Erick Elías Rabinovitz (born June 23, 1980) is a Mexican actor. Elías began acting with a screen debut in '' DKDA: Sueños de juventud'' (2000), followed by roles in '' Amigos x siempre'' (2000). He became known in the reality show '' Protagonistas de Novela'' (2003), where he was the winner. He participated in projects of the American network

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, such as; ''Gitanas'' (2004), '' El cuerpo del deseo'' (2005), '' El Zorro, la espada y la rosa'' (2007), ''

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'' (2019) and ''

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'' (2020). He got his first starring role in the telenovela '' Tormenta en el paraíso.'' From there followed roles as protagonists in '' Niña de mi corazón'' (2010), '' Ni contigo ni sin ti'' (2011), '' Porque el amor manda'' (2013), '' El color de la pasión'' (2014) and '' El hotel de los secretos'' (2016), the first series that

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produced for

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Early life

Elías was born in

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, son of Cecilia Rabinovitz and Ricardo Elías Pessah. He has a brother named Alexis Elías. He studied arts and industrial design. In 2010 he married Karla Guindi, with whom he has two children, Penélope Elías Guindi (b. 2011) and Olivia Elías Guindi (b. 2013).

Acting career

Early career

Before dedicating himself to the performance arts, he was part of a musical group called Tierra Cero. He made his acting debut in the 2000

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'' DKDA: Sueños de juventud'' and '' Amigos x siempre''. He became known in the 2003 reality show '' Protagonistas de Novela'', where he turned out to be a winner. In 2004 he auditioned to be the main villain of the telenovela produced by Argos Comunicación for

''Gitanas'', where he played Jonás. After this project, he continued working for

with two more telenovelas, titled '' El cuerpo del deseo'' and '' El Zorro, la espada y la rosa''. In 2007 he got her first starring role with Sara Maldonado in the telenovela '' Tormenta en el paraíso''. In 2008, he was chosen by Carlos Moreno to participate also starring in the telenovela '' En nombre del amor'' remake of the 1991 telenovela '' Cadenas de amargura''. Elías has voiced Flint Lockwood in the Spanish-language version of ''

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'' and its

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from

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. According to an interview, he has stated that his daughter, Penelope, inspired him to be the dubbing voice of Flint. He provided the voice of Charro Negro, the main antagonist of the Mexican animated film, '' La Leyenda del Charro Negro'' released on 19 January 2018.

Filmography

Films roles

Television roles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elias, Erick 1980 births Living people Male actors from Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexican Jews Mexican male models Mexican male film actors Mexican male telenovela actors Mexican emigrants to the United States Models from Guadalajara, Jalisco Singers from Guadalajara, Jalisco 21st-century Mexican singers 21st-century Mexican male singers