Arturo Peniche
Encyclopedia
Arturo Peniche is a famous Mexican
telenovela
actor who became popular in Latin America
during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela La Traicion
.
school of actors, he found himself competing against other actors such as Guillermo Capetillo
, Andrés García
, Jaime Garza and Salvador Pineda
, among others.
Peniche acted in several commercials during that period, experience that would later on help him land top roles at Televisa's telenovela
s. One commercial, in which he sells bracelets with supposedly special powers made him somewhat famous in Puerto Rico
and other parts of Latin America.
His real break, however, came in 1990, when he filmed a telenovela named "Emperatriz
" in Venezuela
and later shot "María María
", his only soap as the male lead in the country. Having gained extreme popularity in that country, Peniche returned to Mexico with a new contract by Televisa. In 1991, he played the male antagonist in "Valeria y Maximiliano", his first soap opera in his home country after doing some successful soaps in Venezuela
.
His fame increased in 1992 when he participated in "Maria Mercedes
", a soap opera which was a huge international hit and launched the career of Thalía
. After "Maria Mercedes", Peniche took a break from filming telenovelas because his fame had reached levels that he didn't expect. However, he was still constantly on the public eye, thanks in part to magazines such as TV Novelas and others.
In 1995, he returned, filming a soap named "Morelia", which was co-produced by Univision
and Televisa. Parts of "Morelia
" were filmed in the United States
, and it was also a public favorite. For the next several years, he continued to make major international hits such as "La Usurpadora
" and "La Intrusa
" with Venezuelan actress Gaby Spanic, and "Siempre te Amare", among others. Contrary to the first time that he became famous, Peniche felt more mature and comfortable with fame after his comeback; this helped him continue on landing top roles at Televisa's main soaps.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
actor who became popular in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
during the 1990s. He is the brother of actor Flavio Peniche, who appears in the telenovela La Traicion
La Traición
La Traición is a Colombian-American telenovela co-produced by United States-based Telemundo and RTI Colombia. Telemundo debuted this serial on January 29, 2008, replacing Madre Luna. This show is also known as Betrayed....
.
Biography
Peniche struggled as an actor for many years before reaching stardom. Although he graduated from the famous TelevisaTelevisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
school of actors, he found himself competing against other actors such as Guillermo Capetillo
Guillermo Capetillo
Guillermo Capetillo is a Mexican actor, singer and matador and bullfighter. He is a member of the Capetillo family. His father and his brother, actor Manuel Capetillo, Jr. are also matadors, his half-brother Eduardo Capetillo is a singer and actor...
, Andrés García
Andrés García
Andrés García is a Dominican-born Mexican actor. He is known throughout Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States....
, Jaime Garza and Salvador Pineda
Salvador Pineda
Salvador Pineda Popoca is a Mexican actor. He has participated in several telenovelas and Mexican movies, as well as two Hollywood low budget movies....
, among others.
Peniche acted in several commercials during that period, experience that would later on help him land top roles at Televisa's telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
s. One commercial, in which he sells bracelets with supposedly special powers made him somewhat famous in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
and other parts of Latin America.
His real break, however, came in 1990, when he filmed a telenovela named "Emperatriz
Emperatriz
Emperatriz is a Mexican telenovela produced by Fides Velasco for Azteca. It stars Gabriela Spanic as the title character, while Bernie Paz as the male lead. Other casts include Sergio de Bustamante, Julieta Egurrola, Adriana Louvier, Marimar Vega, Miriam Higareda, Alberto Guerra, Rafael Sanchez...
" in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
and later shot "María María
María María
María María is a Venezuelan telenovela which starred Alba Roversi and Arturo Peniche. It was produced and broadcast on Marte TV in 1990.- Synopsis :...
", his only soap as the male lead in the country. Having gained extreme popularity in that country, Peniche returned to Mexico with a new contract by Televisa. In 1991, he played the male antagonist in "Valeria y Maximiliano", his first soap opera in his home country after doing some successful soaps in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
.
