Francisco Gattorno is a son of a Canarian father, and mother whose grandparents descended from the French colonial population of Saint Domingue.
28 Facts About Francisco Gattorno
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Francisco Gattorno became interested in acting and directing as a young man.
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In 1985,21-year-old Francisco Gattorno made his professional film debut, participating as Miguel in a Cuban production Una Novia para David.
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Three years passed, before Francisco Gattorno got his next job in this media, in El Verano de la Senora Forbes.
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In 1993, Francisco Gattorno proceeded to work on another Cuban film, Sueno Tropical.
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Francisco Gattorno's salaries were comparatively small compared to those of well known actors in other Latin American countries.
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Francisco Gattorno travelled to Chile before 1993 was over, to participate in filmmaker Paola Castillo's short production, Los Perros Tambien Tienen Hambre.
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In 1994 was a breakthrough year for Francisco Gattorno: he moved to Mexico, participating in the well-known film Fresa y Chocolate, a film about a homosexual who falls in love with a communist man.
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In La Duena, Francisco Gattorno acted alongside well-known Mexican actors such as Angelica Rivera, Salvador Sanchez and Eduardo Santamarina, among others.
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Francisco Gattorno met his future wife, Cynthia Klitbo, at the time, a budding star herself.
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In 1996, Francisco Gattorno acted alongside another list of well-known actors, including Costa Rican Maribel Guardia and Mexicans Joan Sebastian, Olga Breeskin, Sebastian Ligarde, Claudio Baez, Itati Cantoral, Cesar Bono, Jose Angel Garcia, Carlos Miguel, Guadalupe Esparza and many others in Tu y Yo, which became an international hit, becoming one of the most viewed shows among Hispanics in the United States.
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Tu y Yo was followed by Canaveral de Pasiones, where Francisco Gattorno acted alongside fellow Cuban Cesar Evora and other well-known Mexican actors, such as Angelica Aragon and others.
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In 1998, Francisco Gattorno participated in an action film, Engano Mortal.
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Francisco Gattorno acted as Alvaro San Roman in a telenovela named Preciosa.
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Francisco Gattorno participated that year in Entre la Tarde y la Noche.
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Francisco Gattorno then travelled to Colombia in 2001, to play Andres Bustamante in Amantes del Desierto.
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Francisco Gattorno finished 2002 acting in another major teenage telenovela hit, Clase 406, where he acted alongside Michelle Vieth.
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Francisco Gattorno then took a one-year and a half hiatus from telenovelas.
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Francisco Gattorno used this time off to appear on Don Francisco's talk show Don Francisco Presenta, on February 4,2004.
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Francisco Gattorno played Miguel in the popular comedy titled Las quiero a las dos by Ricardo Talesnik and played a priest in Escrito y Sellado by Venezuelan playwright Isaac Chocron.
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In 2005, Francisco Gattorno hosted Premios Lo Nuestro, an important award show seen all over Latin America.
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Francisco Gattorno participated in two special editions of the show, named Noche de Estrellas: Premios lo Nuestro and Lo que no se Vio de Premios lo Nuestro.
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In 2005, Francisco Gattorno was incorporated as a new Telemundo star in the network's original production Tierra de Pasiones where he played the role of Pablo Gonzalez and shared credits with stars like Venezuelan actress Gabriela Spanic, Argentine actor Saul Lizaso and legendary Mexican actor and comedian Hector Suarez.
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Francisco Gattorno played Roberto in the 2005 movie La Migra, which was titled Murder on the Border to English speaking audiences.
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In 2006 Francisco Gattorno starred in the new Telemundo version of Julio Jimenez's, La Viuda de Blanco where he played the role of Sebastian Blanco and shared credits with Mexican actress Itati Cantoral.
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Francisco Gattorno starred in the Panamanian film Chance which won an international award in Habana, in 2010.
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Francisco Gattorno returned in 2009 to Mexican telenovelas with his appearance alongside Sabine Moussier in the Televisa telenovela Mi Pecado.
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Francisco Gattorno played Rodolfo Huerta, father of Julian Eugenio Siller and Josue, husband of Justina and he plays a teacher.