# Felipe Colombo

Felipe Colombo Eguía (born January 8, 1983, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican and Argentine actor, singer and songwriter. He was part of the pop-rock band Erreway together with Camila Bordonaba, Benjamín Rojas and Luisana Lopilato.

## Biography

Felipe Colombo Eguía was born on January 8, 1983, in Hospital Angeles Mexico. He is the son of Argentine actor, Juan Carlos Colombo and Mexican actress, Patricia Eguía. He was raised in Mexico City, Mexico. He has an older sister called Sol. Felipe studied primary at escuela Hermino Almendro. He started high school at CIE Sur in Mexico and finished in Argentina at José Martí and San Francisco schools.

## Career
### Acting career

Colombo made his television debut in the 1992 Televisa soap opera El abuelo y yo, co-starring Ludwika Paleta and Gael García Bernal, and made his film debut the same year with a performance in Sonata de luna.
Colombo then co-starred with Angélica María in the 1994 soap opera Agujetas de color de rosa, which was successful across Latin America and especially among Hispanic audiences in the United States. He appeared as Carlitos in the 1995 film Cilantro y perejil (Cilantro & Parsley), and in 1996 had a role in an episode of Mujer, casos de la vida real, a show hosted by legendary Mexican actress Silvia Pinal. In 1999 he acted alongside Anahí in the 1999 tele-novela Ángeles sin paraíso.

### Chiquititas México (1998)

In 1998 Colombo captured the role of Julio in the Mexican version of Chiquititas, originally an Argentine production.

### Chiquititas (1999–2001)

After the Mexican version flopped, Chiquititas author Cris Morena decided to give him a role in the original version, where he soon became one of the most popular actors. While performing in Chiquititas, Colombo worked for the first time alongside Benjamín Rojas, Luisana Lopilato and Camila Bordonaba, which would later on become part of another one of Colombo's highlights of his career as an entertainer. In 2001, Colombo reprised his character inChiquititas' for the big screen version, Chiquititas: Rincón de luz.

### Rebelde Way and Erreway (2002–2007)

Colombo secured the role of Manuel Aguirre in Rebelde Way in 2002. The show was nominated for the 2002 Martín Fierro Award for Best Telenovela. He starred alongside Benjamín Rojas, Luisana Lopilato and Camila Bordonaba. The four had previously worked together in Chiquititas and went on to form the band Erreway.
The band released three hit albums — Señales in 2002, Tiempo in 2003 and Memoria in 2004, had three successful tours Erreway en Grand Rex, Nuestro Tiempo and Gira 2004 and released a film in 2004, 4 Caminos. The film was based on their Rebelde Way characters: Manuel, Pablo, Mía and Marizza. The band split up soon after the release of their film and final album.
However, Camila Bordonaba, Benjamín Rojas and Felipe Colombo reunited in 2006 and released the compilation of the greatest hits, El Disco de Rebelde Way. Colombo and Bordonaba visited Spain during the promotional tour of the compilation. In 2007 Lopilato left Erreway, and the remaining three released a live hits collection Erreway presenta su caja recopilatoria, held a short tour in Spain, and confirmed the release of the band's fourth album, Vuelvo.

### Recent and future projects (2004–present)

After his acclaimed role in Rebelde Way, Colombo appeared as Miki in another production of Cris Morena, the 2004—2005 telenovela Floricienta. He also got a lot of attention playing the lead in the theatrical version of The Graduate, alongside Nacha Guevara. In 2006, Colombo portrayed deceased Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in the stage play No te preocupes ojos azules. He also portrayed Pastor in 2006 hit television drama Doble Vida and appeared in one episode of Amor Mío.
In 2007 Colombo captured the role of Lucho Fierro on Martín Fierro Awards—nominated television comedy Son de Fierro. He worked alongside Camila Bordonaba for the sixth time in his career. He was seen in two films in 2008 Fantasma de Buenos Aires and Solos en la ciudad, alongside his Rebelde Way co-star Sabrina Garciarena.
In 2011–2012, his role is Bernardo Berlanga in Herederos de una venganza and 2012 he made Host TV debut in La vuelta al mundo together with the actress Isabel Macedo.
In 2013, he was part of the miniseries Inconsistente colectivo.
In 2014, he returned to television to play Fidel in Mis amigos de siempre.
In 2016, he starred in the play Cardenio.

