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William Gutiérrez-Levy (born August 29, 1980)[1] is a Cuban-American actor and former model.

William Levy
Levy in 2015
Born	(1980-08-29) August 29, 1980 (age 42) Cojímar, Havana, Cuba
Citizenship	Cuba United States
Occupation	Actor former model
Years active	2003–present
Partner	Elizabeth Gutiérrez (2003–2022)
Children	2

Early life and education

Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba.[1] His maternal grandfather was Jewish (the origin of his surname, Levy),[2][3][4][5] although he grew up in a non-religious household.[6] He was raised by his single mother, Barbara[7] Levy. His family, including his brother Jonathan Gutierrez Levy and sister Barbara Gutierrez Levy, emigrated to Miami, Florida when he was 14. He attended Barbara Goleman Senior high school, located in the suburb of Miami Lakes. After attending high school, he studied business administration on a baseball scholarship at St. Thomas University for two years. He later went to Los Angeles to study acting, and continued his acting studies in Miami and Mexico City.[8][9]

Career

Levy worked as a model for the Next Models agency, and was featured in two reality shows broadcast by Telemundo: Isla de la Tentación and Protagonistas de Novela 2.[10] In 2005 he performed at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan, Puerto Rico, starring in the play La Nena Tiene Tumbao.

His debut on the Spanish-language channel Univision was in the Venevision International production of Olvidarte Jamás. He later appeared in Mi Vida Eres Tu and Acorralada. In 2008, he appeared in his first film, Retazos de Vida, directed by Viviana Cordero. He was invited by television producer Carla Estrada to star in Pasión, his breakthrough in Mexican telenovelas. Televisa cast him as the lead in Cuidado con el Angel with actress and ex-RBD singer Maite Perroni.[11] The show was first broadcast in Mexico in June 2008, and began airing in the United States in September 2008 on Univision. It averaged 5 million viewers per evening.[12]

Levy starred alongside Jacqueline Bracamontes on Sortilegio in 2009[13] Sortilegio aired on Univision, and the finale drew 6.6 million viewers, beating ABC and CBS for viewers in that time slot.[14] In November 2009, the actor lent his voice to the Spanish version of the animated movie Planet 51.[15] The movie opened on November 27 in Mexico and won an award for best animated Spanish-language film of 2009 (Premios Goya).[16] From November 2009 to February 2010, Levy toured several Mexican cities with the play Un Amante a la Medida,[17] which toured in the United States in June 2010.

Levy participated in the Mexican telenovela Triunfo del Amor, a remake of the Venezuelan classic Cristal, again with Maite Perroni. The telenovela aired on October 25, 2010, in El Canal de las Estrellas. Pedro Torres, executive producer of Mujeres Asesinas, confirmed Levy's role in the third season of the popular Mexican series. Levy starred as Jennifer Lopez's love interest in the music video "I'm Into You", from her album Love?. It aired on NBC's Today on May 2, 2011.[18][19] Levy appeared on the cover of People en Español for its special issue on the sexiest men of the year for 2011.[20]

In January 2012, it was announced that Levy would appear in two episodes of the VH1 television series Single Ladies, with Denise Vasi.[21] He was a participant in the 14th season of Dancing with the Stars, with two-time mirror ball champion Cheryl Burke as his dance-pro partner; they finished in third place.[22][23] In December 2012 Levy was cast as Captain Damian Fabre for the remake of La Tormenta titled La Tempestad which aired in 2013. Levy starred in Addicted an erotic drama based on the novel of the same name by Zane.[24] Variety named Levy one of the Top 10 Latino Actors and Actresses in Hollywood.[25]

Levy co-starred in Tyler Perry's film The Single Moms Club (2014).[26] Levy was cast in the lead role as Warrior in the Brent Ryan Green film The Veil (2017).[27] In 2018, he began his role as Mateo Ferrera in the Fox musical drama series Star.[28]

Personal life

Levy is a naturalized United States citizen.[29] He has been in an on-off relationship with Mexican-American actress Elizabeth Gutiérrez since 2003, and they have two children together, a son, Christopher Alexander, in 2006, and a daughter, Kailey Alexandra, on March 6, 2010.[30][31] On July 11, 2009, Levy converted to Catholicism.[6][32][33]

Name change

He was born as William Gutiérrez Levy. He got the idea for his name change from a friend of his parents who tried helping the family get out of Cuba while William's mother was still pregnant, as he told Entertainment Tonight. Levy is his mother's Jewish last name.[34]

Nude photos

In May 2012, while competing on Dancing with the Stars, nude photos of Levy leaked. Levy responded by saying "I'm used to that already. [The photos] have been out already all over the world. I was a model when I did these things, so as a model there's nothing wrong [with] doing those kind[s] of things. You gotta work. You gotta make money".[35]

Activism

Levy is a philanthropist and donates his time to fix houses for low-income families in Mexico as part of the "Alianzas que Construyen" Televisa Foundation.^{[citation needed]}

Dancing with the Stars performances

Levy was announced to be a contestant on ABC's Dancing With The Stars partnering with two-time champion Cheryl Burke for season 14.

