Guillermo Davila

Guillermo Davila(born on 18 march 1955 in Caracas)is a well-known Venezuelan actor and singer. He got his first notable rol in theatre in 1972: In popular musical Godspell he played Jesus Christ. From the late 70's he began to work on TV playing the small rols in telenovelas, mini-series such as La Heredera, Natalia de 8 a 9 etc. He became famous internationally when he played the rol of poor musician Nacho, who loves a rich girl and wants to be a famous singer in tlenovela Ligia Elena in 1982. Ligia Elena was shown at 6 pm on Venevision. But because of very high rating was moved to prime-time 9 pm. Telenovela was so popular that Venevision decided to make a sequel of telenovela called Nacho. These telenovela's main song Solo pienso en ti sung by Davila became a major hit in all Latin America.

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18 march - 1955 - Caracas - Venezuelan

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This 2 soap operas was a big success in almost all Latin America. And helped to Davila to become a very popular and well-known actor and singer in Latin America.

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After this success he played main rols in telenovelas as Diana Carolina(1984) with Ivonne Goderich and Cantare para ti(I sing for you, 1985) with Giselle Blondet, co-productions of Venevision and WAPA TV. This telenovelas was also a success in many countries such as Puerto-Rico, Dominican Republic, Equador etc.

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In 1986 he played one of the main rols in Venezuelan telenovela El sol sale para todos which also was shown in prime time on Venevision.

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In 1989 he became a main hero of Fabiola a new prime-time soap-opera of Venevision. In this telenovela his female co-star was again Alba Roversi(co-star of Ligia Elena). This duet brings a success to the soap-opera.

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In 1990 he starred in Adorable Monica with Emma Rabbe which was also a super hit at 1 pm in Venezuela.

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In 1992 he plays main part in Cara Sucia(Dirty Face)-the major success of his life. This soap opera was shown in more than 80 countries all over the world. With this rol Davila became well-known in such different countries as Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Poland, Philippines, Indonesia, Mongolia, Egypte etc. In USA Cara Sucia was shown at prime-time on Univision with the highest rating.

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He make his comeback to telenovelas in 1995 with such soap-operas Dulce Enemiga(Sweet enemy) with Gigi Zanchetta and Contra Viento y Marea(Against all odds) with Ana Karina Manco which were also shown all over the world.

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Dulce Enemiga - Contra Viento y Marea

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In 1999 he starred telenovela Suenos(Dreams) in Peru and in 2001 Felina (Cat), which was his last main rol in soap-operas.

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In 2004 he made a special appearance in soap-opera called Cosita Rica (Beautiful Girl).

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Almost all telenovelas of Davila were successful in different places all around the world.

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As singer Davila has more than 10 albums released, several platin and gold discs in different countries. The soundtracks of almost all his soap-operas were sung by him. Among his great hits are such songs as Barco a la Deriva, LLevo Perfume a ti, Yo necesito mas de ti, Sin Pensarlo dos veces, POr Amarte tanto, Toda La Luz Que Brilla etc.

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Because of incredible popularity which Guillermo had during 80's and 90's in Venezuela he is called The Idol of a Generation.

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Guillermo was married twice and now is divorced. He has 2 teenager daughters.

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