Manuel Landeta

Manuel Landeta (born José Manuel Goenaga Jassan in 1958) is a Mexican singer and actor of telenovelas. His sons Imanol and Jordi Landeta are also actors and singers.

Manuel Landeta started his acting career at the age of 26 in the telenovela La pasión de Isabela ("Isabela's passion"). The following year he was part of the cast in Juana Iris another telenovela on Televisa. In 1986 he obtained his first starring role in Martín Garatuza, as the character of the same name in a story that takes place in Colonial Mexico. He also participated in the plays José el soñador (1998) and Loco por tí (2000). In 2001 he recorded an album titled Mírame and in 2004 he made his first two films.

As of 2005^[update], he participated in Bailando por México (the Mexican version of Dancing with the Stars). He is part of the cast of the erotic show Sólo para mujeres and of the play Anita la huerfanita (the Mexican version of Annie) with Ana Layevska. He also dances and takes off his clothes on the show called Solo Para Mujeres. He is a Mexican sex symbol.

Films

• Huapango (2004) as Santiago
• Por mujeres como tú (2004)

Plays

• Anita la huerfanita (Annie, 2005) as Oliver Warbucks
• Sólo para mujeres (2005)
• Mi bella dama (My Fair Lady, 2003) as Henry Higgins
• A Chorus Line
• Electra
• Lisistrita
• Corona de sombras
• Cats as Munkustrap
• Al querido amigo Luis Felipe
• Lorca que te quiera Lorca
• José el Soñador (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) as Levi
• La Tienda de los Horrores ("Little Shop of Horrors")

Telenovelas

• Teresa (2010-2011) as Ruben Cáceres Muro - villain, (arrested and goes to prison)
• Mar de Amor (2009–2010) as Leon Parra Ibanez - main antagonist/ main villain, (mortally wounded by a lion)
• Verano de amor (2009) as Marcos Casar - main antagonist/ main villan, (ends up in prison)
• Fuego En La Sangre (2008) as Anselmo Cruz - main antagonist/ main villain, Rosario's Ex-Husband (killed by Fernando)
• Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real
• Barrera de amor (2006) as Víctor García Betancourt - co-protagonist
• Piel de otono (2005) as Victor Gutierrez - main antagonist. main villain (ends up in prison)
• Rubí (2004) as Lucío Montemayor - main antagonist/ main villain, (killed by Bermundez)
• Amy, la niña de la mochila azul (2004) as Triton
• De pocas pocas pulgas (2003)
• Velo de novia (2003) as Roman
• Bajo la misma piel (2003) as Ramiro
• Clase 406 (2002) as Gonzalo
• El niño que vino del mar (1999) as Carlos Criail
• Vivo por Elena (1998) as Hugo
• Morir dos veces (1996) as Cristóbal Ruiz
• Sentimientos Ajenos (1996) as Miguel Ángel
• Clarisa (1993) as Dr. Roberto / Rolando
• Ángeles sin paraíso (1992) as Abelardo
• El abuelo y yo (1992) as Jorge
• El cristal empañado (1989) as Claudio
• Martín Garatuza (1986) as Martín Garatuza
• Juana Iris (1985) as Jaime
• La pasión de Isabela (1984)

External links

• Manuel Landeta. Official website
• tentaxiones of Manuel Landeta. Official show's website
• Biography (Spanish)
• Manuel Landeta at the telenovela database
• Manuel Landeta at the Internet Movie Database

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