His fame increased in 1992 when he participated in "Maria Mercedes
María Mercedes (telenovela)
María Mercedes was a Mexican telenovela directed by Beatriz Sheridan and starring Thalía and Arturo Peniche.-Plot:Maria Mercedes is a poor girl who is abandoned with her brothers and sister by her ambitious mother...
", a soap opera which was a huge international hit and launched the career of Thalía
Thalía
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
. After "Maria Mercedes", Peniche took a break from filming telenovelas because his fame had reached levels that he didn't expect. However, he was still constantly on the public eye, thanks in part to magazines such as TV Novelas and others.
In 1995, he returned, filming a soap named "Morelia", which was co-produced by Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
and Televisa. Parts of "Morelia
Morelia
Morelia is a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the P'urhépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the...
" were filmed in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and it was also a public favorite. For the next several years, he continued to make major international hits such as "La Usurpadora
La usurpadora
La Usurpadora is a Mexican romantic drama telenovela produced by Salvador Mejia Alejandre and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from February 9, 1998 to July 24, 1998. It starred Gabriela Spanic and Fernando Colunga. This was one of the last telenovelas to feature Libertad Lamarque,...
" and "La Intrusa
La Intrusa (2001)
La Intrusa was Mexican telenovela. It was written by Inés Rodena and Carlos Romero, and directed by Marta Luna and Patricia Reyes Spíndola...
" with Venezuelan actress Gaby Spanic, and "Siempre te Amare", among others. Contrary to the first time that he became famous, Peniche felt more mature and comfortable with fame after his comeback; this helped him continue on landing top roles at Televisa's main soaps.
Telenovelas
- Vivir un pocoVivir un pocoVivir un poco is a Mexican telenovela, which was produced and broadcast by Televisa in 1985. The story was a remake of the very popular Chilean telenovela, La Madrastra from 1981. Vivir un poco tells the story of the quest of Andrea to find justice and her long-lost children but must face the lies...
(1985) ("Adrian") - Monte Calvario (1986) ("Gustavo")
- La Dama de RosaLa Dama de RosaLa Dama de Rosa was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by José Ignacio Cabrujas and directed by Luis Manzo and Tito Rojas. This telenovela lasted 144 episodes and it achieved a significant amount of success inside and...
(1987) - Emperatriza (1990) ("Emperatrix")
- Maria MariaMaria Maria"Maria Maria" is a song by Santana featuring The Product G&B. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for ten weeks on April 8, 2000...
(1990) - Valeria y Maximiliano (1991)
- Maria MercedesMaría Mercedes (telenovela)María Mercedes was a Mexican telenovela directed by Beatriz Sheridan and starring Thalía and Arturo Peniche.-Plot:Maria Mercedes is a poor girl who is abandoned with her brothers and sister by her ambitious mother...
(1992) ("Jorge Luis") - MoreliaMorelia (telenovela)Morelia is Mexican telenovela which starred Alpha Acosta, Arturo Peniche and Cecilia Bolocco. It was the first Mexican soap opera filmed in the city of Miami, it was produced and broadcast on Televisa in 1995–1996, Univision in 1996 and 2000–2001, Galavisión in 1998, and TeleFutura in 2003–2004...
(1995) - Maria JoseMaría JoséMaría José is a singer, ballet and flamenco dancer, and athlete, she also has a B.A. in Communications. She is well known and established within the music industry since she was part of a very popular pop-singing band in Mexico, Kabah, from the mid to late 90's.Her first experience on stage was at...
(1995) - MarisolMarisolMarisol is a Spanish name. Two Spanish words: Mar and Sol make Mar y Sol .Many argue, however, that it's also a combination of other names, such as María Soledad or María del Sol.Marisol can refer to:...
(1996) - El Alma no Tiene Color (1997) ("The Soul Has no Color")
- Contra Viento y mareaContra Viento y Marea (Venezuela)Contra Viento y Marea was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. This telenovela lasted 125 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.-Synopsis:...
