For the soccer player and coach, see Rafael Amaya (soccer).




Rafael Amaya ([aˈmaʝa]; born José Rafael Amaya Núñez on February 28, 1977 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico) is a Mexican actor, singer and model.

Biography

Amaya was born February 28, 1977 in Hermosillo, Sonora but, after five years, he and his family moved to Tecate, Baja California. Since he was a small boy, Amaya really excelled in a wide variety of sports (an athletic type; if I may add). Also, as a teenager, Amaya took classes in theater and music. After finishing high school, he traveled to San Diego, California to study at a local university. He returned to Mexico and started playing with various music groups, and it was with "Almalafa," that he went to live in Mexico City. Of all the band members, Amaya was the only one who stayed in the city where he devoted his career to modeling.

Then came the Centre for arts education Televisa, where he found the opportunity to make the casting of a new group, Garibaldi. Amaya split with Garibaldi, to do some acting work on his own. It began with the novella "The House on the Beach" with the character of Romualdo, and then continuing with the novel "Conceived Without Sin" in the role of Castulo.