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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or
maternal family name is Levy.

William Levy
Levy in 2015

Born August 29, 1980 (age 44)

Cojímar, Havana, Cuba

 Cuba
Citizenship
 United States

Occupations  Actor
 former model

Years active 2003–present

Partner Elizabeth Gutiérrez (2003–2024)

Children 2

William Gutiérrez-Levy (born August 29, 1980)[1] is a Cuban-American actor and

former model.

Early life and education

[edit]
Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba.[1] Levy is of Spanish descent, his great-grandfather
being from the Canary Islands.[2] His maternal grandfather was Jewish (the origin of
his surname, Levy),[3][4][5][6] although he grew up in a non-religious household.[7] He was
raised by his single mother, Barbara[8] Levy. His family, including his brother Jonathan
Gutierrez Levy and sister Barbara Gutierrez Levy, emigrated to Miami, Florida when
he was 14. He attended Barbara Goleman Senior high school, located in the suburb
of Miami Lakes. After attending high school, he studied business administration on a
baseball scholarship at St. Thomas University for two years. He later went to Los
Angeles to study acting, and continued his acting studies in Miami and Mexico City.[9]
[10]

Career
[edit]
Levy worked as a model for the Next Models agency, and was featured in two reality
shows broadcast by Telemundo: Isla de la Tentación and Protagonistas de Novela 2.
[11]
In 2005, he performed at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan, Puerto Rico,
starring in the play La Nena Tiene Tumbao.

His debut on the Spanish-language channel Univision was in the Venevision

International production of Olvidarte Jamás. He later appeared in Mi Vida Eres
Tu and Acorralada. In 2008, he appeared in his first film, Retazos de Vida, directed
by Viviana Cordero. He was invited by television producer Carla Estrada to star
in Pasión, his breakthrough in Mexican telenovelas. Televisa cast him as the lead
in Cuidado con el Angel with actress and ex-RBD singer Maite Perroni.[12] The show
was first broadcast in Mexico in June 2008, and began airing in the United States in
September 2008 on Univision. It averaged 5 million viewers per evening.[13]

Levy starred alongside Jacqueline Bracamontes on Sortilegio in 2009.

[14]
Sortilegio aired on Univision, and the finale drew 6.6 million viewers, beating ABC
and CBS for viewers in that time slot.[15] In November 2009, the actor lent his voice to
the Spanish version of the animated movie Planet 51.[16] The movie opened on
November 27 in Mexico, and won an award for best animated Spanish-language film
of 2009 at the Premios Goya.[17] From November 2009 to February 2010, Levy toured
several Mexican cities with the play Un Amante a la Medida,[18] which toured in the
United States in June 2010.

Levy starred in the Mexican telenovela Triunfo del Amor, a remake of the
Venezuelan classic Cristal, again with Maite Perroni. The telenovela aired on El
Canal de las Estrellas on October 25, 2010. Pedro Torres, executive producer
of Mujeres Asesinas, confirmed Levy's role in the third season of the popular
Mexican series. Levy starred as Jennifer Lopez's love interest in the music video "I'm
Into You", from her album Love?. It aired on NBC's Today on May 2, 2011.[19][20] Levy
appeared on the cover of People en Español for its special issue on the sexiest men
of the year for 2011.[21]

In January 2012, it was announced that Levy would appear in two episodes of the
VH1 television series Single Ladies, with Denise Vasi.[22] He was a participant in
the fourteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, with two-time mirror ball
champion Cheryl Burke as his dance-pro partner; they finished in third place.[23][24] In
December 2012, Levy was cast as Captain Damian Fabre for the remake of La
Tormenta titled La Tempestad which aired in 2013. Levy starred in Addicted,
an erotic drama based on the novel of the same name by Zane.[25] Variety named
Levy one of the Top 10 Latino Actors and Actresses in Hollywood.[26]

