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Luis Gatica (born February 25, 1961) is a Mexican actor, son of the Chilean singer Lucho Gatica and the Puerto Rican actress
Mapita Cortés Mapita Cortés (August 4, 1939 – January 1, 2006 born Maria del Pilar Mercado Cordero in 1939 in the Santurce barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico – died in Mexico City), was a Puerto Rican actress of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. ...
. He is the uncle of fellow actor
Alfredo Gatica Alfredo Gatica (born 8 February 1988) is a Mexican television actor; best known for his role of Ricardo in the Televisa telenovela '' La vecina'' (2015–2016). His other TV roles include: Orlando in the 2016 telenovela '' Tres veces Ana'', adaptat ...
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Biography

Luis Gatica was born in
Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
,
Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
. He grew in a show business family. He is the son of Chilean singer
Lucho Gatica Luis Enrique Gatica Silva (11 August 1928 – 13 November 2018),
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and Puerto Rican actress
Mapita Cortés Mapita Cortés (August 4, 1939 – January 1, 2006 born Maria del Pilar Mercado Cordero in 1939 in the Santurce barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico – died in Mexico City), was a Puerto Rican actress of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. ...
; he is the nephew of Puerto Rican actress
Mapy Cortés Maria del Pilar Cordero, better known as Mapy Cortés (Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico March 1, 1910Isla Verde, Puerto Rico August 2, 1998) was a Puerto Rican stage, film and television actress and dancer who participated in many films during the ...
and second cousin of Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer
Paquito Cordero Paquito Cordero (October 16, 1932 – June 30, 2009), was a pioneer of Puerto Rican television. He was also a comedian and a musical and television producer. Early years Cordero (birth name: Francisco Cordero Baez) was born to Francisco Co ...
. Having celebrity relatives both in Mexico and in Puerto Rico, Gatica wanted to become a celebrity on his own since he was very young. Gatica participated in various theater plays and in some, not particularly notable, music groups as he grew. He struggled trying to follow in his parents' footsteps. His first big break came in 1983, when he was hired by
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 ...
to act in '' La fiera'', which is considered a contemporary classic among
telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
s. In 1984, he played ''Joel'' in ''Los años felices'' (''The Happy Years''). This was followed by 1986's '' Marionetas'' (''Puppets''), where he played ''Jorge Linares''. Having obtained celebrity for the first time, Gatica tried his luck in the world of music, retiring from television from 1986 to 1994. Although his foray into the world of rock music was largely unsuccessful, he nevertheless kept active for those eight years, singing in many Mexican locations. In 1994, he was offered a return to television, and he did so by participating in another Mexican classic, '' Marimar'', playing ''Chuy''. Gatica then made his film debut, when he participated in 1995's ''
Tiempo de Muerte 2 Tiempo may refer to: Music * ''Tiempo'' (album), a 2003 album by Erreway * "Tiempo" (Cetu Javu song) (1994) * "Tiempo" (Erreway song) (2003) Other uses * ''Tiempo'' (magazine), a Spanish-language weekly * Tiempo (programme), a programme rela ...
'' (''Time to Die 2''). ''Tiempo de Muerte 2'' was followed by '' A sangre fría'' ("In cold blood") where he played ''Beto''. In 1996, Gatica returned to acting in telenovelas, participating in ''La antorcha encendida'' (''The burning torch''), as ''Juan Foncerrada'' and in ''Mi querida Isabel'' (''My beloved Isabel''), where he played ''Ricardo''. He took one year off before returning to the screen in 1998, acting as ''Ruben'' in ''Cazador de cazadores'' (''Hunter of hunters''), an action movie. That same year, he participated as ''Patricio'' in ''Preciosa'', another telenovela that was successful. That telenovela was followed by another one, '' La mentira'' (''The Lie''), where he personified ''Santiago''. Luis Gatica made one telenovela in 1999: in '' DKDA: Suenos de Juventud'' (''DKDA: Dreams of Youth''), he played ''Raul Arias''. Returning to the film industry in 2000, Gatica played ''Rodrigo Miranda'' in '' Cuenta saldada'' (''Paid Debt''). His next work, however, was in a soap opera marred by general criticism by magazine and newspaper telenovela critics. ''Sin Pecado Concebido'', where he played ''doctor Garduno'', was not well received by the media, which doomed the show with tele-spectators, and the soap opera was not a success. In 2002, Gatica joined other celebrities in the '' Big Brother''
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, in
Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
. Gatica began 2003 by participating in another telenovela: he played ''Jorge Esparza'' in '' Niña Amada Mía'' (''Beloved girl of mine''). This was followed by '' Clap! El lugar de tus sueños'' (''Clap! the place of your dreams''), where he played ''Rivadeneira'', and by 2004's '' Rubí'', where he acted as ''Cayetano''. In 2006, he acted in the telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro ''Codigo Postal'', as Herman. In 2008, he appeared in "En Nombre del Amor" In 2014, he acted yet again in another telenovela produced by Roberto Gómez Fernandez ''El Color de la Pasión'', as Ricardo Marquez. In 2008, he appeared in "En Nombre del Amor" In 2014, he acted yet again in another telenovela produced by Roberto Gómez Fernandez ''El Color de la Pasión'', as Ricardo Marquez.


Television roles


See also

*
List of Chileans This is a list of Chileans who are famous or notable. Economists * Ricardo J. Caballero – MIT professor, Department of Economics * Sebastián Edwards – UCLA professor, former World Bank officer (1993–1996), prolific author and media per ...
*
List of Mexicans This article contains a list of well-known Mexicans in science, publication, arts, politics and sports. Arts * Manuel Álvarez Bravo, photographer; recipient, 1984 Hasselblad Award * Pita Amor, poet * Alberto Arai, architect, theo ...
* List of Puerto Ricans


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gatica, Luis 1961 births Living people Mexican male film actors Mexican male telenovela actors Mexican male singers Mexican people of Basque descent Mexican people of Chilean descent Mexican people of Puerto Rican descent People from Veracruz (city) Male actors from Veracruz