# Gerardo Celasco

Gerardo Roberto Celasco (born April 8, 1982), also known as Adrian Bellani, is an American actor. He was the second actor to play the role of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime drama, Passions.

## Early life and education

Born in Miami, Celasco moved to his parents' home country El Salvador with his family as a child. He is the middle child and has two siblings - an older brother Sergio and a younger sister Sofia. He received his schooling at the Escuela Americana El Salvador, where competed in international horse jumping competitions and competed in the AASCA Central America Games representing his country. Celasco also became an accomplished volleyball player and was again invited to partake in the Central America Games.
Celasco later returned to the United States to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Southern Methodist University.

## Career

After graduating from college, Salvadoran fashion photographer Roberto Aguilar asked Celasco to be the face of the Toni & Guy Bed Head campaign. He also appeared in Frankie J's music video for his song "And I Had You There".
People en Español magazine voted him as one of the 25 hottest Latin bachelors in the world in 2006. Celasco played Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime drama Passions from 2006 to 2007. In 2007, he appeared with Passions co-star Heidi Mueller on The Tyra Banks Show to help host Tyra through "soap opera school".
In 2019, Celasco appeared as Xavier Castillo in the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder.

## Personal life

Celasco currently resides in Los Angeles but remains extremely close with his family and visits them often in San Salvador. As of 2019, Celasco has been in a relationship with Jennifer Morrison. The couple announced their marriage in April 2022, although their date of marriage is not known. In April 2024, Morrison revealed that the two had welcomed their first child, by calling Celasco "the best dad".

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2010 | Las Angeles | Freddy |
| 2011 | Moneyball | Carlos Peña |
| 2011 | Pimp Bullies | Daniel |
| 2012 | Battleship | Ensign Chavez |
| 2013 | Greencard Warriors | Rigo |
| 2014 | White Dwarf | Adrian |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000–2007 | Passions | Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald | 156 episodes |
| 2007 | Heroes | Gilberto | Episode: "Four Months Ago..." |
| 2011 | RPM Miami | Alejandro 'Alex' Hernandez | 13 episodes |
| 2011 | Rizzoli & Isles | Manny Vega | Episode: "Don't Hate the Player" |
| 2013 | Westside | Alex Deanne | Television film |
| 2014 | Cleaners | Joshua | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Person of Interest | Tomas Koroa | Episode: "Honor Among Thieves" |
| 2014–2015 | The Haves and the Have Nots | Carlos | 9 episodes |
| 2015 | The Player | Suarez | Episode: "L.A. Takedown" |
| 2017 | Bones | Mark Kovac | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | StartUp | Fernan | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | S.W.A.T. | David Arias | Episode: "Los Huesos" |
| 2019–2020 | How to Get Away with Murder | Xavier Castillo | 7 episodes |
| 2020 | Next | Ty Salazar | 10 episodes |
| 2022 | Swimming with Sharks | Miles | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | Good Sam | Dr. Nick Vega | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Devil in Ohio | Detective Lopez | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | The Idol | Andres | Episode: "Daybreak" |
| TBA | National Parks | Lincoln Kane | Episode #1.1 |