He studied in the Theatre Fine Arts School of Mexico and in the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de La Habana in Cuba.
He has been awarded three times with the Ariel Award: 1993, Principio y Fin, 1995, El Callejón de los Milagros and 1997, Sin remitente.
In 2003 he left his old school of performance to open the bar Muxe, whose clients are mainly homosexuals. He has a son named Timoteo and a daughter named Maria Fernanda.
Entrevista con luis felipe tovar
Films
El carnaval de Sodoma (2006)
patrulla 81 the movie (2005)
El bulto para presidente (2005)
Gente común (2006)
Una de balazos (2005) .... El Carnal
Isy (2005)
Ver, oir y callar (2005)
De ángeles, flores y fuentes (2005) .... Joel Villaseñor
Superhéroe (2004)
7 mujeres, un homosexual y Carlos (2004) .... Jefe