Roberto Ballesteros

{{short description|Peruvian actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Roberto Ballesteros

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| birth_name = Eduardo Roberto Ramírez Ochoa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|3|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico

| occupation = Actor

| parents = Jorge Ballesteros, Sandra Ballesteros

| spouse =

| years_active = 1975–present

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Roberto Ballesteros (born March 22, 1952) is a Mexican actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.elsiglocoahuila.mx/noticia/2016/se-reencontrara-ballesteros-con-su-tierra.html|title=Se reencontrará Ballesteros con su tierra|agency=El Siglo de Coahuila|date=28 April 2016|accessdate=29 Sep 2023|language=es}} In some media it has been erroneously published that the actor is originally from Peru. However, the actor himself has denied this information and exhibited his birth certificate to confirm that he was born in the Mexican city of Torreón.[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=776388092463145 Roberto Ballesteros aclara la duda que algunos de nuestros seguidores han tenido] (in Spanish). 4 de mayo de 2016.

In the United States and Puerto Rico, Ballesteros is sometimes seen working on Univision.

Career

Ballesteros has played a variety of roles during his career, including romantic antagonists and leads. He is usually cast as a villain or as a drug dealer in Mexican action films, but has occasionally played heroes, cops and other roles as well.

Apart from several soap operas, including Rosa salvaje opposite Verónica Castro, Ballesteros has also been in films such as:

  • El Dia de Los Albaniles 3, 1987{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=16699|title=Película: El Dia de los Albañiles 3 (1987) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Los Verduleros 2, 1987{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/indie/pelicula.php?film=11292|title=Película: Los Verduleros 2 (1987) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • El Dia de Los Albaniles 4, 1990{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=16694|title=Película: El Día de los Albañiles 4 (1990) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Keiko en Peligro, 1990{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=14194|title=Película: Keiko en Peligro (1990) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Alarido del Terror, 1991{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=20706|title=Película: Alarido del Terror (1991) - Alarido del Terror - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Mujer de Cabaret, 1991{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/indie/pelicula.php?film=25333|title=Película: Mujer De Cabaret (1991) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Retén, 1991{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=25398|title=Película: Retén (1991) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Persecución Infernal, 1992{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=29728|title=Película: Persecución Infernal (1992) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • El Trono del Infierno, 1994{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=14277|title=Película: El Trono del Infierno (1994) - El Trono del Infierno - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Fuerza Maldita, 1995{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=28424|title=Película: Fuerza Maldita (1995) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Las Nueve Caras del Miedo, 1995
  • Secuestro, 1995{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/indie/pelicula.php?film=31614|title=Película: Secuestro (1995) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Venganza Mortal, 1995{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/indie/pelicula.php?film=32444|title=Película: Venganza mortal (1995) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • El Destazador, 1996{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=25384|title=Película: El Destazador (1996) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • El Regreso de la Bestia, 1998
  • La Lobo del Aňo, 1999{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/indie/pelicula.php?film=19344|title=Película: La Lobo del Año (1999) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Los 6 Mandamientos de la Risa, 1999{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/indie/pelicula.php?film=41208|title=Película: Los 6 mandamientos de la risa (1999) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • El Seňor de Sinaloa, 2000{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/indie/pelicula.php?film=28043|title=Película: El señor de Sinaloa (2000) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Sangre de Cholo, 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/indie/pelicula.php?film=795|title=Película: Sangre de Cholo (2009) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}
  • Los Siete, 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.abandomoviez.net/indie/pelicula.php?film=41274|title=Película: Los Siete (2010) - abandomoviez.net|work=abandomoviez.net|accessdate=12 May 2015}}

Ballesteros has also acted in mini-series such as Navidad sin Fin, María Isabel, Cañaveral de Pasiones, María Mercedes, Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real, Simplemente María, Quinceañera and others.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050805/|title=Roberto Ballesteros|work=IMDb|accessdate=12 May 2015}} He has shared acting credits with other Mexican television and film stars like Castro, Thalia Sodi, Mario Almada, Sebastian Ligalde, Eduardo Palomo, Victoria Ruffo, {{ill|Jorge Luke|es}} and Alfonso Zayas.

Filmography

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