Gerardo Celasco (born April 8, 1982)[citation needed], 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.
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Gerardo Celasco | |
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Born | (1982-04-08) April 8, 1982 (age 40) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2000–present |
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As a child, Celasco moved to his parents' home country El Salvador with his family. He received his schooling at the American School of El Salvador (Escuela Americana). There, he not only competed in international horse jumping competitions, but he won and was invited to compete in the AASCA Central America Games representing his country. Celasco also became a very accomplished volleyball player and once again he found himself invited to partake in the Central America Games. The team that he played for won the Central American tournament. Celasco was privileged to train with the El Salvador National team.[citation needed]
Celasco later returned to the United States to study finance at Southern Methodist University. He went on to receive a finance degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.[citation needed] Shortly after, 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.
Celasco currently resides in Los Angeles but remains extremely close with his family and visits them often in San Salvador.[1] He began dating actress Jennifer Morrison in 2019; later, the couple married in secret.[citation needed]
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