Jaime Camil

Jaime Camil
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Born	Jaime Federico Said Camil Saldaña da Gama (1973-07-22) 22 July 1973 Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation(s)	actor, singer and host.
Years active	1994 ─ present
Spouse	Heidi Balvanera ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2
Website	http://www.jaimecamil.com

Jaime Federico Said Camil Saldaña da Gama (born 22 July 1973, Mexico City) is a Mexican actor, singer and host.

Biography

Born in Mexico City Camil is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a successful Mexican businessman of Egyptian descent, and Cecilia Saldaña da Gama, a Brazilian singer. He earned a license in business administration from Universidad Anáhuac; studied acting in New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico; and took classical opera training in Italy.

He 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. In 2014 he stood on the other side of the microphone for the first time, directing the music video Perdon for the group Barston.

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 well-deserved 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.

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

Camil divides his time between Los Angeles and Mexico City with his wife, model Heidi Balvanera, and their children. He has two half-siblings and three step-siblings. He speaks four languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese, and French.

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	El show de Jaime Camil	Host	Talk / Variety Show
1996	Qué nochecita con Jaime Camil	Host	Talk / Variety Show
2001	Diseñador de ambos sexos	Featured guest	Season 1 episodes 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, and 24
2002	Operación Triunfo (México)	Host	Reality show
2006	La familia P. Luche	Jaime Camiluche	Season 1, Episode 14
2000	Mi Destino Eres Tú	Mauricio Rodríguez Calderón	Main antagonist
2004	Mujer de Madera	César Linares	Main protagonist
2006	La fea más bella	Fernando Mendiola Sáenz "Golpeador de Conceptos"	Main protagonist
2007	Una familia de diez	Himself	Episode 17
2008	Las Tontas No Van al Cielo	Santiago López Carmona	Main protagonist
2009	Aventura por Mexico	Co-host	Travelogue series
2010	Los Exitosos Pérez	Martín Pérez / Gonzalo González	Main protagonist
2010	El Gran Mexicano	Host	History Channel series
2013	El Gran Show (Univision)	Host	Game show
2012	Por Ella Soy Eva	Juan Carlos Caballero Mistral / Eva León Jaramillo de Zuloaga	Main protagonist
2013	Devious Maids	Oscar Valdez	Guest role. Episode: Taking out the Trash
2013-14	Qué pobres tan ricos	Miguel Ángel Ruizpalacios Romagnoli	Main protagonist
2014─present	Jane the Virgin	Rogelio	CW Network; starts Oct. 2014
Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Mariana made in Tepito		Short film
	Puños rosas	Randy Garza
	Zapata: El sueño de un héroe	Eufemio	Historical drama
2005	Volver, volver
	7 días Light	Tony Zamacona
2007	I Love Miami
	Open Season	Elliot	Spanish language
	Bee Movie	Barry	Spanish language
2008	El Agente 00-P2
2009	Recien cazado	Sebastián
	All Inclusive
2010	Regresa	Ernesto del Valle
2011	Salvando al Soldado Pérez		Black comedy, parody
	Clipeado
2012	Chiapas, Heart of Coffee	Geronimo
	El cielo en tu mirada	Mateo
2013	Pulling Strings	Alejandro	Previous titles: The Mexican Singer, Lost and Found
	Zero Hour	Lorenzo	Short
	200 Cartas	Juan	Romantic comedy
	Elsa & Fred	Waiter #1	Romantic comedy
Stage
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	West Side Story	Bernardo	Spanish: Amor sin barreras / Musical
2005	Latinlogues		Broadway Musical
2005	Mambo Kings	Nestor Castillo	Broadway-bound Musical
2007	Peter Pan	Captain Hook	Musical Comedy
2007	El diluvio que viene	Father Silvestre	Musical Comedy
2008	Aladino	El Genio	Musical Comedy

Awards and nominations

• Palmas de Oro Best Lead Actor in a Musical...for West Side Story (2004)
• MTV Movie Awards Nominated for Favorite Actor...for Zapata (2005)
• Ariel Awards Nominated for Best Supporting Actor...for 7 Dias (2006)
• Mexican Cinema Journalists Awarded "Diosa de Plata" for Best Supporting Actor...for 7 Dias (2006)
• Premios TV y Novelas Nominated for Best Actor...for La Fea Más Bella (2006/7)
• Latin ACE Award Award for "Man of the Year" (2007)
• XXV Premios ATP (2008) Awarded the Golden Eagle for best comedy actor....for the play El Diluvio que Viene (2007)
• Mexican Cinema Journalists Awarded "Diosa de Plata" for Best Supporting Actor...for 7 Dias (2006)
• Premio Juventud Awarded for Best Actor (Qué actorazo!) for them movie Recien cazado (2011)

Trivia

• Jaime Camil appeared on the cover for the first anniversary issue of Open (magazine).
• Jaime was voted "Sexiest Man of 2007" by the magazine People en Español in November 2007.

External links

• Official Website
• Jaime Camil at IMDb
• Site Fã Clube brasil nunca dejarte ir Jaime Camil
• Xtreme Jaime Camil
• Los Exitosos Perez