Nationality Mexican Height 1.8 m Years active 2007–present | Name Jorge Blanco Record label Walt Disney Records Role Actor Siblings Daniel Blanco Guerena | |
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Full Name Jorge Blanco Guerena Born December 19, 1991 (age 32) ( 1991-12-19 ) Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Occupation Singer, actor, dancer, instrumentalist Television Cuando toca la campana
Violetta Website twitter.com/JorgeBlancoG Movies and TV shows Violetta, High School Musical, Cuando toca la campana Similar People Martina Stoessel, Lodovica Comello, Mercedes Lambre, Pablo Espinosa, Ruggero Pasquarelli Profiles | ||
Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Jorge Blanco Güereña (born December 19, 1991) is a Mexican recording artist, dancer, songwriter, and actor, best known for portraying León Vargas on the Disney Channel television series Violetta.
Contents
- Early life
- 20072008 Beginnings with High School Musical
- 20112015 Cuando toca la campana and success with Violetta
- 2016present Solo career and upcoming debut studio album
- Personal life
- Soundtracks
- Filmography
- References
Early life
Blanco was born on December 19, 1991 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
2007–2008: Beginnings with High School Musical
Blanco began his television career in 2007 when he participated in the reality show High School Musical: La Selección which allowed him to participate in a spin-off movie of the successful U.S. High School Musical. Despite not winning the program, Blanco gave his voice to the album of the program, took part in the movie High School Musical: El Desafío Mexico playing the character of Jorge and participated in the tour promoting the movie and the program between 2007 and 2008. In the film, Blanco played the best friend of the protagonist Cristóbal Rodríguez (Cristobal Orellana), which was published in 2008 in Mexico and the following year in Italy.
2011–2015: Cuando toca la campana and success with Violetta
In 2011, Blanco appeared in the tenth episode of the miniseries Highway: Rodando la Aventura and he was also one of the protagonists of the first season of the television series Cuando toca la campana in which he shot several music videos as "Es el momento" or "A Celebrar". In May of that same year, Blanco traveled to the U.S. to participate in the Disney's Friends for Change Games in the yellow team to help the agency UNICEF, he represents, hereinafter to Mexico in the music video by Bridgit Mendler "We Can Change the World" of the project Disney's Friends for Change.
In 2012, Blanco was cast in the Argentine Disney Channel telenovela Violetta as León, the love interest of Violetta. Due to the filming of Violetta, Blanco participated in only four episodes of the second season of Cuando toca la campana. From 2012 to 2015, Blanco gave his voice to the show's soundtracks and also participated in the concert tours promoting the show.
2016–present: Solo career and upcoming debut studio album
In February 2016, Blanco announced on his YouTube channel that he signed a recording deal with the Hollywood Records to release his own solo material. On April 22, 2016, Blanco released the music video for his solo song, "Light Your Heart", that is featured on the debut album of Argentine singer and Violetta co-star, Martina Stoessel, Tini, which is also the soundtrack for the movie Tini: The Movie, which Blanco starred alongside Stoessel.
On October 12, 2016, Blanco performed the song "Beautiful Mistake" on One Nación. The song was planned to be released as Blanco's debut single in December that year, but these plans never materialized. Blanco's yet-to-be-titled debut solo album is set for release in 2017. Blanco's debut single "Risky Business" was released on March 17, 2017. The music video for the song premiered on April 14, 2017. The song "Summer Soul" was released on May 19, 2017 as the second single from Blanco's upcoming debut album. The music video for the song premiered on May 25, 2017. The collaboration between Blanco and fellow artist Saak titled "Una Noche" was released on August 18, 2017. The music video for "Una Noche" premiered on August 31, 2017.
Personal life
Blanco lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina for three years while working on Violetta. Following the end of the Violetta Live musical tour and the production of Tini: The Movie, Blanco relocated to Los Angeles, United States where he currently resides. Blanco is fluent in Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese and French. Since 2007, Blanco has been in a relationship with actress and singer Stephie Caire, whom he had met the same year on High School Musical: La Selección. In August 2016, Blanco and Caire became engaged.