Early years and studies

Del Castillo was born in the Juárez Hotel of the city of Celaya, Guanajuato. Eldest son of rural teacher Aurora Galván Valenzuela (1901-1992) and Eduardo Del Castillo-Negrete Rivera (1907-1948), firefighter who lost his life in the fire of the hardware store, the siren of the Mexico City.

His brothers are Federico (actor, 1936-1980) and Leopoldo. When he was young, his parents divorced and in 1945 his mother remarried. He studied in schools of Government in San Luis Potosí, and after the death of his father in 1948, the Government offered scholarships to the children of deceased firefighters so that they study in any school. Del Castillo was a rebellious youth, and on the instructions of his mother, in 1952 joined the Mexican seminary for foreign missions in the city of Mexico and militated in the Congregation of the missionaries of Guadalupe, priestly studies that abandoned in 1953. Not knowing what to do with his life, Del Castillo thought at some time studying medicine. However, his mother encouraged him to study acting and in 1954 joined the Film Institute, theatre and broadcasting of the National Association of actors (ANDA) directed by Andrés Soler.

Career

Theatre

He began his career in the early 1950s as an actor in experimental theater in separate assemblies. He has participated in more than 40 plays: Réquiem para una monja (1957), La Llorona (1959) of Fernando Wagner, Señoritas a disgusto (1962), Cada quien su vida (1968), Tócame la negra (1980), among others.

Television and film

Throughout his years in acting, Del Castillo personified frequently rough, energetic and vigorous characters. In 1959 he participated in La marca del Gavilán, film belonging to the films of the series of Aventuras del Látigo Negro. After several years of minor interventions, in 1962 he was the protagonist in Rostro infernal. From those years, his career began to consolidate and continues to the present day. He has participated in about 300 films: Tiburoneros (1962), La Generala (1970), Perro callejero (1978), Vagabunda (1993), among others.

In 1976, he made the argument of the film Víbora caliente, under the direction of Fernando Durán Rojas, as well as be part of the cast. Later, he starred in the film El extraño hijo del sheriff (1982), where he also collaborated as a writer. That same year, he directed and starred in the film Las Sobrinas del Diablo. He has acted in more than 45 soap operas since his debut in 1962 with La herencia. Its holdings include Duelo de pasiones, Alondra (1995), La Mentira (1998), Un gancho al corazón (2009). In 2010 had an award-winning participation in the melodrama of Nicandro Díaz González Soy tu dueña. Under the leadership of producer Angelli Nesma Medina, made his last appearances on the small screen with Abismo de pasión (2012), Lo que la vida me robó (2013-14) and Que te perdone Dios (2015).

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	La herencia		Telenovela debut
1963	Lo imperdonable		Protagonist
1963	La sombra del otro
1963	Grandes ilusiones
1964	El dolor de vivir
1964	Tú eres un extraño
1966	El medio pelo
1967	Felipa Sánchez, la soldadera	López
1968	Pueblo sin esperanza
1968	Duelo de pasiones	Ángel
1970	La constitución
1971	Lucía Sombra	Santiago Rangel
1971	La maldición de la blonda
1973	Mi rival
1974	Mundo de juguete
1974	La tierra	Estrada
1977	Yo no pedi vivir
1979	No tienes derecho a juzgarme
1981	Nosotras las mujeres	Manuel
1985-2006	Mujer, casos de la vida real	Fermín	8 episodes
1987	Senda de gloria
1987	El precio de la fama	Alfonso
1989	Luz y sombra
1990	Cuando llega el amor	Rafael Contreras
1992	De frente al sol	Daniel
1994	Más allá del puente	Daniel
1995-1996	María la del Barrio	Juez	Minor role
1995	Alondra	Baldomero
1995-1996	Lazos de amor	Sacerdote
1998	La mentira	Teodoro Fernández-Negrete 'Teo'
1999	Nunca te olvidaré	Licenciado Méndez
1999-2000	Cuento de Navidad		TV Mini-Series
1999-2000	Mujeres engañadas	Jorge Martínez	4 episodes
2001	Amigas y rivales	Don Roberto de la O
2003	Niña amada mía
2005	Apuesta por un amor	Chepe Estrada
2006	La verdad oculta	Gregorio Pineda	9 episodes
2006	Mundo de fieras	German
2007	Pasión	Gaspar de Valdez
2008-09	Un gancho al corazón	Marcos Lerdo	13 episodes
2010	Soy tu dueña	Federico Montesinos	Special Appearance
2011	Como dice el dicho	Rufino Sáenz	Episode: "Dile que es hermosa"
2012	Abismo de pasión	Lucio	Supporting Role
2013-14	Lo que la vida me robó	Padre Anselmo	Supporting Role
2015	Que te perdone Dios	Don Bruno Flores Riquelme	Special Appearance
2016	Corazón que miente	Manuel Salvatierra	Special Appearance
2016	Tres veces Ana	Evaristo	Awards and nominations Year Association Category Nominated Result 1980 Ariel Awards, Mexico Best Supporting Actor Perro callejero Nominated 1981 Best Actor Las grandes aguas Nominated Daughters Veronica del Castillo Kate del Castillo [ Source: Wikipedia ] Report a problem Write to Eric del Castillo at FanPal • 2024 Terms Privacy Join Contact ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Contact Any Star FanPal • 2024