Lucas Velazquez

Lucas Velazquez Correa was born to Fabio Velazquez and Clara Correa Muñoz on April 22 1981 in Medellin Colombia Since an early age Lucas was interested in acting He lived in Quebec where he participated in the Polyvalent de Charlesbourg college theater group Back in Colombia he met Malcom Aponte who cast him in the series Padres e Hijos Parents and Children which marked his TV debut Since then he has participated in telenovelas such as Francisco el Matematico Francis the Mathematician La Viuda de la Mafia The Mob Widow and La Marca del Deseo The Markings of Desire among others In 2003 he received the TVNovelas Award as Best New Actor for his portrayal of Marcos Galindo in Francisco el Matematico That same year he starred in the musical Bolero para TresBolero for Three with Jose Luis Paniagua In 2005 the MISI musical theater company cast him as Kenickie in Grease The following year he won second place in Colombias RCN stations Dancing for a Dream which earned him an invitation to also participate in Los Reyes de la Pista Kings of the Dance Floor which he won He moved to Mexico in 2009 to work for Televisa the biggest Latin American network acting as a series regular in shows such as Luis de Llanos Atrevete a Soñar Dare to Dream playing the role of Axel and in Juan Osorios Una Familia con Suerte One Lucky Family 2011 as Alex In 2012 he delved in Mexicos musical theater when director Manolo Caro invited him to participate in I Love Romeo y Julieta an adaptation of the classic play with songs by Joan Sebastian Marco Antonio Solis and Juan Gabriel The cast also included Eiza Gonzalez Alan Estrada Eugenio Bartiloti among others In 2013 Televisas producer Rosy Ocampo cast him as Cesar Camargo in the telenovela Mentir para Vivir Lie to Live Lucas also lived 5 years in Brazil and speaks Spanish Portuguese French and English In 2016 he moved to Los Angeles California In 2017 Lucas was cast in a Netflix original series called La Casa de las Flores that is coming up on August 10th 2018