Jaime Camil is a Brazilian-Mexican actor, singer and television personality, who portrayed Mr. Miranda and The Maestro.
Biography[]
Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Camil is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a very successful Mexican businessman, and Cecilia Saldaña Da Gama, a Brazilian singer. He earned a license in business administration from Universidad Anáhuac; studied acting in New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico; and took classical opera training in Italy. Camil enjoys extreme sports and has crossed both South Africa and Mexico by motorcycle.
He started his career in 1993 as a radio commentator on Radioactivo 98.5. In 2007 he played the lead, Father Silvestre, in the Mexican favorite, El eiluvio que viene, which won the APT and ACPT awards for Best Actor in a Musical.
Camil divides his time between Los Angeles and Mexico City with his wife, model Heidi Balvanera, and their daughter Elena Camil born in 2011. He has two half-siblings and three step-siblings. His stepsister Issabela is married to actor Sergio Mayer.
Filmography[]
Film[]
- Puños rosas (2004)
- Zapata - El sueño del héroe (2004)
- Volver, volver (2005)
- Seven Days (2005)
- I Love Miami (2006)
- All Inclusive (2008)
- Recién cazado (2009)
- Regresa (2010)
- Salvando al Soldado Pérez (2011)
- El cielo en tu mirada (2012)
- Chiapas the Heart of Coffee (2012)
- Zero Hour (2013)
- 200 Cartas (2013)
- Pulling Strings (2013)
- Elsa & Fred (2014)
Los árboles mueren de pie (2015) - Little Bitches (2018)
- Glass Jaw (2018)
- Madness in the Method (2019)
- My Boyfriend's Meds (2020)
- Kimi (2022)
- Snag: Chapter One (2023)
Television[]
- Mi destino eres tú (2000)
- Diseñador ambos sexos (2001)
- La familia P. Luche (2002)
- Mujer de madera (2005)
- La fea màs bella (2006-2007)
- Una familia de diez (2007)
- Las tontas no van al cielo (2008)
- Los exitosos Pérez (2009-2010)
- Por ella soy Eva (2012)
- Devious Maids (2013)
- Qué pobres tan ricos (2013-2014)
- Charmed (2019)
- Jane The Virgin (2014-2019)
- Broke (2020)
- Schmigadoon! (2021-2023)
- Lopez VS Lopez (2024)
- Acapulco (2024)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Jaime, Gina Rodriguez and Mackenzie Marsh all acted on Jane the Virgin.