Eduardo Santamarina

Not to be confused with Eduardo Santana.

Eduardo Hernández García Santamarina (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo santamaˈɾina]; born 9 July 1969) is a Mexican film, theater, and television actor^[1] who is known for his leading roles in many telenovelas. Beside Televisa telenovelas, Santamarina appeared in some Telemundo telenovelas. He is married to Mexican telenovela actress Mayrín Villanueva.

Eduardo Santamarina
Born	Eduardo Hernández García Santamarina (1969-07-09) 9 July 1969 (age 56) Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Occupation	Actor
Spouses	Itatí Cantoral ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2004)​ Mayrín Villanueva ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	3
Website	eduardosantamarina.net

Acting career

Santamarina took acting classes at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) in Mexico City from 1989 to 1991. He made his acting debut in 1992 on the set of the telenovela De frente al sol, produced by Carla Estrada. His more notable roles to date were in the telenovelas Marisol in 1996 and Rubí in 2004.^[2][3] He made his feature film debuts in the Mexican films Baño de Mujeres and Ya No Los Hacen Como Antes, both released in 2002. He starred as the antagonist in Emilio Larrosa's telenovela: Libre para amarte.^[4]

Personal life

Eduardo married actress Itatí Cantoral in 2000. She gave birth to the couple's twin boys José Eduardo and Roberto Miguel in August 2000.^[5] Both Santamarina and Cantoral filed for divorce in 2003 and the marriage was formally dissolved in 2004. While still married to Cantoral, he began an on-and-off relationship with actress Susana González until their well-publicized separation in November 2007.^[6]

Currently, he is married to his Yo amo a Juan Querendón co-star, actress Mayrín Villanueva. She gave birth to their daughter Julia on 18 July 2009, via Caesarean section.^[7]

Filmography

Year	Title
2003	Ladies Room
2002	Ya No Los Hacen Como Antes
2004	La Sombra del Sahuaro
2005	Seguridad Nacional

Telenovelas

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	De frente al sol	Luis Enrique	Main cast
1993–1994	Más Allá del Puente	Luis Enrique	Main cast
1994	Prisionera de Amor	Rodrigo Miranda	Recurring role
1994–1995	El Vuelo del Águila	Dr. Ortega	Guest star
1995	La Dueña	Mauricio Padilla	Recurring role
1996	Marisol	José Andrés Garcés del Valle	Lead role
1996	La antorcha encendida	Félix	Guest star
1997–1998	Salud, Dinero y Amor	Jorge Miguel Fontanot	Lead role
1998	Rencor apasionado	Mauricio Gallardo Del Campo	Lead role
1999	Serafin	Miguel Armendariz	Lead role
1999–2000	Cuento de navidad	Angel
2000–2001	El Precio de tu Amor	Antonio Ríos	Lead role
2001	Amigas y rivales	José Alcántara	Lead role
2003–2004	Velo de novia	José Manuel del Alamo/Jorge Robleto	Lead role
2004	Rubí	Alejandro Cárdenas Ruíz	Lead role
2007–2008	Yo amo a Juan Querendón	Juan Dominguez	Lead role
2010	Triunfo del amor	Octavio Iturbide	Guest star
2011	Ni contigo ni sin ti	Leonardo Cornejo Fernández	Lead role
2012	Por ella soy Eva	Diego Fonticoda	Recurring role
2013	Libre para amarte	Ramón Sotomayor	Lead role
2015–2016	Antes muerta que Lichita	Augusto de Toledo y Mondragón	Main cast
2017–2018	Sin tu mirada	Luis Ocaranza	Main cast
2018–2020	El Señor de los Cielos	Balthazar Ojeda	Main cast
2018	El secreto de Selena	Dr. Ricardo Martinez	Main cast
2019	La Reina del Sur	Mariano Bravo	Recurring role (season 2)
2021	Buscando a Frida	Abelardo Pons	Lead role
2021	La desalmada	Octavio Toscano	Main cast
2023	Nadie como tú[8]	Raimundo Madrigal Canales	Main cast
2025	Juegos de amor y poder[9]	Enrique Ferrer	Main cast