Acting
Sep 13, 1966
Mexico City, Mexico
Gerardo Quiroz
Acting
Biography
Gerardo Quiroz Acosta is a Mexican actor, broadcaster and theater producer, son of Enrique Quiroz Acosta and Teresita Acosta de Quiroz. He is the brother of actor Luis Mario Quiroz. He has a degree in Communication and Public Relations, graduated from the Universidad Latinoamericana in 1991, with honorable mention with the thesis "The actor as a social communicator in cinematography". Since 1978 he began his acting career participating in more than 120 television commercials for major brands, in cinema he has participated as an actor in 18 films, including films such as: Amigo (directed by Oliver Stone), One Man's War (alongside Anthony Hopkins), among others. He is also remembered for his role as "Miguel" in the television series Papá soltero, where he shared credits with singer César Costa, actress and singer Edith Márquez, and actor Luis Mario Quiroz. In 2003 he founded the Centro de Capacitación Artística Pedregal (CECAAP), which he directs, teaching the Musical Comedy Actor course, in 2007, more than 1200 students have been trained in this academy. From 2003 to 2007, he was the general director of the Teatro Pedregal in Mexico City. In 2005 he founded the Centro de Capacitación Artística Infantil (CECAI), a training school for children from 6 to 14 years of age in singing, dancing and acting. In 2004, under a 5-year contract, he became the general director of the Polyforum Theater in Mexico City. He has produced more than 65 productions, including recitals and musicals with orchestra. He has received more than 40 awards from national and international critics.
Feature Films (12)
Four nuns are raped by a group of lepers. Although they all turn out to be pregnant, their status is hidden from them in the convent.
The Humiliated
The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive American things, although they are not rich. The drama begins when Carlos gets out of school to go to declare his love to Mariana, and is discovered by his teachers.
Mariana Mariana
Anthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating the poor people from the surroundings, who has his life turned upside down when his son was mysteriously murdered in what could have been an attack to him since he's opposed to the military dictatorship of the country. The doctor and his family will take lots of risk while trying to prove that the government was involved in the murder.
One Man’s War
The Cast Aways saga continues as the shipwrecked islanders discover a cave full of buried treasures, along with the bones of Pirates. They use the cave as a shelter and plan an escape with the loot. Before their plan is complete, a ship arrives with pirates, lead by a young woman, who have come to claim their treasure as their own, and a battle ensues between them and the shipwrecked islanders.The islanders discover by chance that the new arrivals have no claim to the treasure, and their leader a treasure hunting imposter.
Los Naúfragos II: Los Piratas
Based on real events during Christmas of 1944 in the Pacific coast port city of Manzanillo. Hotel manager Chinto loses his temper and assaults "Inés," the homosexual cook. Inés complains to the police, but when several patrolmen come to arrest Chinto, he pulls a pistol and shoots them. The authorities soon lay seige to the hotel; Chinto's employees, follow his orders without question and assist him in barricading the hotel's doors and windows.
¡Maten a Chinto!
Television & Series (1)
Papá soltero was a series on the Televisa network that began on February 11, 1987 and ended on July 6, 1994. It was produced by Luis de Llano Macedo and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas. The cast was formed by César Costa, Luis Mario Quiroz, Edith Márquez, Gerardo Quiroz, with stellar performances by José Luis Cordero, Aurora Alonso, and Octavio Galindo.
