Humberto Zurita (, born September 2, 1954) is a Mexican actor, director and producer. Zurita, one of 10 siblings from

Torreón Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2021, the city's population was 735,340. The metropolitan population as of 2015 was 1,497,734, making it the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in ...

, Coahuila, is best known as actor, director and producer of

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Acting career

He made his first stage appearances in amateur performances of musicals including ''

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'' and '' Jesus Christ Superstar''. He graduated from CUT (Centro Universitario de Teatro - the University Theatrical Centre) of

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(Universidad Nacional Autonoma - National Autonomous University of Mexico), the famous educational institute for acting in Mexico. As a stage actor, he acted in various plays from classical to modern, as well as absurd theater. Humberto Zurita played classical roles like

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but he also appeared in various contemporary plays like '' M. Butterfly''. As theatrical producer and director he staged ''The Protagonist'' (''El Protagonista'') by the Argentine playwright Luis Agustoni (also acting in the title role as Fernando) and ''Haute surveillance'' (''Severa Vigilancia'') by Jean Genet. In television, he started his acting career with

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in the late 1970s. He obtained his first starring role as Alberto Limonta in the 1981 production of '' El derecho de nacer''. Two years later he took the role of Eddie in the Mexican production of '' P.S. Your Cat Is Dead'', with

Manuel Ojeda Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film '' Romancing the Stone''. ...

as Jimmy. He combined a film career with his television productions such as the telenovela '' Cañaveral de Pasiones''. In 1997, citing creative reasons he and his wife, Christian Bach, moved to

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. In a bold move he produced and starred in ''El candidato'' an interactive telenovela about current Mexican political issues a year prior to the 2000 Mexican presidential elections. He produced '' Azul Tequila'' (the only telenovela exported to the UK). In Mexico he has produced four films to date. Since 2003, he has worked for Argos Television, an independent media company that has produced telenovelas for TV Azteca and

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Network associated company.

Filmography

Actor

Producer

Awards and nominations

For Actor And Producer

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zurita, Humberto 1954 births Living people Mexican male film actors Mexican male stage actors Mexican male telenovela actors Mexican telenovela directors Mexican telenovela producers Mexican film producers Male actors from Coahuila People from Torreón