William Levy (born William Levy Gutiérrez; August 29, 1980) is a Cuban American actor and former model.
Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba. His maternal grandfather was Jewish (the origin of his surname, Levy). He was raised by his single mother, Barbara. Levy emigrated to Miami, Florida, when he was fourteen. He attended high school, after which he studied business administration on a baseball scholarship at St. Thomas University. He later went to Los Angeles to study acting and continued his acting studies in Miami and Mexico City.
Levy worked as a model for the Next Models agency, and was featured in two reality shows broadcast by Telemundo: Isla de la Tentación and Protagonistas de Novela 2. In 2005 he performed at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan, Puerto Rico, starring in the play La Nena Tiene Tumbao.
His debut on the Spanish-language channel Univision was in the Venevision International production of Olvidarte Jamás.
Levy participated in the Mexican telenovela Triunfo del Amor, a remake of the Venezuelan classic Cristal, again with Maite Perroni. The telenovela aired on October 25, 2010, in El Canal de las Estrellas. Pedro Torres, executive producer of Mujeres Asesinas, confirmed Levy’s role in the third season of the popular Mexican series. Levy starred as Jennifer Lopez’s love interest in the music video “I’m Into You”, from her album Love?. It aired on NBC’s Today on May 2, 2011.
In January 2012, it was announced that Levy would appear in two episodes of the VH1 television series Single Ladies, with Denise Vasi. He was a participant in the 14th season of Dancing with the Stars, with two-time mirror ball champion Cheryl Burke as his dance-pro partner; they finished in third place. In December 2012 Levy was cast as Captain Damian Fabre for the remake of La Tormenta titled La Tempestad which aired in 2013. Levy is set to star in Addicted an erotic drama based on the novel of the same name by Zane. Levy co-starred in Tyler Perry’s film The Single Moms Club (2014). Levy was cast in the lead role as Warrior in upcoming Brent Ryan Green film The Veil.
From 2003 to 2011, Levy was in a relationship with Mexican-American actress Elizabeth Gutiérrez. They met during their participation on Protagonistas de Novela 2. They have a son Christopher born in 2006 and a daughter, Kailey born in March 6, 2010. On July 11, 2009, Levy converted to Catholicism. Levy appeared on the cover of People en Español for its special issue on the sexiest men of the year for 2011.
Some of his last performances.
2014 The Single Moms Club Manny
2014 Addicted Quentin Matthews
2014 The Veil Warrior Post-production
2014 A Change of Heart Carlos Filming
Soap Operas
2013 La Tempestad Captain Damián Fabré / Michel Fabré Lead Role
Television appearances
2012 Dancing with the Stars Himself Contestant (Season 14); 20 episodes
2012 Single Ladies Antonio “Still in Love with You” (Season 2, episode 13)
“Finally” (Season 2, episode 14)
Music Video
2011: “I’m Into You” with Jennifer Lopez.
Theater
2009-2010: Un Amante a La Medida/ Un Amante Perfecto.
Awards and nominations.
Premios Bravo
2014 It’s great! La Tempestad Won
Premios TVyNovelas
Year Category Work Result
2010 Best Actor Sortilegio Nominated
Califa de oro
Year Category Work Result
2012 Best Actor Triunfo del amor Won
Premios Casandra
Year Category Work Result
2012 Revelation Image Triunfo del amor Won
People en Español
Year Category Work Result
2012 King of Twitter Nominated
2013 Best Actor La Tempestad Nominated
Best Couple (with Ximena Navarrete) Nominated
The sexiest Twitter William Levy Nominated
William Levy, piloto de avión Nominated
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The Cuban History, Hollywood.
Arnoldo Varona, Editor.