Mauricio Ochmann

Mauricio Ochmann
Born	Mauricio Ochmann Siordia November 16, 1977 (1977-11-16) (age 32) Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Occupation	Actor

Mauricio Ochmann Siordia (born November 16, 1977 in Celaya, Guanajuato) is a Mexican actor best known for his roles in telenovelas. He also appeared in Kevin Costner's film Message in a Bottle, the TV series That's life and Latino Green. He appeared as Fabián Duque in Telemundo's Dame Chocolate. He is currently starring as Victorino Mora in Telemundo's hit Victorinos.

Biography

Mauricio Ochmann is the son of a painter and a businessman; as a child he joined local theater companies. At the age of 16 he participated in the Héctor Suárez TV comedy show La otra cosa for two years. At the age of 19 he moved to Los Angeles, California to study at the Joanne Baron Studio in Santa Monica. After three years of castings he obtained a small role in Message in a Bottle and then in the TV series Latino Green. After the series he was invited to participate in the telenovela La casa en la playa with Televisa, he instead joined TV Azteca in the telenovela Azul Tequila co-starring with Bárbara Mori. After participating in another production of TV Azteca he obtained the starring role in the play Equus for which he received a Best New Stage Actor by Mexico's National Association of Theater Critic). After more than 16,000 presentations he returned to Los Angeles to participate in the show That's Life and then back to Mexico to co-star with Lorena Rojas in Como en el cine ("Like in the movies"), a very successful telenovela. In 2003, he returned to film with Ladies' Night and in 2004 with 7 mujeres, 1 homosexual y Carlos. The same year he also obtained the role of Benjamin Braddock in the Mexican production of The Graduate. In 2005 he made three films, the last one being Corazón marchito.

Recently in a 2007 interview on a Spanish talk show Ochmann revealed his addiction with the drug cocaine and how he was at death's door. He was asked: ¿cuándo comenzaste a consumir drogas? (When did you first start taking drugs?) Desde niño, cuando por primera vez probé el alcohol, y no por su sabor, sino por evadirme de la realidad. Los narcóticos llegaron más tarde. (Since childhood, when I for the first time tried alcohol but not for the taste but instead to escape from reality. The narcotics came along much later.)

He also acknowledges God throughout his ordeal with drugs stating "Fortunately, God took me by the hand and has given me the opportunity to continue ahead." Referring to his month in rehab Ochmann expressed that "I felt as though I had arrived at the house of God, to a safe refuge. To me it was like a re-birth."

Films

• 2005: Corazón marchito as El
• 2005: Tres as Carlos Valdivia
• 2005: Ver, oir y callar as Alberto Bravo
• 2004: [[7 mujeres, 1 homosexual y Carlos]] as Carlos
• 2003: Ladies' Night
• 1999: Message in a Bottle as mail boy

Telenovelas

• 2010: El Clon as Lucas
• 2009: Victorinos as Victorino Mora
• 2007: Victoria (Telemundo Series) as Jeronimo
• 2007: Dame Chocolate as Fabian
• 2006: Marina as Ricardo
• 2005: Frijolito as Ignacio, a young doctor
• 2003: Mirada de mujer: El Regreso as José
• 2001: Como en el cine as Javier / Joaquín
• 1999: Háblame de amor as Maximiliano
• 1998: Azul Tequila as Santiago Berriozábal
• 1997: La cosa as Mother's son

Stage

• El Graduado (Mexican production of The Graduate, 2004)
• Equus (2000) as Alan
• Sueños de Juventud as Carlos
• Profanación
• Medicos a Palos as Bartolome
• La dama del alba
• El juicio as Judge

Other TV

• 2003: Lo que callamos las mujeres
• 2000: That's Life (2000, episode on October 1) as Samuel
• 1992: La otra cosa

See also

• Lorena Rojas

External links

• [1] Telemundo Website
• [2] Official "Victoria" Website
• Mauricio Ochmann at the Internet Movie Database
• Mauricio Ochmann at the telenovela database
• (Spanish) Mauricio Ochmann Online
• http://andreapirlo.blogcindario.com/2007/02/00075-mauricio-ochmann-habla-de-su-adiccion.html