Carlos Mata

Carlos Mata
Mata in September 2015
Born	Carlos Enrique Mata Iturriza (1952-08-28) August 28, 1952 (age 65) Valencia, Venezuela
Occupation	Actor singer
Years active	1971–present
Children	3
Musical career
Genres	Balada Pop
Instruments	Vocals
Website	carlosmata.net

Carlos Enrique Mata Iturriza better known as Carlos Mata, is a Venezuelan television actor and singer. Born in Valencia, Venezuela on August 28, 1952. He is best known for his great career in Venezuelan telenovelas for the companies Venezolana de Televisión, Radio Caracas Televisión and, Venevisión. Mata was the protagonist of 9 telenovelas, among them the most recognized are La dama de rosa (1986), Señora (1988), Las dos Dianas (1992), (1993) and Enamorada (1999), among others. His album "Que por que te quiero" remained for four months on the Billboard charts in 1985, where he shared the stage with artists such as: Miami Sound Machine, Lola Flores, Celia Cruz, Joaquin Sabina, Julio Iglesias, Brigitte Nielsen, Miguel Bosé, among many others.

Through his image, he was the biggest seller of Latin American telenovelas in the world, and was even mentioned by market studies as the third export product of Venezuela, and as the most recognized Spanish non-Spanish character.