Humberto Zurita
# Humberto Zurita

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

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 | Gustavo Álvarez Tello | |
| 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 | Don Miguel, El 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 | Dr. Francisco Riquer | |
| 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 | Andrés Lascuráin Rivas | |
| 2010-2012 | Terra ribelle | Lupo | Main cast; 13 episodes |
| 2011–present | La Reina del Sur | Epifanio Vargas | Series regular |
| 2013 | Vivir a destiempo | Rogelio Bermúdez | |
| 2015 | El capitán Camacho | Capitán Carlos Camacho / Telésforo Camacho | |
| 2016-2017 | La querida del centauro | Benedictino Garcia “El Centauro” | |
| 2020–2021 | 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 |
| 1996 | Cañaveral de Pasiones | Telenovela |

## 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 |
