Humberto Zurita


Humberto Zurita is a Mexican actor, director and producer.
Zurita, one of 10 siblings from Torreón, Coahuila, is best known as actor, director and producer of telenovelas.

Acting career

He made his first stage appearances in amateur performances of musicals including Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar. He graduated from CUT of UNAM, the famous educational institute for acting in Mexico.
As a stage actor, he acted in various plays from classical to modern, as well as absurd theater. Humberto Zurita played classical roles like Hamlet but he also appeared in various contemporary plays like M. Butterfly. As theatrical producer and director he staged The Protagonist by the Argentine playwright Luis Agustoni and Haute surveillance by Jean Genet.
In television, he started his acting career with Televisa in the late 1970s. He obtained his first starring role as Alberto Limonta in the 1981 production of El derecho de nacer. Two years later he took the role of Eddie in the Mexican production of P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, with Manuel Ojeda as Jimmy. He combined a film career with his television productions such as the telenovela Cañaveral de Pasiones.
In 1997, citing creative reasons he and his wife, Christian Bach, moved to TV Azteca. In a bold move he produced and starred in El candidato an interactive telenovela about current Mexican political issues a year prior to the 2000 Mexican presidential elections. He produced Azul Tequila. In Mexico he has produced four films to date.
Since 2003, he has worked for Argos Television, an independent media company that has produced telenovelas for TV Azteca and Telemundo Network associated company.

Filmography

Actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978Una mujerJavierTelevision debut
1979Muchacha de barrioRaúl
1980SoledadFernando
1980Querer volar
1981El derecho de nacerAlberto
1983El maleficioJorge de Martino
1985De pura sangreAlberto
1986Hora marcadaShort film
1988EncadenadosGermán
1991Al filo de la muerte
1993CaprichoDaniel
1993Televiteatros
1994El vuelo del águilaGeneral Porfirio Díaz
1996La antorcha encendidaMariano Foncerrada
1997Alguna vez tendremos alasGuillermo Lamas
1999El candidatoIgnacio Santoscoy
2002Agua y aceiteErnesto
2002Ladrón de corazonesAntonio Vega
2005Los plateadosEmilio Gallardo
2005Volver al paraíso
2006MarinaGuillermo Alarcón Ferrer
2008Secretos del alma
2010-2012Terra ribelleLupoMain cast; 13 episodes
2011La Reina del SurEpifanio VargasSeries regular
2013Vivir a destiempoRogelio Bermúdez
2015El capitán Camacho Capitán Carlos Camacho / Telésforo Camacho
2016-17La querida del centauroBenedictino Garcia “El Centauro”

Producer

Awards and nominations

For Actor And Producer
YearCategoryTelenovelaResult
1983Best Male RevelationThe right to be born
1983Best Breakthrough Actor of the 80'sThe right to be born
1984Best Male RevelationUnder the shrapnel
1984Best ActorUnder the shrapnel
1984Best Antagonist ActorThe curse
1984Best Supporting ActorThe curse
1985Best ActorThe day Pedro Infante died
1985Best Male Co-ProtagonistThe curse
1986Best Protagonist ActorOf pure blood
1989Best Protagonist ActorNotorious
1989Best ActorThe day Pedro Infante died
1992Best Protagonist ActorAt the edge of death
1995Best Protagonist ActorThe eagle flight
1996Best ProductionUnder the Same Skin
1997Best TelenovelaCanaveral of passions
1998Best Male International Figure Of The YearEver we have wings
2008Best ActorBlack bird
2009Best ActorUnder the Salt
2011Best Supporting ActorThe Queen of the South
2012Best Antagomist Actor in a SeriesThe Queen of the South
2015Best Male Co-ProtagonistCanon