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Who is Carlos Espejel?

Carlos Espejel Leguizamo , better known simply as Carlos Espejel, is a famous comedian and television actor who, thanks to his talent and great sense of humor, has excelled in projects such as Hijos de su madre, Tres familias, Un rescate de huevitos, and Room for rent. Carlos Espejel was born on April 21, 1972 in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City and is also well recognized for his emblematic character of Chiquidrácula and Carlinflas from the Chiquilladas series in 1982.

Biography of Carlos Espejel

Beginnings in the life of Carlos Espejel

Carlos Espejel Leguizamo, better known in show business simply as Carlos Espejel , was born in the current Azcapotzalco mayor’s office in Mexico City on April 21, 1972. In the case of this actor, his introduction to show business It happened at a very young age. This, according to what the actor commented on some occasion, could have been due to his mother’s peculiar habit of dressing him: “I think my mother didn’t have dolls, she grabbed us like her toys, she managed to make me the vampire costume for the first time at age three. She amused herself making me the capita and the beak on her forehead. She always really liked dressing us in different things ”.

At the age of seven Carlos Espejel  began working in this area within the XEW, and even had minor appearances such as in the telenovela Al final del arcoíris (1980) and in the telecomedy My guests (1980), but the great leap in his career it took place when he was nine years old, in 1981. In this year, the young artist made his debut on the television program Alegrías de Melodía . This milestone was of particular importance for him and his future career, since it earned him the “masculine revelation” award offered by the AMPRYT (Mexican Association of Radio and Television Journalists). From here, he began to attract attention in the middle, and it opened the doors for large projects.

The following year, in 1982, Carlos Espejel  began to participate in one of the programs that has earned him a good dose of recognition. Within his participation in Chiquilladas , he managed to bring to life characters that are still strongly associated with him. Among them, ” Chiquidrácula “, a parody of the famous character from Bram Stoker’s novel and played in countless horror films, as well as Carlinflas , also a parody, but of the famous Mexican comedian and actor, whom he continued to play until the year 2006.

It should also be noted that these roles earned him the TVyNovelas awards from 1983 to 1986 as best child actor, and that from this a film was created in 1985 called Chiquidrácula, with which actor Carlos Espejel  was awarded the Diosa de Plata award. for best comedy actor. These awards have not been in vain; His performances continue to be remembered to this day, and the actor himself has repeated these roles on various occasions throughout his career, even reaching the point of trying to break away from them because he is excessively associated with them, seeking to give life to other types of characters.

Career and history of Carlos Espejel

Although  Carlos Espejel  already had great success as a child actor and his name was well recognized, his great moment of entering Televisa originated in the soap opera  Quinceañera  in 1987, starring Adela Noriega and Ernesto Laguarda and in which he played the character Indalecio. Refund”. Although the role he played in the story was modest, it allowed him to continue participating in this type of production. Although several of these were only pilot programs, one-off appearances or minor performances, it can also boast a long list of soap operas and sitcoms, such as the following:Silent love, Time marked, The spider web, Single dad, Carousel of the Americas, Until death do them part, And yet… it moves, Looking for paradise, Woman, real life cases, Chiquitibum, and Paquita la del neighborhood , among many others.

Outside the field of telenovela and telecomedy, Carlos Espejel has been recognized for participating in dubbing on several occasions. Possibly, one of the most remembered characters that  Carlos Espejel has brought to life has been the lazy ” Sid “, in the Ice Age movie , along with all the sequels that occurred in later years. He also provided his voice for several characters belonging to Mexican animated film projects, such as Brijes 3D and Una película de huevos, in which  Carlos Espejel  gave life to Willy, as well as in its sequels, Un película de huevos y un pollo, A rooster with many eggs and A rescue of little eggs.

Undoubtedly, something that has recognized him throughout his career has been his performance in comedy shows. In addition to some of the sitcoms already mentioned above, Carlos Espejel  has been in humor programs such as Cero en conductaa, Parodia, Make me laugh and you will be a millionaire, Three families, Macabron Stories, among many others, managing to share the stage with great figures such as  Juan Soler ,  Nora Salinas ,  Jaime Camil ,  Arath de la Torre ,  Adal Ramones , among many others. 

Did Carlos Espejel pretend to have cancer?

An important event in the life of Carlos Espejel that caused him problems and misunderstandings was the scandal that occurred in 2003, when he was allegedly diagnosed with esophageal cancer at an early stage. Several sources mention that this supposed illness was faked, and that this was unmasked in the Guerra de Chistes program. However, the actor, when interviewed about it, denied the accusations, and assured that he really suffered from the disease and overcame it.

