# Gabriel Soto

Gabriel Soto Borja Díaz (born April 17, 1975) is a Mexican actor and model. He won the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, and placed first runner-up in Mister World 1996. He was also a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and acts in telenovelas.

## Biography

Soto attended Edron Academy.

## Career

He began modeling at age 18 after participating in the Mister World contest in 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey, and becoming the first runner-up. In 1997, Gabriel joined the band Kairo replacing Eduardo Verástegui. The albums he participated were Libres and Pasiones.
He has participated in several soap operas in which he managed to convince the public and the critics with his performance.
Mi querida Isabel was the first soap opera in which Gabriel acted, followed by Alma Rebelde, Mi destino eres tú, and Carita de ángel leading his most important role, playing Ulises "ugly" in the soap opera Amigas y rivales produced by Emilio Larrosa.
In 2002, Soto appeared in the soap opera Las vías del amor with Aracely Arambula and Jorge Salinas which was produced by Emilio Larrosa.
In 2004, he was cast in the soap opera Mujer de Madera, produced by Emilio Larrosa, starring in one of the main roles alongside Edith Gonzalez, who would later be replaced by Ana Patricia Rojo. In this telenovela he also worked with Jaime Camil and Maria Sorte.
In 2005, following his return from Los Angeles where he took courses in acting for film, boxing classes, and surf, Soto competed in the Mexican version of Dancing with the Stars.
Then, in 2006, he starred in the telenovela La Verdad Oculta produced by Emilio Larrosa, next to Galilea Montijo Alejandra Barros and Eduardo Yanez, who after being away for many years from telenovelas returned to join the cast.
In 2007, Gabriel starred in the soap opera Bajo las riendas del amor, an adaptation of Cuando llega el amor.
In 2008, he joined the Lucero Suárez. produced Querida Enemiga as a protagonist alongside Ana Layevska, Jorge Aravena and María Rubio.
In 2009, he participated in Sortilegio, produced by Carla Estrada, in which he played Fernando Alanis, before touring the United States with the play Sortilegio, el show.
In 2011, he appeared in La Fuerza del Destino, produced by Rosy Ocampo, as Camilo Galvan, one of the protagonists. The telenovela also starred David Zepeda, Sandra Echeverria, Laisha Wilkins and Juan Ferrara.
In 2012, he starred in Un Refugio para el Amor with Zuria Vega, playing the role of Rodrigo Torreslanda.
In 2013, he starred as the protagonist (alongside Gloria Trevi) in Emilio Larrosa's telenovela: Libre para amarte.
His last starring role was as Maximiliano Bustamante in the universally acclaimed telenovela Yo no creo en los hombres where he also garnered critical appraisal.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Mi querida Isabel | Juan | |
| 1998–2007 | Mujer, casos de la vida real | Various roles | 20 episodes |
| 1999 | Alma rebelde | Vladimir Montenegro | |
| 2000 | Mi destino eres tú | Nicolás Landa | 5 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Carita de ángel | Rogelio Alvarado Gamboa | 58 episodes |
| 2001 | La hora pico | Himself / Various roles | Episode: "Guest: Gabriel Soto" |
| 2001 | Amigas y rivales | Ulises Barrientos "El Feo" | 185 episodes |
| 2002–2003 | Las vías del amor | Adolfo Lascuráin / Nicolás Barragán | 220 episodes |
| 2004–2005 | Mujer de madera | Carlos Gómez | 205 episodes |
| 2006 | La verdad oculta | David Genovés Ordóñez | 120 episodes |
| 2007 | Bajo las riendas del amor | Juan José Álvarez | 150 episodes |
| 2008 | Querida enemiga | Alonso Ugarte Solano | 110 episodes |
| 2009 | Sortilegio | Fernando Alanís | 95 episodes |
| 2011 | La fuerza del destino | Camilo Galván | 96 episodes |
| 2012 | Un refugio para el amor | Rodrigo Torreslanda | 165 episodes |
| 2013 | Libre para amarte | Enrique del Pino | 107 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | Yo no creo en los hombres | Maximiliano Bustamente | 121 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Antes muerta que Lichita | Santiago de la Vega | 43 episodes |
| 2016–2017 | Vino el amor | David Robles | 141 episodes |
| 2017 | Nosotros los guapos | Claudio | Episode: "La estética" |
| 2017–2018 | Caer en tentación | Damián Becker | 102 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | Mi marido tiene más familia | Ernesto "Neto" Rey | 167 episodes |
| 2019 | Vecinos | Pietro Massomi | Episode: "Primera cita" |
| 2019 | Cita a ciegas | Alfredo Obando | 8 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | Soltero con hijas | Nicolás Contreras | 87 episodes |
| 2021 | Te acuerdas de mí | Pedro Cáceres | 76 episodes |
| 2022 | Amor dividido | Max Stewart | 107 episodes |
| 2022–2023 | Mi camino es amarte | Guillermo "Memo" Santos | 92 episodes |
| 2023 | Vencer la culpa | Leandro Govea | |

## Awards and nominations
### Premios TVyNovelas

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2013 | Un refugio para el amor | TVyNovelas Award for Best Actor | Nominated |
| 2013 | Un refugio para el amor | Audience's Favorites: Favorite Couple (Shared with Zuria Vega) | Won |
| 2013 | Un refugio para el amor | Audience's Favorites: Favorite Kiss (Shared with Zuria Vega) | Won |
| 2015 | Yo no creo en los hombres | TVyNovelas Award for Best Actor | Nominated |
| 2015 | Yo no creo en los hombres | Audience's Favorites: Favorite Couple (Shared with Adriana Louvier) | Won |
| 2015 | Yo no creo en los hombres | Audience's Favorites: Favorite Kiss (Shared with Adriana Louvier) | Won |
| 2018 | Caer en tentación | TVyNovelas Award for Best Actor | Nominated |
| 2020 | Soltero con hijas | TVyNovelas Award for Best Actor | Nominated |

### Premios Juventud

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2022 | Soltero con hijas | My Favorite Actor | Nominated |
| 2023 | Mi camino es amarte | My Favorite Actor | Won |
| 2023 | Soltero con hijas | My Favorite Actor | Won |
| 2024 | Vencer la culpa | My Favorite Actor | Pending |