page_title: Alfonso Herrera
section_title: Acting career
hierarchical_section_title: Alfonso Herrera / Acting career
caption_attribution_description: English: Mexican actor Alfonso Herrera Español: Alfonso Herrera
context_page_description: Alfonso "Poncho" Herrera Rodríguez is a Mexican stage and screen actor and former singer, who is best known for starring in Clase 406, Rebelde, RBD: La familia, Mujeres Asesinas Camaleones, El Equipo, Sense8, and El Dandy. Herrera starred in the Fox TV adaptation of The Exorcist.
  He gained international recognition as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group RBD. He has since appeared in films including Amarte Duele, Venezzia, Espectro, La Dictadura Perfecta and El Elegido.
context_section_description: Following his completion at the Centro de Educación Artística, Herrera began working professionally in theater. He performed in Las Brujas de Salem (2001), Como matar a un ruiseñor (2001) and Antigona (2001).
  In 2002, he was cast in the film Amarte Duele, directed by Fernando Sariñana, and from there moved into television, working in the telenovela Clase 406, alongside Dulce Maria, Anahí, and Christian Chávez, who later became his bandmates in RBD.
  In 2004, he was cast as one of the main characters in Rebelde, a Mexican remake of the hit Argentine novela Rebelde Way. Herrera played Miguel Arango, a teenager who moves to Mexico City to avenge his father's death. Rebelde was a hit worldwide and had over 400 episodes, lasting from 2004 to 2006.
  Following the success of Rebelde, in 2007, Televisa released RBD: La Familia, which starred the members of RBD. The characters of the sitcom were not based on the band's characters in Rebelde, but intended to be similar to the actors' real personalities. RBD: La Familia was the first Mexican show shot entirely in High Definition. The show ran from March 14, 2007 – June 13, 2007, and only lasted 13 episodes.
  In 2007, Herrera began filming Volverte a Ver with Ximena Herrera. It was released in December 2008. The movie was filmed in Mexico and Argentina. In 2008, he also starred in the play The Pillowman, replacing actor Kuno Becker.
  In 2009, he began filming Venezzia in Venezuela, alongside Ruddy Rodríguez.
  On May 21, 2009 it was announced that Herrera would star alongside Spanish Mexican singer/actress Belinda Peregrín in Televisa's latest novela, Camaleones. Herrera played Sebastián, a man who pretends to be a professor and steals expensive art work in order to protect his jailed father.
  In 2009, he also guest-starred in an episode of Mujeres Assesinas, "Soledad, Cautiva", alongside his Rebelde co-star Angelique Boyer.
  Herrera also worked alongside actors Plutaco Haza, Paola Núñez, Sergio Klainer, Guillermo Larrea, Jana Raluy, and Raúl Vallejo on the Spanish version of Rain Man, known in Spanish as Cuando los hermanos se encuentran.
  Besides Rain Man, 2011 has brought up new projects for Herrera. He worked on a television series called El Equipo (The Team) produced by Pedro Torres where he played a federal policeman named Fermín Pérez. This series has been compared to the television series CSI and was aired in Mexico as well as the United States. Alfonso is currently filming a television series called El Diez where he will play a soccer player named 'Chava Espinoza'. This series will be aired soon on ESPN Deportes; which is available on the United States as well as some Latin American countries.
  On August 19, 2011, Herrera's most recent movie Así es la Suerte will premier on theaters around various areas in Mexico. In 2016, Herrera starred in the American TV series The Exorcist based on the 1973 film of the same name alongside Geena Davis.
  He also was in the Netflix original series Sense8, where he starred as Hernando Fuentes the boyfriend of Lito Rodriguez, played by Miguel Ángel Silvestre. They are a gay couple who are not open about their relationship due to the fact that Lito is a big Mexican movie star. Once his secret is out Hernando & Lito struggle to persevere through it.
caption: Poncho in Brazil (2006).
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