Carlos Enrique Mata Iturriza (born August 28, 1952), better known as Carlos Mata, is a Venezuelan
television actor and singer. Born in
Caracas, Venezuela on August 28, 1952,
he is best known for his great career in Venezuelan
telenovelas for the companies
Venezolana de Televisión,
Radio Caracas Televisión and,
Venevisión.
Mata was the protagonist in 9 telenovelas, among them the most recognized are ''
La dama de rosa'' (1986), ''
Señora'' (1988), ''
Las dos Dianas'' (1992), ''
Déjate querer'' (1993) and ''
Enamorada'' (1999), among others.
His album "Que por que te quiero" remained for four months on the ''
Billboard charts'' in 1985, where he shared the stage with artists such as:
Miami Sound Machine,
Lola Flores,
Celia Cruz,
Joaquin Sabina,
Julio Iglesias
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,
Brigitte Nielsen,
Miguel Bosé, among many others.
Through his image, he was the biggest seller of Latin American
telenovelas in the world, and was even mentioned by market studies as the third export product of Venezuela,
and as the most recognized Spanish non-Spanish character.
Selected filmography
Awards and nominations
References
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1952 births
Living people
Venezuelan male telenovela actors
20th-century Venezuelan male singers
21st-century Venezuelan male singers