### Musical career

During the development of Rebelde Way, Felipe Colombo and his co-stars: Luisana Lopilato, Benjamín Rojas and Camila Bordonaba have become the members of the band Erreway. They immediately reached worldwide popularity, especially in Latin America, Spain, Europe and Israel. All their studio albums, Señales (2002), Tiempo (2003) and Memoria, reached Platinum certification. The band broke up at the end of 2004 and reunited again in 2006 except Luisana Lopilato to tour Spain. In 2007, they did a concert in Valencia for Sunny Happy Day and received the Platinum Record for the 80,000 copies sold of his album Erreway, el disco de Rebelde way. In 2010, he formed a new band, La Miss Tijuana with his friend Camila Bordonaba and Erreway's vocal coach, Willie Lorenzo. In 2013, he formed a new band, Roco with his friend Benjamín Rojas and Erreway's vocal coach, Willie Lorenzo.

## Personal life

From 2000 to 2004, Felipe Colombo was in a relationship with his co–star, the actress Luisana Lopilato.
From 2005 to 2006, Felipe Colombo was in a relationship with the model Cecilia Bonelli.
Since 2007, Felipe Colombo has been in a relationship with Cecilia Coronado, a costume designer whom he met in the recordings of Son de Fierro. On November 3, 2009, the couple's first child, a girl, was born, named Aurora Colombo. Felipe has a very close relationship with his former colleagues from Erreway, Camila Bordonaba and Benjamín Rojas who are also his daughter's godparents.

## Filmography
### Theater

| Year | Title | Character | Director | Theater |
| 1989 | Entre todos si se puede | | | |
| | El abuelo y yo | Felipín | | |
| | Momo | | | |
| | Eduardo II | | | |
| | Los ladrones del tiempo | | | |
| 1992 | Ángeles sin paraíso | Andrés Cifuentes | | |
| 1999–2001 | Chiquititas | Felipe Mejía | Cris Morena | Teatro Gran Rex |
| 2002 | Rebelde Way | Manuel Aguirre | Cris Morena | Teatro Gran Rex |
| 2002–2007 | Erreway | Himself | Cris Morena | |
| 2005 | El graduado | Benjamín Braddock | Felipe Fernández del Paso | Teatro Metropolitan Sura |
| 2006 | No te preocupes ojos azules | Kurt Cobain | Manuel Ibáñez | Ciudad Cultural Konex |
| 2008 | Yepeto | | | |
| 2009 | El alivio | | | |
| 2010 | No confíes en mí | Marcos | | |
| 2011–2012 | Noches de reyes | Sebastián | Jorge Azurmendi | Teatro El Cubo |
| 2012 | La mujer del domingo | Brain | Daniel Suárez Marzal | Teatro Apolo |
| 2014 | La nota mágica | | | |
| 2018 | Desesperados | | | |
| 2019-2021 | Sex, viví tu experiencia | | José María Muscari and Matías Napp | Gorriti Art Center |

### Television

| Year | Title | Character | Channel | Notes |
| 1991–1992 | El abuelo y yo | Felipín | Las Estrellas | |
| 1992–1993 | Ángeles sin paraíso | Andrés Cifuentes | Las Estrellas | |
| 1994–1995 | Agujetas de color de rosa | Luisito Dávila | Televisa | |
| 1996 | Mujer, casos de la vida real | Boy | Televisa | |
| 1998 | Chiquititas | Julián Álvarez Pacheco | Azteca 7 | |
| 1999–2001 | Chiquititas | Felipe Mejía | Telefe | |
| 2002–2003 | Rebelde Way | Manuel Aguirre | Canal 9/América TV | |
| 2003 | Rincón de Luz | Himself with the Erreway group | Canal 9 | |
| 2004 | Floricienta | Miguel "Micky" Rojas Guerra | Canal 13 | |
| 2005 | Doble vida | Pastor Saravia | América TV | |
| 2005 | Amor mío | Ignacio "Nachito" Fuentes | Televisa | |
| 2006 | Mujeres asesinas | Daniel | Canal 13 | "Episode 13: Isabel, enfermera" |
| 2006 | Mujeres asesinas | Leo | Canal 13 | "Episode 13: Carmen, honrada" |
| 2007–2008 | Son de Fierro | Luis "Lucho" Fierro | Canal 13 | |
| 2008–2009 | Por amor a vos | Facundo Agüero | Canal 13 | |
| 2009 | Enseñame a vivir | Cristóbal Amadeo Linares | Canal 13 | |
| 2011–2012 | Herederos de una venganza | Bernardo Berlanga | Canal 13 | |
| 2012–2013 | Sos mi hombre | Máximo Duarte | Canal 13 | |
| 2013 | Inconsciente colectivo | Álvaro Goldstein | TV Pública | |
| 2013–2014 | Mis amigos de siempre | Fidel Ríos | Canal 13 | |
| 2017 | En viaje | Fito | 360TV [es] | "Episode 3: Amigos con derechos" |
| 2018 | Encerrados | Juan Manuel | TV Pública | "Episode 13: Bonsái" |
| 2018 | Rizhoma Hotel | Peter | Telefe | "Episode 21: Pasión de hombres" |
| 2018–2019 | Mi hermano es un clon | Luciano | Canal 13 | |
| 2019 | Millennials | Leonardo Heredia | Net TV | |
| 2021 | Días de gallos | Timo | HBO Max | "Episode 8: Bronca" |
| 2021-present | La 1-5/18 | Ricardo "Ricky" Pelloni | Canal 13 | |

