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Jorge Blanco Güereña (born December 19, 1991) is a Mexican actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Leon on the Disney Channel television series Violetta.
Early life[]
He was born on December 19, 1991 in Guadalajara (Jalisco), Mexico. He has artistically participated in school plays, and he has taken classes from an early stage and has been involved in school events.
Career[]
He began his television career in 2007 when he participated in the reality show High School Musical: La Selección which allowed him to participate in a spin-off movie of the successful U.S. High School Musical. Despite not winning the program, Blanco gives his voice to the album of the program, takes part in the movie High School Musical: El Desafío playing the character of Jorge and participates in the tour of the movie and the program between 2007 and 2008.[2] In the film, plays the best friend of the protagonist Cristóbal Rodríguez (Cristobal Orellana), which is published in 2008[3] in Mexico and the following year in Italy.[4]
In 2010, he appeared in the tenth episode of the miniseries Highway: Rodando la Aventura and he was also one of the protagonists of the first season of the television series Cuando toca la campana[5] in which he shot several music videos as "Es el momento" or "A Celebrar".[6] In May of that same year, he traveled to the U.S. to participate in the Disney's Friends for Change Games in the yellow team to help the agency UNICEF,[7]he represents, hereinafter to Mexico in the music video by Bridgit Mendler "We Can Change the World" of the project Disney's Friends for Change.[8]
Due to the filming of the TV series Violetta, he participated in only four episodes of the second season of the TV series Cuando toca la campana.[9]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | High School Musical: El Desafio Mexico | Jorge | Co-lead role |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | High School Musical: La Selección | Himself | Reality show musical |
| 2010 | Highway: Rodando la Aventura | Diego | "El mochilero" (Season 1, episode 10) |
| 2011–12 | Cuando toca la campana | Pablo | Season 1 – Lead role
Season 2 – Special guest on 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Disney's Friends for Change Games | Himself | Yellow team |
| 2012–present | Violetta | León | Season 1 – Co-lead role
Season 2 – Lead role/ Season 3 - Lead role |
Violetta 1,2,3 el mejor actor es un divino
Discography[]
- Soundtracks
- 2008: High School Musical: El Desafio Mexico
- 2011: Cuando toca la campana
- 2012: Violetta
- 2012: Cantar es lo que soy
- 2013: Hoy Somos más
- 2014: En Gira
Awards and nominations[]
- 2013 – Kids' Choice Awards México
- Won – Favorite Actor for Violetta.
- 2013 – Kids' Choice Awards Argentina
- Won – Favorite TV Actor for Violetta.
- 2014 - Teen weekly 2014
- Won - Favorite Actor for Violetta.
- 2014 - Kids' Choice Awards Colombia
- Won - Favorite Actor for Violetta.
- 2014 - Kids' Choice Awards Mexico
- Won - Favorite Actor for Violetta.
Gallery[]
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