Humberto Zurita


Humberto Zurita Moreno 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.
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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 muerteDr. Francisco Riquer
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 almaAndrés Lascuráin Rivas
2010–2012Terra ribelleLupoMain cast; 13 episodes
2011–2023La Reina del SurEpifanio VargasSeries regular
2013Vivir a destiempoRogelio Bermúdez
2015El capitán Camacho Capitán Carlos Camacho / Telésforo Camacho
2016–2017La querida del centauroBenedictino Garcia "El Centauro"
2020–2021100 días para enamorarnosRamiro Rivera
2025Velvet: El nuevo imperioBenjamín Márquez

Awards and nominations

For Actor And Producer
YearCategoryTelenovelaResult
1983Best Male RevelationThe right to be bornNomitated
1983Best Breakthrough Actor of the 80'sThe right to be bornWon
1984Best Male RevelationUnder the shrapnelWon
1984Best ActorUnder the shrapnelWon
1984Best Antagonist ActorThe curseWon
1984Best Supporting ActorThe curseWon
1985Best ActorThe day Pedro Infante diedWon
1985Best Male Co-ProtagonistThe curseWon
1986Best Protagonist ActorOf pure bloodWon
1989Best Protagonist ActorNotoriousWon
1989Best ActorThe day Pedro Infante diedNomitated
1992Best Protagonist ActorAt the edge of deathWon
1995Best Protagonist ActorThe eagle flightWon
1996Best ProductionUnder the Same SkinWon
1997Best TelenovelaCanaveral of passionsWon
1998Best Male International Figure Of The YearEver we have wingsWon
2008Best ActorBlack birdWon
2009Best ActorUnder the SaltNomitated
2011Best Supporting ActorThe Queen of the SouthNomitated
2012Best Antagomist Actor in a SeriesThe Queen of the SouthNomitated
2015Best Male Co-ProtagonistCanonNomitated