| Vadhir Derbez | |
| Birth Name: | Vadhir Derbez Alejandro González Torres Prince[1] |
| Birth Date: | 18 February 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Alma Mater: | Culver Academies |
| Father: | Eugenio Derbez |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1994–present |
Vadhir Derbez Alejandro González Torres Prince (born 18 February 1991), better known as Vadhir Derbez, is a Mexican actor and singer who has worked for Televisa, Univision, Warner Brothers, Netflix, TV Azteca and Telemundo.
Derbez was born in Mexico City.[2] His father is comic actor Eugenio Derbez.[3]
He studied at military school Culver Academies for four years, where he practiced equestrianism. He rode in Barack Obama's Inaugural parade in Washington D.C. in 2008.
Vadhir began his acting career in 1997 at age six on the program Derbez en Cuando,[4] where he participated in the sketches Tatiana y En Familia con Chabelo (2000),[5] and Diseñador do ambos sexos (2001). He earned his first featured part in the novela (soap opera) Cómplices Al Rescate (2002). La familia P. Luche (2002) was his next involved work, followed by De pocas, pocas pulgas (2003),[6] Par de ases (2004),[7] Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (2004). In 2006 he was on the famous program Vecinos as recurring character Marco López Pérez for a total of 36 episodes.
Derbez participated in Univision's first reality dance competition, Mira Quien Baila (2010) and was the winner of the shows first season.[8] On November 21, 2010, he won first place in Mira Quien Baila: First Season. He acted in the famous series (2013) as Maximiliano 'Max' Zaga, one of the protagonists, alongside Alexis Ayala, José María Torre, and Issabela Camil.
In 2016, Vadhir played the role of César Suárez, the psychopathic son of a drug lord in the soap opera La querida del Centauro, a production of Sony Pictures, Teleset, and in collaboration with Telemundo, the show was aired in the United States, Mexico, and South America. In the same year the actor played a lead role in the first series shared amongst TV Azteca and Televisa Blim, Entre correr y vivir, based on the lives of Ricardo and Pedro Rodríguez. This show was filmed in the race course of Mexico City and in it Vadhir played the role of the race pilot Rodrigo Hernández. In 2019, he won the first season of ¿Quién es la máscara? as Camaleon.
Entering the international market, the actor obtained a role on the Netflix series, Sense8 (2016) alongside Miguel Ángel Silvestre and Alfonso Herrera.
The actor made his theater debut playing Tom Sawyer, the lead role in Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer (2004), an adaption of the story by Mark Twain.[9] In 2013 he took part in the musical Grease, playing 3 different roles (Tacho, Kiko, and Danny Sucko) during this time. Afterwards he earned a lead part in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages (2014), playing the role of Jerry, along with the actress and singer Dulce Maria.[10] He then played a lead role in Grease (2017) once more on Musical USA making rounds in a few cities in the United States.
Vadhir earned his first part on the big screen giving voice to the character Chuletas in the 2005 animated film Imaginum,[11] but it wasn not until 2015 that he had a role in a live-action film, appearing in the action film Ladrones, alongside Fernando Colunga, Eduardo Yáñez, Jessica Lindsay, and Miguel Varoni.[12] In 2016, he obtained his first lead role in film El tamaño si Importa, directed by Rafa Lara.[13] The next year he was in the film 3 Idiotas, an adaptation of the popular Bollywood film 3 Idiots.[14] After his success in Mexico, he made his Hollywood debut in the film How to Be a Latin Lover (2017), playing a younger version of the character played by his father Eugenio.[15] In May 2019, Vadhir co-starred as Beto in the comedy film Dulce familia.[16]
Derbez made his music debut with his first EP, Vadhir Derbez released 2 September 2016. It featured two singles: "Te Olvidé" and "Me Haces Sentir".[17] "Me Haces Sentir" was later re-released on 14 February 2017 with the live version included.[18]
His musical and cinematic career briefly overlapped his song "Al Final" was released under the soundtrack of 3 Idiots on 7 March 2017, a movie which he was also featured on April 27, 2017, Derbez released his fourth single, "Latin Lover".[19]
After a period of almost two years, Vadhir released his next single "Mala" on 5 April 2019,[20] and has announced that his last song "Toda La Banda" was released in June 2019.[21]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Imaginum | Chuletas | Animated film |
| 2015 | Ladrones | Ray | |
| 2016 | El tamaño sí importa | Diego Suárez | |
| 2017 | 3 idiotas | Isidoro | |
| How to Be a Latin Lover | Maximo (Age 21) | ||
| 2019 | Como si fuera la primera vez[22] | Diego | |
| Breaking the I.C.E. | Alejandro | Short film | |
| Dulce familia | Beto | ||
| 2020 | [23] | Juanpa | |
| El mesero[24] | Rodrigo | ||
| 2021 | The Seventh Day[25] | Father Daniel Garcia | |
| The Mooring[26] | Daniel | ||
| 2022 | White Elephant[27] | Carlos Garcia | |
| Huevitos congelados[28] | Pingüino Rey | Animated film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–2005 | Mujer, casos de la vida real | Various roles | 3 episodes | |
| 2002 | Cómplices al rescate | Andrés Rosales | ||
| 2003 | De pocas, pocas pulgas | Chorizo | ||
| 2005 | Par de Ases | Various roles | ||
| 2005–2006 | Vecinos | Marco López | 36 episodes | |
| 2010 | Eva Luna[29] | Gerardo | ||
| 2012 | El Gran Show de los Peques | Producción | Episode: "Quinto episodio" | |
| 2013 | [30] | Maximiliano "Max" Zaga | 26 episodes | |
| 2016 | Entre correr y vivir | Rodrigo Hernández | Main role | |
| 2016–2017 | La querida del Centauro | César Suárez | Recurring role; 44 episodes (season 1), 2 episodes (season 2) | |
| 2016 | Sense8 | Mr.Valles (student) | Episode: "Happy F*cking New Year" | |
| 2019 | ¿Quién es la máscara?[31] | Camaleón | ||
| 2019 | De viaje con los Derbez[32] | Himself | ||
| 2020 | The First Team[33] | Carlos Velez |
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