Humberto Zurita

Humberto Zurita (born September 2, 1954, Spanish pronunciation: [umˈbeɾto suˈɾita]) is a Mexican actor, director and producer.

Humberto Zurita
Born	September 2, 1954 Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
Occupation	Actor, film producer
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Christian Bach ​ ​ (m. 1986; died 2019)​
Children	Sebastián Zurita Emiliano Zurita

Zurita, one of 10 siblings from Torreón, Coahuila, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas.

Acting career

He made his first stage appearances in amateur performances of musicals including Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar. He graduated from CUT (Centro Universitario de Teatro - the University Theatrical Centre) of UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma - National Autonomous University of Mexico), the famous educational institute for acting in Mexico.

As a stage actor, he acted in various plays from classical to modern, as well as absurd theater. Humberto Zurita played classical roles like Hamlet but he also appeared in various contemporary plays like M. Butterfly. As theatrical producer and director he staged The Protagonist (El Protagonista) by the Argentine playwright Luis Agustoni (also acting in the title role as Fernando) and Haute surveillance (Severa Vigilancia) by Jean Genet.

In television, he started his acting career with Televisa in the late 1970s. He obtained his first starring role as Alberto Limonta in the 1981 production of El derecho de nacer. Two years later he took the role of Eddie in the Mexican production of P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, with Manuel Ojeda as Jimmy. He combined a film career with his television productions such as the telenovela Cañaveral de Pasiones.

In 1997, citing creative reasons he and his wife, Christian Bach, moved to TV Azteca. In a bold move he produced and starred in El candidato an interactive telenovela about current Mexican political issues a year prior to the 2000 Mexican presidential elections. He produced Azul Tequila (the only telenovela exported to the UK). In Mexico he has produced four films to date.

Since 2003, he has worked for Argos Television, an independent media company that has produced telenovelas for TV Azteca and Telemundo Network associated company.

Filmography

Actor

List of acting credits in films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Rastro de muerte	Gerardo Valles
1982	El día que murió Pedro Infante
1983	Bajo la metralla	Pedro / Mateo
1983	El amor es un juego extraño
1984	Luna de miel y de sangre
1985	Secuestro sangriento
1985	Luna caliente	Ramiro Bernárdez
1985	Maniqui		Short film
1986	De mujer a mujer	Sergio, El Guapo
1986	El tres de copas
1988	A la misma hora
1988	La furia de un dios
1988	Diana, René, y El Tíbiri
1989	Los placeres ocultos
1990	Cacería de un fugitivo
1991	Nacidos para morir
1991	Pelo suelto
1991	Asalto	Andrés
1992	Secuestro a mano armada
1992	Muerte ciega	Luis
1992	Imperio de los malditos	Guero
1992	Persecución infernal
1993	El asesino del zodiaco	García Rojas
1994	Amor que mata
1994	Perfume, efecto inmediato
1995	Bésame En La Boca	Gerente de la Disquera
1995	Morena	Carlos Narval
2007	Operación piloto	Alejandro Trujillo	Television film
2007	Propiedad ajena	Coronel Robert Crossman
2008	Bajo la sal	Comandante Trujillo
2009	Euforia	Pat Corcoran
2010	Ángel caído	Mr. cain
2011	Travesía del desierto	Víctor
2014	Canon, fidelidad al límite	Javier Betanzos

List of acting credits in television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Una mujer	Javier	Television debut
1979	Muchacha de barrio	Raúl
1980	Soledad	Fernando
1980	Querer volar
1981	El derecho de nacer	Alberto
1983	El maleficio	Jorge de Martino
1985	De pura sangre	Alberto
1986	Hora marcada		Short film
1988	Encadenados	Germán
1991	Al filo de la muerte
1993	Capricho	Daniel
1993	Televiteatros
1994	El vuelo del águila	General Porfirio Díaz
1996	La antorcha encendida	Mariano Foncerrada
1997	Alguna vez tendremos alas	Guillermo Lamas
1999	El candidato	Ignacio Santoscoy
2002	Agua y aceite	Ernesto
2002	Ladrón de corazones	Antonio Vega
2005	Los plateados	Emilio Gallardo
2005	Volver al paraíso
2006	Marina	Guillermo Alarcón Ferrer
2008	Secretos del alma
2010-2012	Terra ribelle	Lupo	Main cast; 13 episodes
2011	La Reina del Sur	Epifanio Vargas	Series regular
2013	Vivir a destiempo	Rogelio Bermúdez
2015	El capitán Camacho	Capitán Carlos Camacho / Telésforo Camacho
2016-17	La querida del centauro	Benedictino Garcia “El Centauro”
2020	100 días para enamorarnos	Ramiro Rivera

Producer

List of credits as a producer

Year	Title	Type
1993	Videoteatros: Véngan corriendo que les tengo un muerto	Television series
1993	Jezabel	Film
1993	Lil, la de los ojos color del tiempo	Television film
1993	La mujer legitima	Television film
1993	Televiteatros	Television series
1994	El abanico de Lady Windermere	Television film
1995	Bésame En La Boca	film

Awards and nominations

For Actor And Producer

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
1983	Best Male Revelation	The right to be born	Nominated
1983	Best Breakthrough Actor of the 80's	The right to be born	Won
1984	Best Male Revelation	Under the shrapnel	Won
1984	Best Actor	Under the shrapnel	Won
1984	Best Antagonist Actor	The curse	Won
1984	Best Supporting Actor	The curse	Won
1985	Best Actor	The day Pedro Infante died	Won
1985	Best Male Co-Protagonist	The curse	Won
1986	Best Protagonist Actor	Of pure blood	Won
1989	Best Protagonist Actor	Notorious	Won
1989	Best Actor	The day Pedro Infante died	Nominated
1992	Best Protagonist Actor	At the edge of death	Won
1995	Best Protagonist Actor	The eagle flight	Won
1996	Best Production	Under the Same Skin	Won
1997	Best Telenovela	Canaveral of passions	Won
1998	Best Male International Figure Of The Year	Ever we have wings	Won
2008	Best Actor	Black bird	Won
2009	Best Actor	Under the Salt	Nominated
2011	Best Supporting Actor	The Queen of the South	Nominated
2012	Best Antagomist Actor in a Series	The Queen of the South	Nominated
2015	Best Male Co-Protagonist	Canon	Nominated

External links

• Humberto Zurita at IMDb