# Juan Ferrara

Juan Ferrara (born Juan Félix Gutiérrez Puerta; November 8, 1943) is a Mexican actor.

## Family

Juan is a son of Ofelia Guilmáin and brother of Lucía Guilmáin y Esther Guilmáin. He was once married to the Mexican actress, Helena Rojo. He has two sons, actors Juan Carlos Bonet and Mauricio Bonet, with his first wife, Alicia Bonet.

## Biography

Ferrara demonstrated an interest in acting since he was a young child. But it wasn't until he was 22 that he booked his first job as an actor. He changed his name to Juan Ferrara before playing a small role in the 1965 movie, "Tajimara". In 1966, he got his first major movie role, as Sonny in Los Angeles de Puebla. Ferrara by then had graduated from Televisa's renowned acting school, and producers decided to cast him as a star in his own telenovela, El Espejismo Brillaba. The novela became a hit across Mexico and Latin America.
In 1970, he starred in two successful novelas, Yesenia and La Gata. In 1978, Ferrara was in Viviana, another extremely successful novela. He portrayed Julio Montesinos. In 1982 Ferrara then went on to star in Gabriel y Gabriela, though it was not as successful as his previous ventures.
1983 proved to be an important career year for Ferrara, as he established himself as an actor in Puerto Rico as well. Hired by Canal 2, he filmed Laura Guzman, Culpable!, a soap opera that became one of Puerto Rico's most seen television programs ever. Due to the novela's overwhelming popularity in Puerto Rico, the network decided to bring Ferrara back in 1985, to film a telenovela called Tanairi. Ferrara starred alongside Von Marie Mendez in this soap opera.

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1966 | El espejismo brillaba | | Antogonist |
| 1968 | Los inconformes | | Supporting role |
| 1969 | Lo que no fue | Alberto | Supporting role |
| 1969 | Concierto de almas | Jorge | Supporting role |
| 1969 | Del altar a la tumba | Agustín Alatorre | Protagonist |
| 1970 | Yesenia | Bardo | Co-Protagonist |
| 1970 | La Gata | Pablo Martínez Negrete | Protagonist |
| 1974 | El manantial del milagro | Carlos | Supporting role |
| 1975 | Ven conmigo | Guillermo | Supporting role |
| 1978 | Ladronzuela | Miguel Ángel | Protagonist |
| 1978-79 | Viviana | Julio Montesinos | Co-Protagonist |
| 1981 | El hogar que yo robé | Carlos Valentín Velarde | Protagonist |
| 1982 | Gabriel y Gabriela | Fernando del Valle | Protagonist |
| 1983 | ¡Laura Guzmán, culpable! | | Protagonist |
| 1984 | Milí | | Protagonist |
| 1985 | Tanairí | Gustavo Medina | Protagonist |
| 1987-88 | Victoria | José Eduardo de los Santos | Protagonist |
| 1990 | Destino | Claudio de la Mora | Protagonist |
| 1991-92 | Valeria y Maximiliano | Maximiliano Riva | Protagonist |
| 1993 | Valentina | Fernando Alcántara | Protagonist |
| 1996 | La antorcha encendida | Don Pedro de Soto | Main antagonist |
| 1997-98 | Desencuentro | Andrés Rivera | Protagonist |
| 1999 | Infierno en el paraíso | Alejandro Valdivia | Protagonist |
| 2002 | ¡Vivan los niños! | Lic. Mauricio Borbolla | Supporting role |
| 2004-06 | Rebelde | Franco Colucci | Adult Protagonist |
| 2006 | Heridas de amor | Gonzalo San Llorente (young) | Special Appearance |
| 2007-08 | Pasión | Jorge Mancera y Ruíz | Antagonist |
| 2009 | Verano de amor | Othón Villalba | Main Antagonist |
| 2009-10 | Mar de amor | Guillermo Briceño | Adult Protagonist |
| 2011 | La fuerza del destino | Juan Jaime Mondragón | Main Antagonist |
| 2012-13 | Qué bonito amor | Justo Martínez de la Garza | Adult Protagonist |
| 2014 | Qué pobres tan ricos | Himself | Antogonist |
| 2015 | Lo imperdonable | Jorge Prado-Castelo | Adult Protagonist |
| 2016 | El hotel de los secretos | Doctor Lazaro Vicario / Doctor Simon Canabal | Antagonist |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Premio | Category | Telenovela | Result |
| 1988 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Actor | Victoria | Nominated |
| 1991 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Actor | Destiny | Nominated |
| 1993 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Actor | Valeria and Maxmilliano | Nominated |
| 1994 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Actor | Valentina | Nominated |
| 1997 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Outstanding Performance | The flaming torch | Won |
| 1997 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Villain | The flaming torch | Nominated |
| 2006 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Actor | Rebel | Nominated |
| 2011 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Leading Actor | Mar de Amor | Nominated |
| 2013 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Antagonist Actor | The Power of Destiny | Won |

## Films

* Tajimara (1965)
* Tirando a Gol (1965) (Trying to Score)
* La Muerte es Puntual (1965) (Death is Always on Time)
* La Valentina (1966)
* Los Angeles de Puebla (1966) (Puebla's Angels) as Sonny
* Pedro Paramo (1967) (as Florencio)
* Esclava del Deseo (1968) (Slave of Desire)
* No hay Cruces en el Mar (1968) (There are no Crosses at Sea)
* Corona de Lagrimas, (1968) Crown of Tears
* 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa) (1968) (5 Chocolate ones and a Strawberry One)
* El Club de los Suicidas (1968) (The Suicidal Ones Club)
* Los Problemas de Mama (1970) (Mom's Problems)
* Mision Cumplida (1970) (Mission Accomplished)
* La montaña sagrada (1973) (The Holy Mountain)
* El Manantial del Molagro (1974) (Miracle Falls)
* Ven Conmigo (1975) (Come With Me) as Guillermo
* De Todos Modos, Juan te Llamas! (1978) (Your Name is Still Juan!)
* Noche de Juerga (1979) (Party Night)
* Misterio (1980)
* Dos y Dos, Cinco (1980) (Two Plus Two:Five)
* Mentiras (1986) (Lies) as Alvaro Ibanez
* Fuera de la ley (1998)
* Cuando las cosas suceden (2007) as De La Rosa