Gerardo Celasco

Gerardo Roberto Celasco (born April 8, 1982), also known as Adrian Bellani, is an American actor. He was the second actor to play the role of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime drama, Passions.

Gerardo Celasco
Celasco in 2016
Born	(1982-04-08) April 8, 1982 (age 43) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Education	Southern Methodist University (BS)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Partner	Jennifer Morrison (2019–present)[1]
Children	1

Early life and education

Born in Miami, Celasco moved to his parents' home country El Salvador with his family as a child. He is the middle child and has two siblings - an older brother Sergio and a younger sister Sofia. He received his schooling at the Escuela Americana El Salvador, where he competed in international horse jumping competitions and competed in the AASCA Central America Games representing his country. Celasco also became an accomplished volleyball player and was again invited to partake in the Central America Games.

Celasco later returned to the United States to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Southern Methodist University.^[2]

Career

After graduating from college, Salvadoran fashion photographer Roberto Aguilar asked Celasco to be the face of the Toni & Guy Bed Head campaign. He also appeared in Frankie J's music video for his song "And I Had You There".

People en Español magazine voted him as one of the 25 hottest Latin bachelors in the world in 2006.^{[citation needed]} Celasco played Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime drama Passions from 2006 to 2007. In 2007, he appeared with Passions co-star Heidi Mueller on The Tyra Banks Show to help host Tyra through "soap opera school".

In 2019, Celasco appeared as Xavier Castillo in the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder.

Personal life

Celasco currently resides in Los Angeles but remains extremely close with his family and visits them often in San Salvador.^[3] As of 2019, Celasco has been in a relationship with Jennifer Morrison.^[4] The couple announced their marriage in April 2022, although their date of marriage is not known.^[5] In April 2024, Morrison revealed that the two had welcomed their first child, by calling Celasco "the best dad".^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Las Angeles	Freddy
2011	Moneyball	Carlos Peña
2011	Pimp Bullies	Daniel
2012	Battleship	Ensign Chavez
2013	Greencard Warriors	Rigo
2014	White Dwarf	Adrian

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000–2007	Passions	Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald	156 episodes
2007	Heroes	Gilberto	Episode: "Four Months Ago..."
2011	RPM Miami	Alejandro 'Alex' Hernandez	13 episodes
2011	Rizzoli & Isles	Manny Vega	Episode: "Don't Hate the Player"
2013	Westside	Alex Deanne	Television film
2014	Cleaners	Joshua	2 episodes
2014	Person of Interest	Tomas Koroa	Episode: "Honor Among Thieves"
2014–2015	The Haves and the Have Nots	Carlos	9 episodes
2015	The Player	Suarez	Episode: "L.A. Takedown"
2017	Bones	Mark Kovac	2 episodes
2018	StartUp	Fernan
2019	S.W.A.T.	David Arias	Episode: "Los Huesos"
2019–2020	How to Get Away with Murder	Xavier Castillo	7 episodes
2020	Next	Ty Salazar	10 episodes
2022	Swimming with Sharks	Miles	6 episodes
2022	Good Sam	Dr. Nick Vega	3 episodes
2022	Devil in Ohio	Detective Lopez	8 episodes
2023	The Idol	Andres	Episode: "Daybreak"
2025	Pulse	Cam Fuentes	Episode: "Nothing Personal"
2025	The Waterfront	DEA Agent Marcus Sanchez	5 episodes