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Osvaldo Ríos at the 2014 Miami International Film Festival premiere of Elsa & Fred
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Born |
Osvaldo Ríos Alonso October 25, 1960 Carolina, Puerto Rico |
Occupation | Actor, Singer |
Spouse(s) |
Sully Diaz (m. 1986; div. 1986) Carmen Dominicci (m. 1990; div. 1993) Géraldine Fernández (m. 2000; div. 2004) |
Partner(s) | Ivelin Giro (2015-present) |
Children | 3 |
Osvaldo Ríos Alonso (born October 25, 1960 in Carolina, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actor,model, singer, and guitarist, who is best known for his roles in telenovelas. He has appeared in several soap operas, including Abrazame muy Fuerte, Kassandra and the 1996 version of La Viuda de Blanco.
Born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Osvaldo Ríos is a singer and actor. His television series have been seen across the world, including countries such as Spain, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Israel, Turkey, Greece, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Armenia, China, India, Malaysia, Latin America and the United States. He is the main actor of the television series in the world's best-selling Latin American history, Kassandra, and the only Latin American actor whose television series have surpassed sales of 100 countries worldwide and translated into 32 languages. For this feat, he has appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records since 2001.
As an actor, he has participated in more than 20 television series and dramas. His main role in soap opera Kassandra, made for RCTV of Venezuela as well as Tres Destinos made in Los Angeles, Miami, Mexico and Puerto Rico for Telemundo Network USA, La Viuda de Blanco for RTI Colombia and Rauzán for RTI in co-production with Caracol TV, has earned favorable recognition international critics giving 17 awards for excellence best actor in over 7 countries in Latin America, USA and Europe. In fact, both Kassandra, and Tres Destinos, La Viuda de Blanco and recently Rauzán" have been handed in over one hundred countries worldwide. This inexhaustible artist has been invited to countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, Bosnia and Bulgaria as well as Latin America due to the huge rooting his characters have had on the public following their television series. Rauzán, his new novel, has been successful in the presales in Montecarlo for the European market, in fact Eurokom Balkan countries chain has invited him again to promote his new novel.