Tenoch Huerta

Tenoch Huerta (Ciudad de México, 1981) es actor, productor y ganador del Ariel, premio otorgado por la Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Además de actuación, estudió la licenciatura en Comunicación y Periodismo en la fes Aragón de la unam y trabajó como camarógrafo antes de recibir oportunidades como actor. Debutó en 2006 en la película Así del precipicio y al año siguiente Gael García Bernal le ofreció el papel coestelar en Déficit, que fue estrenada en el Festival de Cannes. Entre las más de 50 producciones en las que ha participado, destacan Nesio (2008), película por la que obtuvo muy buenas críticas y con la que recibió su primera nominación al Ariel; Sin nombre (2009); Días de gracia (2011), cinta con la que obtu

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