Biography

Yáñez was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He lived with his mother and half brothers. He never met his father.

Career

As a child, his dream was to become a professional football player, but one day he witnessed a play rehearsal from Vocacional No.1 and he liked it. He asked for an opportunity and they gave it to him. At first he saw it as a possibility to make more money, but little by little he liked it more and more and decided to go to Televisa for a greater opportunity. Producer Ernesto Alonso saw his potential and gave him his first role in the soap opera "Quiereme Mucho". Yáñez played the role of "Carlos" alongside the actress Victoria Ruffo. His natural style and strong physical appearance won the hearts of the audience.

Yáñez married his first wife, Norma Adriana Garcia, in 1987. They had a son named Eduardo Yáñez Jr. They were divorced three years later.

In 1991, Yáñez moved to the United States where he worked on two soap operas for Capital Vision, "Marielena" and "Guadalupe".

Later he worked in Hollywood, on movies such as Striptease, Wild Things, and Megiddo. His most recent American movie was The Punisher. He has also worked in television series such as Savannah and Soldier of Fortune. He most recently worked in Sleeper Cell and Cold Case.

In 1996, Yáñez married Francesca Cruz, a Cuban-American, he met in Miami. They lived between Los Angeles and Miami. In January 2003 they filed for divorce.

In 2005, after a long absence, Yáñez returned to Mexico and appeared in a soap opera named "La Verdad Oculta".

In 2007, he starred in Destilando Amor, "La Mejor Telenovela del Año", "Best Telenovela of the Year" (Premios TVYNovelas 2008). He plays Rodrigo Montalvo Santos and Angélica Rivera plays his love interest and portraits Teresa Hernández also known as "La Gaviota" and Mariana Franco.

In 2008, he starred in Fuego En La Sangre, a new version of the Colombian telenovela Pasión de Gavilanes, in which he plays the role of Juan Reyes Franco's older brother (Pablo Montero) and Oscar (Jorge Salinas).

In 2009 she starred in the soap opera Corazon Salvaje with Aracely Arambula produced by Salvador Mejia to Televisa.

In 2011 he appeared as a Venezuelan politician in an episode of the second season of NCIS: Los Angeles.

In 2012, Eduardo came back to Televisa to star in the telenovela Amores verdaderos (telenovela), in which he plays the role of Jose Angel Arriaga.

In 2015, Eduardo returned to Televisa to star in the telenovela Amores con Trampa, in which he will play the role of Facundo Carmona. This novela airs in Mexico on March 2nd this year.

He has appeared in 8 theatrical plays, 13 soap operas, 33 movies (of which 8 are in English) and is still working on projects in Hollywood.

Television

Year	Title	Character	Note
2015	Amores con trampa	Facundo Carmona	Protagonist
2012-13	Amores verdaderos	José Ángel Arriaga	Protagonist
2011	NCIS: Los Angeles	Antonio Medina	Tv Series
2009-10	Corazón Salvaje	Juan del Diablo	Protagonist
2008	Fuego en la sangre	Juan Reyes	Protagonist
2007	Destilando Amor	Rodrigo Montalvo Santos	Protagonist
2006	La Verdad Oculta	Juan José Victoria Ocampo	Protagonist
2002-03	Te amaré en silencio	Camilo / El Lobo	Protagonist
2002	CSI: Miami	Colombian Interrogator "A Horrible Mind"	Tv Series
1993-94	Guadalupe	Alfredo Robinson	Protagonist
1992-93	Marielena	Luis Felipe Sandoval	Protagonist
1990-91	En carne propia	Leonardo Rivadeneyra	Protagonist
1990	Yo compro esa mujer	Alejandro Aldama	Protagonist
1989-90	Dulce desafío	Enrique Toledo	Protagonist
1987	Senda de gloria	Manuel Fortuna	Protagonist
1984	Tú eres mi destino	Fabián	Co-Protagonist
1983-84	El maleficio	Diego Flores	Supporting Role
1982	Quiéreme siempre	Carlos	Co-Protagonist
1981	El hogar que yo robé	Bartender	Special Appearance

Film

• 2015: Ladrones .... Santiago
• 2006: All You've Got .... Javier Espinoza ... aka Rumble (USA: video title)
• 2006: Hot Tamale .... Sammy
• 2005: Cold Case .... Felix Darosa "Frank's Best"
• 2005: Sleeper Cell .... Felix Ortiz "Money"
• 2004: Man on Fire .... Bodyguard 2A
• 2004: The Punisher .... Mike Toro
• 2001: Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 .... Gen. Garcia
• 2000: Knockout (2000-2001) .... Mario Rodrigues
• 1999: Held Up .... Rodrigo
• 1999: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie .... Valdez
• 1998: Wild Things ... Frankie Condo
• 1997: Soldier of Fortune, Inc. .... Miguel Peralta "Collateral Damage"
• 1996: Miami Hustle .... Jose ... aka "Hello, She Lied"
• 1996: Striptease .... Chico
• 1996: Savannah (TV series) .... Benny Serna
• 1996: Robin Goodfellow .... Diego
• 1995: Ocho malditos
• 1994: Gladiadores del infierno
• 1991: Operativo de alto riesgo
• 1991: Golpe brutal
• 1991: Polvo de muerte
• 1990: Carrera contra la muerte .... Fabian Albarran
• 1989: Operación asesinato
• 1988: Bancazo en Los Mochis
• 1988: Panico en la carretera
• 1988: Contrabando, amor y muerte
• 1987: Asesinato en la plaza Garibaldi
• 1987: Hombres de arena
• 1987: Dias de matanza
• 1986: Yako, cazador de malditos .... José Luis/Yako
• 1986: El maleficio II .... Professor Andrés
• 1985: Contrato con la muerte
• 1985: Narco terror
• 1985: Enemigos a muerte .... Jorge "Triángulo de muerte"

Awards and nominations

Premios ACE (New York)

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
1991	Male Figure of the Year	Yo compro esa mujer	Won
2008	Best Actor in Television Stage	Destilando Amor
2009		Fuego en la sangre

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
1993	Best Actor in Television	Guadalupe	Won

Premios Bravo

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
2008	Best Lead Actor	Destilando Amor	Won

Premios Juventud

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
2013	¡Está buenísimo!	Amores Verdaderos	Nominated

TVyNovelas Awards

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
1984	Best Male Revelation	El maleficio	Nominated
1988	Best Lead Actor	Senda de gloria	Won
1990	Best Young Lead Actor	Dulce desafío
1991	Best Lead Actor	Yo compro esa mujer
2007		La Verdad Oculta
2008		Destilando Amor
2009		Fuego en la sangre	Nominated

Favoritos del público

Year	Category	Telenovela	Result
2014	Favorite Couple with Erika Buenfil	Amores Verdaderos	Won
	Favorite Kiss with Erika Buenfil		Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]