Biography

Peniche struggled as an actor for many years before reaching stardom. Although he graduated from the famous Televisa school of actors, he found himself competing against other actors such as Guillermo Capetillo, Andrés García, Jaime Garza and Salvador Pineda, among others.

Peniche acted in several commercials during that period, experience that would later on help him land top roles at Televisa's telenovelas. One commercial, in which he sells bracelets with supposedly special powers made him somewhat famous in Puerto Rico and other parts of Latin America.

His real break, however, came in 1990, when he filmed a telenovela named Emperatriz in Venezuela and later shot María María, his only soap as the male lead in the country. Having gained extreme popularity in that country, Peniche returned to Mexico with a new contract by Televisa. In 1991, he played the male antagonist in Valeria y Maximiliano, his first soap opera in his home country after doing some successful soaps in Venezuela.

His fame increased in 1992 when he participated in Maria Mercedes, a soap opera which was a huge international hit and launched the career of Thalía. After Maria Mercedes, Peniche took a break from filming telenovelas because his fame had reached levels that he didn't expect. However, he was still constantly on the public eye, thanks in part to magazines such as TV Novelas and others.

In 1995, he returned, filming a soap named Morelia, which was co-produced by Univision and Televisa. Parts of Morelia were filmed in the United States, and it was also a public favorite. For the next several years, he continued to make major international hits such as La Usurpadora and La Intrusa with Venezuelan actress Gaby Spanic, and Siempre te Amare, among others. Contrary to the first time that he became famous, Peniche felt more mature and comfortable with fame after his comeback; this helped him continue on landing top roles at Televisa's main soaps.

In 2004, Arturo joins the cast of the telenovela Corazones al Limite, produced by Nicandro Diaz Gonzalez and Roberto Hernandez. In 2005 he was invited to participate in the thick and thin telenovela produced by Nicandro Diaz González in which Nazario plays. That same year he plays 'Antonio' Alborada, telenovela with Carla Estrada Lucero and Fernando Colunga.

In 2007 plays the 'Governor Fernando Sánchez de Moncada' in Zorro, la espada y la rosa, the first adaptation of telenovela Zorro legend and the first Spanish version. This telenovela is starring Christian Meier and Marlene Favela. Then he joined the filming Victoria, telenovela starring alongside Victoria Ruffo and Mauricio Ochmann.

Participated in the soap in El Nombre del amor with Victoria Ruffo, Leticia Calderon, Laura Flores, among others. In 2010 he participated in the soap opera Nina de mi corazon where he plays Max and shares credits with Maribel Guardia, Erick Elias, Paulina Goto, among others.

In 2010 and 2011 participated in Cuando me enamoro soap opera with Silvia Navarro and Juan Soler. In 2012-13 he's back in soap opera, Qué bonito amor, plays the part Fernando Beltran "El Mil Amores" with Danna Garcia, Jorge Salinas, Pablo Montero, Juan Ferrara, Victor Norigea, Malliany Marin and Karla Alvarez, among others. In 2013 it makes a special participation in the soap opera La tempestad with William Levy, Ximena Navarrete, Nora Salinas and Maria Sorte. In 2014 co-starring in his first comedic soap opera Qué pobres tan ricos, which gives life to Nepomuceno, a comic character who is far from his previous characters in his melodramas. This time he shares credit beside Zuria Vega, Jaime Camil, Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Sylvia Pasquel, Mark Tacher and Ingrid Martz. Later he participated in the soap opera La malquerida with Victoria Ruffo, Christian Meier and Ariadne Diaz.

