# Alexis Ayala

Alexis Ayala (born David Alexis Ayala Padró on 9 August 1965) is an American-born Mexican actor of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico.

## Biography
### Career

Ayala debuted as an actor at the age of 22 with the film En peligro de muerte ("In danger of death") and after completing his studies at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) of Televisa three years later he obtained a small role in Mi pequeña Soledad ("My little Soledad") with Verónica Castro.
In 1992, he appeared on Baila conmigo where he met Karla Álvarez, who he would later marry. Next year he obtained a more important role in the telenovela Los parientes pobres ("Poor Relatives"), a telenovela starred by singer Lucero. Both actors had shared the television screen in Cuando llega el amor ("When love arrives"). In 1999 he obtained his first starring role in Tres mujeres and with fellow actor and friend Sergio Mayer he produced the show Sólo para Mujeres where with Mayer and other celebrities they performed a strip-tease.
The show was successful and, in spite of local opposition from Catholic groups, they took the show on tour all over Mexico. The show was later presented in other Latin American countries and the United States. Although he is no longer part of the ever-changing cast, as of 2005 he remains a producer of the show.

## Filmography

List of acting performances in film and television :
| Title | Years | Role | Notes |
| En peligro de muerte | 1988 | | Film |
| En carne propia | 1990 | Alejandro Tamaris | Television |
| Mi pequeña Soledad | 1990 | Jorge "Coque" | Television |
| Cuando llega el amor | 1990 | Nico | TV series |
| Cadenas de amargura | 1991 | Víctor | TV series |
| La pícara soñadora | 1991 | Carlos Pérez | Television |
| Baila conmigo | 1991 | Tomás de la Reguera | Television |
| Las cosas simples | 1993 | | TV movie |
| Los parientes pobres | 1993 | Bernardo Ávila | Television |
| Agujetas de color de rosa | 1994 | Julián Ledezma | Television |
| Confidente de secundaria | 1996 | Quico | Television |
| Mujer, casos de la vida real | 1996-01 | | Television, 2 episodes |
| ¡Engañame!, si quieres | 1998 | Ricardo | Film |
| Huracán | 1998 | Raimundo | Television |
| Tres mujeres | 1999 | Daniel Subiri | Television |
| Carita de ángel | 2000 | Leonardo Larios | Television |
| Atrévete a olvidarme | 2001 | Manuel Soto | Television |
| Así son ellas | 2002 | Diego Montejo | Television |
| Esclavo y amo | 2003 | Benjamín Solero | Film |
| Fantasías | 2003 | Antonio | Film |
| Amarte es mi pecado | 2004 | Leonardo Muñoz de Santiago | Television |
| Cero y van 4 | 2004 | Jorge Villalobo | Film |
| Contra viento y marea | 2005 | Ricardo Sandoval | Television |
| La última noche | 2005 | Cirujano | Film |
| Barrera de amor | 2005 | Federico Gómez Valladolid | Television |
| Yo amo a Juan Querendón | 2007 | César Luis Farell Carballo | Television |
| Mejor es que Gabriela no se muera | 2007 | | Film |
| Mujeres asesinas | 2007 | Carlos Ocampo | Television, 1 episode |
| Divina confusión | 2008 | | Film |
| Juro que te amo | 2008-09 | Justino Fregoso | Television |
| El Pantera | 2009 | Comandante Orozco | Television, 2 episodes |
| Cabeza de buda | 2009 | Guest #1 | Film |
| Gritos de muerte y libertad | 2010 | Corregidor Miguel Dominguez | Television |
| Slaughter Weekend | 2010 | Toby | Film |
| Llena de amor | 2010-11 | Lorenzo Porta-López / Lorenzo | Television |
| From Prada to Nada | 2011 | Gabriel Dominguez Sr. | Film |
| Abismo de pasión | 2012 | Edmundo Tovar | Television |
| Me Late Chocolate | 2013 | Ricardo | Film |
| Gossip Girl: Acapulco | 2013 | Emiliano Zaga | Television, 15 episodes |
| Lo que la vida me robó | 2013-14 | Ezequiel Basurto | Television |
| La sombra del pasado | 2014-15 | Severiano Mendonza | Television |
| Corazón que miente | 2016 | Padre Daniel Ferrer Bilbatúa | Television |
| Mujeres de negro | 2016 | Julio | Television |
| Santiago Apostol | 2017 | Brujo Hermogenes | Film |
| Hijas de la luna | 2018 | Darío Iriarte | Television |
| Amar a muerte | 2018-19 | Léon Carvajal | Television |
| Quererlo todo | 2020-21 | Artemio Cabrera | Television |
| Si nos dejan | 2021 | Sergio Carranza | Television |
| Vencer la ausencia | 2022 | Braulio Dueñas | Television |
| Pienso en ti | 2023 | Federico Pérez | Television |
| La historia de Juana | 2024 | Rogelio Fuenmayor | Television |
| Más vale sola | 2024 | Gastón | Television |

## Theater

* Sólo para Mujeres (1999) as himself Divorciemonos mi amor (2015) as Meliton