Ariel López Padilla
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Ariel López Padilla was born in GuadalajaraGuadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
, Jalisco, Mexico, on August 12, 1962.
Being the second of three brothers, Francisco and Horacio the other two, this "sandwich brother" has always been of restless nature and avid for attention, there the root of his multiple facets like actor, plastic artist, dancer, sportsman, writer, painter, teacher and who knows what else might come into his head.
Early young he showed an outstanding ability for acting: countless are the family anecdotes where Ariel displayed his gift taking you from laughter with diverse jokes, imitations, funny remarks, as well as trying to manipulate you with a tear or two. Dunia Zaldívar, his aunt and who already counted with some years as an actress, shared with him acting techniques, selected literature, examples and other guides that introduced him formally and with a lot of affection to this art.
As expected, he studied the career of performance arts at the Universidad de Guadalajara and participated in several productions where he quickly distinguished, especially in comic papers. Something that still highlights him in his personal life: he is the best telling jokes! Motivated to have a better figure in his adolescence (in that time he was fat) he became fan of basketball, sport that he still practices.
However, his true passion has always been the classic ballet. He studied in the best academies of Guadalajara and later was hired as a dancer by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (I.N.B.A.) in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. His dedication and perseverance through several years led him to take courses and workshops about dance, participating in countries like Mexico (practically the whole Mexican republic), Cuba, France, Germany, United States and the extinct Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, where he had the privilege auditioned for the Bolshoi
Bolshoi
Bolshoi may refer to:*Bolshoi Theatre, a major ballet and opera theatre in Moscow, Russia**Bolshoi Ballet, resident ballet company at the Bolshoi Theatre**Moscow State Academy of Choreography, commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy...
Ballet in the capital, Moscow.
As all careers based on the physical force, Ariel knew that he had to return to its innate vocation: acting. He gave up at I.N.B.A. as a dancer to participate in the production of Cats
Cats (musical)
Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot...
The Musical. He enrolled to Televisa’s Centro de Educación Artística
Centro de Educación Artística
The Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa is an entertainment educational institution in Latin America. It was founded on September 26, 1978 and it is located in the facilities of Televisa San Ángel in Mexico City....
(CEA and also called the Star System) just to claim what he has always been born. Ariel was discovered by Mr. Eugenio Cobo, CEA's Principal, allowing him to have his first sporadic but constant appearances in multiple TV shows and eventually to take his first main papers in soap operas like “La Pícara Soñadora” (Dir. Raquel Parot, Prod. Valentin Pimstein) y “De Frente Al Sol” (Dir. Miguel Corcega, Prod. Carla Estrada).
His jump to the fame definitively made it with the soap opera Corazón Salvaje
Corazón salvaje
Corazón salvaje was a novel written by prolific Mexican writer Caridad Bravo Adams and published in 1957 after it had been adapted to the screen the previous year....
, the third adaptation to the TV screen of the novel written by Caridad Bravo Adams, directed by Alberto Cortez and produced by José Rendón. This adaptation had the luck of capturing the pleasure and popularity of the TV viewers who had the fortune of seeing the acting of Edith González, the deceased Eduardo Palomo and Ana Colchero in a production where Alberto Cortez made gala of an unprecedented visual language using all his experience as a cinema director.
At present time he lives in the city of Miami, Florida, United States and has been invited to collaborate in productions with international projection for the audience of Latin America.
He is married to a show business executive and both have been sharing their lives in love and harmony. He was married to Mariana Levy
Mariana Levy
Mariana Levy Fernández was a Mexican telenovela actress, singer and television show host. She was the daughter of actress Talina Fernández.-Biography:Mariana Levy was born in Mexico City...
who died from a heart attack after a failed armed robbery attempt in Mexico City. With Mariana he had the opportunity to become father of a girl: María (born on March 28, 1996).
Curiosities
Ariel has a strange compulsion to acquire shoes of all type, color, style and brands. Frequently, he starts a search for extremely comfortable footwear and for the most diverse use: from some simple sandals, the most fine and exclusive moccasins,all terrain mountain climbing certified boots, until his favorite ones, sport shoes ("tennis shoes") that usually involve the highest vanguard and technology in comfort, flexibility, durability, style, etc. Finding out the origin of this footwear’s obsession, Ariel explains that is a kind of acting exercise because he considers that a character expresses his essence, nature and personality through the footwear. It is a common practice in Ariel when a new role is assigned to match the most appropriate pair of shoes so he can “get into the part” faster.
Telenovela
- HuérfanasHuérfanasHuérfanas is a Mexican telenovela produced by Azteca. It stars Ana Belena & Fernando Alonso as the protagonists. Mariana Torres portrays a villain character for the first time. Other villains include Ana Ciochetti and Ariel López Padilla...
(2011) ... Upcoming telenovela on Azteca 13 - Quiéreme TontoQuiéreme TontoQuiéreme Tonto is a Mexican telenovela by TV Azteca, apparently a remake of Bésame Tonto, which has the same author. It premiered on April 19, 2010. This will be the third telenovela of the new era of Azteca Novelas.It stars Yahir and Litzy. It has some connection with TV Azteca and the ex-La...