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-Cha-Cha/ "International Love"	8	8	8	No Elimination
2	Quickstep/ "Nice Work If You Can Get It"	9	7	9	Safe
3	Salsa/ "La Vida es un Carnaval"	9	9	10	Safe
4	Jive/ "We're Not Gonna Take It"	7	7	8	Safe
5	Argentine Tango/ "Buttons"	10	9	10	Safe
6	Rumba/ "Being with You" Motown Marathon	9 Awarded	8 9	10 Points	Safe
7	Viennese Waltz/ "Ave Maria" Team Paso Doble/ "O Fortuna"	9 9	9 8	9 9	Safe
8	Foxtrot/ "Stray Cat Strut" Paso Doble (Trio Challenge)/ "Diablo Rojo"	10 9	10 9	10 9	Safe
9 Semi-finals	Tango/ "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Samba/ "Magalenha"	9 10	9 10	10 10	Safe
10 Finals	Cha-Cha-Cha/ "Raise Your Glass" Freestyle/ "Objection (Tango)" Salsa (24-hour Challenge)/ Juventud de Presente	10 10 10	10 9 10	10 10 10	Third Place

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Retazos de Vida	Thiago
2009	Planet 51	Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker	Voice role
2014	The Single Moms Club	Manny
2014	Addicted	Quinton Canosa
2016	Term Life	Alejandro
2016	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	Christian
2017	A Change of Heart	Carlos
2017	The Veil	Warrior
2017	Girls Trip	Himself	Cameo
2017	Cinderelo	Brando
2018	El fantasma de mi novia[36]	Chepa
2019	En Brazos de un Asesino	Victor Faust
2021	South Beach Love	Tony Sanchez

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Mi vida eres tú	Federico
2006	Olvidarte jamás	Germán Torre
2007	Acorralada	Larry Irázabal	187 episodes
2007	Pasión	Vasco Darién
2008	Plaza Sésamo	Himself	Episode: "El problemón"
2008–2009	Cuidado con el ángel	Juan Miguel San Román Bustos / Pablo Cisneros	194 episodes
2009	Sortilegio	Alejandro Lombardo	90 episodes
2010	Mujeres asesinas	Fonsi / Conde Alfonso de Jesús Ruiz Machado y Ortigoza	Episode: "Annette y Ana, Nobles"
2010-2011	Triunfo del amor	Maximiliano Sandoval	172 episodes
2012	Dancing with the Stars	Himself	Contestant
2012	Single Ladies	Antonio	4 episodes
2013	La Tempestad	Damián Fabré	122 episodes
2014	Miss Universe 2014	Judge	TV Special
2018-2019	Star	Matteo Ferrera	Main role
2021	Café con aroma de mujer	Sebastián Vallejo	Main role

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title
2011	Jennifer Lopez	"I'm Into You"[37]

Theater

• Un amante a la medida (2009–10)

Awards and nominations

Premios Bravo

Year	Category	Work	Result
2008	Best Newcomer[38]	Pasión	Won
2010	Best Actor[39]	Sortilegio	Won

Premios Juventud

Year	Category	Work	Result
2009	It's great![40]	Cuidado con el ángel	Won
2010	It's great![41]	Sortilegio	Won
2011	It's great![42]	Triunfo del amor	Won
2014	It's great![43]	La Tempestad	Won

Premios TVyNovelas

Year	Category	Work	Result
2010	Best Actor[44]	Sortilegio	Nominated

Califa de oro

Year	Category	Work	Result
2012	Best Actor[45]	Triunfo del amor	Won

Premios Casandra

Year	Category	Work	Result
2012	Revelation Image[46]	Triunfo del amor	Won

People en Español

Year	Category	Work	Result
2009	Best Couple (with Maite Perroni)[47]	Cuidado con el ángel	Nominated
	Mejor actor[47]		Nominated
2010	Best Actor[48]	Sortilegio	Nominated
	Best Couple (with Jacqueline Bracamontes)[48]		Nominated
	The best dress of the year[48]	William Levy	Nominated
2011	Best Couple (with Maite Perroni)[49]	Triunfo del amor	Won
	Best Actor[49]		Nominated
	The best dress of the year[49]	William Levy	Nominated
2012	King ofTwitter[50]		Nominated
2013	Best Actor[51]	La Tempestad	Nominated
	Best Couple (with Ximena Navarrete)[51]		Nominated
	The sexiest Twitter[51]	William Levy	Nominated
	William Levy, piloto de avión[51]		Nominated

Lists

• 2011: He appeared in People en Español's list of the 50 handsomest men.[20]
• 2009: People en Español named him as one of "Los 25 hombres más guapos".[52]
• 2009: People en Español named him as one of "Los 50 más bellos".[53]
• 2008: Quién named him as one of "Los 12 hombres más sexys".[54]
• 2008: People en Español named him as one of "Los 50 más bellos".[55]
• 2006: People en Español named him as one of "Los 20 solteros más sexys".[56]

References

External links

• William Levy at IMDb
• William Levy on Facebook

На других языках

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[de] William Levy (Schauspieler)

William Levy Gutiérrez (* 29. August 1980 in Cojímar) ist ein kubanischer Schauspieler.

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[es] William Levy

William Gutiérrez Levy (La Habana, 29 de agosto de 1980),[1] más conocido como William Levy, es un actor y modelo cubano-estadounidense.[2]

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