Héctor Marcelo Buquet Corleto (born October 4, 1963 in

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) is a Uruguayan actor and former model.

Biography

At the age of 18 Buquet joined a theater company in his native Uruguay called '' El Galpón del Uruguay'' where he participated in 25 stage productions as an actor, producer, songwriter and singer. At the age of 26 he moved to Mexico and participated in the telenovela '' Simplemente María'' with

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and in

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' production of '' Bear Jest'' for which he was nominated as the ''Best Comedy Actor of the Year'' by the Association of Theater Journalists of Mexico. In 1992 he obtained a role in his second telenovela: '' El abuelo y yo'' with

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. The following year he obtained a role in Uruguay's full feature film ''El dirigible''. In 1994 he produced and starred in ''Triángulo'' directed by

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in Mexico City and

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, Uruguay and in ''Che... Che... Chejov'' which received the ''Best Self-Taught Production of the Year''. In 1998 he played as Rodrigo Bracho in '' La usurpadora'' and its special short sequel ''Más allá de la usurpadora''. His most recent work was his fourth

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n telenovela: ''

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'' in 2010.

Awards

* 1998 Special mention by the Association of Theater Critics of Uruguay * 1994 ''Best Self-Taught Production of the Year'' by the Mexican Association of Theater Critics * 1991 ''Foreign-born Model of the Year'' by Contempo Agency

Telenovelas

Sources

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buquet, Marcelo Uruguayan male stage actors Uruguayan male telenovela actors Mexican theatre managers and producers Uruguayan emigrants to Mexico 1963 births Living people Uruguayan male film actors Uruguayan people of French descent