Biography of Eduardo Capetillo

Who is Eduardo Capetillo?

Eduardo Capetillo Vázquez better known as Eduardo Capetillo, is a famous Mexican telenovela actor who has excelled in projects such as La Otra cara del Alma, Pecadora, Soy tu dueña, La Academia and even his own reality show. Eduardo Capetillo was born on April 13, 1970 in Mexico City and is married to actress Biby Gaytán with whom he had 5 children; Alejandra, Eduardo Jr, Daniel, Ana Paula, and Manuel.

Biography of Eduardo Capetillo

Beginnings in the life of Eduardo Capetillo

Eduardo Capetillo Vázquez, better known in the world of entertainment as Eduardo Capetillo, was born on April 13, 1970 in Mexico City. We have knowledge that his father was the bullfighter Manuel Capetillo, who also ventured into the world of acting, appearing both on the small screen and in the cinema. Speaking of his family environment, he comes from a family with a legendary tradition in bullfighting, and has Manuel Jr and Guillermo Capetillo as brothers.

It is considered that the beginnings of his artistic career occurred when Eduardo Capetillo was still very young and had the opportunity to participate in some acting preparation courses having as a teacher the actress Martha Zavaleta, and later he was enrolled in some jazz courses at the Center for Artistic Education (CEA) of Televisa.

Thanks to this preparation, Eduardo Capetillo turned out to be the winner of the festival known as Juguemos a Cantar, in which we know that he came in second place thanks to his excellent interpretation of the song entitled Mi grupo toca Rock, which appeared later for public enjoyment thanks to Orfeón Records.

Trajectory and history of Eduardo Capetillo

In 1984 Eduardo Capetillo played the role of Lalo in the play that was known under the title of Vaseline with Timbiriche and due to the great performance he showed he was invited to join the emblematic band Timbiriche, replacing the artist Benny Ibarra; with the group he achieved special success with the album known as Rock Show, an album that belongs in turn to the album Timbiriche VI, after this great success, Eduardo would continue to appear in the albums Timbiriche VII, Timbiriche VIII and Timbiriche IX. We can not forget that during the time in which Eduardo Capetillo belonged to Timbiriche, he was in charge of interpreting some songs as a soloist, which enjoyed in his time of great popularity, among them we can name: “No seas tan cruel”, “Todo Cambia”, and “Con todos menos contigo”. In the same way we have news that he toured throughout Mexico and also performed in some other countries in Latin America.

Among his bandmates in the group Timbiriche were Sasha Sokol, Biby Gaytán (who would later become his wife), Edith Márquez, Erick Rubín, Alix Bauer, Mariana Garza, Diego Schoening, Thalía, and Paulina Rubio.

Eduardo Capetillo combined his career as a singer without neglecting his acting career so in 1985 he would appear on the big screen with the film Cementerio del terror, where he would give life to the character of Tony, then he was part of the cast of the theater version of the film known as Grease (Vaseline in Spanish) and it would also be in this same year when he would participate in the telenovela known under the title of Martín Garatuza. Later, in 1989 he would be in charge of playing the character of Victor, in the telenovela known as Morir para vivir. It was in that same year, in 1989 when Eduardo Capetillo decided to leave TImbiriche to embark on a solo career and continue his successful acting career.

For two years we could enjoy his performance in the soap operas called Alcanzar una estrella and Alcanzar una estrella II. It would be in the same way in the year of 1991 when he would launch as a soloist the musical theme of “Dame una noche“, in the same way Eduardo Capetillo was the winner in the TVyNovelas Awards with the category of “best male revelation”, thanks to his excellent performance in the telenovela Alcanzar una estrella.

In the year of 1992 he was as Eddy López in the telenovela known by the name of Baila conmigo, which would have a homonymous theatrical version in which Eduardo Capetillo interpretaría to the same character, we can not forget that it would be in this same year of 1992, when we would see him appear on the big screen with the film (related to the aforementioned soap operas) known under the title of More than reaching a star, where he would be in charge of the interpretation of the character of Eduardo or Lalo Martínez, also called Eduardo Montenegro.

For the year of 1993 Eduardo Capetillo was nominated in the TVyNovelas Awards with the category of “best young actor”, this time he did not win but it was thanks to his excellent participation in Baila conmigo. And it would also be in this same year when he would stand out as a soloist with the song “Aquí estoy”.