Levy co-starred in Tyler Perry's film The Single Moms Club (2014).[27] Levy was cast
in the lead role as Warrior in the Brent Ryan Green film The Veil (2017).[28] In 2018,
he played the role of Mateo Ferrera in the Fox musical drama series Star.[29]
In 2021, Levy returned to telenovelas as Sebastián Vallejo in the new adaptation
of Café con aroma de mujer, with Colombian actress-singer Laura Londoño.[30] In
2023, Levy starred in a lead role and worked as executive producer in the
Telemundo telenovela Vuelve a mí, with Samadhi Zendejas.[31]

Personal life
[edit]
Levy is a naturalized United States citizen.[32] He has been in an on-off relationship
with Mexican-American actress Elizabeth Gutiérrez since 2003, and they have two
children together, a son, Christopher Alexander, in 2006, and a daughter, Kailey
Alexandra, on March 6, 2010.[33][34] On July 11, 2009, Levy converted to Catholicism.[7]
[35]
In April 2024, Gutiérrez confirmed that she and Levy had parted ways after 20
years.[36]

Name change
[edit]
He was born as William Gutiérrez Levy. He got the idea for his name change from a
friend of his parents who tried helping the family get out of Cuba while William's
mother was still pregnant, as he told Entertainment Tonight. Levy is his mother's last
name.[37]

Nude photos
[edit]
In May 2012, while competing on Dancing with the Stars, nude photos of Levy
leaked. Levy responded by saying "I'm used to that already. [The photos] have been
out already all over the world. I was a model when I did these things, so as a model
there's nothing wrong [with] doing those kind[s] of things. You gotta work. You gotta
make money".[38]

Activism
[edit]
Levy is a philanthropist and donates his time to fix houses for low-income families in
Mexico as part of the "Alianzas que Construyen" Televisa Foundation.[citation needed]

Dancing with the Stars performances

[edit]
Levy was announced to be a contestant on ABC's Dancing With The Stars partnering
with two-time champion Cheryl Burke for season 14.

Judges' score
Week # Dance/Song Result
Inaba Goodman Tonioli

1 Cha-Cha-Cha/ "International 8 8 8 No
Love" Elimination

Quickstep/ "Nice Work If You

2 9 7 9 Safe
Can Get It"

3 Salsa/ "La Vida es un Carnaval" 9 9 10 Safe

Jive/ "We're Not Gonna Take

4 7 7 8 Safe
It"

5 Argentine Tango/ "Buttons" 10 9 10 Safe

9
Rumba/ "Being with You" 8 10
6 Awarde Safe
Motown Marathon 9 Points
d

Viennese Waltz/ "Ave Maria" 9 9 9

7 Safe
Team Paso Doble/ "O Fortuna" 9 8 9

Foxtrot/ "Stray Cat Strut"

10 10 10
8 Paso Doble (Trio Challenge)/ Safe
9 9 9
"Diablo Rojo"

9 Tango/ "Sweet Dreams (Are

9 9 10
Semi- Made of This)" Safe
finals
10 10 10
Samba/ "Magalenha"

Cha-Cha-Cha/ "Raise Your

Glass" 10 10 10
10 Freestyle/ "Objection (Tango)" 10 9 10 Third Place
Finals
Salsa (24-hour Challenge)/ 10 10 10
Juventud de Presente

Filmography
[edit]
Levy in 2015

Film

Year Title Role Notes

All eyes on
2008 Retazos de Vida Thiago
me

Captain Charles "Chuck"

2009 Planet 51 Voice role
Baker

2014 The Single Moms Club Manny

2014 Addicted Quinton Canosa

2016 Term Life Alejandro

2016 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Christian

2017 A Change of Heart Carlos

2017 The Veil Warrior Lead role

Film

Year Title Role Notes

2017 Girls Trip Himself Cameo

2017 Cinderelo Brando

2018 El fantasma de mi novia[39] Chepa Lead role

En Brazos de un Asesino (Killing

2019 Victor Faust Lead role
Sarai)

2021 South Beach Love Tony Sanchez Lead role

Television

Year Title Role Notes

2006 Mi vida eres tú Federico

2006 Olvidarte jamás Germán Torre

2007 Acorralada Larry Irázabal 187 episodes

2007 Pasión Vasco Darién

Episode: "El
2008 Plaza Sésamo Himself
problemón"

