Gabriel Soto Díaz (born April 17, 1975) is a Mexican actor and model. He won the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, and placed first runner-up in Mister World 1996. He was also a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and acts in telenovelas.

Gabriel Soto
Soto in 2017
Born
Gabriel Soto Díaz

(1975-04-17) April 17, 1975 (age 48)
Mexico City, Mexico
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
Spouse
(m. 2016; div. 2018)
[1]
PartnerIrina Baeva[2]
Children2

Biography edit

Soto attended Edron Academy.[3]

Career edit

He began modeling at age 18 after participating in the Mister World contest in 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey, and becoming the first runner-up. In 1997, Gabriel joined the band Kairo replacing Eduardo Verástegui. The albums he participated were Libres and Pasiones.

He has participated in several soap operas in which he managed to convince the public and the critics with his performance.

 
Gabriel Soto

Mi querida Isabel was the first soap opera in which Gabriel acted, followed by Alma Rebelde, Mi destino eres tú, and Carita de ángel leading his most important role, playing Ulises "ugly" in the soap opera Amigas y rivales produced by Emilio Larrosa.

In 2002, Soto appeared in the soap opera Las vías del amor with Aracely Arambula and Jorge Salinas which was produced by Emilio Larrosa.

In 2004, he was cast in the soap opera Mujer de Madera, produced by Emilio Larrosa, starring in one of the main roles alongside Edith Gonzalez, who would later be replaced by Ana Patricia Rojo. In this telenovela he also worked with Jaime Camil and Maria Sorte.

In 2005, following his return from Los Angeles where he took courses in acting for film, boxing classes, and surf, Soto competed in the Mexican version of Dancing with the Stars.

Then, in 2006, he starred in the telenovela La Verdad Oculta produced by Emilio Larrosa, next to Galilea Montijo Alejandra Barros and Eduardo Yanez, who after being away for many years from telenovelas returned to join the cast.

In 2007, Gabriel starred in the soap opera Bajo las riendas del amor, an adaptation of Cuando llega el amor.

In 2008, he joined the Lucero Suárez. produced Querida Enemiga as a protagonist alongside Ana Layevska, Jorge Aravena and María Rubio.

In 2009, he participated in Sortilegio, produced by Carla Estrada, in which he played Fernando Alanis, before touring the United States with the play Sortilegio, el show.

In 2011, he appeared in La Fuerza del Destino, produced by Rosy Ocampo, as Camilo Galvan, one of the protagonists. The telenovela also starred David Zepeda, Sandra Echeverria, Laisha Wilkins and Juan Ferrara.

In 2012, he starred in Un Refugio para el Amor with Zuria Vega, playing the role of Rodrigo Torreslanda.

In 2013, he starred as the protagonist (alongside Gloria Trevi) in Emilio Larrosa's telenovela: Libre para amarte.[4]

His last starring role was as Maximiliano Bustamante in the universally acclaimed telenovela Yo no creo en los hombres where he also garnered critical appraisal.

Filmography edit

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Mi querida Isabel Juan
1998–2007 Mujer, casos de la vida real Various roles 20 episodes
1999 Alma rebelde Vladimir Montenegro
2000 Mi destino eres tú Nicolás Landa 5 episodes
2000–2001 Carita de ángel Rogelio Alvarado Gamboa 58 episodes
2001 La hora pico Himself / Various roles Episode: "Guest: Gabriel Soto"
2001 Amigas y rivales Ulises Barrientos "El Feo" 185 episodes
2002–2003 Las vías del amor Adolfo Lascuráin / Nicolás Barragán 220 episodes
2004–2005 Mujer de madera Carlos Gómez 205 episodes
2006 La verdad oculta David Genovés Ordóñez 120 episodes
2007 Bajo las riendas del amor Juan José Álvarez 150 episodes
2008 Querida enemiga Alonso Ugarte Solano 110 episodes
2009 Sortilegio Fernando Alanís 95 episodes
2011 La fuerza del destino Camilo Galván 96 episodes
2012 Un refugio para el amor Rodrigo Torreslanda 165 episodes
2013 Libre para amarte Enrique del Pino 107 episodes
2014–2015 Yo no creo en los hombres Maximiliano Bustamente 121 episodes
2015–2016 Antes muerta que Lichita Santiago de la Vega 43 episodes
2016–2017 Vino el amor David Robles 141 episodes
2017 Nosotros los guapos Claudio Episode: "La estética"
2017–2018 Caer en tentación Damián Becker 102 episodes
2018–2019 Mi marido tiene más familia Ernesto "Neto" Rey 167 episodes
2019 Vecinos Pietro Massomi Episode: "Primera cita"
2019 Cita a ciegas Alfredo Obando 8 episodes
2019–2020 Soltero con hijas Nicolás Contreras 87 episodes
2021 Te acuerdas de mí Pedro Cáceres 76 episodes
2022 Amor dividido Max Stewart 107 episodes
2022–2023 Mi camino es amarte Guillermo "Memo" Santos 92 episodes
2023 Vencer la culpa[5] Leandro Govea

Awards and nominations edit

Year Project Category Result Ref
2015 Un refugio para el amor[6][7] TVyNovelas for Best Lead Actor Nominated
Favoritos Publico for Best couple with Zuria Vega Won
Favoritos Publico for Best Kiss with Zuria Vega
2015 Yo no creo en los hombres[8][9] TVyNovelas for Best Lead Actor Nominated
Favoritos Públicos for Best Couple with Adriana Louvier Won
Favoritos Públicos for Best Kiss with Adriana Louvier

References edit

  1. ^ ""Cometí errores", dice Gabriel Soto sobre divorcio de Geraldine Bazán". eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ Hansen, Lena; Joseph, Carole (19 August 2020). "Gabriel Soto and Irina Baeva Take Us Inside Their Real-Life Telenovela". People en Español. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Gabriel Soto". Mexican Celebrities. Celebridad.com.mx. 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  4. ^ Gabriel Soto está "emocionado" de actuar junto a Gloria Trevi en Libre para amarte
  5. ^ Fernández Cabero, Jesús (15 April 2023). "Gabriel Soto es Leandro en "Vencer la culpa": el primer trabajo como villano del actor mexicano". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Univision announces 2013 nominees for Premios TVyNovelas". Corporate Univision. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  7. ^ ""Premios TVyNovelas" Spanish-Language Television Awards". We Love Soaps. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  8. ^ "Univision announces 2013 nominees for Premios TVyNovelas". Corporate Univision. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  9. ^ ""Premios TVyNovelas" Spanish-Language Television Awards". We Love Soaps. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

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