Thisbiography of a living personneeds additionalcitations forverification. Please help by addingreliable sources.Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced orpoorly sourcedmust be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentiallylibelous. Find sources: "Eduardo Yáñez" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(August 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Eduardo Yáñez
Yáñez in 2019
Born	Eduardo Yáñez Luévano (1960-09-25)September 25, 1960 (age 65) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouses	Norma Adriana Garcia ​ ​ (m. 1987; div. 1990)​ Francesca Cruz ​ ​ (m. 1996; div. 2003)​
Partner(s)	Erika Buenfil (2005–2010) Africa Zavala (2015–2018)
Children	1

Eduardo Yáñez Luévano (Spanish pronunciation:[eˈðwaɾðoˈʝaɲesˈlweβano]; born September 25, 1960)^[1] is a Mexican actor.

Yáñez was born inMexico City.^[2] He lived with his mother, and has never met his father.

ProducerErnesto Alonso saw Yáñez's potential and gave him his first role in the 1981 soap operaQuiéreme siempre. He played the role of "Carlos" alongside the actressVictoria Ruffo.

In 1991, Yáñez moved to the United States where he worked on two soap operas for Capital Vision,Marielena andGuadalupe. Later, he worked in Hollywood, on movies such asStriptease,Wild Things, andMegiddo. His most recent American movie wasThe Punisher. He has also worked in television series such asSavannah andSoldier of Fortune. He also worked inSleeper Cell andCold Case.

In 2005, after a long absence, Yáñez returned to Mexico and appeared in the soap operaLa Verdad Oculta. In 2007, he starred inDestilando Amor, "La Mejor Telenovela del Año", "Best Telenovela of the Year" (Premios TVyNovelas 2008). He played Rodrigo Montalvo Santos andAngélica Rivera played his love interest and portraited Teresa Hernández, also known as "La Gaviota" and Mariana Franco. In 2008, he starred inFuego En La Sangre, a new version of the Colombian telenovelaPasión de Gavilanes, in which he played the role of Juan Reyes, Franco's older brother (Pablo Montero) and Oscar (Jorge Salinas). In 2009, he starred in the soap operaCorazón salvaje withAracely Arambula, produced bySalvador Mejía forTelevisa. In 2011, he appeared as a Venezuelan politician in an episode of the second season ofNCIS: Los Angeles. In 2012, Yáñez appeared in another telenovela for Televisa starring inAmores Verdaderos, in which he played the role of José Ángel Arriaga. In 2015, Yáñez came back to star in the telenovelaAmores con trampa, in which he played the role of Facundo Carmona. In 2019, he starred in the motion picture comedy¡He matado a mi marido! next toMaria Conchita Alonso.

Yáñez has appeared in 8 theatrical plays, 13 soap operas, 33 movies (of which 8 are in English).

Yáñez married his first wife, Norma Adriana Garcia, in 1987. They had a son named Eduardo Yáñez Jr. They were divorced three years later.

In 1996, Yáñez marriedFrancesca Cruz, a Cuban-American he met in Miami. They lived in Los Angeles and Miami. In January 2003, they filed for divorce.

• Eduardo Yáñez Biography

• 1960 births
• Living people
• Mexican male film actors
• Mexican male telenovela actors
• Male actors from Mexico City

• CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
• BLP articles lacking sources from August 2020
• All BLP articles lacking sources
• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Pages using infobox person with multiple partners
• Articles with hCards
• Pages with Spanish IPA
• All articles lacking reliable references
• Articles lacking reliable references from September 2015