A year later in 1994 Eduardo Capetillo was in charge of giving life to the character of Sergio Santibáñez in the telenovela that was known as Marimar, this being one of the famous trilogies of the Marias. While the following year, in 1995, we could enjoy the talent of his voice with the song “Piel ajena”, which he performed as a soloist, then he would again be nominated at the TVyNovelas Awards with the category of “best leading actor” thanks to his participation in Marimar and although he did not win if he would be the winner of the ACE Awards for the same telenovela with the category of “best male figure of the year”. The following year, in 1996, he gave life to Renzo in the telenovela called Canción de amor.

A short time later, in 1998, he appeared as part of the cast of the telenovela known as Camila, in which we know that he was in charge of playing the character of Miguel Gutiérrez, skin in which he would be until the year of 1999 and then more melodramas would arrive as; The secret, Long live the children!, Amy, the girl with the blue backpack, The stepmother, Pilgrim, Fire in the blood, Sinner, I am your owner, Relentless rain, The other face of the soul, among others.

In mid-2011 Biby Gaytán and Eduardo Capetillo were chosen to be part of La Academia, Biby Gaytán would be the host and Eduardo Capetillo the director but they did not last long in the program because weeks later they were fired from La Academia, the directors of the Azteca television network, decided to remove the actor from the position he held and Gaytán as a host, this after both used the program to clarify rumors of their private life and especially when the rumor spread that Capetillo had pretended to one of the contestants “Yanilen Diaz Reinaldo” and although before one of the concerts of the reality began he was told not to talk about the subject, Biby Gaytán’s husband ignored it and did talk about it live in a situation that many classified as offensive to the girl because she was exposed nationally as a “husband takeaway.” This fact caused the couple to disappear from the media again. In this program he shared credits with the judges; Lolita Cortés, Arturo López Gavito and Regina Orozco.

In mid-2021 and after several years in which they were away from the spotlight and any work on television screens, Biby Gaytán and Eduardo Capetillo decided to tell the public a little more about their lives, this time in the company of their five children: Eduardo Jr, Paulina, Alejandra, Manuel and Daniel through a reality show in which the family in the very style of “The Kardashians” would open the doors of their house so that people could get to know them a little more thoroughly; something also very much in the style of what Eugenio Derbez had done in those same years.

“Biby and Eduardo, El Reality” was the name of the reality show of Los Capetillo who would show what happened inside their house, both happy moments and the hardest and saddest because even in the first chapter you could see a fight between Biby Gaytán and Eduardo Capetillo marriage. The reality was premiered exclusively by Unicable to later be broadcast by Televisa.

One of the great successes achieved in his career occurred in mid-2022 when “Donde hubo fuego” premiered a dramatic web series in soap opera format released exclusively for Netflix and initially had thirty-nine episodes which was rare since by that time the series that Netflix made were only 10 chapters maximum so it really bet a lot on the series and so it was Well, it achieved very good audience levels. In the series “Donde hubo fuego” actor Eduardo Capetillo played Ricardo Urzúa.

Children and wife of Eduardo Capetillo

The actor Eduardo Capetillo in 1994 decided to join in marriage with his partner of Timbiriche, Biby Gaytán, fruit of this relationship have been born their children who respond to the names of: Alejandra, Eduardo Jr, Daniel, Ana Paula, and Manuel.

The wedding of Bibi and Eduardo took place with a very romantic ceremony and that remained forever in the hearts of the fans, because Eduardo came riding dressed as a charro to the church, at that time he was 24 years old, and Biby Gaytán with 22. Despite several rumors of a possible breakup for all these years the couple is still happily married even surpassing the rumors in which it was assured that Eduardo Capetillo forbade Biby Gaytán to work so that she would never have to kiss any other actor in a telenovela again.

Pack de Eduardo Capetillo

How much is Eduardo Capetillo’s fortune?

This is one of the questions that people ask most about Eduardo Capetillo and although they always end up answering it on other pages with a “I don’t know” or “it depends” if there are some estimates that several web portals mention. However, it is not possible to make an exact calculation about the fortune of this great star that is Eduardo Capetillo 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 that I have made that this within the great figures of the international entertainment medium.

No doubt the career of this great star Eduardo Capetillo will continue to rise and we will be attentive to everything that happens around him, so we invite you not to take off from our page for the next updates we will have in the life, trajectory, history and biography of Eduardo Capetillo.