Jean Duverger (born 5 April 1973) is a Mexican actor and entertainer.

Life and career

He is of French-Haitian ancestry. From 1981 to 1983, he studied at the Centro de Educacion Artística. Between 1988 and 1991, he was a

backup dancer A backup dancer also known as background dancer is a performer who dances with or behind the lead performers in a live musical act or in a music video. Their movements (especially where there are many moving together) improve the visual aesthetic ...

for the singer Yuri. Duverger was a member of

Timbiriche Timbiriche (also known for a brief time as La Banda Timbiriche) was a Mexican pop music group. The group started as a children's group in 1981 and managed to evolve successfully into adulthood. Timbiriche is considered one of the most iconic Lat ...

from 1992-1993. He appeared in various

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 (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

s of

Televisa Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April ...

from 1989 to 1999. In 2000 he began working for

TV Azteca Televisión Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., commonly known as TV Azteca, is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as so ...

. He currently works for

Fox Sports Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The name originates from Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States, which in turn derives its name from Fox Fi ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

and is the host of the television show " Fox Para Todos" (Fox for Everyone). In June 2015, Duverger revealed that he was contacted by various "agencies" that offered monetary compensation for favorable tweets of the

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice. Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...

, which he refused. This revelation came after speculation that unusually supportive tweets by celebrities and sports figures in the days prior to the

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had been bought by the Partido Verde.

Filmography

Film and television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duverger, Jean 1973 births Living people Mexican male dancers Mexican people of French descent Mexican people of Haitian descent Singers from Veracruz Male actors from Veracruz Mexican male telenovela actors Mexican male television actors Timbiriche members 20th-century Mexican dancers 21st-century Mexican dancers 20th-century Mexican male actors 21st-century Mexican male actors People from Cosamaloapan