Carlos Torres (actor)
{{short description|Colombian actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Carlos Torres
| image = Carlos Torres 2017 (2).jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|9|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Barranquilla, Colombia
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| nationality = Colombian
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2005–present
| height= 1.83 m
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Carlos Andres Torres Rivera (born 20 September 1988 in Barranquilla, Colombia{{cite web |title=Carlos Torres cuenta cómo protagonizar "La Reina del Flow" le cambió la vida|access-date=24 April 2020|language=Spanish|date=3 June 2020 |url=https://mag.elcomercio.pe/fama/carlos-torres-cuenta-como-protagonizar-la-reina-del-flow-le-cambio-la-vida-netflix-colombia-nndc-nnes-noticia/|publisher=El Comercio}}) is a Colombian actor.{{cite web |title=Actor and Manager – Carlos Torres |url=http://actorandmanager.com/carlos-torres.html |website=actorandmanager.com |access-date=15 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615142004/http://actorandmanager.com/carlos-torres.html |archive-date=15 June 2018 |language=Spanish}}{{cite web |last1=Real |first1=Sandra |title=Carlos Torres: Un galán en potencia |url=http://alo.co/actualidad-y-entretenimiento/carlos-torres |website=alo.co |access-date=15 June 2018 |language=Spanish}} The beginning of his debut on television in the Colombian drama series Padres e Hijos. His most notable roles in television have been in telenovelas such as Francisco el matemático: Clase 2017,{{cite web |title=Carlos Torres y su sorpresivo cambio de look |url=http://www.canalrcn.com/francisco-el-matematico/exclusivas/articulo-nota/carlos-torres-y-su-sorpresivo-cambio-de-look-6018exclusivas |website=canalrcn.com |access-date=15 June 2018 |language=Spanish}} The Queen of Flow,{{cite web |title=¿Personaje de Carlos Torres en ‘La reina del flow’ está inspirado en Maluma? |url=https://www.pulzo.com/entretenimiento/reina-flow-papel-carlos-torres-inspirado-maluma-PP499976 |website=pulzo.com |access-date=15 June 2018 |language=Spanish}} and All For Love.{{cite web |last1=Oliveros |first1=Leonardo |title=Regresa de los 80 ‘Amar y Vivir’, con un toque de música popular |url=https://www.laopinion.com.co/entretenimiento/regresa-de-los-80-amar-y-vivir-con-un-toque-de-musica-popular-188461#OP |website=laopinion.com.co |access-date=24 December 2019 |language=es |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210141333/https://www.laopinion.com.co/entretenimiento/regresa-de-los-80-amar-y-vivir-con-un-toque-de-musica-popular-188461#OP |url-status=dead }}
Career
Torres debuted on Colombian television in 2005 at age 17 in the long-running series, Padres e hijos.{{cite web |title=Trayectoria de Carlos Torres en televisión |url=https://www.protagonista.com.co/carlos-torres/#:~:text=Carlos%20Torres%20Rivera%20naci%C3%B3%20en,ver%20con%20el%20medio%20art%C3%ADstico. |website=protagonista.com.co |access-date=7 July 2020 |language=Spanish}} Subsequently, he played Franco Fritzenwalden in the Colombian version of the Argentine series, Floricienta. Before getting his first role as a main character in a telenovela, he participated as a recurring character in other telenovela like Pocholo, and Cómplices.
In 2009 he got his first role as the main character in the telenovela, Amor mentiras y video. Between 2010 and 2012, he played the main villain of the series Niñas mal, a version of the Mexican film of the same name. In 2012 he obtained one of the main roles as a young protagonist in the telenovela, Pobres rico. In that same year he participated in Las Santísimas, a telenovela that was kept for five years, and which premiered in other countries first, although in Colombia it was broadcast between 2015 and 2016.{{cite web |last1=Arango |first1=Jaime |title=Las Santísimas llegarán a la programación de RCN |url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/blogs/diablog/las-santisimas-llegaran-a-la-programacion-de-rcn/7045 |website=elcolombiano.com |access-date=7 July 2020 |language=Spanish}}
In 2013 he got a recurring role in the telenovela, Secretos del paraíso, a modern adaptation of La maldición del paraíso, whose premiere was first in Latin America,{{cite web|title=MundoFox Premeres "Secretos del Paraiso" a Riveting Drama on July 22nd|url=http://www.latinheat.com/spotlight-news/mundofox-premeres-secretos-del-paraiso-a-riveting-drama-on-july-22nd/|website=latinheat.com|access-date=2 May 2017}}{{cite web|title=Gran estreno de "Secretos del Paraíso" en MundoFOX|url=http://viplatino.com/secretos-del-paraiso|website=viplatino.com|access-date=2 May 2017|language=Spanish}} and the following year in Colombia.{{cite web|title=Hoy, a las 8:00 p.m., gran estreno: Secretos del paraíso|url=http://www.noticiasrcn.com/ocultas-nuestra-tele/hoy-las-800-pm-gran-estreno-secretos-del-paraiso|website=noticiasrcn.com|access-date=1 May 2017|language=Spanish}}
In 2018 he emerged as a star in the whole Latin America because of his role in La Reina del Flow along with Carolina Ramírez and Andrés Sandoval, having the role of "Charly Flow".
In 2021, he returned his role of "Charly Flow" in the Season 2 of La Reina del Flow.
Personal life
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television roles | |||
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005
| Unknown role | | |||
| 2007
| Pocholo | Pablo Pérez | | |||
| 2009
| Amor mentiras y video | Tomás | | |||
| 2010
| Enrique "Kike" Linares | Recurring role (season 1); 25 episodes | |||
| 2012
| Gustavo Rico | | |||
| 2012
| Las Santísimas | Joaquín | | |||
| 2014
| Julián Márquez | | |||
| 2014–2015
| Un sueño llamado salsa | Diego Armando Torres | | |||
| 2015–2016
| Sala de urgencias | Juan José Cardona | Main role (seasons 1–2); 111 episodes | |||
| 2016
| Azúcar | Santiago Solaz Vallecilla | Main role | |||
| 2017
| Mario Aristizábal | | |||
| 2017
| Francisco el matemático: Clase 2017 | Francisco Quintana | Main role; 73 episodes | |||
| 2018–2021
| Charly Flow | Main role; 172 episodes | |||
| 2019
| Bolívar | Francisco Quintana | Main role; 73 episodes | |||
| 2020
| Joaquín Herrera | Main role; 63 episodes | |||
| 2020
| Fabián "El Lobo" Ramírez{{cite news|title=Carlos Torres: El ‘lobo’ que conquistó los corazones en ‘100 Días Para Enamorarnos’ de Telemundo|url=https://laopinion.com/2020/05/29/carlos-torres-el-lobo-que-conquisto-los-corazones-en-100-dias-para-enamorarnos-de-telemundo/|publisher=La Opinion|access-date=24 April 2021 |language=Spanish|date=29 May 2020}} | Recurring role (season 1); 12 episodes | |||
| 2021
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| 2023
| Joel | Main role (season 2); 8 episodes | |||
| 2024
| Pedro el escamoso: más escamoso que nunca | Main role | |||
| 2024
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2432071}}
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Category:21st-century Colombian male actors
Category:Colombian male television actors