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 ...
in
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
2015 elections
Africa
* 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015
* 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015
* 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015
* 2015 Burundian presidential election 21 July 2015
* 2015-16 Central African gene ...
had been bought by the Partido Verde.
Filmography
Film and television
References
External links
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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