was invited by television producer Carla Estrada to participate in Pasión; his breakthrough in Mexican soap operas. His performance was so well received that Televisa later cast him as the lead in Cuidado con el Angel, with actress and ex- RBD singer Maite Perroni. The show was first broadcasted in Mexico on June, 2008 and began airing in the United States on September, 2008 on Univision. It averaged 4.7 million viewers per evening according to Entertainment Weekly.
William finished filming Sortilegio with actress Jacqueline Bracamontes (Miss Mexico 2000), and produced by Carla Estrada on October 9, 2009. Sortilegio is currently being transmited on Univision.
In November 2009, the actor is going to lend his voice to the animated movie Planet 51 in its spanish version. The movie opens on November 27 in Mexico. Also from November to December, William is going to tour several Mexican cities with the play Un Amante a la Medida.
Television
2009: Sortilegio as Alejandro Lombardo (lead role)
2008/2009: Cuidado con el Angel as Juan Miguel (lead role)
2007/2008: Pasion as Vasco (supporting role)
2006: Acorralada as Larry (supporting role)
2005: Olvidarte Jamas as German (supporting role)
2005: Mi Vida Eres Tu as Federico (supporting role
2003: Protagonistas de novela II as self
2002: La Isla de la tentación as self
Film
2009: Planet 51 voice of Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker (main character) by Sony Pictures
2008: Retazos de Vida as Thiago. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Theater
2009: Un Amante a la Medida, (lead role), co-producer, Mexico.
2005: La Nena Tiene Tumbao. San Juan, Puerto Rico
Awards
2009: Juventud "Esta buenisimo"
2008: Bravo actor revelación 2008 (Best new actor).
Fotos: