Early life and education

Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba. His maternal grandfather was Jewish (the origin of his surname, Levy). He was raised by his single mother, Barbara. Levy immigrated to Miami, Florida, when he was fourteen. He attended high school, after which he studied business administration on a baseball scholarship at St. Thomas University. He later went to Los Angeles to study acting and continued his acting studies in Miami and Mexico City.

Career

Levy worked as a model for the Next Models agency, and was featured in two reality shows broadcast by Telemundo: Isla de la Tentación and Protagonistas de Novela 2. In 2005 he performed at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan, Puerto Rico, starring in the play La Nena Tiene Tumbao.

His debut on the Spanish-language channel Univision was in the Venevision International production of Olvidarte Jamás. He later appeared in Mi Vida Eres Tu and Acorralada. In 2008, he appeared in his first film, Retazos de Vida, directed by Viviana Cordero. He was invited by television producer Carla Estrada to star in Pasión, his breakthrough in Mexican soap operas. Televisa cast him as the lead in Cuidado con el Angel with actress and ex-RBD singer Maite Perroni. The show was first broadcast in Mexico in June 2008, and began airing in the United States in September 2008 on Univision. It averaged 5 million viewers per evening.

Levy starred alongside Jacqueline Bracamontes on Sortilegio in 2009 Sortilegio aired on Univision, and the finale drew 6.6 million viewers, beating ABC and CBS for viewers in that time slot. In November 2009, the actor lent his voice to the Spanish version of the animated movie Planet 51. The movie opened on November 27 in Mexico and won an award for best animated Spanish-language film of 2009 (Premios Goya). From November 2009 to February 2010, Levy toured several Mexican cities with the play Un Amante a la Medida, which toured in the United States in June 2010.

Levy participated in the Mexican telenovela Triunfo del Amor, a remake of the Venezuelan classic Cristal, again with Maite Perroni. The telenovela aired on October 25, 2010, in El Canal de las Estrellas. Pedro Torres, executive producer of Mujeres Asesinas, confirmed Levy's role in the third season of the popular Mexican series. Levy starred as Jennifer Lopez's love interest in the music video "I'm Into You", from her album Love?. It aired on NBC's Today on May 2, 2011. Levy appeared on the cover of People en Español for its special issue on the sexiest men of the year for 2011.

In January 2012, it was announced that Levy would appear in two episodes of the VH1 television series Single Ladies, with Denise Vasi. He was a participant in the 14th season of Dancing with the Stars, with two-time mirror ball champion Cheryl Burke as his dance-pro partner; they finished in third place. In December 2012 Levy was cast as Captain Damian Fabre for the remake of La Tormenta titled La Tempestad which aired in 2013. Levy is set to star in Addicted an erotic drama based on the novel of the same name by Zane. Variety named Levy one of the Top 10 Latino Actors and Actresses in Hollywood.

Levy co-starred in Tyler Perry's film The Single Moms Club (2014). Levy was cast in the lead role as Warrior in upcoming Brent Ryan Green film The Veil.

Personal life

From 2003 to 2011, Levy was in a relationship with Mexican-American actress Elizabeth Gutiérrez. They have a son Christopher born in 2006 and a daughter, Kailey born in March 6, 2010. On July 11, 2009, Levy converted to Catholicism.

Dancing with the Stars performances

Levy was announced to be a contestant on ABC's Dancing With The Stars partnering with two-time champion Cheryl Burke for season 14.

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-Cha-Cha/ "International Love"	8	8	8	No Elimination
2	Quickstep/ "Nice Work If You Can Get It"	9	7	9	Safe
3	Salsa/ "La Vida es un Carnaval"	9	9	10	Safe
4	Jive/ "We're Not Gonna Take It"	7	7	8	Safe
5	Argentine Tango/ "Buttons"	10	9	10	Safe
6	Rumba/ "Being with You" Motown Marathon	9 Awarded	8 9	10 Points	Safe
7	Viennese Waltz/ "Ave Maria" Team Paso Doble/ "O Fortuna"	9 9	9 8	9 9	Safe
8	Foxtrot/ "Stray Cat Strut" Paso Doble (Trio Challenge)/ "Diablo Rojo"	10 9	10 9	10 9	Safe
9	Tango/ "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Samba/ "Magalenha"	9 10	9 10	10 10	Safe
10	Cha-Cha-Cha/ "Raise Your Glass" Freestyle/ "Objection (Tango)" Salsa (24-hour Challenge)/ Juventud de Presente	10 10 10	10 9 10	10 10 10	Third Place

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Planet 51	Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker	Voice role (Spanish dubbing)
2014	The Single Moms Club	Manny
2014	Addicted	Quinton Canosa
2014	Sharon Leal: Giant		Video short
2015	A Change of Heart	Carlos	Post-production
2016	Term Life	Allejandro
2016	The Veil	Warrior	Post-production
2017	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	Christian	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Protagonistas de Novela	Himself	Contestant
2006	Mi vida eres tú	Féderico	Recurring role
2006	Olvidarte jamás	Germán Torres	Recurring role
2007	Acorralada	Larry Irázabal	Co-lead role; 187 episodes
2007-2008	Pasión	Vasco Darién	supporting role
2008-2009	Cuidado con el ángel	Juan Miguel	Lead role; 194 episodes
2009	Sortilegio	Alejandro Lombardo	Lead role
2009	Mujeres asesinas	Fonsi "Conde Alfonso de Jesús Ruiz Machado y Ortigoza"	"Annette y Ana, Nobles" (Season 3, Episode 7)
2010-2011	Triunfo del amor	Maximiliano Sandoval	Lead role; 175 episodes
2011	The Soup	Himself
2012	Single Ladies	Antonio	"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" (Season 2, Episode 2) "No Ordinary Love" (Season 2, Episode 3) "Still in Love with You" (Season 2, Episode 13) "Finally" (Season 2, Episode 14)
2012	Dancing with the Stars	Himself	Contestant (Season 14); 20 episodes
2013	La Tempestad	Damián Fabré	Lead role; 119 episodes
2014	The Chew	Himself	"Tasty Temptations" (Season 4, Episode 24)

Music video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	"I'm Into You"		Song of Jennifer Lopez

Theater

• Un amante a la medida (2009-10)

Awards and nominations

Premios Bravo

Year	Category	Work	Result
2008	Best Newcomer	Pasión	Won
2010	Best Actor	Sortilegio	Won

Premios Juventud

Year	Category	Work	Result
2009	It's great!	Cuidado con el ángel	Won
2010	It's great!	Sortilegio	Won
2011	It's great!	Triunfo del amor	Won
2014	It's great!	La Tempestad	Won

Premios TVyNovelas

Year	Category	Work	Result
2010	Best Actor	Sortilegio	Nominated

Califa de oro

Year	Category	Work	Result
2012	Best Actor	Triunfo del amor	Won

Premios Casandra

Year	Category	Work	Result
2012	Revelation Image	Triunfo del amor	Won

People en Español

Year	Category	Work	Result
2009	Best Couple	Cuidado con el ángel	Nominated
	Mejor actor		Nominated
2010	Best Actor	Sortilegio	Nominated
	Best Couple		Nominated
	The best dress of the year	William Levy	Nominated
2011	Best Couple	Triunfo del amor	Won
	Best Actor		Nominated
	The best dress of the year	William Levy	Nominated
2012	King ofTwitter		Nominated
2013	Best Actor	La Tempestad	Nominated
	Best Couple		Nominated
	The sexiest Twitter	William Levy	Nominated
	William Levy, piloto de avión		Nominated

Lists

• 2011: He appeared in People en Español's list of the 50 handsomest men.
• 2009: People en Español named him as one of "Los 25 hombres más guapos".
• 2009: People en Español named him as one of "Los 50 más bellos".
• 2008: Quién named him as one of "Los 12 hombres más sexys".
• 2008: People en Español named him as one of "Los 50 más bellos".
• 2006: People en Español named him as one of "Los 20 solteros más sexys".

[ Source: Wikipedia ]