Biography

Early life

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Islas is the son of businessman, Juan Islas, and Rosalinda Ilescas, and the youngest of two brothers.

Career

After working in various telenovelas, Islas made his protagonist debut in Preciosa, alongside Irán Castillo in 1998.

From then on he continued working mainly as a leading actor, but occasionally playing villains, as in his 2000 participation in Primer amor... a mil por hora where he interpreted the malicious Demián and in 2006 Amores de Mercado, starring as the evil Fernando Leyra.

In 2001, he starred in El manantial, alongside Adela Noriega. He won a TVyNovelas Award for his performance. In 2003, he starred in the acclaimed historical telenovela, Amor real, interpreting the army soldier, Adolfo Solis.

In 2004, he signed a contract with Telemundo and starred in Prisionera, Amores de Mercado, Pecados Ajenos and other successful productions of the network.

He returned to Mexico in 2010 and starred in Azteca's telenovelas, La Loba and Cielo Rojo.

Personal life

On November 29, 2001, he married Venezuelan singer, Patricia Villasaña. They had a daughter, Camila, born on May 3, 2002. They divorced in 2006 after Islas' underage sex scandal with 16-year-old Prisionera co-star, Génesis Rodríguez.

He has a son, Emiliano, with his current partner, Paloma Quezada. The baby was born on February 24, 2011 in El Paso, Texas.

Filmography

Telenovelas
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Destino	Sebastian Montesinos
2012	La Mujer de Judas	Simon Castellanos
2012	A Corazón Abierto		Special appearance
2011	Cielo Rojo	Andrés Rentería
2010	La Loba	Emiliano Alcazar	First telenovela for Azteca
2007-2008	Pecados Ajenos	Adrián Torres	Award Fama for Best Actor
2006	Amores de Mercado	Antonio Álamo
2005	Decisiones	Fabricio Salas
2005	Los Plateados	Gabriel Campuzano
2004	Prisionera	Daniel Moncada	Telemundo
2003	Amor real	Adolfo Solís Felipe Santamaría	Sol de Oro for Best Antagonist Califa de Oro for Best Antagonist Nominated - TVyNovelas Award for Best Male Antagonist
2001	El manantial	Alejandro Ramírez Insunza	TVyNovelas Award for Best Lead Actor El Heraldo Award for Best Television Actor Bravo Award for Best Lead Actor
2000	Primer amor... a mil por hora	Demian Ventura	Nominated - TVyNovelas Award for Best Male Antagonist Eres Award for Best Antagonist
2000	Mi destino eres tú	Ramiro Galindo Suárez
1999	DKDA: Sueños de juventud	Mauricio
1999	Amor gitano	Renzo
1998	Preciosa	Luis Fernando	Nominated - TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actor
1997	Mi pequeña traviesa	Juan Felipe
1997	Mi querida Isabel	Marcos
1996	Canción de amor	Edgar
1995	Pobre niña rica	David
1994	Volver a empezar	Freddy Landeros
1992	Mágica juventud	Alfredo
1992	Carrusel de las Américas	N/A	Televisa
Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Viento en contra	Matías Parga
2010	El secreto	Maurice de Gavrillac
2009	El cártel	Santos
2006	Ambiciona	Raúl
2005	Don de Dios	N/A
2002	Punto y aparte	Sergio
2001	Primer amor... tres años después	Demián Ventura Camargo	TV movie

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