# Eric del Castillo

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{{Short description|Mexican actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Eric del Castillo
| image              =
| alt                = 
| caption            = Del Castillo in 1967
| birth_name         = J. Eduardo Eric del Castillo-Negrete Galván
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1934|7|22|df=y}}<ref name="EC12"/><ref name="radiof"/>
| birth_place        = [Celaya](/source/Celaya), [Guanajuato](/source/Guanajuato), Mexico
| death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|death date†|birth date†}} -->
| death_place        = 
| spouse             = Roxana Billini Santamaría (1964-1967; divorced)<br/>{{marriage|Kate Trillo Graham|1969}}
| children           = 3, including [Kate del Castillo](/source/Kate_del_Castillo)
| years_active       = 1959–present<ref name="EC13">[http://www.televisa.com/telenovelas/lo-que-la-vida-me-robo/noticias/659642/eric-del-castillo-recibe-homenaje/ ''Eric del Castillo recibe homenaje.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012015914/http://www.televisa.com/telenovelas/lo-que-la-vida-me-robo/noticias/659642/eric-del-castillo-recibe-homenaje/ |date=2014-10-12 }} Artículo publicado por Televisa el 11 de noviembre de 2013. Consultado 07-10-2014.</ref>
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = Actor
| known_for          = 
}}
{{family name hatnote|del Castillo-Negrete|Galván|lang=Spanish}}
'''J. Eduardo Eric del Castillo-Negrete Galván''' (born 22 July 1934)<ref name="EC12">{{cite web |url=http://mx.hola.com/cine/201407237606/kate-del-castillo-cumple-papa/ |title=En imágenes: Kate del Castillo celebra los 80 años de su papá, Eric del Castillo|trans-title=In pictures: Kate del Castillo Celebrates 80 years of her father, Eric de el Castillo |publisher= Hola.com|access-date=January 16, 2015|language=es}}</ref><ref name="radiof">{{cite web|url=http://radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=338304 |title="Perfume de Gardenia" capítulo importante en mi vida: Del Castillo. |trans-title=Perfume de Gardenia" important chapter in my life: Del Castillo. |author=René Franco |publisher=Grupo Fórmula |access-date=January 16, 2015 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012201940/http://radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=338304 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 }}</ref> is a Mexican [actor](/source/actor) of theater, film and television who has dabbled as a screenwriter, director and arguer film, beginning his career in the [Golden Age of Mexican cinema](/source/Golden_Age_of_Mexican_cinema).

==Early years and studies==
Del Castillo was born in the Juárez Hotel of the city of [Celaya](/source/Celaya), [Guanajuato](/source/Guanajuato).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://testimoniosliteraturaculturaypolitica.blogspot.mx/2010/10/aires-de-familia.html |title= Aires de Familia|trans-title=Family airs|author=Juan Antonio Segura  |newspaper=El Universal |access-date=January 16, 2015|language=es}}</ref> Eldest son of rural teacher Aurora Galván Valenzuela (1901-1992)<ref>Acta de defunción de Aurora Galván Valenzuela viuda de Del Castillo-Negrete del 14 de septiembre de 1992.</ref> and Eduardo Del Castillo-Negrete Rivera (1907–1948), firefighter who lost his life in the fire of the hardware store called "La Sirena" in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City).<ref name="EC2">{{cite news |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/69332.html |title= Eric del Castillo, tiene un espíritu aventurero|trans-title=Eric de el Castillo, is an adventurous spirit|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |newspaper=El Universal |access-date=January 16, 2015|language=es}}</ref>

His brothers are Federico ([actor](/source/actor), 1936-1980) and Leopoldo.<ref name="EC3">{{cite web|url=http://teleprograma.fotogramas.es/telenovela/los-rostros-de-las-telenovelas/eric-del-castillo-rostros-de-las-telenovelas/eric-del-castillo-rostros-de-las-telenovelas/02erick-del-castillo-038|title=Eric del Castillo, un hombre muy familiar|trans-title=Eric del Castillo, a homely man|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=Teleprograma.tv|access-date=January 16, 2015|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012021929/http://teleprograma.fotogramas.es/telenovela/los-rostros-de-las-telenovelas/eric-del-castillo-rostros-de-las-telenovelas/eric-del-castillo-rostros-de-las-telenovelas/02erick-del-castillo-038|archive-date=October 12, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> When he was young, his parents divorced and in 1945 his mother remarried.<ref name="EC3"/> He studied in schools of the Government in [San Luis Potosí](/source/San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD), and after the death of his father in 1948, the Government offered scholarships to the children of deceased firefighters so that they could study in the school of their choice.<ref name="EC2"/> Del Castillo was a rebellious youth, and on the instructions of his mother, in 1952 he joined the Mexican seminary for foreign missions in Mexico City and was a member of the Congregation of the missionaries of Guadalupe, priestly studies that he abandoned in 1953.<ref name="EC3"/> Not knowing what to do with his life, Del Castillo thought about studying [medicine](/source/medicine). However, his mother encouraged him to study acting and in 1954 he joined the Film Institute, theater and broadcasting of the National Association of actors (ANDA) directed by [Andrés Soler](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Soler).<ref name="EC2"/>

