Jaime Camil

Golden Globe Award, Critics' Choice Award, Teen Choice Award nominee and Imagen Award winner 'Jaime Camil' (qv), named by 'Vanity Fair' as one of the Best New TV Characters of 2014, plays "the scene-stealing comedic bright spot," Rogelio de la Vega, the supremely vain, but totally well-meaning, famous telenovela star and 'Gina Rodriguez' (qv)'s father on the CW hit series _Jane the Virgin (2014)_ (qv).Camil began his career as a singer performing alongside Cuban icons 'Amaury Gutiérrez' (qv) and 'Francisco Céspedes' (qv) before going on to star in the mega hit telenovelas _You Are My Destiny (2000)_ (qv) and _The Prettiest Ugly Girl: La fea más bella (2007)_ (qv) in his native Mexico. He has starred in a multitude of award-winning films including _Pulling Strings (2013)_ (qv), _Looking for Maria Sanchez (2013)_ (qv) (alongside 'Lin-Manuel Miranda' (qv)), and _7 Days - Sieben Tage bis U2 (2005)_ (qv) (which earned him the "Best Supporting Actor" honors from the Premios ACE and the Mexican Cinema Journalists respectively).Camil's career continued to skyrocket following star turns in the gender-bending comedy _Por ella soy Eva (2012)_ (qv) and the fish-out-of-water romp _Qué pobres tan ricos (2013)_ (qv). He has recorded four platinum selling albums and has led many musicals in Mexico City including 'West Side Story,' 'Hook,' 'Aladdin,' 'El diluvio que viene,' and others. In 2005, he led the Broadway-bound musical 'The Mambo Kings.'Camil stars on the hit CW sitcom _Jane the Virgin (2014)_ (qv), where he has quickly become a fan favorite, and he just recently wrapped a two-month run on Broadway starring as Billy Flynn in America's longest-running hit musical 'Chicago.' Camil will return to the big screen in 2016, starring in the Spanish-language comedies _Maurice, Modisto de Señoras_ (qv) and 'Clipped.'Camil, along with his wife and two children, resides in Los Angeles.::someone