### Movies

| Year | Movie | Character | Director |
| 1995 | Cilantro y perejil | Carlitos | Rafael Montero |
| 1998 | El paje | Nicolás | Eduardo Soto-Falcón |
| 2001 | Chiquititas: Rincón de luz | Felipe Mejía | José Luis Massa |
| 2004 | Erreway: 4 caminos | Manuel Aguirre | Ezequiel Crupnicoff |
| 2006 | Cara de queso | Gustavo | Ariel Winograd |
| 2007 | Cañitas | Emmanuel | Julio César Estrada |
| 2008 | Fantasma de Buenos Aires | | Guillermo Grillo |
| 2009 | Carmilla | | |
| 2010 | Matar a Videla | Dante | Nicolás Capelli |
| 2011 | Solos en la ciudad | Santiago | Diego Corsini |

### Television programs

| Year | Program | Channel | Notes |
| 1999–2000 | Sábado Bus | Telefe | Guest |
| 1999–2001 | Videomatch | Telefe | Guest |
| 1999–2001 | Susana Gimenéz | Telefe | Guest |
| 2000–2001 | Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand | Canal 13 | Guest |
| 2001 | Maru a la tarde | Telefe | Guest |
| 2002 | Videomatch | Telefe | Guest |
| 2003 | Intrusos | América TV | Guest |
| 2003 | Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand | América TV | Guest |
| 2003 | Media Mañana | Canal 9 | Guest |
| 2004 | Videomatch | Telefe | Guest |
| 2012 | La vuelta al mundo | Canal 13 | Host |
| 2012 | Antes que sea Tarde | América TV | Guest |
| 2013 | Pura Química | ESPN+ | Guest |
| 2013 | AM, antes del mediodía | Telefe | Guest |
| 2013 | Fans en Vivo | FWTV | Guest |
| 2014 | Gracias por venir, gracias por estar | Telefe | Guest |
| 2015 | Tu cara me suena (Season 3) | Telefe | Participant |
| 2016 | Cómo anillo al dedo | Canal 13 | Participant |
| 2017 | Fans en Vivo | FWTV | Guest |
| 2017 | Pampita Online | KZO [es] | Guest |
| 2019 | Cortá por Lozano | Telefe | Guest |
| 2019 | Bailando 2019 | Canal 13 | Participant |
| 2019 | Pasapalabra | Canal 13 | Guest |
| 2019 | Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand | Canal 13 | Guest |
| 2020 | El muro infernal | Telefe | Participant |
| 2020 | Pasapalabra | Canal 13 | Guest |
| 2020 | Pampita Online | Net TV | Guest |

## Discography
### Soundtrack albums

* 1999 — Chiquititas Vol. 5
* 2000 — Chiquititas Vol. 6
* 2001 — Chiquititas Vol. 7
* 2001 — Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz

### Erreway

* 2002 — Señales
* 2002 — Erreway en Grand Rex
* 2003 — Tiempo
* 2003 — Nuestro Tiempo
* 2004 — Nuestro Tiempo
* 2004 — Memoria
* 2004 — Gira 2004
* 2006 — El Disco de Rebelde Way
* 2006 — Erreway en Concierto
* 2007 — Erreway presenta su caja recopilatoria
* 2007 — Erreway en España
* 2020 — Vuelvo

### La Miss Tijuana

* 2010 — Sólo Me Salva Amar
* 2010 — Vuelvo
* 2011 — Deja que llueva
* 2011 — 3 iguanas

### Roco

* 2013 — Pasarán años
* 2013 — Como baila la novia
* 2013 — Gira
* 2013 — Quien se ha tomado todo el vino
* 2013 — Tornado