Juan Soler
Birth nameJuan Soler Valls Quiroga
Birth dateJanuary 19, 1966 (age 60)
Birth placeSan Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
SpouseMagdalena "Maki" Moguilevsky (2003–2018)
OccupationActor, rugby player, model

Juan Soler Valls Quiroga (born January 19, 1966) is an Argentine[1] actor and former model and rugby union footballer. He was married to Argentine actress Magdalena "Maki" Moguilevsky with whom he has two daughters.

Biography

Personal life

Soler was born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina to Juan Soler Valls and Keky Quiroga. He has three siblings: Facundo, Maria Jose, and Maria Ines.[2]

As a teenager he played rugby union and became part of the Argentina national rugby union team Los Pumas.[3] He later became a model and started acting in plays in Argentina.

On December 20, 2003, he married actress Magdalena "Maki" Moguilevsky He owns a restaurant called El Che Loco in Mexico City. He has three daughters: Valentina, from a previous relationship, she was born in 1991 and lives in Argentina; the second daughter, Mia, was born on December 18, 2004, and his third daughter, Azùl, was born on February 20, 2007. Mia has a condition called Situs Inversus. In March 2005, Maki lost a pregnancy of three months.[4]

Career

In 1994, after participating in the TV show Montaña rusa (TV series)|Montaña rusa and the play Juegos de sociedad he decided to move to Mexico. There, he obtained small roles in two telenovelas with Televisa and in 1996 he starred in Cañaveral de pasiones which became the most successful production of that year. He then joined the cast of Verónica Castro's telenovela Pueblo chico, infierno grande, and the Mexican production of the play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead as Eddie, touring Mexico and the United States. He also appeared in the Peruvian telenovela María Emilia: Querida. He returned to Mexico in 2000 and has made five telenovelas as of 2005, including Locura de Amor and Bajo La Misma Piel, both of which co-starred Laisha Wilkins. Juan Soler appeared in the telenovela Apuesta por un amor with Patricia Manterola in 2004, and it garnered him a best actor nomination. In 2006, he appeared in the popular Televisa hit La fea más bella.

Filmography

Television performance
YearTitleRolesNotes
1993Bajo un mismo rostroMarcelo SaldívarRecurring role; 3 episodes
1994Montaña rusaFederico Grumbalth
1995–1996Acapulco, cuerpo y almaHumberto Bautista
1996Cañaveral de pasionesPablo Montero RosalesMain role; 96 episodes
1997Pueblo chico, infierno grandeGenaro OnchiMain role; 150 episodes
1998–1999ÁngelaMariano Bautista SolórzanoMain role; 79 episodes
1999–2000María Emilia: QueridaAlejandro Aguirre GonzálezMain role; 150 episodes
2000Locura de amorEnrique GallardoMain role; 115 episodes
2001Sin pecado concebidoOctavio Allende
2002La OtraÁlvaro IbáñezMain role; 89 episodes
2003-2004Bajo la misma pielAlejandro Ruiz CalderónMain role; 94 episodes
2004La hora picoVarious Characters
2004–2005Apuesta por un amorGabriel DuránMain role; 130 episodes
2006Amor míoPabloEpisode: "Mi gran boda gringa"
2006–2007La fea más bellaAldo DomenzaínRecurring role; 10 episodes
2007¿Y ahora qué hago?HimselfEpisode: "Mi nuevo amigo"
2008Mujeres asesinasFernando QuevedoEpisode: "Mi nuevo amigo"
2007–2008Palabra de mujerMartín CastellanosMain role: 144 episodes
2010–2011Cuando me enamoroJerónimo LinaresMain role: 172 episodes
2013–2014Marido en alquilerReinaldo IbarraMain role: 139 episodes
2014Reina de corazonesVíctor de RosasMain role: 140 episodes
2017Su nombre era DoloresEduardo ZEpisodes: "Purgatorio" and "Adiós Dolores"
2017Nada personalRaúl Rey "El Rey"Main role; 77 episodes
2017–2018Me declaro culpableFranco UrzúaMain role; 62 episodes
2020Rubí[5]Héctor Ferrer GarzaEpisode: "Video prohibido"
2020-2021La mexicana y el güeroTyler (El Güero) SomersMain role
2023El amor invencibleApolo TorrenegroRecurring role
2024Tu vida es mi vida[6]Lorenzo Lugo
2025Juegos de amor y poder[7]Leonardo Vidal

Theater

  • Me fascina mi vecina (2000)
  • P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (1999)
  • Bajo las sábanas (1997)
  • Juego de sociedad (1993–1994)

References

  1. ^ "Famous naturalized Mexicans". Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Juan Soler". IMDb
  3. ^ Juan Soler Valls rugby profile Scrum.com
  4. ^ "Juan Soler". IMDb
  5. ^ Solís, Erik (7 July 2020). "Juan Soler tendrá un rol oscuro con actuación especial en Rubí: "Es una gran historia"" (in Spanish). lasestrellas.tv. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  6. ^ González, Moisés (27 October 2023). "Primeras imágenes y elenco de Tu vida es mi vida, la nueva telenovela de TelevisaUnivision" (in Spanish). People en Español. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Juan Soler prepara el estreno de la telenovela 'Juegos de Amor y Poder' de Televisa" (in Spanish). Dallas News. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2026.