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'''José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba''' ({{IPA-es|eˈðwaɾðo βeˈɾasteɣi}}; born May 21, 1974) is a Mexican producer and actor. He was part of band [[Kairo (band)|Kairo]] and later a solo music career, before he started appearing in Mexican telenovelas and eventually feature films like ''[[Chasing Papi]]'', ''[[Bella (2006 film)|Bella]]'', and ''[[Little Boy (film)|Little Boy]]'', the latter two produced by his own production company, Metanoia.
'''José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba''' ({{IPA-es|eˈðwaɾðo βeˈɾasteɣi}}; born May 21, 1974) is a Mexican producer and actor. He was part of the band [[Kairo (band)|Kairo]] and later embarked on a solo music career, before he started appearing in Mexican telenovelas and eventually feature films like ''[[Chasing Papi]]'', ''[[Bella (2006 film)|Bella]]'', and ''[[Little Boy (film)|Little Boy]]'', the latter two produced by his own production company, Metanoia.


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 13:25, 13 July 2023

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Verástegui and the second or maternal family name is Córdoba.
Eduardo Verástegui
Verástegui at CPAC 2022
Born
José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba

(1974-05-21) May 21, 1974 (age 50)
Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico[1]
Websiteeduardoverastegui.com

José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo βeˈɾasteɣi]; born May 21, 1974) is a Mexican producer and actor. He was part of the band Kairo and later embarked on a solo music career, before he started appearing in Mexican telenovelas and eventually feature films like Chasing Papi, Bella, and Little Boy, the latter two produced by his own production company, Metanoia.

Early life

Verástegui was born in Xicoténcatl, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was raised in a practicing Catholic family.[2][3]

Career

After finding success as a musical entertainer, and then as a soap opera star, he decided to pursue a career in Hollywood.[4] In 2002, before filming commenced on Chasing Papi, Verástegui took voice-coaching lessons to improve his English pronunciation. The coach was a committed Catholic, and in the course of their conversations Verástegui re-discovered his faith and resolved to change his lifestyle. He also declared that he had decided to turn down offers to play roles in films that conflicted with his Catholic beliefs or that insulted his Latino brethren.[5] In an interview with Dave Hartline, the author of The Tide Is Turning Toward Catholicism and published by Catholic Report, he said he was committed to attend Mass daily, praying, reading the Bible, saying the rosary and going to Confession at least once a week. He also said that he first encountered his renewed faith in Scott Hahn's book, Rome Sweet Home that "had a great impact on me and its influences can be seen in a lot of what I do".[6][7]

Other activities

Eduardo Verástegui speaking at CPAC Hungary 2023

Verástegui is an anti-abortion advocate, through the organization Manto de Guadalupe. Verástegui recounts an anecdote about his beliefs: he was doing research for his role in Bella and had gone to an abortion clinic as part of that process. While there, he started talking to a Hispanic couple who were going to the clinic for an abortion. He says that, recognizing him from his telenovela roles on Mexican television, they listened as he described his upcoming role and the plotline of Bella. They reconsidered their decision and went home without going ahead with the abortion. Immediately after their child was born, they called him to tell him the good news and thanking him and asking for his permission to name the child Eduardo after him. He also made a point of meeting "little Eduardo" weeks later.[7][8]

In 2008, he released a long video message denouncing the high rate of abortion in Hispanic communities in the United States and speaking out loudly about alleged targeting of the Hispanic communities with messages supporting abortion by the Barack Obama campaign during the presidential race.[9]

Actively involved in charities, he has established Manto de Guadalupe, an anti-abortion organization based in Los Angeles and offering a crisis pregnancy center.[10]

On September 15, 2020 President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate and appoint Eduardo Verástegui to be a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Hispanic Prosperity.[11] Verástegui signed the Madrid Charter, a document drafted by the conservative Spanish party Vox that describes left-wing groups as enemies of Ibero-America involved in a "criminal project" that are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime".[12]

Verástegui is popular on social media, with an active YouTube channel of nearly 300,000 subscribers.[13]

In November 2022, Verástegui organized a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Mexico.[14][15]

