Gabriel Porras
{{short description|Mexican actor (born 1968)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|2|13}}
| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1994–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Sonya Smith|2008|2013|end=div}}
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Carlos Gabriel Porras Flores (born February 13, 1968) is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career working for TV Azteca in telenovelas like Tres veces Sofia along with Mexican diva Lucía Méndez and El tío Alberto. His acting career strengthened when he played his first protagonist role in El alma herida, a telenovela, produced by Telemundo which is owned by NBC Universal. In El alma herida he shared credits along with Mexican actress Itatí Cantoral with whom he had a relationship in real life.
Gabriel Porras has often played villains.{{Cite news |date=July 3, 2022 |title=Gabriel Porras no se encasilla |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/gabriel-porras-no-se-encasilla/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |work=El Universal |language=es}}
Personal life
Gabriel Porras is the eldest of 3 siblings, Marina and Francisco Porras. He married American-born actress Sonya Smith (his co-star in the telenovela Olvidarte Jamas) popular in Venezuelan television drama on February 29, 2008. They announced their divorce on June 24, 2013.
Filmography
= Film =
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| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999
| En un claroscuro de la luna | Olegario | | |||
| 2000
| El interminable submarino amarillo | José | Short film | |||
| 2001
| Perro negro | Moncho | Short film | |||
| 2004
| Federale | | |||
| 2004
| Zapato | Unknown role | Short film | |||
| 2004
| El fin del sur | Emiliano Zapata | Short film | |||
| 2005
| Reflejos | The Guy in The Bathroom | | |||
| 2005
| Mi nombre es Ringo | Ringo | | |||
| 2005
| It's Not Easy Being A Wolf Boy | | | |||
| 2006
| La reportera salvaje | José Luis Fernández | | |||
| 2006
| La vida inmune | Andrés | | |||
| 2007
| Paco | | |||
| 2007
| | | |||
| 2008
| Al fin y al cabo | El Agente Wilson | | |||
| 2010
| Hunted by Night | Gabriel | | |||
| 2011
| Monsenor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero | | | |||
| 2012
| Unknowns | Detective Ramírez | | |||
| 2020
| Patricia Secretos De Una Pasion | Humberto | |
= Television roles =
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| Year | Title | Roles | Notes
!Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998
| La casa del naranjo | Damián | | | |||
| 1998
| Tres veces Sofía | Germán Lizarralde | | | |||
| 1999
| Cuentos para solitarios | Javier | Episode: "Marisol en la playa, frente al mar y algunas rocas" | | |||
| 2000
| El tío Alberto | Pedro | | | |||
| 2000
| Todo por amor | Alejandro | | | |||
| 2002
| Feliz navidad mamá | Mariano | | | |||
| 2002
| Por ti | José | | | |||
| 2003
| Román | | | |||
| 2003–2004
| Juan Manuel Mendoza | Main role; 151 episodes | | |||
| 2004
| Daniel Moncada | Main role; 88 episodes | | |||
| 2005–2007
| The Days of Pets | Raul the Parrot | Voice role; 54 episodes | | |||
| 2006
| Diego Ibarra | Main role; 112 episodes | | |||
| 2006
| Guido Guevara | Recurring role; 64 episodes | | |||
| 2007
| Leonardo Cisneros | Main role; 141 episodes | | |||
| 2008
| Fernando Rey | Supporting role; 14 episodes | | |||
| 2008–2009
| Ricardo Rivera / Ricky Montana | Main cast; 157 episodes | | |||
| 2010
| Mariano Altamira | Main role; 106 episodes | | |||
| 2011
| Roberto Gato Marquez / El Gato Fierros | Supporting role; 14 episodes | |||
| 2011–2012
| Gonzalo Ibáñez / Iñaki Mora / Roberto Acosta | Main role; 165 episodes | | |||
| 2012–2013
| Miguel Valdez Gutiérrez | Main role | | |||
| 2014–2015
| Olegario Marrero "El Diablo" / Rafael Montes | Main cast; 117 episodes | |||
| 2013
| Marco Mejía | Main role (Season 1); 74 episodes | |||
| 2015–2016
| Carlos Martínez | Main role; 122 episodes | | |||
| 2017
| La Fan | Gabriel Bustamante | Main role; 125 episodes | | |||
| 2017
| Pedro Rivera | Main role; 91 episodes | | |||
| 2017
| José Vargas | Episode: "In-feliz Navidad" | | |||
| 2018
| Ernesto Martínez | Main cast; 78 episodes | | |||
| 2019
| Carlos De la Cruz | Recurring role; 10 episodes | | |||
| 2021
| Himself | Participant | | |||
| 2022
| Roberto | Episode: "Mía solo mía" | |||
| 2024
|Jorge Nieto | | |||
Awards and nominations
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| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Works ! scope="col" | Result |
|---|
| rowspan="1"| 2012
| rowspan="1"| Tu Mundo Awards | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="1"| 2014
| rowspan="1"| People en Español Awards | Best Male Antagonist | rowspan="2"| Los miserables | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="1"| 2015
| rowspan="1"| Tu Mundo Awards | The Best Bad Boy – Novela | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| rowspan="3"| Tu Mundo Awards | Favorite Lead Actor – Novela | rowspan="3"|Bajo el mismo cielo | {{won}} |
| The Perfect Couple (with Maria Elisa Camargo)
| {{nom}} |
| The Best Actor with Bad Luck
| {{nom}} |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053631/http://www.gabrielporras.com/ Gabriel Porras Biography]
- https://notaclave.com/gabriel-porras-y-vanessa-apolito-lanzan-ulcitoecoco-films-en-rd/
- [http://www.telemundo.com Telemundo Website]
- {{IMDb name|0691806}}
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Category:Male actors from Mexico City
Category:Mexican emigrants to the United States
Category:Mexican male film actors
Category:Mexican male telenovela actors