Eugenio Derbez
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Eugenio González Derbez (born September 2, 1962) is a Mexican comedy actor and Formula 1 auto driver. Derbez is the son of actress Silvia Derbez and brother of Silvia Eugenia Derbez. His niece, who also uses the name Silvia Eugenia Derbez, is also an actress. Derbez is said to be born in Mexico City, but some claim he was actually born in San Luis Potosi.
Eugenio Derbez grew up surrounded by famous show business people, and he developed an early childhood interest in acting. At the age of twelve, he made his television debut, acting as an extra in a telenovela.
Derbez kept acting during his school years and took his first formal acting class at age 19. Derbez began acting in theater, acting in a number of plays less than a year after he began studying acting. During the early 1980s, Derbez was a regular in Cachun, Cachun, Ra, Ra!, a popular Mexican television show. He also participated in En Familia con Chabelo, a children's television show.
In 1988, Derbez got his first recurring television character, when he played a number of roles in a comedy show called "Anabel". In 1987, he briefly worked in a television series named "Tal Como Somos" ("Just The Way we Are").
In 1990, he played "Eugenio" in a comedy film, "Transplante a la Mexicana" ("Mexican Style Transplant"). That same year he participated alongside well-known Mexican comedian César Bono in "Fotógrafo de Modelos" ("Models Photographer"). Derbez kept making movies during the 1990s, but his movie success could not compare to his television success. In 1992, he began hosting the variety show, "Al Derecho y al Derbez", a word play for "al derecho y al revés", which could be loosely translated as "rightside up and upside down" or "forwards and backwards". "Al Derecho y al Derbez" gave Derbez celebrity across Mexico and in the United States, and was the first of a number of shows that Derbez would host through the years. In 1992 also, he married actress Victoria Ruffo. They had a son and later divorced. In 1997, Derbez made his directing debut, in a soap opera named "No Tengo Madre" ("I Don't Have a Mother").
In 1999, Derbez started a new show, "Derbez en Cuando", a word play for "de vez en cuando", which means "every once in a while". Derbez appeared in "Carita de Angel" in 2000, working alongside Silvia Pinal, Ana Patricia Rojo, Libertad Lamarque and Miguel de León, among others. He also starred that year in "Cómplices al Rescate" ("Accomplices to the Rescue"), a major teenaged themed telenovela that gave Derbez the opportunity to act alongside former Menudo Johnny Lozada, Belinda Peregrin, Daniela Lujan, Francisco Gattorno and Laura Flores, among others.
Derbez produced, in 2003, a television series named "XHDrbz". That series marked his debut as producer, and he has since produced "Hospital el Paisa" ("Countrymen Hospital") and "Vecinos" ("Neighbors"). He also had acting roles in both "XHDrbz" and "Vecinos".
He was also stellar in his show, "La Familia P.Luche" (wordplay for "P.Lush Family"), about a family who wears clothes, drive cars, and have things completely made of plush. He plays as Ludovico Pérez Luche.
In 2004, he appeared on Adal Ramones' show, "Otro Rollo", and in 2005, Derbez was the host of Univision's Premio Lo Nuestro ceremony.
In 2006 Derbez directed a play titled "La bella y la muy bestia" by Mariano Moro and produced by actor Emyliano Santa Cruz. Derbez was caught lying after he commented in a post-premiere press conference that Repertorio Español had 'canceled' his play when in reality he knew that the theatre had only promised one performance. Mr. Derbez had made a statement about the single-show agreement during a pre-premiere press conference, showing his obvious contradiction and desire to get publicity at all cost.
Derbez has remained active in theater plays as well. He has bought a number of Formula 1 racing cars, which he has used to compete at various races.
[edit] List of characters commonly played by Derbez
- Armando Hoyos
- (In English, literally, "Assembling Holes") An intellectual who wears thick glasses and searches for words in a dictionary. Derbez released (under the pseudonym Armando Hoyos) a real dictionary in 2002 with hundreds of play words; e.g., bicoca: a couple of Cokes (in Latin America, Coke is referred to as Coca and bi- is a prefix for two).
- El Diablito
- A devil who lives obviously in hell but uses a simple machine (consisting only of a screen and a big button) to do mischievous deeds to people on earth.
- Eloy Gamenó
- (Sounds the same as "el oigame no", very loosely, "Mr. Hey No") A man who annoys people so easily that they always end up choking him. He complains frequently by saying "óigame n...óigame NO", which could be loosely translated to "h-hey, stop, no!"
- Hans Pujenheimer
- A German who is always complaining about Mexican common phrases.
- Lonje Moco
- (Monje loco means "crazy monk", lonje has no meaning but moco means "booger/snot") A monk who lives in a cave with his gargoyle and is known for his phrase "fue horrible, fue horrible" (it was horrible, horrible).
- Ludovico P.Luche
- The father of the P.Luche family
- Marilyn Mensón
- A parody of the lead singer of Marilyn Manson.
- Bob Atroz
- A parody of artist Bob Ross.