Metanoia Films

Verástegui cofounded the production company Metanoia Films (the Greek word for "conversion") with co-founders and partners Sean Wolfington, Alejandro Gomez Monteverde and Leo Severino. The company is based in Beverly Hills, California. The company released its debut film Bella directed by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde and starring Verástegui. The latest project of the company is Little Boy written by Alejandro Monteverde and Pepe Portillo. Starring Emily Watson, Kevin James, David Henrie, Jacob Salvati, Ben Chaplin, and set in 1945, it tells the story of Pepper, an eight-year-old who does all he can to be reunited with his father, a soldier fighting in World War II and captured by the Japanese. Meanwhile, Pepper has to befriend Hashimoto, a Japanese man living in his town.[16]

Discography

Albums

as part of Kairo

(For detailed discographies, see Kairo discography section )

  • 1994: Signo del tiempo
  • 1995: Gaudium
  • 1996: Cara a cara [joint album credited to Kairo & Magneto]
  • 1997: Éxitos
as solo

Singles

as part of Kairo
  • 1994: "En los espejos de un café"
  • 1994: "Háblame de ti"
  • 1994: "Te amaré"
  • 1994: "Perdóname'
  • 1995: "No nos rendimos"
  • 1995: "Ponme la multa (Fammi la multa)"
  • 1995: "Dile que la amo"

Music video

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Chasing Papi Thomas Fuentes
2005 Meet Me in Miami Eduardo
2006 Bella José
2009 The Butterfly Circus Mr. Mendez Short film
2012 Cristiada Anacleto Gonzales Flores
2014 Son of God Jesus Spanish dubbing
2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Eduardo Furtillo
2015 Little Boy Fr. Crispin
2022 Sound of Freedom Paul

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Mi querida Isabel Malaysia
1998 Soñadoras Manuel Vasconzelos Jr.
1998 Una luz en el camino Daniel
1999 Tres mujeres Ramiro Belmont
1999 Alma rebelde Emiliano Hernández / Mauro Expósito
2003 CSI: Miami Jarod Parker "Forced Entry" (Season 1, Episode 14)
2003 Karen Sisco Tuck Rodriguez "Dear Derwood" (Season 1, Episode 6)
2004 Charmed Mr. Right "Prince Charmed" (Season 6, Episode 11)
2015 Nuestra Belleza Latina 2015 Himself Celebrity guest (Finale)
2017 Kevin Can Wait Alejandro "Trainer Wreck" (Season 2, Episode 11)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Página Oficial del Municipio de Xicoténcatl, Tamaulipas, México" (in Spanish). Xicoténcatl Municipality. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  2. ^ Twiston Davies, Bess (August 24, 2009). "The man they call Mexico's Brad Pitt". The Times. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
  3. ^ Hernandez, Lee (November 3, 2008). "Pérez Hilton lashes out at Verastegui over Proposition". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 2010-09-14.
  4. ^ "¿Qué es de la vida de Eduardo Verástegui?". People en español (in Spanish). 2019-01-04. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ La Voz Libre. Eduardo Verástegui: actor, modelo y monje
  6. ^ Hartline, Dave (April 22, 2010). "An Interview With Eduardo Verastegui, Lead Actor and Co-Producer Of The Highly Anticipated Film Bella". Catholic Report. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  7. ^ a b Greydanus, Steven D. "An interview with filmmakers Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, Eduardo Verástegui, Leo Severino and Sean Wolfington". Decent Films website. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  8. ^ Testimony about his anti-abortion position, YouTube, Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
  9. ^ Eduardo Verástegui anti-abortion message in 2008. Youtube.com (2008-09-24). Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
  10. ^ "Mexican actor pledges to build largest pro-life women's clinic in US", Catholic News Agency, 19 January 2011.
  11. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-17 – via National Archives.
  12. ^ "Carta de Madrid". Fundación Disenso (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  13. ^ "Eduardo Verastegui - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  14. ^ O'Boyle, Brendan (2022-11-19). "At CPAC Mexico, 'orphaned' right tries to build home as region tacks left". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  15. ^ Tomson, Danielle (2022-11-23). "CPAC México wants to unite a fractured international far-right". Coda Media. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  16. ^ Little Boy page on Metanoia Films Official website. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-08-31.
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