José Pablo Minor

Minor was born March 23, 1991 in Cancún, Quintana Roo. Began modeling at the age of 13 in his hometown of Cancún.^[2] In 2010, he gained acceptance to Centro de Educación Artística (CEA), Televisa's free acting school, where he studied acting and graduated in 2012.

In 2014, he earned second place in Mr World Mexico, the male model version of the beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza México. Because the original winner was unable to compete due to an injury sustained in an accident, Minor represented Mexico at Mister World 2014, held on June 15, 2014 at Torbay, England. He took classes to improve his English in preparation for the contest. Minor finished the competition in third place.^[3][4]

As an infant, he had a small role as an extra in an episode of the Mexican telenovela Muchachitas.

During his studies at the CEA, he acted in various school plays and appeared in several projects produced by Televisa, including Miss XV and Mentir para Vivir.^[1]

In October 2013, he was announced as a cast member in the comedy telenovela, Qué pobres tan ricos. The telenovela was produced by Rosy Ocampo and aired on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 13 November 2013, to 29 June 2014.^[5]

His participation in producer Pedro Damián's remake, Muchacha italiana viene a casarse, was confirmed in August 2014. He played "Gael Ángeles". Filming began in early September at Televisa San Ángel in Mexico City. The telenovela premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on 20 October 2014.^[6][7]

In July 2014, he began co-hosting Zona Trendy Mexico, a young-adult–targeted series, which is produced by and aired weeknights on E! Latin America. The series is filmed at various Mexico City locations and premiered in Mexico on 23 July 2014.^[8][9][10]

In 2015, Minor was cast in the telenovela drama, Pasión y poder, a remake of the 1988 Mexican telenovela of the same name. The telenovela premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on 5 October 2015. On 17 April 2016, Minor won "Mejor Actor Co-estelar" at the 2016 Premios TVyNovelas awards show.^[11][12][13]

Following Pasión y poder, Minor was cast in the romantic-comedy film Plan virgen.^[14][15] The film was expected to begin filming in July 2016, but production was delayed for several months. Filming finally began in mid-December 2016 and was expected to last until late-January 2017. The film is now called Plan V. Filming was conducted in Guadalajara and Mexico City.^[16] The film was expected to be released in February 2018.^[17][18]

Minor obtained a role in the mini series, Sin rastro de ti, which began production in early July 2016 in Mexico City. The series consists of sixteen episodes and began airing on 1 August 2016 in Mexico.^[19]

He was in a relationship with actress Natasha Dupeyrón, whom he met through friends when he was a student at the CEA, from 2011 until late 2015. Minor confirmed his breakup from Dupeyron in February 2016.

In mid-August 2016, he travelled to Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he volunteered at an elephant sanctuary. Later, he lived in Nepal and taught English classes to schoolchildren. His volunteer trip ended in October 2016 and he returned to Mexico City.

He previously resided in Mexico City until 2023.^{[20][21][22][23]} As May of the same year, Minor lived in Paris.^[24]

Television

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Year	Title	Role
1991	Muchachitas	Baby
2012	Miss XV	Antonio Hernández
2013	Gossip Girl: Acapulco	Ricardo Ruíz De Hinojosa
2013	La tempestad	Samuel
2013	Como dice el dicho	José María / Roberto
2013–2014	Qué pobres tan ricos	Tato
2014–2015	Muchacha italiana viene a casarse	Gael Ángeles
2015–2016	Pasión y poder	David Gómez Luna
2016	Sin rastro de ti	Luis Lara
2017	Enamorándome de Ramón	Santiago Iriarte
2017–2019	Mi marido tiene familia	Gabriel Musi Lozano
2019	Los Espookys	Juan Carlos / Juan Pablo
2019	Cuna de lobos	Miguel Terranova
2022	La mujer del diablo	Diego Carvajal
2024-2025	El ángel de Aurora	Demián Morga
2025	Los hilos del pasado	Alonso

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