== Career ==
=== Theatre ===
He began his career in the early 1950s as an [actor](/source/actor) in experimental theater in separate assemblies. He has participated in more than 40 plays: ''Réquiem para una monja'' (1957), ''La Llorona'' (1959) of Fernando Wagner, ''Señoritas a disgusto'' (1962), ''Cada quien su vida'' (1968), ''Tócame la negra'' (1980), among others.<ref name="EC3"/><ref name="EC9">{{cite web |url=http://escritores.cinemexicano.unam.mx/biografias/C/CASTILLO_eric_del/biografia.html|title=Eric del Castillo|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Semblanza biográfica de la UNAM |access-date=January 16, 2015|language=es}}</ref>

=== Television and film ===
Throughout his years in acting, Del Castillo  personified frequently rough, energetic and vigorous characters.<ref name="EC9"/> In 1959 he participated in ''La marca del Gavilán'', film belonging to the films of the series of ''Aventuras del Látigo Negro''. After several years of minor interventions, in 1962 he was the protagonist in ''Rostro infernal''. From those years, his career began to consolidate and continues to the present day. He has participated in about 300 films: ''Tiburoneros'' (1962), ''La Generala'' (1970), ''Perro callejero'' (1978), ''Vagabunda'' (1993), among others.<ref name="EC9"/>

In 1976, he made the argument of the film ''Víbora caliente'', under the direction of Fernando Durán Rojas, as well as be part of the cast. Later, he starred in the film ''El extraño hijo del sheriff'' (1982), where he also collaborated as a writer. That same year, he directed and starred in the film ''Las Sobrinas del Diablo''.<ref name="EC9"/> He has acted in more than 45 [soap operas](/source/soap_operas) since his debut in 1962 with ''[La herencia](/source/La_herencia_(1962_TV_series))''. Its holdings include ''[Duelo de pasiones](/source/Duelo_de_pasiones_(1968_telenovela))'', ''[Alondra](/source/Alondra_(telenovela))'' (1995), ''[La Mentira](/source/La_mentira_(1998_telenovela))'' (1998), ''[Un gancho al corazón](/source/Un_gancho_al_coraz%C3%B3n)'' (2009).<ref name="EC9"/> In 2010 had an award-winning participation in the melodrama of [Nicandro Díaz González](/source/Nicandro_D%C3%ADaz_Gonz%C3%A1lez) ''[Soy tu dueña](/source/Soy_tu_due%C3%B1a)''. He also appeared on the small screen in ''[Abismo de pasión](/source/Abismo_de_pasi%C3%B3n)'' (2012), ''[Lo que la vida me robó](/source/Lo_que_la_vida_me_rob%C3%B3)'' (2013–14), ''[Que te perdone Dios](/source/Que_te_perdone_Dios)'' (2015), and ''[Tres veces Ana](/source/Tres_veces_Ana)'' (2016).

== Filmography ==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date= November 2022}}

=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="42" | Year
! width="250" | Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1960
| ''[Verano violento](/source/Verano_violento)''
| Carlos
| 
|-
| 1961
| ''[Azahares rojos](/source/Azahares_rojos)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1961
| ''[Suicídate mi amor](/source/Suic%C3%ADdate_mi_amor)''
| Emilio
| 
|-
| 1961
| ''[La maldición de Nostradamus](/source/La_maldici%C3%B3n_de_Nostradamus)''
|
| 
|-
| 1961
| ''[Viva chihuahua](/source/Viva_chihuahua_(1961_film))''
|
| 
|-
| 1961
| ''[Juan sin miedo](/source/Juan_sin_miedo)''
| Capitán
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''[La sangre de Nostradamus](/source/La_sangre_de_Nostradamus)''
| González
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''[Cuanto vale tu hijo](/source/Cuanto_vale_tu_hijo)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''[La marca del gavilán](/source/La_marca_del_gavil%C3%A1n)''
| René
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''[El ángel exterminador](/source/The_Exterminating_Angel)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''[Los amigos Maravilla](/source/Los_amigos_Maravilla)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''[El extra](/source/The_Extra_(1962_film))''
| Actor, Armando Duval
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''[Los valientes no mueren](/source/Los_valientes_no_mueren)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''[Lástima de ropa](/source/L%C3%A1stima_de_ropa)''
| Ingeniero Kratzer
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''Pecado''
| 
| 
|-
| 1962
| ''[Tlayucan](/source/Tlayucan)''
| Doroteo
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[Los amigos Maravilla en el mundo de la aventura](/source/Los_amigos_Maravilla_en_el_mundo_de_la_aventura)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[La cabeza viviente](/source/La_cabeza_viviente)''
| Detective killed by Xiu
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[Tiburoneros](/source/Tiburoneros)''
| El Costeño
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[El señor Tormenta](/source/El_se%C3%B1or_Tormenta)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[Rostro infernal](/source/Rostro_infernal)''
| Conde Brankovan
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[Tormenta en el ring](/source/Tormenta_en_el_ring)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[La huella macabra](/source/La_huella_macabra)''
| Conde Brankovan
| Uncredited
|-
| 1963
| ''[Las vengadoras enmascaradas](/source/Las_vengadoras_enmascaradas)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1976
| ''[Viento salvaje](/source/Viento_salvaje)''
| Padre Sierra
| 
|}

