Sergio Sendel Santealla (born November 4, 1966) is a Mexican actor, most notable for playing villainous roles in Mexican telenovelas.
He won the TVyNovelas for Best Male Antagonist in 2008 for his role as Aarón Montalvo Iturbe in
Destilando Amor
''Destilando Amor'' (English: ''Distilling Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 2007. It is a remake of the 1994 Colombian telenovela '' Café, con aroma de mujer''.
On Monday, January 22, 2007, Ca ...
. In May 2020 it was announced by Telemundo that Sendel will be returning to acting.
Biography
Sergio Sendel was born in Mexico City, Mexico on November 4, 1966. He is the son of Elsa Sendel. Divorced from Marcela Rodriguez in 2012 after 16 years of marriage, Sendel has two children, twins Elsa Valeria and Sergio Graco.
Sendel's career began with small roles in telenovelas beginning in 1990, but he quickly found himself sought after in the role of the antagonist.
On December 8, 2007, he received a star on the Paseo de las Luminarias alley in the Plaza de las Estrellas.
1990s
Sergio made his debut in 1990 .He made special appearances in telenovelas, ''
Mi pequeña Soledad
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Verónica Castro starred as protagonist, while Rosa María Bianchi, Salvador Pineda, July Furlong and Roberto Balle ...
'' in 1990 as Gustavo and ''
Alcanzar una estrella II
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Sasha Sokol, Ricky Martin, Angélica Rivera, Eri ...
'' in 1991.
In 1992, he had a supporting role in ''
Muchachitas
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The lead roles are played by Cecilia Tijerina, Tiaré Scanda, E ...
'' as Pedro.
Later in 1993 he had his second supporting role in telenovela, ''
Dos mujeres, un camino
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''
He then started getting mature roles as antagonist in the
telenovela
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s, ''
Tres mujeres
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''in 1999.
2000s
In 2000, he starred as villain in ''
Ramona
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'' along with
Kate del Castillo
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,
Eduardo Palomo
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and
Helena Rojo
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Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she began her career as a model in the 1961. Toward the end of the decade, she studied drama with ren ...
.
In 2001 he also starred in telenovela ''
La Intrusa'' as Danilo Roldán Limantur
In 2002 he was antagonist in ''
La Otra
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On Monday, May 20, 2002, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''La Otra'' weekdays at 8:00pm, replacing ''Salomé''. Th ...
'' together with
Juan Soler,
Yadhira Carrillo
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and
Jacqueline Andere.
He had his first protagonist role in the year 2004 in ''
Amarte es mi Pecado'' alongside
Yadhira Carrillo
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and
Alessandra Rosaldo
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A ...
.He marked his second protagonist role in 2005 in
Salvador Mejía's ''
La esposa virgen'' alongside
Jorge Salinas
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Career
Salinas then enrolled at Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) in 1990 and after finishing his studies, he rece ...
,
Adela Noriega
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and
Natalia Esperón
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.
He returned to antagonistic roles in 2006 in telenovela
Heridas de Amor as César Beltrán Campuzano
In 2007, he was antagonist in ''
Destilando amor
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On Monday, January 22, 2007, Ca ...
'' working with
Eduardo Yañez
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Association football
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and is one of his most notable performance since he won the 2008
TVyNovelas Awards for Best Male Antagonist.
In 2008, he and
Lucero played as villains in Nicandro Diaz's ''
Mañana es para siempre
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'' against roles of
Silvia Navarro
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and
Fernando Colunga
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Colunga gained international fame for playing Luis Fernando de la Vega in the Mexican soap opera '' Maria la del Barrio''. He is ...
who starred as protagonists.
2010s
He returned to telenovelas in 2011 in ''
Una familia con suerte
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'' as Vicente Irabien together with
Daniela Castro and
Mayrín Villanueva
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Villanueva has also posed for multiple magazines. She was considered for the role of Julia Montaño in the 2004 telenovela ''Apuesta por un Amor''; the role was eve ...
.
In July 2013, he was confirmed to star in
Angelli Nesma's,''
Lo que la vida me robó
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'' together with ensembled cast of
Daniela Castro,
Angelique Boyer
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and
Luis Roberto Guzmán
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playing PedroMedina an ambitious and cruel husband of Nadia played by
Alejandra Garcia.
In 2015, he was one of the main characters in ''
Lo imperdonable'', a
Salvador Mejía
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He is married with also producer Nathalie Lartilleux, his former associate producer on his first telenovela ...
production together with
Ana Brenda Contreras
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,
Iván Sánchez
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Career
After his time as a model, Sánchez started acting in 2002 in his home country doing cinema, television, and theater. His f ...
and
Grettel Valdéz.
Filmography
Movies
Sendel provided the voice of the sabre tooth tiger, Diego in the Spanish version of the animated movie
Ice Age
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. Although he had originally contracted to provide the voice for Diego in
Ice Age 2, he left the project when the producers would not meet his financial demands.
In 2015, he starred in a film,''
Un gallo con muchos huevos
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'' along with
Maite Perroni
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Perroni gained international fame in 2004 as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated Latin pop group RBD.
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.
Accolades
Premios TVyNovelas
Premios Bravo
People en Español
References
External links
Photos of Sendel from his telenovelas*
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1966 births
Living people
Mexican male telenovela actors
Mexican male television actors
Male actors from Mexico City