Jaime Camil

Jaime Federico Said Camil Saldaña da Gama (born July 22, 1973),[1] known professionally as Jaime Camil, is a Mexican actor, singer and television personality. He is best known for his roles as Fernando Mendiola in La Fea Más Bella and Rogelio de la Vega in Jane the Virgin, the latter of which brought him two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Jaime Camil
Camil in 2015
Born	Jaime Federico Said Camil Saldaña da Gama July 22, 1973 Mexico City, Mexico
Citizenship	Mexico Brazil United States
Occupation	Actor, singer, television personality
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	Heidi Balvanera ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2
Website	jaimecamil.com

Early life

Camil was born in Mexico City, Mexico.[2] He is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a Mexican businessman with partial Egyptian heritage, and Cecilia Saldanha da Gama, a Brazilian singer. He earned a bachelor degree in business administration from Universidad Anáhuac; studied acting in New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico; and took classical opera training in Italy.

Career

Camil started his career in 1993 as a radio commentator on Radioactivo 98.5. In 1995, he made his small-screen debut as a host in El show de Jaime Camil. He continued as a host in TV Azteca's Qué nochecita con Jaime Camil (1996) and Televisa's Operación triunfo (2002). In 2009, he co-hosted Aventura por México with Javier Poza, and in 2010 he hosted the Mexican edition of the game show, El Gran Show.

In 1999, he released his first album Para estar contigo, which took him to major cities in Mexico, South America, and the United States. After participating in El Ultimo Adios (The Last Goodbye), a tribute to victims of 9/11, Camil released his second disc, Una vez más, in 2002. The singles Dime and Muriendo por ti rose to #17 and #24 Billboard's charts.[3] In 2014 he stood on the other side of the microphone for the first time, directing the music video Perdon for the group Barston.[4] Several of his albums went platinum after their release.[5]

His work in the telenovela industry began with Mi destino eres tú (2000), followed by Mujer de madera (2004). The role which finally brought Jaime Camil universal renown was in the romantic comedy telenovela La fea más bella (2006–2007). His interpretation of "Don Fernando Mendiola" earned him a nomination for a Best Actor award in the Premios TVyNovelas. After Las tontas no van al cielo (2009) with Jacqueline Bracamontes, his next telenovela took him to South America for the Argentine/Mexican co-production of Los Exitosos Pérez (2009–2010) in which he played twins. 2012 brought Por Ella Soy Eva with Camil's most technically challenging role, and one of his most memorable. His character Juan Carlos disguised himself as an outspoken older woman reminiscent of Tootsie. La fea más bella and Por Ella Soy Eva comprised two of the three highest-rated telenovelas since Mexico started keeping records. A year later, his guest appearance on an episode of Devious Maids helped propel it to the third-highest-rated show of the series.[6]

His film debut was in Delfines in 1997, but it wasn't until 2003 when film producers noticed his talent in acting. He co-starred in three different movies filmed in just a year; Puños rosas (rel. 2004), Zapata (rel. 2004) and 7 Días (rel. 2005). For his interpretation of "Tony" in 7 Días, Camil was awarded the 2006 Diosa de plata as Best Supporting Actor. 2007 saw the release of I Love Miami. He participated in the Chilean movie All Inclusive. He went on to play the lead in two romantic comedies, Recien cazado filmed in Baja California and Paris, and Regresa, both released in the winter of 2008-09. Camil voiced the role of Barry in the Spanish-language edition of the animated movie Bee Movie. In the Spanish version of Open Season he dubbed the voice of Elliot, the Mule Deer. He is cofounder and spokesman of the Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico, as of 2006 .[7] and has starred in shorts Mariana made in Tepito and Volver, volver.

Camil has often said that his favorite venue is the stage. In 2005, he played Nestor Castillo in the Broadway-bound musical The Mambo Kings. Later in 2005 he performed in Latinologues on Broadway. His work in Mexican theater includes the role of Bernardo in a revival of West Side Story (2004), for which he won the Palmas de Oro award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical.[8] In 2007 he played the lead, Father Silvestre, in El diluvio que viene, which won the APT and ACPT awards for Best Actor in a Musical. He has played colorful characters such as Captain Hook in the musical Peter Pan (2007), and the Genie in the musical Aladdin (2008). In the summer of 2016, Jaime starred as Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago on Broadway in the Ambassador Theater. Camil played Flynn in an extended run from May 31 to July 31, 2016.[9][10]

In the fall of 2014, he began acting in the role of Rogelio De La Vega, the biological father of Jane Villanueva and a telenovela star, in the CW network comedy, Jane the Virgin.

In 2018, he starred the main role of Panchito Pistoles on Legend of the Three Caballeros, which is based on the 1944 film The Three Caballeros, as well as taking over the role of the TaleSpin character Don Karnage for his appearance in the 2017 DuckTales reboot.

In 2019, he voiced the character Globgor in the final season of Star vs. the Forces of Evil.