2008– Cuidado con el Juan Miguel San Román Bustos / Lead role; 194
2009 ángel Pablo Cisneros episodes
Television

Year Title Role Notes

Lead role; 90
2009 Sortilegio Alejandro Lombardo
episodes

Fonsi / Conde Alfonso de Jesús Episode: "Annette y

2010 Mujeres asesinas
Ruiz Machado y Ortigoza Ana, Nobles"

2010- Lead role; 172

Triunfo del amor Maximiliano Sandoval
2011 episodes

Dancing with the

2012 Himself Contestant
Stars

2012 Single Ladies Antonio 4 episodes

Lead role; 122

2013 La Tempestad Damián Fabré
episodes

2014 Miss Universe 2014 Judge TV special

2018-
Star Matteo Ferrera Main role
2019

Café con aroma de

2021 Sebastián Vallejo Lead role
mujer[40]

Lead role
2023 Montecristo[41] Alejandro Montecristo
Also producer

2023– Lead role

Vuelve a mí[42] Santiago Zepeda
2024 Also producer
Music videos

Yea
Artist Title
r

2011 Jennifer Lopez "I'm Into You"[43]

Theater
[edit]

 Un amante a la medida (2009–10)

Awards and nominations
[edit]
Premios Bravo
[edit]

Yea
Category Work Result
r

2008 Best Newcomer[44] Pasión Won

2010 Best Actor[45] Sortilegio Won

Premios Juventud
[edit]

Yea
Category Work Result
r

2009 It's great![46] Cuidado con el ángel Won

2010 It's great![47] Sortilegio Won

2011 It's great![48] Triunfo del amor Won

2014 It's great![49] La Tempestad Won

Premios TVyNovelas
[edit]

Yea
Category Work Result
r

2010 Best Actor[50] Sortilegio Nominated

Califa de oro
[edit]

Yea
Category Work Result
r

2012 Best Actor[51] Triunfo del amor Won

Premios Casandra
[edit]

Yea
Category Work Result
r

2012 Revelation Image[52] Triunfo del amor Won

People en Español
[edit]

Yea
Category Work Result
r

Best Couple (with Maite Perroni)[53] Nominated

2009 Cuidado con el ángel
Mejor actor[53] Nominated

Best Actor[54] Nominated

Sortilegio
2010 Best Couple (with Jacqueline Nominated
Bracamontes)[54]

The best dress of the year[54] William Levy Nominated

Best Couple (with Maite Perroni)[55] Won
Triunfo del amor
2011 Best Actor[55] Nominated

The best dress of the year[55] Nominated

William Levy
2012 King ofTwitter[56] Nominated

Best Actor[57] Nominated

La Tempestad
2013 Best Couple (with Ximena Nominated
Navarrete)[57]

The sexiest Twitter[57] William Levy Nominated

William Levy, piloto de avión[57] Nominated

Lists
[edit]

 2011: He appeared in People en Español's list of the 50 handsomest men.

[21]

 2009: People en Español named him as one of "Los 25 hombres más

guapos".[58]
 2009: People en Español named him as one of "Los 50 más bellos".[59]
 2008: Quién named him as one of "Los 12 hombres más sexys".[60]
 2008: People en Español named him as one of "Los 50 más bellos".[61]
 2006: People en Español named him as one of "Los 20 solteros más
sexys".[62]
 2006: People en Español named him as one of "Los 20 solteros más
sexys".[63]
References
[edit]

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55.^ Jump up to:a b c La revista People en Español galardona a la "Mejor pareja
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External links
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 William Levy at IMDb

 William Levy on Facebook
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