=== Television roles ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Roles !! Notes
|-
| 1962
| ''[La herencia](/source/La_herencia_(1962_TV_series))''
| 
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[Lo imperdonable](/source/Lo_imperdonable_(1963_TV_series))''
| 
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[La sombra del otro](/source/La_sombra_del_otro_(1963_TV_series))''
| 
| 
|-
| 1963
| ''[Grandes ilusiones](/source/Grandes_ilusiones)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1964
| ''[El dolor de vivir](/source/El_dolor_de_vivir)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1965
| ''[Tú eres un extraño](/source/T%C3%BA_eres_un_extra%C3%B1o)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1967
| ''[Felipa Sánchez, la soldadera](/source/Felipa_S%C3%A1nchez%2C_la_soldadera)''
| López
| 
|-
| 1968
| ''[Pueblo sin esperanza](/source/Pueblo_sin_esperanza)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1968
| ''[Duelo de pasiones](/source/Duelo_de_pasiones_(1968_TV_series))''
| 
| 
|-
| 1970
| ''[La constitución](/source/La_constituci%C3%B3n)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1971
| ''[Lucía Sombra](/source/Luc%C3%ADa_Sombra)''
| Santiago Rangel
| 
|-
| 1971
| ''[La maldición de la blonda](/source/La_maldici%C3%B3n_de_la_blonda)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1973
| ''[Mi rival](/source/Mi_rival)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1974
| ''[Mundo de juguete](/source/Mundo_de_juguete)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1974
| ''[La tierra](/source/La_tierra)''
| Estrada
| 
|-
| 1977
| ''[Yo no pedi vivir](/source/Yo_no_pedi_vivir)''
| Pedro
| 
|-
| 1979
| ''[Yara](/source/Yara_(TV_series))''
| 
| 
|-
| 1979
| ''[No tienes derecho a juzgarme](/source/No_tienes_derecho_a_juzgarme)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1981
| ''[Nosotras las mujeres](/source/Nosotras_las_mujeres)''
| Manuel
| 
|-
| 1985–2006
| ''[Mujer, casos de la vida real](/source/Mujer%2C_casos_de_la_vida_real)''
| Fermín
| 8 episodes
|-
| 1987
| ''[Senda de gloria](/source/Senda_de_gloria)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1987
| ''[El precio de la fama](/source/El_precio_de_la_fama)''
| Alfonso
| 
|-
| 1989
| ''[Luz y sombra](/source/Luz_y_sombra)''
| 
| 
|-
| 1990
| ''[Cuando llega el amor](/source/Cuando_llega_el_amor)''
| Rafael Contreras
| 
|-
| 1992
| ''[De frente al sol](/source/De_frente_al_sol)''
| Daniel
| 
|-
| 1993
| ''[Más allá del puente](/source/M%C3%A1s_all%C3%A1_del_puente)''
| Daniel
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[María la del Barrio](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_la_del_Barrio)''
| Juez
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[Lazos de amor](/source/Lazos_de_amor)''
| Sacerdote
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[Lazos de amor](/source/Lazos_de_amor)''
| Sacerdote
| 
|-
| 1995
| ''[Alondra](/source/Alondra_(TV_series))''
| Baldomero
| 
|-
| 1996
| ''[La culpa](/source/La_culpa_(Mexican_series))''
| Yllades
| 
|-
| 1997–1998
| ''[Huracán](/source/Hurac%C3%A1n_(TV_series))''
| Fernán Vargaslugo
| 
|-
| 1998
| ''[La mentira](/source/La_mentira_(1998_TV_series))''
| Teodoro "Teo" Fernández-Negrete
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[Nunca te olvidaré](/source/Nunca_te_olvidar%C3%A9_(TV_series))''
| Licenciado Méndez
| 
|-
| 1999–2000
| ''[Cuento de Navidad](/source/Cuento_de_Navidad)''
| Melquíades
| 
|-
| 1999–2000
| ''[Mujeres engañadas](/source/Mujeres_enga%C3%B1adas)''
| Jorge Martínez
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[Amigas y rivales](/source/Amigas_y_rivales)''
| Don Roberto de la O
| 
|-
| 2003
| ''[Niña amada mía](/source/Ni%C3%B1a_amada_m%C3%ADa)''
| Clemente Soriano
| 
|-
| 2004–2005
