Mauricio henao biography definition

Mauricio Henao Serbia (born on 16 February in Armenia, Quindío, Colombia) is a Colombian actor best known for his roles in telenovelas for Telemundo. More recently, Mauricio gained widespread attention for his role as Adrian Ferrer in the Netflix hit show, Fake Profile.

Career

Henao grew up in Colombia until he turned 12 years, then moved to the United States where he studied at Cypress Creek High School. Subsequently he dedicated himself to modeling for different local cities in both Europe and the United States, arriving to work with Nicolas Felizola, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Paul Joe Paris, among others. Henao has repeatedly been compared to actors like James Dean, and Ryan Gosling. After appearing in several magazines as a model. In he decided to move to Miami, United States, where he began taking acting classes and learned to modify his Colombian accent. Subsequently, in he decides to perform the casting for Telemundo' telenovela ¿Dónde está Elisa?, where he played Eduardo Cáceres. Later that in the same year, he returns to work for Telemundo in the telenovela El fantasma de Elena, where he plays Michell. Although he had already excelled in two television projects, the role that made him be recognized nationally and internationally was Tony, main character of the first season of the Nickelodeonteen drama series Grachi. While filming Grachi, he came up with the opportunity to work for another Telemundo telenovela entitled Mi corazón insiste en Lola Volcán, where he played Daniel Santacruz, the younger brother of Jencarlos Canela in the telenovela.

In he won his first major role in the MTV teen drama series Último año, where he shared credits with Dulce María. In , he obtained a special participation in the last chapters of the Televisa telenovela La Tempestad. In he was part of the main cast in the Telemundo telenovela La impostora. The following year he joined the cast of the series Señora Acero, where he played José Ángel Godoy, Michel Duval's best friend in the series. This project unlike Grachi gave him more acting recognition, and lasted three seasons as part of the regular cast.

In , Mauricio starred in Netflix's Fake Profile as a charming restaurateur. His performance has gained new fans around the world in the LGBTQ community.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Mauricio Henao para niños