Personal life

Camil divides his time between Los Angeles and Mexico City with his wife, model Heidi Balvanera, and their two children. He has two half-siblings and three step-siblings. He speaks four languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese, and French.[11][12] His older half-sister, Issabela Camil, is a famous Mexican actress and model, with an extensive curriculum in both Mexico and Latin America (whose filmography includes films, TV series and soap operas such as Mujeres asesinas, Por amar sin ley, Luis Miguel: The Series, Muy padres, Pasión y poder, among others).[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Role	Title	Notes
2004	Randy Garza	Puños rosas
2004	Eufemio Zapata	Zapata: El sueño de un héroe
2005	Jorge	Volver, volver	Short film
2005	Tony Zamacona	7 días
2006	Alberto	I Love Miami
2006	Elliot	Open Season	Spanish dub
2007	Barry B. Benson	Bee Movie	Spanish dub
2008	Baldi	Todo incluido (All inclusive)
2009	Tambo Macaw	El Agente 00-P2
2009	Sebastián	Recién cazado
2010	Ernesto del Valle	Regresa
2011	Eladio	Salvando al Soldado Pérez
2012	Mateo Robles	El cielo en tu mirada
2012	Géronimo	Chiapas, el corazón del café
2013		Zero Hour	Short film
2013	Juan	200 Cartas
2013	Alejandro	Pulling Strings
2014	Waiter #1	Elsa & Fred
2015	Maurice	Maurice, modisto de Señoras
2015	Director	Los árboles mueren de pie
2016	Fernando (voice)	The Secret Life of Pets
2017	Papá (voice)	Coco
2018	Mr. Villanueva	Little Bitches
2018	Chupacabra (voice)	Hotel Transylvania 3
2018	Erik Ryan	Glass Jaw
2019	Fernando	Madness in the Method
2020	Hank	My Boyfriend’s Meds

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997–1998	Mirada de mujer	Antonio Ramírez	225 episodes
1999	Por tu amor	Roberto Flores	71 episodes
2000	Mi destino eres tú	Mauricio Rodríguez	Series regular
2000–2001	La hora pico	Host	20 episodes
2001	Diseñador de ambos sexos	Himself	Guest
2002	La familia P. Luche	Himself	Episode: "El concurso de reclamos"
2004–2005	Mujer de Madera	César Linares	Lead role
2006–2007	La fea más bella	Fernando Mendiola	300 episodes
2007	Una familia de diez	Himself	Episode: "Adolfo"
2008	Las tontas no van al cielo	Santiago López Carmona	138 episodes
2009–2010	Los exitosos Pérez	Martín Pérez / Gonzalo González	171 episodes
2012	Por ella soy Eva	Juan Carlos Caballero / Eva María León Jaramillo Vda. de Zuloaga / Juan Perón	166 episodes
2013	Devious Maids	Oscar Valdez	Episode: "Taking Out the Trash"
2013–2014	Qué pobres tan ricos	Miguel Ángel Ruizpalacios	166 episodes
2014–2019	Jane the Virgin	Rogelio de la Vega	Series regular
2014	The Noite com Danilo Gentili	Himself	1 episode
2014	The Talk	Himself	Episode "The Cast of "Jane the Virgin"/iJustine/Jamie Krell" (Season 5, Episode 26)
2015	The 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards	Himself
2016	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Himself	Provided Spanish-language translation on Oliver's segment on multi-level marketing
2018–present	Legend of the Three Caballeros	Panchito Gonzalez	Series regular
2018–present	DuckTales	Don Karnage	2 episodes
2018–2019	Elena of Avalor	Julio	2 episodes
2019	The Adventures in School!	Javier Maldonado	Series regular
2019	Charmed	Mr. Miranda	Episode: "Witch Perfect"
2019	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Globgor	5 episodes
2019	The Lion Guard	Pinguino	3 episodes
2019	BoJack Horseman	Jorge Chavez	Episode: "The Kidney Stays in the Picture"
2020	Broke	Javier	Series regular
2020	Elena of Avalor	Julio	Episode: "Elena's Day Off"
2021	Tales from the Unknown	Gomez Addams	Episode: "Frightmare"
TBA	Schmigadoon!	Doc Lopez	Main role, upcoming series

As producer

Year	Title	Notes
2012	Chiapas, el corazón del café	Co-producer

Discography

• (1999) Para estar contigo
• (2002) Una vez más

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor - Comedy	Jane the Virgin	Nominated	[14]
2016	Teen Choice Awards			Nominated	[15]
2017	Teen Choice Awards			Nominated	[16]
2018	Teen Choice Awards			Won	[17]
2019	Teen Choice Awards			Won	[18]

References

1. "Jaime Camil Actor". TV Guide. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
2. "1973: Llega al mundo el popular actor mexicano Jaime Camil". El Siglo de Torreon. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
3. "Una Vez Mas - Jaime Camil - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
4. Profile, Informador.com.mx; accessed November 8, 2014.
5. "Actor Jaime Camil On How 'Jane The Virgin' Humanizes Its Telenovela Characters". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
6. "Devious Maids: latest ratings - canceled + renewed TV shows - TV Series Finale". tvseriesfinale.com. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
7. Shortshorts Mexico Biosstars-mx.com, (in Spanish), last retrieved March 16, 2007.
8. Profile, Elsiglodetorreon.com.mx; accessed 8 November 2014.
9. "Jaime Camil Extends Run in Broadway's 'Chicago'". Billboard.com. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
10. "Jaime Camil in Chicago the Musical Video: Jane the Virgin Star as Billy Flynn". People.com. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
11. https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-my-favorite-room-jaime-camil-20190119-story.html
12. https://eldiariony.com/2020/06/25/te-llevamos-a-conocer-la-lujosa-mansion-de-jaime-camil-y-heidi-balvanera-en-los-angeles/
13. https://www.debate.com.mx/show/Esta-es-la-relacion-entre-Issabela-Camil-y-Jaime-Camil-20200210-0277.html
14. "2015 Teen Choice Award Winners – Full List". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. August 16, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
15. Crist, Allison; Nordyke, Kimberly (July 31, 2016). "Teen Choice Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017.
16. Vulpo, Mike (August 13, 2017). "Teen Choice Awards 2017 Winners: The Complete List". E! Online. NBC Universal. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
17. Douglas, Esme. "Teen Choice Awards 2018: See the full list of winners". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
18. Moreau, Jordan (19 June 2019). "'Avengers: Endgame,' 'Riverdale,' 'Aladdin' Top 2019 Teen Choice Award Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

External links

• Official Website
• Jaime Camil at IMDb