Although he did claim to have had this deadly disease, the situation caused him problems with close friends, who assured that the alleged cancer was just a way for  Carlos Espejel to gain more fame, to which the actor at the time commented: ” It wasn’t just them, the media was also very aggressive. It was a very difficult moment. With Pepe I still get along very well with Radaméz if there was a distance, but I never complained to them ”. More importantly, all of this earned him a veto from Televisa, which kept him away from projects for a while.

Other projects in which Carlos Espejel  achieved great success was in Big Brother VIP in the 2003 edition, where he became one of the favourites, at least within the preferences of the public, to win the contest. Likewise, he has been part of the contestants of the aforementioned reality show, Make me laugh and you will be a millionaire, and in the same way he has also served as a presenter, as was the case in “a Dúo”, another reality show held in Los Angeles, California in in 2009. Likewise, abroad, he has been part of projects such as the program “El show de Lagrimita y Costel”, also produced in Los Angeles, and in the Colombian series “Exposos”, by the FOX television network.

Throughout the following years  Carlos Espejel began to have more roles in numerous projects, some of them were ; “A rescue of little eggs, His mother’s children, Three families”, (where he shared credits with Ulises de la Torre ,  Alejandra Toussaint ,  Patricio Borghetti , among others, “Descontrol, Paquita la del Barrio, Who is Who?, Family in sale” , among many more that have consolidated him not only as an actor but also as an excellent comedian. 

 Carlos Espejel scored a great success in his professional career when “Se renta cuartos” premiered , a Mexican television series initially broadcast on Comedy Central, Paramount+ and later on channel 5 of Televisa. In the series “Rooms for rent” a family with a lot of money due to fate goes bankrupt so they have to move to an old house in a humble neighborhood in Mexico City, where they must rent some rooms to survive. but above all, deal with the different personalities that will end up staying in that place.

“Rooms are rented” became a great success for Comedy Central, which is why Televisa later acquired the rights to be able to broadcast it in its programming. As if that were not enough, it managed to have several seasons due to the good reception it received from the public, also without doubt gave Carlos Espejel great success.

In the series “Rooms for rent” Carlos Espejel played Chicopasote , he was also sharing credits with other great acting figures such as Itatí Cantoral  (Graciela Garza), Paco Rueda (Bobby Garza), Yare Santana (Stef), Jorge Ortín (El Driver), Armando Hernández (Pepenacho), María Chacón  (Shantallé), Carlos Espejel  (Chicopasote), Irving Peña (Tato), Claudia Álvarez (Lucía), Regina Orozco (Mamanacha), Alejandra Ley (Megan), among others.

Children and partners of Carlos Espejel 

Carlos Espejel and Alma Cero

After the actor Carlos Espejel ended his relationship with his ex-wife Paty Azuara, he had a torrid romance with the actress Alma Cero when they both coincided in the soap opera Tres Familias in 2017. Carlos Espejel and Alma Cero ‘s courtship would last until 2019, when she announced her separation from him without giving many explanations as to why they broke up, although later she assured that they had not finished but in the end no more was known about their relationship, so it was assumed that perhaps in 2020 was when their relationship really ended, which was full of scandals because Paty Azuara recurrently attacked Alma Cero.

Carlos Espejel and his ex-wife Paty Azuara

Shortly after this incident, Carlos Espejel met Paty Azuara, whom he married not long after. It was with her that he had her son Fausto and Natalia. This relationship lasted a few years, until scandals stemming from an alleged romance with Alma Cero, Espejel’s co-star in “Tres Familias” caused the couple to separate. Although there is talk that the relationship between Carlos Espejel and Paty Azuara is one of friendship, there is no shortage of those who assure that there are strong tensions between them.

Like many celebrities, Carlos Espejel has led a love life under the public spotlight. It is known that he had a courtship with a niece of Paty Chapoy, who, according to Espejel, was responsible for the news of his illness in 2003 spreading throughout the entertainment medium. With this, it is not possible to ensure if that was the wish of the actor or not. However, this caused him several drawbacks, as seen above.

Pack of Carlos Espejel

Although on social networks and the internet people search a lot for the Carlos Espejel pack or for photos in which he can be seen with little clothing or in sensual poses, the truth is that currently there is no Carlos Espejel pack other than those photos. that the artist has published on his own networks and that could be considered sexy.

How much is the fortune of Carlos Espejel?

This is one of the questions that people ask the most about Carlos Espejel and although they always end up answering it on other pages with “I don’t know” or “it depends” if there are some estimates that various web portals mention. However, it is not possible to make an exact calculation about the fortune of this great star that is Carlos Espejel within the middle of the show, even so, more than being interested in the fortune of a person, the important thing is the talent he has and what he has done that he is among the great figures of the international show business.

Without a doubt, the career of this great star Carlos Espejel will continue to rise and we will be attentive to everything that happens around him, so we invite you to stay on our page for the next updates that we will have in life, career, history and biography of Carlos Espejel.