Alexis Ayala

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birthname = David Alexis Ayala Padró
birthdate = birth date and age|1965|08|9
location = San Francisco, California, U.S.
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occupation = Actor
spouse = Karla Álvarez (?-?) (divorced)
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Alexis Ayala (born David Alexis Ayala Padró on August 9, 1965 in San Francisco, California is a Mexican actor of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico.

Biography

Career

Ayala debuted as an actor at the age of 22 with the film "En peligro de muerte" ("In danger of death") and after completing his studies at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) of Televisa three years later he obtained a small role in "Mi pequeña Soledad" ("My little Soledad") with Verónica Castro. In 1992, he appeared on "Baila conmigo" where he met Karla Álvarez, who he would later marry. Next year he obtained a more important role in the telenovela "Los parientes pobres" ("The impoverished relatives"), a telenovela starred by singer Lucero. Both actors had shared the television screen in "Cuando llega el amor" ("When love arrives"). In 1999 he obtained his first starring role in "Tres mujeres" and with fellow actor and friend Sergio Mayer he produced the show "Sólo para Mujeres" where with Mayer and other celebrities they perform a strip-tease. The show was an enormous success and, in spite of local opposition from Catholic groups, they took the show on tour all over Mexico. The show was later presented in other Latin American countries and the United States. Although he is no longer part of the ever-changing cast, as of 2005 he remains a producer of the show.

Personal life

Ayala was married to Karla Álvarez with whom he was twin daughters.

He also had a relationship with actress Itatí Cantoral and television host Luisa Fernanda (who also dated Sergio Mayer while they were both members of Garibaldi). He was recently dating Patricia Díaz and is now dating Ana Brenda who is one of his co stars on the telenovela of Barrera de Amor.

Films

* "Divina confusion" (2008)
* "Mejor es que Gabriela no se muera" (2007)
* "La última noche" (2005) as a surgeon
* "Cero y van cuatro" (segment "Vida express" 2004) as Jorge Villalobos
* "Fantasías" (2003) as Antonio
* "Esclavo y amo" (2003) as Benjamín Solero
* "Drogadicto" (direct-to-video, 2000)
* "Texana cien X #5" (direct-to-video, 2000)
* "En peligro de muerte" (released in the United States as "Breed of Snakes", 1987)

Telenovelas

* "Yo amo a Juan Querendon" as César Luis Farell Carballo (2007)
* "Barrera de amor" (2005) as Federico Gomez
* "Contra viento y marea" (2005) as Ricardo
* "Amarte es mi pecado" (2004) as Leonardo
* "Así son ellas" (2002) as Diego
* "Atrévete a olvidarme" (2001) as Manuel Soto
* "Carita de ángel" (2000) as Leonardo Larios Renata
* "Tres mujeres" (1999) as Daniel
* "Huracán" (1998) as Raimundo
* "Confidente de secundaria" (1996) as Quico
* "Agujetas de color de rosa" (1994) as Julián Ledezma
* "Los parientes pobres" (1993) as Bernardo Ávila
* "Baila conmigo" (1992) as Tomás
* "Cadenas de amargura" (1991) as Víctor
* "La pícara soñadora" (1991) as Carlos Pérez
* "En carne propia" (1990) as Alejandro Tamaris
* "Cuando llega el amor" (1990)
* "Mi pequeña Soledad" (1990) as Coque

Theater

* "Sólo para Mujeres" (1999) as himself

External links

* [http://www.alma-latina.net/01actors/a/alexis_ayala.shtml Alexis Ayala] at the telenovela database
* [http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/339150.html Alexia Ayala] at esmas.com
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