(2010) .... Lázaro Cruz - Pecados ajenosPecados AjenosPecados Ajenos is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. This limited-run series was shot in Florida by Telemundo Studios, Miami. It is also known as A Chance to Love This telenovela was sold to 16 countries around the world.Pecados Ajenos...
(2008) .... Rogelio Mercenario - Bajo las riendas del amorBajo las Riendas del AmorBajo Las Riendas del Amor is a telenovela that aired from March 12, 2007 to October 5, 2007. It was filmed in Miami, Florida .-Plot:...
(2007) .... Joaquin Corcuera - Tierra de pasionesTierra de PasionesTierra de Pasiones is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo which is owned by NBC Universal. Tierra de Pasiones was filmed on a set in Homestead, Florida, and aired weekdays from February 20, 2006 to October 24, 2006 at 8 pm ET...
(2006) .... Javier Ortigoza - DecisionesDecisionesDecisiones is a Telemundo-produced Spanish-language television anthology of steamy melodramas about passion and sex in the modern world. The hour-long series features impassioned people thrust into amorous adventures and pushed to their breaking points...
(2005) .... Libardo - Soñar no cuesta nada (2005) .... Jonás Reyes
- Inocente de tiInocente de TiInocente de Ti is a Miami-based 130 episode telenovela that first aired on the Univision network in 2005. It features Camila Sodi, Valentino Lanús, and Helena Rojo.-Plot:...
(2004) .... Licenciado Gómez Riveroll - Ángel rebeldeAngel RebeldeÁngel Rebelde was a 2003 Miami, Florida-based telenovela produced by Fonovideo Productions which aired first on Venevisión in Venezuela.- Plot :...
(2004) .... Ernesto Lezama, Rómulo Lezama - Gata salvajeGata SalvajeGata Salvaje was a telenovela which aired first on Venevisión in Venezuela on May 16, 2002 and some days later was released on the Spanish station Univision from mid-summer of 2002 until May 2003, and later aired in Mexico on El Canal De Las Estrellas from January 2003 to December 2003...
(2002) .... Patricio Rivera - Secreto de amor .... Dr. Ricardo Sandoval
- Carita de ángelCarita de ÁngelCarita de Angel was a child telenovela produced in Mexico by Televisa in 2000 produced by Nicandro Díaz. It is a remake of the telenovela Papa Corazon, which also was adapted for World toy. It starred Lisette Morelos Miguel de León and stellar participation Daniela Aedo as Dulce Maria...
.... Adrián - Alma rebeldeAlma RebeldeAlma Rebelde ' was a 1999 Mexican telenovela, starring Lisette Morelos, Eduardo Verástegui and the late Edgar Ponce. It was produced by Televisa. This telenovela contained 90 episodes.- Synopsis :...
(1999) .... Damian Montoro - SoñadorasSoñadorasSoñadoras is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1998, and shown in 1999 on Univision.-Las Soñadoras:* Aracely Arámbula as Jaqueline de la Peña* Angélica Vale as Julieta Ruiz...
(1998) .... Enrique Bernal - Te sigo amando (1996) .... Doctor
- LeonelaLeonelaLeonela was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and broadcast on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by Delia Fiallo and directed by Rolando Loewenstein. This telenovela lasted 133 episodes and was distributed internationally by Coral International...
(1997) .... Damián - Pobre niña ricaPobre Niña RicaPobre Niña Rica is a Mexican telenovela shown in 1995, starring with Victoria Ruffo, Ariel López Padilla, and Paulina Rubio. This telenovela contains 65 episodes.- Synopsis :...
(1995) .... Julio - María la del BarrioMaría la del BarrioMaría la del barrio is the 3rd telenovela of Thalía from the trilogy of 'Maria'. Is a Mexican telenovela which starred Thalía, Fernando Colunga, Itatí Cantoral, Ricardo Blume, Iran Eory and the youngest actors Ludwika Paleta & Osvaldo Benavides...
(1995) .... Dr. Daniel Ordonez - Caminos cruzados (1994) .... César Augusto
- Prisionera de amor (1994)
- Corazón SalvajeCorazón salvaje (1993 TV series)Corazón Salvaje is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1993. It was also broadcast on Galavisión and Univision in the United States later that year and again in 2003 as well as in Peru in 1993 and 1999, in Kenya on KTN and in Italy on Rete 4 in 1993 and on 7Gold...
(1993) .... Andrés Alcázar y Valle - Clarisa (1993) .... Gaston
- Televiteatros (1993)
- De Frente al Sol (1992)
- La Pícara SoñadoraLa Pícara SoñadoraLa Pícara Soñadora was a Mexican telenovela shown in 1991, based on a 1956 Argentine film of the same name directed by Ernesto Arancibia. This telenovela contains 80 episodes and stars the late Dina de Marco, Irán Eory, Eduardo Palomo, and Mariana Levy.- Synopsis :Lupita is young and pretty and...
(1991)
External links
- Official Website: http://www.ariellopezpadilla.com/