José María Yázpik
Date of birth: 1970-11-30
Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: José Mª Yazpik, José María Yazpik
Biography
José María Yazpik (born November 13, 1970) is a Mexican film and television actor. Yazpik was born in Mexico City in the bosom of a wealthy family, the son of a successful gynecologist, Dr. Jose Maria Meza, and Cristina Yazpik. His first acting job came from a friend of his father, who produced the TV movie The brute with the angel of death. He moved to Mexico City to study at CEA of Televisa. At the CEA he studied with future celebrities like Arath de la Torre, Fabián Corres and Eduardo Rill. Upon graduating he was offered minor roles in youth soap operas on Televisa, which he wanted to refuse, however the exclusive contract with the station forced him to accept all the roles he was offered, and was additionally punished with two months without pay.He received his first major role on television in the soap opera The Dove in 1995, produced by José Rendón, which stopped production because of the tragic death of its protagonist, actor Gerardo Hemmer. The following year he participated in his second telenovela, Song of Love, produced by Luis de Llano Macedo, and in the film Última llamada, directed by Carlos Garcia Agraz. In 1997 his career began to take flight with interests in television increasingly important, playing the villain role of youth in telenovelas Pueblo chico, infierno grandeand Ángela, both produced by José Alberto Castro.
Movie Credits
Innocent Voices
2005-01-28
A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic
Crónicas
2004-05-16
A suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer
Pata de gallo
2004-01-01
Walking Vengeance
2008-10-31
Frantic to be free of Felix, her wealthy but drunken and violent drug-lord husband, Ana tricks her f
Bad Education
2004-03-19
An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
2024-10-04
When a kind of rabies that transforms people into aggressive creatures spreads across the planet, Ma
Sueno
2005-09-30
A Mexican immigrant new to Los Angeles enters into a love triangle with two very different women.
I'm So Excited!
2013-03-08
Something has gone wrong with the landing gear of a plane en route from Madrid to Mexico City. The g
File of Attempted Murder
2010-08-27
Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against t
Greedy People
2024-08-23
The eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town must navigate a sensational murder and th
Without Rhyme or Reason
2003-06-12
Orlando (Juan Manuel Bernal) is a neurotic dubbing director of series B that desqui-ta of all your f
The Burning Plain
2008-11-07
A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes
The Obscure Spring
2014-10-21
Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they
A Wonderful World
2006-03-17
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
Abel
2010-05-28
When 9-year-old Abel assumes his absent father's role as man of the house, he garners his family's r
Fighting for Freedom
2013-10-08
Two intertwined families, one American, one Mexican, and their fight to save three year old illegal
Colosio
2012-06-08
It's 1994 in Mexico, the nation was witnessing a turbulent year since its beginnings. An indigenous
The Blue Room
2002-05-04
A couple meet each other often in a motel room.
There Are No Saints
2022-05-27
A man is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. When his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped an
Morelos
2012-11-15
The final years of Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon (1812-1815), leader in the Mexican war for independenc
Dante y Soledad
2024-05-23
When her first daughter is born, Inés, an independent and successful woman, discovers that her previ
The Citrillo's Turn
2006-11-10
1903, before the Revolution The Citrillos Turns is a pulque bar in Mexico City, in which beings wi
Borderland
2007-11-09
Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and
Fidel
2002-01-27
Fidel Castro rises to power in Cuba.
You're Dating a Narcissist!
2025-10-25
An outspoken psychologist, burnt by love, takes an emergency trip to Los Angeles with her best frien
Madame Web
2024-02-14
Forced to confront revelations about her past, paramedic Cassandra Webb forges a relationship with t
Everybody Loves Somebody
2017-02-10
On the surface, Clara Barron seems to have it all: a job as an OB-GYN; a great house in LA; and a lo
Mr. Pig
2016-07-22
On a mission to sell his last remaining prize hog and reunite with old friends, an aging farmer aban
Pablo's Hippos
2010-01-01
Recounting the absurd and paradoxical history of Colombia's thirty-year struggle with international
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
2008-10-03
A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's
Nicotina
2003-10-03
A hacker who is spying on a pretty neighbour messes up his assignment to break into Swiss bank accou
Powder
2019-11-08
After a ten year absence, El Chato returns to San Ignacio, his hometown, in order to retrieve a ship
Mamartuile
2017-10-21
The President of Mexico is in the last period of his term and only counting the days before his reti
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
2013-08-23
Julia, Lucas, Aaron, Nora and Lola live in a building in chaotic Mexico City. Everything changes wh
The Future Ahead
2017-10-12
From first love to first divorce, Romina and Flor experience different stages of their lives togethe
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
2012-11-30
Santos, an overweight pacheco fighter suffers from his recent divorce with La Tetona Mendoza, a volu
Instrucciones para hacer un nudo
Only God Knows
2006-01-20
On a lark in Tijuana, a carefree Brazilian art student crosses paths with a brooding Mexican journal
Apocalipsis Z: Parte II
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
2010-09-16
An special and heroic Representation of Independence, the Past Narrated in “Gritos de Muerte y Liber