Juan Ferrara (born Juan Félix Gutiérrez Puerta; November 8, 1943) is a Mexican actor.
Family Juan is a son of Ofelia Guilmáin and brother of Lucía Guilmáin and of Esther Guilmáin. He was twice married to the Mexican actresses, Alicia Bonet and Helena Rojo. He has two sons, actors Juan Carlos Bonet and Mauricio Bonet, with his first wife, Alicia Bonet.
Biography Ferrara demonstrated an interest in acting since he was a young child. But it wasn't until he was 22 that he booked his first job as an actor. He changed his name to Juan Ferrara before playing a small role in the 1965 movie, "Tajimara". In 1966, he got his first major movie role, as Sonny in Los Ángeles de Puebla. Ferrara by then had graduated from Televisa's renowned acting school, and producers decided to cast him as a star in his own telenovela, El Espejismo Brillaba. The novela became a hit across Mexico and Latin America.
In 1970, he starred in two successful novelas, Yesenia and La Gata. In 1978, Ferrara was in Viviana, another extremely successful novela. He portrayed Julio Montesinos. In 1982 Ferrara then went on to star in Gabriel y Gabriela, though it was not as successful as his previous ventures.
1983 proved to be an important career year for Ferrara, as he established himself as an actor in Puerto Rico as well. Hired by Canal 2, he filmed Laura Guzman, Culpable!, a soap opera that became one of Puerto Rico's most seen television programs ever. Due to the novela's overwhelming popularity in Puerto Rico, the network decided to bring Ferrara back in 1985, to film a telenovela called Tanairi. Ferrara starred alongside Von Marie Mendez in this soap opera.
Television
Year Title Role Notes 1966 El espejismo brillaba Antagonist 1968 Los inconformes Supporting role 1969 Lo que no fue Alberto Supporting role 1969 Concierto de almasJorgeSupporting role 1969 Del altar a la tumbaAgustín AlatorreProtagonist 1970 YeseniaBardoCo-Protagonist 1970 La GataPablo Martínez NegreteProtagonist 1974 El manantial del milagroCarlosSupporting role 1975 Ven conmigoGuillermoSupporting role 1978 LadronzuelaMiguel Ángel Protagonist VivianaJulio MontesinosCo-Protagonist 1981 El hogar que yo robéCarlos Valentín VelardeProtagonist 1982 Gabriel y GabrielaFernando del ValleProtagonist 1983 ¡Laura Guzmán, culpable!Protagonist 1984 MilíProtagonist 1985 TanairíGustavo MedinaProtagonist 1987-88 VictoriaJosé Eduardo de los SantosProtagonist 1990 DestinoClaudio de la MoraProtagonist 1991-92 Valeria y MaximilianoMaximiliano RivaProtagonist 1993 ValentinaFernando AlcántaraProtagonist 1996 La antorcha encendidaDon Pedro de SotoMain antagonist 1997-98 DesencuentroAndrés RiveraProtagonist 1999 Infierno en el paraísoAlejandro ValdiviaProtagonist 2002 ¡Vivan los niños!Lic. Mauricio BorbollaSupporting role 2004-06 RebeldeFranco ColucciAdult Protagonist 2006 Heridas de amorGonzalo San Llorente (young)Special Appearance 2007-08 PasiónJorge Mancera y RuízAntagonist 2009 Verano de amorOthón VillalbaMain Antagonist 2009-10 Mar de amorGuillermo BriceñoAdult Protagonist 2011 La fuerza del destinoJuan Jaime MondragónMain Antagonist 2012-13 Qué bonito amorJusto Martínez de la GarzaAdult Protagonist 2014 Qué pobres tan ricosHimselfAntogonist 2015 Lo imperdonable Jorge Prado-CasteloAdult Protagonist 2016 El hotel de los secretos Doctor Lazaro Vicario / Doctor Simon CanabalAntagonist
Awards and nominations
YearPremioCategoryTelenovelaResult1988Premios TVyNovelasBest ActorVictoria1991Premios TVyNovelasBest ActorDestiny1993Premios TVyNovelasBest ActorValeria and Maxmilliano1994Premios TVyNovelasBest ActorValentina1997Premios TVyNovelasBest Outstanding PerformanceThe flaming torch1997Premios TVyNovelasBest VillainThe flaming torch2006Premios TVyNovelasBest ActorRebel2011Premios TVyNovelasBest Leading ActorMar de Amor2013Premios TVyNovelasBest Antagonist ActorThe Power of Destiny
Films
Tajimara (1965) Tirando a Gol (1965) (Trying to Score) La Muerte es Puntual (1965) (Death is Always on Time) La Valentina (1966) Los Angeles de Puebla (1966) (Puebla's Angels) as Sonny Pedro Paramo (1967) (as Florencio) Esclava del Deseo (1968) (Slave of Desire) No hay Cruces en el Mar (1968) (There are no Crosses at Sea) Corona de Lagrimas, (1968) Crown of Tears 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa) (1968) (5 Chocolate ones and a Strawberry One) El Club de los Suicidas (1968) (The Suicidal Ones Club) Los Problemas de Mama (1970) (Mom's Problems) Mision Cumplida (1970) (Mission Accomplished) La montaña sagrada (1973) (The Holy Mountain) El Manantial del Molagro (1974) (Miracle Falls) Ven Conmigo (1975) (Come With Me) as Guillermo De Todos Modos, Juan te Llamas! (1978) (Your Name is Still Juan!) Noche de Juerga (1979) (Party Night) Misterio (1980) Dos y Dos, Cinco (1980) (Two Plus Two:Five) Mentiras (1986) (Lies) as Alvaro Ibanez Fuera de la ley (1998) Cuando las cosas suceden (2007) as De La Rosa
References
External links almalatina.net's page on Ferrara