Biography

Born Amedee Gerardo Ligarde Mayaudon to Tejano-American father Amedee Ligarde Saenz, and Mexican mother Emma Armantina Mayaudon Lopez, this duo-national began his acting career in Mexico in the play Fortune and Men's Eyes in 1974. He obtained his first film role in Supervivientes de los Andes two years later. He graduated with a degree in film directing and a minor in acting from the University of Texas at Austin, and then moved to Mexico to continue his acting career. Before finding steady work in Mexico, he appeared in various USA film and television productions with Alfred Hitchcock, John Hurt, and Richard Harris.

Ligarde became known in Mexico after landing the role of Memo in the successful TV series Quinceañera in 1987. His very famous phrase "Serena Morena" has remained a public domain after two decades. From 1986 thru 2003 he remained an exclusive actor for the Mexican Television Producer Televisa. His popular roles in telenovelas such as Lo Blanco y lo Negro, Entre la Vida y la Muerte, María la del Barrio, Salomé, Tú y yo, Belinda and most recently Demente Criminal have kept him a household name. Ligarde is usually seen playing the role of a villain, degenerate, or miscreant.

He was awarded the Diosa de Plata and El Heraldo, both for Best Film Actor in El Homicida. Ligarde has also obtained four TVyNovelas Awards (Mexico's equivalent of an Emmy Award) for Pobre Juventud, Quinceañera, Entre La Vida y La Muerte, and an Honorary Award in 2002. In 2002 the League of United Latin American Citizens named him "Sr. Internacional" for his contribution to that society and as "Honorary President of the Republic of the Rio Grande" for his contributions to the state of Texas.

In 2005, Ligarde played "Gonzalo Montero", the alcoholic antagonist in Olvidarte Jamás for Venevision. He also portrayed "Alan" and "George Smith" in their TV series Mi Vida Eres Tu.

In 2006, he became the acting coach for Venevision and made a special appearance in Acorralada.

In 2007, Ligarde played the villain "Manuel" in Telemundo's Pecados Ajenos. That same year, and for Telemundo Productions, he also made two guest appearances in the TV series Decisiones.

In 2008, he played the antagonist "Santori" (a Vatican City paid hit-man) in the mini-series Gabriel. This project, made by Mega-Films, reunites him with Chayanne whom he co-starred with in their first telenovela for both actors in 1986 Pobre Juventud.

Meisner Technique Teacher

Ligarde has been teaching acting at Taller de Actuación Sebastián Ligarde since 2006 in Miami. He trains actors in film acting, and is the only known "Meisner in Spanish" teacher. After 35 years as an actor he now enjoys his own acting academy and has, for now, retired from acting. His past students include Thalía, William Levy, Jencarlos Canela, Enrique Alejandro, Elizabeth Gutiérrez, Alejandro de la Madrid, Julián Gil, Frances Ondiviela, Daniel Elbittar, and Sissi Fleitas.

In 2015, Taller de Actuación Sebastián Ligarde will also open in Houston, Texas.

