Michael Saucedo
Encyclopedia
Michael Saucedo is an American
actor
best known for his role as Juan Santiago
on the soap opera
General Hospital
from 1999 until 2001. He is also a musician.
to Grants Pass, Oregon
, where he attended high school and was elected student body president. He joined garage bands in high school and had no interest in acting. He attended Carleton College
in Northfield, Minnesota
and attained a BA in African-American studies. After graduation, not knowing what to do with his life, he decided to act and returned to L.A. He married former General Hospital co-star Rebecca Herbst
(who currently plays Elizabeth Webber
) in June 2001. They have three children, Ethan (b. October 31, 2001) and Ella Bailey (b. April 12, 2004), and Emerson Truett (b. August 9, 2010)he also has a son from a previous relationship Elijah Saucedo (b. October 1996). One of Saucedo's closest friends is former co-star Steve Burton.
. He joined the cast of General Hospital
as Juan Santiago
from 1999 to 2001.
United States
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
best known for his role as Juan Santiago
Juan Santiago
Juan Santiago is a American professional boxer in the Welterweight division.-Pro career:Juan's biggest career victory was over an undefeated Ty Barnett , he would knockout Barnett in the first round....
on the soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
from 1999 until 2001. He is also a musician.
Personal life
His ancestry is half-Irish and half-Mexican. After his parents divorced, Saucedo was raised by his mother. Saucedo has one brother and six half-siblings. They moved from Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to Grants Pass, Oregon
Grants Pass, Oregon
-Rogue River:The Rogue River runs through Grants Pass.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,003 people, 9,376 households, and 5,925 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 9,885 housing units at an average density of 1,303.3 per square mile . By 2008,...
, where he attended high school and was elected student body president. He joined garage bands in high school and had no interest in acting. He attended Carleton College
Carleton College
Carleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...
in Northfield, Minnesota
Northfield, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,147 people, 4,909 households, and 3,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,452.2 people per square mile . There were 5,119 housing units at an average density of 732.1 per square mile...
and attained a BA in African-American studies. After graduation, not knowing what to do with his life, he decided to act and returned to L.A. He married former General Hospital co-star Rebecca Herbst
Rebecca Herbst
Rebecca Herbst is an American actress, best known for playing nurse Elizabeth Webber on the daytime drama General Hospital, a role she originated on August 1, 1997, and Suzee, an alien on the Nickelodeon show, Space Cases.- Personal background :Herbst was born in Encino, California. Her parents...
(who currently plays Elizabeth Webber
Elizabeth Webber
Elizabeth Spencer may refer to:*Lady Elizabeth Spencer , wife of Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke*Elizabeth Spencer, Baroness Hunsdon*Elizabeth Spencer , American novelist...
) in June 2001. They have three children, Ethan (b. October 31, 2001) and Ella Bailey (b. April 12, 2004), and Emerson Truett (b. August 9, 2010)he also has a son from a previous relationship Elijah Saucedo (b. October 1996). One of Saucedo's closest friends is former co-star Steve Burton.
Career
He joined garage bands in high school and had no interest in acting. He had begun acting as a child in commercials, including one for Band-AidBand-Aid
Band-Aid is a brand name for Johnson & Johnson's line of adhesive bandages and related products. It has also become a genericized trademark for any adhesive bandage in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India and the United States....
. He joined the cast of General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
as Juan Santiago
Juan Santiago
Juan Santiago is a American professional boxer in the Welterweight division.-Pro career:Juan's biggest career victory was over an undefeated Ty Barnett , he would knockout Barnett in the first round....
from 1999 to 2001.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood... |
Paco | Episode: Samuels and the Kid |
| 1983-1984 | Rubik, the Amazing Cube Rubik, the Amazing Cube Rubik, the Amazing Cube was a Saturday morning cartoon that aired from 10 September 1983–1 September 1984 in the United States, produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. The program, broadcast as part of The Pac-Man/Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour block on ABC, featured a magic Rubik’s Cube named Rubik... |
Carlos (voice) | |
| 1983 | Thursday's Child | Randy | |
| 1983 | Taxi Taxi (TV series) Taxi was an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series, which won 18 Emmy Awards, including three for "Outstanding Comedy Series", focuses on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers and their abusive dispatcher... |
Johnny DeCeo | Episode: Sugar Ray Nardo |
| 1995 | Sister, Sister Sister, Sister (TV series) Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom about identical twin girls Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell , who were separated and adopted at birth, when one day they come face-to-face after 14 years apart.... |
Boy | Episode: The Tutor |
| 1996 | Must Be the Music | Eric | |
| 1997 | River Made to Drown In | Luis | |
| Boys Life 2 Boys Life 2 Boys Life 2 is a compilation of 5 short films about being gay in America.*"Must Be the Music" offers a frank depiction of urban gay youth.*"Nunzio's Second Cousin" finds a gay policeman getting even with homophobic people.... |
Eric | ||
| 1998 | Alexandria Hotel | Unknown | |
| 1999-2001 | General Hospital General Hospital General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns.... |
Juan Santiago Juan Santiago Juan Santiago is a American professional boxer in the Welterweight division.-Pro career:Juan's biggest career victory was over an undefeated Ty Barnett , he would knockout Barnett in the first round.... |
Episode: Unknown |
| 2000 | Search Party | Celebrity Contestant | Episode: Jamaica and Jamaica |
| Hollywood Squares Hollywood Squares Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants... |
Guest Appearance | ||
| Traffic Traffic (2000 film) Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: a user, an enforcer, a politician and a trafficker. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some of the... |
Desert Truck Driver | ||
| 2001 | Boston Public Boston Public Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place... |
Lyle | Episode: Chapter Twenty-Four |
| Without a Trace Without a Trace Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:... |
Mace Williams | Episode: Victory for Humanity | |
| 2003 | Ys: The Ark of Napishtim Ys: The Ark of Napishtim is a Japanese Action RPG developed and published by the Nihon Falcom Corporation and the sixth installment in the Ys video game series. It was first released in 2003 for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers... |
Romun Soldier #2 (Voice) | VG; as Mike Saucedo |
| 2004 | SoapTalk | Himself | |
| Soap Center | Himself | ||
| 2005 | Love to Sing | Himself |