(1997) - La UsurpadoraLa usurpadoraLa Usurpadora is a Mexican romantic drama telenovela produced by Salvador Mejia Alejandre and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from February 9, 1998 to July 24, 1998. It starred Gabriela Spanic and Fernando Colunga. This was one of the last telenovelas to feature Libertad Lamarque,...
(1998) "Edmundo Serrano" - 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) ("Female Dreamers") - Mujeres EngañadasMujeres engañadasMujeres engañadas is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas from October 25, 1999, to April 7, 2000...
(1999) (Alex) ("Women, who have been cheated on") - Siempre te Amare (2000) ("I Will Always Love You")
- Carita de AngelCarita 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...
(2000) ("Angel Face") - La Revancha (Vulve Junto A Mi)La RevanchaLa Revancha was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. This telenovela lasted 247 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.-Synopsis:...
(2000) - La IntrusaLa Intrusa (2001)La Intrusa was Mexican telenovela. It was written by Inés Rodena and Carlos Romero, and directed by Marta Luna and Patricia Reyes Spíndola...
(2001) ("The Intruder") - Entre el Amor y el OdioEntre el amor y el odioEntre el amor y el odio is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre and Televisa that aired on El Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 11 February 2002 through 2 August 2002...
(2002) - Engańada (2003) ("Who have been cheated on")
- Corazones al límite (Reto de Juventud)Corazones al límite-Plot:Corazones al límite was a Mexican telenovela about a teenage girl named Diana who was emotionally neglected from her parents, and felt unwanted. After being expelled from her boarding school in Switzerland, Diana goes back to live with her parents...
(2004) - Heridas de amorHeridas de AmorHeridas de Amor is a Mexican telenovela by Televisa. It is a remake of the telenovela Valeria y Maximiliano.-Plot:Miranda San Llorente is a decisive, hip, young woman who has both feet on the ground. She has it all: beauty, money and class. Her father, millionaire Gonzalo San Llorente, puts all...
(2006) .... Alfredo Luque - AlboradaAlboradaAlborada is a telenovela made by Mexican TV network Televisa. It is an historical drama, set in colonial Panama and Mexico a few years before Mexican Independence from Spain. The series was broadcast from December 2005 to April 2006 on Univision in the United States...
(2005/2006) "Antonio de Guzman" - Zorro: La Espada y La RosaZorro: La Espada y la RosaZorro: La Espada y la Rosa is a Spanish-language telenovela based on Johnston McCulley's characters. Telemundo aired it from February 12 to July 23, 2007. This limited-run serial shows the masked crusader as a hero torn between his fight for justice and his love for a beautiful woman...
(2007) "Fernando Sanchez de Moncada" - VictoriaVictoria (Telemundo Series)Victoria is the title of a Spanish-language telenovela about a woman who falls in love with a dashing younger man, when her marriage collapses around her. It is produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RTI Colombia. This limited-run series debuted in the US on December...
(2007/2008) "Enrique Mandoza" main protagonist - En Nombre del AmorEn Nombre del AmorEn Nombre Del Amor is a Mexican telenovela that aired in late 2008 through mid 2009. It is a remake of Cadenas de Amargura . En Nombre Del Amor was produced by Carlos Moreno, and filming began on August 4, 2008...
(2008/2009) "Padre Juan Cristobal Gamba" - Niña de mi CorazonNiña de mi CorazónNiña de mi Corazón is a juvenile Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and Telefe adapted from Pedro Damian's 1997 Mi Pequeña Traviesa, that premiered on March 8, 2010 and ended on July 9, 2010.-Synopsis:...
(2010) "Maximo Arrioja Riquelme" - Cuando me enamoro (2010) (Special Appearance), "Juan Cristobal Gamba"
External links
- http://www.telemundo.com Telemundo Website
- http://msnlatino.telemundo.com/novelas/Victoria/ Official "Victoria" Website