Leopoldo Morín Garza (born November 3, 1990, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico), better known as Polo Morín, is a Mexican actor and model.
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Born | Leopoldo Morín Garza (1990-11-03) November 3, 1990 (age 32) Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico |
Nationality | Mexican |
Occupation | Actor, model |
Years active | 2010–present |
Morín was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico on November 3, 1990.[1] He studied Economics and Business at the Universidad Anáhuac.[1] He studied acting in CasAzul, Casa del Diezmo and in some workshops at his university Universidad Anáhuac.[1]
Morín began his career as an actor in the series La rosa de Guadalupe in 2010.[2] In 2011 playing Osvaldo a murderer appeared in the episode "Cuidar el amor", the following year won a prize for best performance at the ceremony Bravo Awards 2012.[2] In 2012 participated in the series of MTV entitled Último año, with Martín Barba.[3] In 2013 he participated in the series Como dice el dicho in episode 4 of season 3: "Al mal paso".[4] In that same year it interpreted to a character gay in the series Gossip Girl: Acapulco, in which it had many critics and repercussions after interpreting to that character.[5][1] In 2014 he was chosen by Juan Osorio to play "Nando" in the telenovela, Mi corazón es tuyo,[6] in 2015 which he won the award "Favorite Actor" at the Kids Choice Awards México.[7][8] Later in 2014, he debuted in the cinema in the film Fragmented directed by Douglas Elford which was recorded in Mexico in November 2013.[9] In 2015 he recorded the film Sobre tus huellas, which premiered in Mexico in 2016.[10] At the end of 2015 was chosen again by Juan Osorio to participate in the telenovela Sueño de amor, which premiered in Mexico on February 22, 2016,[11] in the telenovela Morín interpreted to a character who suffered of diabetes.[12] At the end of 2016 after auditioning for the casting of the telenovela of El Bienamado, was chosen by Nicandro Díaz González to play the character of Jordi De Ovando.[13][14]
In December 2016 Morín was involved in a scandal about his sexuality, due to photos that a hacker posted on Morín's Facebook.[15] After this Morin confirmed that the photographs were real and said the following through a Facebook Live:
"This has never been about hiding things from them. There are just parts of my personal life I think what is called personal life should be kept personal. So I wanted to keep it that way".[16]
In the same live, he also revealed that he prefers not to label his sexuality, saying that he is just a person who loves.[17]
Polo came to recognize he and Lambda García were in a relationship but in July 2019 he announced they had broken up.[18]
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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Fragmented | 2014 | Waiter | Debut film |
Sobre tus huellas | 2018 | Matías | |
Escuela de miedo[19] | 2020 | Danny | Voice Animated film Spanish version |
Escuela para seductores[20] | TBA | Juan | |
Red, White & Royal Blue | TBA | TBA | |
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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La rosa de Guadalupe | 2010–11 | Osvaldo / Fabián | 2 episodes |
Último año | 2012 | Nicolás "Nico" Montes | |
Como dice el dicho | 2013 | Unknown role | Episode: "Al mal paso..." |
Gossip Girl: Acapulco | 2013 | Eric López-Haro | Also starring; 18 episodes |
Mi corazón es tuyo | 2014–15 | Nando Lascuráin | Also starring; 176 episodes |
Sueño de amor | 2016 | Pedro Carmona | Also starring; 131 episodes |
El Bienamado | 2017 | Jordi de Ovando | Also starring; 64 episodes |
Tenías que ser tú | 2018 | Bruno | |
La reina soy yo | 2019 | Erick / Young Charly | |
Who Killed Sara? | 2021 | young José María Lazcano | Recurring role [21] |
High Heat | 2022 | Julián | Main role |
Year | Award | Category | Works | Result |
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2012 | Bravo Awards | Best Performance | La rosa de Guadalupe | Won[2] |
2015 | Kids Choice Awards México | Favorite Actor | Mi corazón es tuyo | Won[7][8] |
2017 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Young Actor | Sueño de amor | Won[22] |
TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actor | |
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1985–1999 |
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2000-present |
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