In 2015, after several starring roles, he gets its first antagonistic debut since 2007, in the soap opera A que no me dejas, remake of what was in 1988 the telenovela Amor en silencio, playing Gonzalo Murat. Shares credit with Leticia Calderon, Camila Sodi, Osvaldo Benavides, Alejandra Barros, Salvador Zerboni, Alfonso Dosal and Laura Carmine.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1990	Traficantes del vicio		Video short
1990	Prisioneros de la selva
1990	El fiscal de hierro 2: La venganza de Ramona
1990	La mujer judicial	Aaron
1990	Entre la fe y la muerte
1991	Amor y venganza
1992	El tigre de la frontera
1994	La asesinadita
1996	Trébol negro
1997	Pacas de a kilo
1998	Cabaret mortal		Video short
1998	Búsqueda implacable
1999	Sendero mortal II
1999	Maldito amor: Demasiado tarde
1999	El señor de los cerros	Diogenes
2003	Secuestro crimen y castigo
2003	La hora pico: El reventón		Television film
2004	Narco cabrón, federal mas chingón		Video short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982-83	Chispita		Television debut
1984	Principessa		Recurring role
1985-86	Vivir un poco	Adrián Merisa Obregón	Co-lead role
1986	Monte calvario	Gustavo Seckerman	Lead role
1987	La indomable	Miguel Echanove	Lead role
1988	Amor en silencio	Fernando Silva	Lead role
1989	María María		Lead role
1990	Emperatriz	David	Recurring role
1991-92	Valeria y Maximiliano	Patricio del Val	Co-lead role
1992-93	María Mercedes	Jorge Luis del Olmo	Lead role
1995	María José	Carlos Alberto Almazán	Lead role
1995-96	Morelia	José Enrique Campos Miranda	Lead role
1996	Marisol	Juan Vicente Morelos	Special appearance
1997	El alma no tiene color	Lisandro del Álamo	Lead role
1998	Vivo por Elena	Héctor	Recurring role
1998	¿Qué nos pasa?		1 episode
1998	La usurpadora	Lic. Edmundo Serrano	Special appearance
1998-1999	Soñadoras	José Luis Dueñas	Lead role
1999-2000	Cuento de Navidad	Dr. Antonio	Supporting role
1999-2000	Mujeres engañadas	Alejandro Lizárraga	Lead role
2000	Siempre te amaré	Luis Miguel Garrai	Lead role
2000-2001	Carita de ángel	Dr. Montemayor	Recurring role
2001	La intrusa	Carlos Alberto Junquera Brito	Lead role
2002	Entre el amor y el odio	Fabio Sacristán	Recurring role
2004	Corazones al límite	Álvaro Riverol	Lead role
2005	Contra viento y marea	Nazario	Recurring role
2005-06	Alborada	Antonio de Guzmán	Antagonist
2006	Heridas de amor	Alfredo Luque	Special appearance
2007	El Zorro, la espada y la rosa	Fernando Sánchez de Moncada	Lead antagonist
2007-08	Victoria	Enrique Mendoza	Lead antagonist
2008-09	En nombre del amor	Padre Juan Cristóbal Gamboa / Cristóbal Gamboa / Padre Juan	Co-lead role
2010	Niña de mi corazón	Máximo Arrioja	Recurring role
2010-2011	Cuando me enamoro	Padre/Monseñor Juan Cristóbal Gamboa	Special appearance
2012-2013	Qué bonito amor	Fernando	Recurring role
2013	La Tempestad	Don Ariel Reverte	"Serenata de amor" (Season 1, Episode 14) "Incendio en la empacadora" (Season 1, Episode 21) "La confesión de Beatriz" (Season 1, Episode 26)
2013-2014	Qué pobres tan ricos	Don Nepomuceno "Nepo" Escandiondas Rodriguez "El Rey del Plátano"	Co-lead role
2014	La malquerida	Don Héctor Robledo	Co-lead role; 55 episodes
2015-2016	A que no me dejas	Don Gonzalo Murat Cervantes	Lead Antagonist (Season 1) Co-lead Role (Season 2)

Awards and nominations

TVyNovelas Awards

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
1986	Best Male Revelation	Vivir un poco	Won
	Best Young Lead Actor		Nominated
1989	Best Lead Actor	Amor en silencio
1993		María Mercedes	Won
2010		En Nombre del Amor	Nominated

Premios ACE (New York)

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
1996	Best Lead Actor	María José	Won
2010	Best Actor Co-acting	En Nombre del Amor

Premios El Heraldo de México

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
1996	Best Actor	María José	Won
2002		La Intrusa

Premios People en Español

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
2009	Best Actor	En Nombre del Amor	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]