Actor

1978-06-23 · Mexico · Male

13 series in the catalog

Humberto Busto Marín (born 23 June 1978) is a Mexican actor.

Biography

Busto got his first major role in 1999, playing Jorge in the film Amores perros, released in 2000.

Busto's performance as Heriberto in Oso Polar won him awards for Best Actor in the 15th Morelia International Film Festival and the 5th Quito Latin American Film Festival, as well as an Ariel Award nomination.

He has been recognized as well for his work behind the camera. Under his direction, La teta de Botero (2014) and Julkita (2017) were winners of Best Short Narrative Made in Mexico award of the Oaxaca FilmFest.

From 2010 to 2012, Busto portrayed the fastidious and self-important Apolinar Caborca in the three seasons of the television series Los héroes del norte.

Humberto Busto has a degree in Dramatic Arts from the University Theater Center of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents and studied for a master's degree in film production at California State University, Northridge.

Personal life

In a 2012 interview, he indirectly affirmed that he was bisexual when asked if he had felt attraction to both men and women, to which he replied, "Yes, of course! I fall in love with squirrels." Seven years later, in July 2019, he was seen actively participating in the march for sexual diversity held in Mexico City. Five years later, in July 2024, he came out as gay, also sharing that he suffered from bullying in his childhood because of his sexual orientation.

As director

Hasta la ciruela pasa (2012)

La teta de Botero (2014)

Julkita (2017)

Film

Amores perros (2000) as Jorge

Sobreviviente (2003)

Transit (2005) as Champinon

Morirse en Domingo (2006) as Carlos

Borderland (2007) as Mario

Después de Lucía (2012) as Cook

Abolición de la propiedad (2012) as Everio

El Incidente (2014) as Carlos

Los parecidos (2015) as Alvaro

Hazlo como hombre (2017) as Eduardo

Oso polar (2017) as Heriberto

El club de los insomnes (2018) as Compañero

Television

Terminales (2008) as Elías Ruíz

Los Héroes del Norte (2010–2012) as Apolinar Caborca

El Chapo (2018) as Conrado Sol (Don Sol)

Diablero (2018) as Isaac El Indio

El juego de las llaves (2019) as Óscar Romero

High Heat (2022) as Ángel Linares

Additional awards and recognition

2015 - Best Ibero-American short film for La teta de Botero, Guadalajara International Film Festival

2015 - Best short film for La teta de Botero, Guadalajara International Film Festival

2017 - Breakthrough actor in a series, super-series, or telenovela for his role as Conrado Higuera Sol "Don Sol" in El Chapo, PRODU Awards