Biography

Gabriel Soto attended Edron Academy.

Career

He began modeling at age 18 after participating in the Mr. World contest in 1996 in the city of Istanbul in Turkey, becoming the first runner-up among participants from around the world. In 1997, Gabriel joined the band Kairo replacing Eduardo Verástegui. The discs he has participated on are: Libres and Pasiones.

He has participated in several soap operas in which he managed to convince the public and the critics with his performance.

The soap opera Mi querida Isabel was the first soap opera in which Gabriel participated, hence followed Alma Rebelde, Mi destino eres tú, Carita de ángel among others thus leading his most important project, playing Ulises "ugly" in the soap opera Amigas y rivales produced by Emilio Larrosa.

In 2002, Soto participated in the soap opera Las vías del amor with Aracely Arambula and Jorge Salinas which was produced by Emilio Larrosa.

In 2004, he was part of the soap opera Mujer de Madera, produced by Emilio Larrosa where Gabriel starred in one of the main roles alongside Edith Gonzalez, who would later be replaced by Ana Patricia Rojo. In this telenovela he also worked with Jaime Camil and Maria Sorte.

In 2005, following his return from Los Angeles where he was taking courses in acting for film, boxing classes, and surf, Soto competed in the Mexican version of Dancing with the Stars.

Then, in 2006, he starred in the telenovela La Verdad Oculta produced by Emilio Larrosa, next to Galilea Montijo Alejandra Barros and Eduardo Yanez, who after being away for many years from telenovelas returned to join the cast.

In 2007, Gabriel starred in the soap opera Bajo las riendas del amor, which is an adaptation of Cuando llega el amor.

In 2008, he joined Querida Enemiga which he protagonized with Ana Layevska Jorge Aravena and María Rubio and was produced by Lucero Suárez.

In 2009, he participated in Sortilegio, a project under the production of Carla Estrada, in which he played Fernando Alanis. Then, he was in the play Sortilegio, el show which toured around the United States.

In 2011, he participated in La Fuerza del Destino, production of Rosy Ocampo, where he gave life to Camilo Galvan, one of the protagonists. The telenovela was also led by David Zepeda, Sandra Echeverria, Laisha Wilkins Juan Ferrara among others.

In 2012, he starred Un Refugio para el Amor with Zuria Vega, in which he played Rodrigo Torreslanda.

In 2013, he starred as the protagonist (alongside Gloria Trevi) in Emilio Larrosa's telenovela: Libre para amarte.

His last starring role was as Maximiliano Bustamante in the universally acclaimed telenovela Yo no creo en los hombres where he also garnered critical appraisal.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Character	Notes
2007	Ladrón que roba a ladrón	Anival Cano	Film debut

Television

Year	Title	Character	Notes
1997	Mi querida Isabel	Juan
1999	Alma rebelde	Vladimir
2000	Carita de ángel	Rogelio Alvarado Gamboa
2000	Mi destino eres tú	Nicolás
2001	Amigas y rivales	Ulises Barrientos 'El Feo'
2002	Las vías del amor	Adolfo Lascuráin / Nicolás Quesada Barragán
2004	Mujer de madera	Carlos Gómez
2006	La verdad oculta	David Genovés Ordóñez
2007	Bajo las riendas del amor	Juan José Álvarez
2008	Querida enemiga	Alonso Ugarte Solano
2009	Sortilegio	Fernando Alanís
2011	La fuerza del destino	Camilo Galván	96 episodes
2012	Un refugio para el amor	Rodrigo Torreslanda
2013	Libre para amarte	Enrique del Pino
2014	Qué pobres tan ricos	Himself
2014-15	Yo no creo en los hombres	Maximiliano Bustamente
2015	Yo no creo en los hombres,el origen	Maximiliano	Television film
2015	Antes muerta que Lichita	Santiago de la Vega

Awards and nominations

Year	Project	Category	Result	Ref
2015	Un refugio para el amor	TVyNovelas for Best Lead Actor	Nominated
		Favoritos Publico for Best couple with Zuria Vega	Won
		Favoritos Publico for Best Kiss with Zuria Vega
2015	Yo no creo en los hombres	TVyNovelas for Best Lead Actor	Nominated
		Favoritos Públicos for Best Couple with Adriana Louvier	Won
		Favoritos Públicos for Best Kiss with Adriana Louvier

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