Oswaldo Segura

Oswaldo Segura (August 4, 1959 in Lascano, Manabí , Ecuador) is a theater actor, histrion and Ecuadorian television presenter, known for playing Felipe Vera in the television series costumbrista, Mis Adorables Entenados at the end of the eighties.

Biography 
He was born on August 4, 1959 in the town of Lascano, Manabí, Ecuador, and from 2 years of age resides in Guayaquil. He was not a good student and since he was a child he was inclined towards acting, making inroads in it before turning 17, after seeing an advertisement about some courses at the Casa de la Cultura Núcleo del Guayas at the end of the 70's. There he had his first appearance on stage with the play La Farsa del Corregidor, where he played a static guard.  With the passage of time he managed to have more important roles due to his development.

Theatrical career

The minstrel 
In 1977 he is part of the theater group El Juglar, where he stayed for 7 years, formed by Ernesto 'El Flaco' Suárez and Tati Interllige, a couple of Argentines who came to the country to take courses. With El Juglar, Segura was part of the successful theater play Guayaquil Superstar (1980).

The grin 
In 1983, he formed his own theater group called La Mueca, with which he has presented works such as Sombras y sueños, A guayaco in Hollywood, El Andamio, Furia de chiros, Maestra vida, among others, establishing himself since the 90s in the theater El Angel, located in the Urdesa citadel. During the 80s, after impersonating a public bus driver who said "I won it" for a National Lottery commercial, Tati Interlli decided to put on a play called ¡Me la gané por Diosito Santo! about a womanizing man who has 4 children, who entrusts them to his wife.

Television career

My Adopted Adorers 
At the end of the 80s, Segura forms part of the costumbrista series Mis Adorables Entenados, by Ecuavisa, based on the theatrical work ¡Me la gané por Diosito Santo! , where he played Felipe Vera (Felipito), a young man of lower middle class with an attitude of superiority, who lives with his half brothers and his stepmother, a character with whom he became known nationally.

TC Television 
During the 90s he had, along with his group La Mueca, a comic program on TC Televisión, called El Show de Felipe, playing the character with whom he made himself known to present the program.

Telesystem / RTS 
At the end of the decade it was part of Telesistema - now RTS -, in a series called Mis Adorables Entenados con Billet, this being a new version of Mis Adorables Entenados. In the late 90's, was part of the series Get My Taxi. In 2004 he returned to the channel and is part of the national show program, Vamos Con Todo , as a presenter, a space in which he stayed for more than 10 years until the end of the program in 2018. The same year he joins as main presenter of the program Intrusos along with Marián Sabaté.

Ecuavisa 
During the 2000s he starred in the Canal del Cerro series, such as: De la Vida Real and Visa for a Dream of Ecuavisa.

Gamavisión 
During 2002 he starred in the series Los Entenados de Gamavisión.

Theater 
 La Farsa del Corregidor
 Guayaquil Superstar
 Sombras y sueños
 Un guayaco en Hollywood
 El Andamio
 Furia de chiros
 Maestra vida
 ¡Me la gané por Diosito Santo!

And a lot of works but.

Television 
 Mis Adorables Entenados
 Los Defensores de la Perla
 El Show de Felipe
 Mis Adorables Entenados con Billete
 Súbete a mi Taxi
 De la Vida Real
 Visa para un Sueño
 Los Entenados
 Vamos Con Todo
 Intrusos

References 

 Oswaldo Segura and his love for the theater 
 Oswaldo Segura: 'I received 100 sucres as an actor from the theater group'

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