| ''[Apuesta por un amor](/source/Apuesta_por_un_amor)''
| Chepe Estrada
| 
|-
| 2006
| ''[La verdad oculta](/source/La_verdad_oculta)''
| Gregorio Pineda
| 
|-
| 2006–2007
| ''[Mundo de fieras](/source/Mundo_de_fieras_(Mexican_TV_series))''
| Germán
| 
|-
| 2007–2008
| ''[Pasión](/source/Pasi%C3%B3n_(TV_series))''
| Gaspar de Valdez
| 
|-
| 2008–2009
| ''[Un gancho al corazón](/source/Un_gancho_al_coraz%C3%B3n)''
| Marcos Lerdo
| Series regular; 219 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[Soy tu dueña](/source/Soy_tu_due%C3%B1a)''
| Federico Montesinos
| Series regular; 55 episodes
|-
| 2011
| ''[Como dice el dicho](/source/Como_dice_el_dicho)''
| Rufino Sáenz
| Episode: "Dile que es hermosa"
|-
| 2012
| ''[Abismo de pasión](/source/Abismo_de_pasi%C3%B3n)''
| Lucio
| Series regular; 132 episodes
|-
| 2013–2014
| ''[Lo que la vida me robó](/source/Lo_que_la_vida_me_rob%C3%B3)''
| Father Anselmo
| Series regular; 76 episodes
|-
| 2015
| ''[Que te perdone Dios](/source/Que_te_perdone_Dios)''
| Bruno
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''[Corazón que miente](/source/Coraz%C3%B3n_que_miente)''
| Manuel
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''[Tres veces Ana](/source/Tres_veces_Ana)''
| Evaristo
| Main role; 76 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[Mi marido tiene familia](/source/Mi_marido_tiene_familia)''
| Hugo Sr.
| Series regular (season 1); 11 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[The Day I Met El Chapo](/source/The_Day_I_Met_El_Chapo%3A_The_Kate_del_Castillo_Story)''
| Himself
| Episode: "Destined to Meet"
|-
| 2020
| ''[La Doña](/source/La_Do%C3%B1a_(2016_TV_series))''
| Jefe Vidal
| Series regular ([season 2](/source/La_Do%C3%B1a_(season_2))); 75 episodes
|-
| 2022
| ''[Esta historia me suena](/source/Esta_historia_me_suena)''
| Jorge's father
| Episode: "Nada fue un error"
|-
| 2022
| ''[Mi secreto](/source/Mi_secreto)''
| Father David
| Series regular
|-
| 2024
| ''[Vivir de amor](/source/Vivir_de_amor)''<ref>{{cite web |last1=González |first1=Moisés |title=Primeros confirmados para la telenovela Vivir de amor |url=https://peopleenespanol.com/telenovelas/primeros-confirmados-telenovela-vivir-de-amor/ |website=[People en Español](/source/People_en_Espa%C3%B1ol) |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=es |date=11 October 2023}}</ref>
| Emilio Rivero Cuéllar
| Series regular
|-
| 2025
| ''[Amanecer](/source/Amanecer_(TV_series))''<ref>{{cite web |last=Mendiola |first=Omar |title=Quién es quién en "Amanecer", telenovela de Juan Osorio que marca el regreso de Fernando Colunga a la tv |url=https://lasillarota.com/yo-soi-tu/que-ver/2025/7/7/quien-es-quien-en-amanecer-telenovela-de-juan-osorio-que-marca-el-regreso-de-fernando-colunga-la-tv-544390.html |website=La Silla Rota |access-date=30 April 2026 |language=es |date=7 July 2025}}</ref>
| Leonardo Carranza
|
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Nominated 
! Result
|-
|1980
|rowspan=2 |Ariel Awards, Mexico
|Best Supporting Actor
| ''Perro callejero ''
|{{nom}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0145061/awards?ref_=nm_awd|title=Ariel Awards, Mexico|author= IMDb|author-link= IMDb|access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1981
|Best Actor
| ''Las grandes aguas ''
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

==Personal life and family==
He has two daughters, Veronica del Castillo and [Kate del Castillo](/source/Kate_del_Castillo).

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[https://archive.today/20130111083817/http://www.noveliando.com/actors/eric-del-castillo Eric del Castillo] Biography of Eric del Castillo

{{TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actor}}
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