Biography

Brother of Eduardo Silvestre.

Dropped out of college in order to pursue a career in bullfighting, but turned to acting after being badly gored by a bull.

Lives in the United States with his wife and artistic manager Blanca Estela Limón. He was previously married to the Venezuelan Leonor Plaza.

Son of Spanish-born merchant Enrique Silvestre de Porta. A leading actor of Mexican B-movies, he has also worked in the U.S., Argentina and Italy.

After starting out helping his father sell perfumes in his store and wanting to try his luck as a bullfighter and racing car driver, his aunt, the screenwriter and writer Maria Carrascosa, was the one who suggested him to try his luck in acting, so he began his studies at the Seki Sano school.