# Manuel Landeta

Manuel Landeta (born José Manuel Goenaga Jassan on October 5, 1958) is a Mexican singer and actor of telenovelas. His two sons Imanol and Jordi Landeta are also actors and singers.

## Career

Manuel Landeta started his acting career at the age of 26 in the telenovela La pasión de Isabela ("Isabela's passion"). The following year he was part of the cast in Juana Iris another telenovela on Televisa. In 1986 he obtained his first starring role in Martín Garatuza, as the character of the same name in a story that takes place in Colonial Mexico. He also participated in the plays José el soñador (1998) and Loco por tí (2000). In 2001 he recorded an album titled Mírame and in 2004 he made his first two films.
As of 2005, he participated in Bailando por México (the Mexican version of Dancing with the Stars). He is part of the cast of the erotic show Sólo para mujeres and of the play Anita la huerfanita (the Mexican version of Annie) with Ana Layevska. He also dances and takes off his clothes on the erotic show called Solo Para Mujeres. He is a Mexican sex symbol.

## Filmography

Television roles :
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
| 1984 | La pasión de Isabela | Unknown role | |
| 1985 | Juana Iris | Jaime | |
| 1986 | Martín Garatuza | Martín Garatuza | Main role; 90 episodes |
| 1989 | El cristal empañado | Claudio | |
| 1992 | Ángeles sin paraíso | Abelardo | |
| 1993 | Clarisa | Roberto Arellano / Rolando Garza | |
| 1996 | Sentimientos ajenos | Miguel Ángel | |
| 1996 | Morir dos veces | Cristóbal | |
| 1998 | Vivo por Elena | Hugo | |
| 1999 | El niño que vino del mar | Carlos Criail | |
| 2001–2003 | Mujer, casos de la vida real | Unknown role | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Clase 406 | Gonzalo Acero | |
| 2003 | Velo de novia | Román Ruiz | |
| 2004 | Amy, la niña de la mochila azul | Tritón / Ivanovich Petrovich | |
| 2004 | Rubí | Lucío Montemayor | |
| 2005 | Piel de otoño | Víctor Guitiérrez | |
| 2005 | Vecinos | Andrés | Episode: "El ataque de las cucarachas" |
| 2005 | Barrera de amor | Víctor García Betancourt | |
| 2007 | Destilando amor | Rosenmberg | |
| 2007 | Yo amo a Juan Querendón | Unknown role | |
| 2007 | La fea más bella | Esteban | |
| 2008 | Fuego en la sangre | Anselmo Cruz | |
| 2008 | La rosa de Guadalupe | Manuel | Episode: "Saber amar" |
| 2008–2009 | Mañana es para siempre | Graciano | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Los simuladores | Frank Millan | Episode: "Venganza" |
| 2009–2010 | Mar de amor | León Parra Ibáñez | Main Antagonist |
| 2010 | Mujeres asesinas | Alberto | Episode: "Marta, Manipuladora" |
| 2010–2011 | Teresa | Rubén Cáceres Muro | Main cast; 137 episodes |
| 2012–2013 | Corazón valiente | Bernardo del Castillo | Main Antagonist |
| 2013 | Corazón indomable | Teobaldo | |
| 2014 | La Impostora | Adriano Ferrer | Main role; 117 episodes |
| 2015 | Amor de barrio | Edmundo | Main cast; 92 episodes |
| 2016 | Un camino hacia el destino | Hernán | Antagonist; 97 episodes |
| 2017 | Mi marido tiene familia | Augusto | Recurring role (season 1); 24 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | El Señor de los Cielos | Cecilio Guitiérrez | Recurring role (season 7) |
| 2021 | Contigo sí | Sandro | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated works | Result |
| 2014 | Premios Tu Mundo |
| 2014 | Premios Tu Mundo | First Actor | La impostora | Won |