Personal life

In a 2013 interview with TVyNovelas magazine, Ligarde came out as gay, saying he has been in a stable relationship for the last 20 years. He credits performer Ricky Martin, who came out in 2010, as his inspiration.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Supervivientes de los Andes	Felipe
1976	Longitud de guerra
1980	Verano salvaje
1982	Antonieta	Esposo Norteamericano
1983	Triumphs of a Man Called Horse	Mullins
1984	Toy Soldiers	Lt. Caden
1985	Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins	Pvt. Johnson
1986	Chido Guan, el tacos de oro	Wilfredo Sherman
1986	Mission Kill	Secretary
1987	Lamberto Quintero	Oscar Balderrama Jr.
1988	Relajo matrimonial
1989	La ley de las calles	Juan Carlos
1989	Apuesta contra la muerte	Mario
1990	Jack el vigilante
1990	El despiadado
1990	El homicida
1990	La secta de la muerte
1990	La guerra de los bikinis
1990	Atrapados en la coca
1991	Ritmo traición y muerte: La cumbia asesina	El Drácula	Video
1991	Justicia de nadie
1991	Frontera roja
1991	La tentación	Gato
1991	Verano peligroso	Mario Rosadon
1991	La pareja perfecta	Francisco Oceguera
1991	A golpe de hacha
1992	Por un salvaje amor
1992	El tigre de la frontera
1992	Traficantes de niños
1992	Supervivencia	McCoy
1992	El sacristán del diablo
1992	Comando terrorista
1992	Cazador de cabezas
1993	Infancia violenta		Video
1993	Círculo del vicio
1993	El asesino del zodíaco	Arturo
1993	Se equivoco la cigueña
1993	Obsesión de matar
1993	Entre el amor y la muerte
1994	Las esclavas del sadismo
1994	El perfil del crimen		Video
1994	Las pasiones del poder	Alonso Miranda
1994	La perversión
1994	Justicia	Arturo Pérez
1995	La ley del cholo
1995	Esclavos de la pasión
1995	Los cómplices del infierno
1995	Venganza mortal	Alejandro
1995	Las nueve caras del miedo
1995	Eva secuestrada y Adán... ¡como si nada!	Adán
1995	Deseo criminal
1996	Trebol negro
1996	El rigór de la ley
1997	Tormenta de muerte
1997	El cartel de Juarez		Video
1997	El güero estrada	Billy Mathews	Video
1997	Ambición mortal
1998	Sangre sobre el polvo		Video
1998	La mafia de un gallero		Video
1998	La fuga de Arizmendi		Video
1999	Reclusorio III
1999	Monjas narcotraficantes		Video
1999	La fuga de Arizmendi 2		Video
1999	El mariachi narcotraficante		Video
1999	El agente Borrego
1999	Cuentas claras	Erick Solana
2001	Ritmo, traición y muerte: La cumbia asesina 2
2002	Ángel de la noche
2003	Muerte lenta
2003	Morras desmadrosas 2: ¿Y el desmadre?	Fausto
2003	Eran cabrones los secuestradores	Omar Salgado
2003	Cursos prenupciales
2004	Desnudos	Doctor
2013	The Dark Forest	Assassin	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Tim	Episode: "Breakdown" (Season 1, Episode 8)
1986	En alas de las águilas	Aide #1	TV Mini-Series
1986	Pobre juventud	Freddy
1986	Marionetas	Luis
1987	Quinceañera	Guillermo "Memo" López
1989	Lo blanco y lo negro	Andrés de Castro
1990	En carne propia	Abigail Múñoz
1993	Entre la vida y la muerte	Lic. Andrés del Valle
1994	Prisionera de amor	Gerardo Ávila
1995	María la del Barrio	Lic. Gonzalo Dorantes
1998	Vivo por Elena	Ernesto de los Monteros
2000	La casa en la playa	Salvador Villarreal
2000	Primer amor... a mil por hora	Antonio Iturriaga Riquelme
2001	Salomé	Diego Duval
2001-02	Mujer, casos de la vida real	Various roles	Episode: "Amor del bueno" Episode: "Naufragio"
2004	Belinda	Adolfo Semprum
2004	Pasiones prohibidas	Mauricio
2005	Pasiones prohibidas	Enrique	27 episodes
2006	Mi vida eres tú	Alan Robinson / George Smith
2006	Olvidarte jamás	Gonzalo Montero
2007-08	Acorralada	Licenciado Borges
2007	Decisiones	Roberto	Episode: "Bloque de hielo"
2007	Pecados ajenos	Manuel
2008	Gabriel	Santori	7 episodes
2010	Grandes finales de telenovelas	Guillermo "Memo" López	TV Movie documentary
2015	Nuestra Belleza Latina 2015	Himself	Celebrity guest; Season 9 (9th Gala)
2015	Demente criminal	Raimundo Acosta	Lead role

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