Luciano Daniel Castro (born 16 March 1975) is an Argentine actor. He has worked as the lead actor in several successful telenovelas, such as Valientes, Herederos de una venganza and Sos mi hombre.
Biography He was born in the Buenos Aires, Argentina neighborhood of Villa del Parque. His father was goalkeeper of Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors. He also as a goalkeeper made the inferiors in Club Parque and in Asociación Atlético Argentinos Juniors until the Seventh Division and became pre-selected of the Argentine U20 Team.
Career Luciano Castro first worked in television in the game show Jugate Conmigo when he was aged 18, in the sketches and games, and singing songs like "Bella" and "Mía". He was initially known simply as "Luciano". He won the golden "Jugate Conmigo" award in the program. He was the lead actor of the 2007 telenovela Lalola, along with Carla Peterson. He received the Martín Fierro Award to the best actor, and the telenovela got the majority of awards, including the golden one. The next year he was the lead actor of Amanda O, along with Natalia Oreiro. This telenovela was made for internet, and summaries of it were aired weekly on television. Luciano Castro, Mariano Martínez and Gonzalo Heredia were the lead actors of the 2009 telenovela Valientes, that became the most successful telenovela of Pol-ka with an average of 27.3 rating points. Initially, Castro did not like the idea, but producer Adrián Suar convinced him to work in the telenovela. The format of three lead actors and three lead actresses was similar to the one used in the Colombian Pasión De Gavilanes. He worked in the 2011 telenovela Herederos de una venganza, with the actress Romina Gaetani. This telenovela was shot in a filming set in Pilar. Lobo, a 2012 telenovela starred by Gonzalo Heredia, was cancelled after a short time because of its low ratings. Luciano Castro was called to make a new telenovela to replace it, Sos mi hombre. He was reluctant to do that, as he is a friend of Heredia and had other projects, but his contract gave priority to the works with Pol-Ka.
Since September 2022, Castro began to star in the series El buen retiro, where he also appeared in full frontal nude scenes.
Between 2023 and 2024, he starred in the comedy play, El Beso (The Kiss), which gained much media attention for his kiss with co-star, Luciano Cáceres.Luciano Castro: el beso con Luciano Cáceres, su deseo de hacer cine y el rol de galán: “No ando provocando cuando me saco una remera, es mi trabajo” La Nacion. 16 January 2024El beso, un hilarante tratado sobre el amor donde Luciano Castro y Luciano Cáceres desafían el rol convencional del galán La Nacion. 28 December 2023
Personal life In 2002, his first son, Mateo was born. He was in a relationship with the radio host Elizabeth Vernaci for 4 years. Since 2010 he was in a relationship with Sabrina Rojas, with whom he had his daughter, Esperanza Castro, born on June 15, 2013, and his son, Fausto Castro, born on January 7, 2015.
Filmography Television Year Title Character Channel Notes1993Jugate ConmigoTelefe1995ChiquititasLuciano "Tano" PonceTelefe1996Montaña rusa, otra vueltaTuqui Canal 131996Como pan calienteLucas Canal 131997-1998Rodolfo Rojas DTRubén Cilandro Canal 131999-2000Campeones de la vidaDanilo D'Alessandro Canal 132001Propiedad Horizontal Sandro 2002Son Amores OmarCanal 13Special participation2003Durmiendo con mi jefe Abel Robles Canal 132004-2005Los Roldán Omar Estévez Canal 9 2006 El tiempo no para Gonzalo Luna Canal 92007-2008Lalola Facundo Canavaro América TV2008-2009Amanda O Dante Ruiz 2009-2010Valientes Leonardo Sosa/Leonardo Morales Canal 132010 Lo que el tiempo nos dejóLorenzoTelefe"Ep: La ley primera"2010 Ciega a citasTobiTV PúblicaSpecial participation2010-2011Malparida Lucas CarballoCanal 132011-2012Herederos de una venganzaAntonio Puentes Canal 132012-2013Sos mi hombre Juan José "Ringo" Di GenaroCanal 132014Sres. PapisFabio "El chori" Carbonetti Telefe2015 Conflictos modernos Damian Canal 92016Los ricos no piden permisoRafael Medina/Rafael Echegoyen Canal 132017-2018Las Estrellas (telenovela)Mariano Montenegro Canal 132018100 días para enamorarseDiego Castelnuovo Telefe2019Pequeña Victoria Nazario BalboaTelefe2022El primero de nosotrosNicolas TorresTelefe
Theater Year Title Character Theater1994Jugate Conmigo Teatro Gran Rex2002Lo de la Susy2004Lo que habló el pescado2005Rita, la salvaje Teatro Maipo2005Hipólito y Fedra Teatro Lorange2008Jack se fue a remarTeatro Metropolitan 2009-2010Valientes Teatro América 2011-2012Camino negro Teatro Roxy 2015Pequeño circo casero de los hermanos Suárez Centro Cultural San Martín2017Juegos de amor y de guerra Centro Cultural de la Cooperación2019Desnudos
Movies Year Movie Character Director 2009Toda la gente solaJuliánSantiago Giralt2012Amor a maresJavierEzequiel Crupnicoff2015El encuentro de GuayaquilPrisciliano Maldonado2019Perla
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result2002Florencio Sánchez AwardsTheater ActorLo de la Susy2005Premios María Guerrero a la actividad escénicaStimulusLo que habló el pescado2007Martín Fierro AwardsComedy protagonist actorLalola2009Martín Fierro AwardsActor protagonist of the novelValientes2011Martín Fierro AwardsActor protagonist of the novelHerederos de una venganza2012Tato AwardsBest actor in daily fictionSos mi hombre2012Martín Fierro AwardsDaily fiction protagonist actorSos mi hombre
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