César Costa

César Costa

Birth : 1941-08-13, Mexico City, Mexico

History

Singer, actor, record producer, lawyer, television actor, film actor and composer. Member of the Advisory Board of UNICEF Mexico and Goodwill Ambassador. The Black Jeans are the pioneers of rock and roll in Mexico, having been founded in 1956 by Diego de Cossío. César Roel began his musical career under that name in 1958 as the lead singer in the group Los Black Jeans, which also included Juan Manuel de Cossío, Diego de Cossío and Carlos Loftus, singing Spanish versions of English hits. In 1958, they recorded for the Peerless record company "La Batalla de Jericho" and "La Cucaracha", being one of the pioneers in rock and roll recordings in Mexico. When the group signed with the Musart label, they changed their name to Los Camisas Negras, and César Roel became César Costa (in honor of bandleader Don Costa) and they were reinforced with Javier de la Cueva on piano. Their first and only LP was released in 1960. Soon after, the group disintegrated and César Costa began a successful solo career. Rewriting and singing into Spanish adaptations of English melodies, mainly by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka, he developed his own style, competing with Enrique Guzmán, in the "crooner" style, emulating Frank Sinatra. His main characteristic in his presentations was to appear wearing greca sweaters, many of them given to him by his female fans. He was host of the program La carabina de Ambrosio (from 1978). From 1987 to 1994 he participated in the comedy show Papá soltero, which became a great success throughout Latin America and later in its movie version in 1995. He also hosted the variety shows Un nuevo día (with Rebecca de Alba, Evelio "with a v" and later with Luz Blanchett) and Al fin de semana. In 2017 he participated in the Latin American dubbing of Disney Pixar's Coco.

Profile

César Costa

Movies

Bang bang al hoyo
Parody western about a poofy gunslinger and his brothers.
Caín, Abel y el otro
Three early twenties guys in Acapulco competing for women... they end up marooned on a desert island together...
Al fin a solas
Every time the newlyweds think they'll be able to consummate their marriage, some obstacle comes up. Months go by... Sequel to "Adios, cunado."
Romance sobre ruedas
A sporty new car is gifted to two young men who work at an auto factory, and they have to time-share it between them.
El mundo loco de los jóvenes
Pop-star who performs incognito is pressed into service to seduce a young woman who has rejected four childhood friends of his.
Arrullo de Dios
Motherhood-and-martyrdom melodrama.
Adios cuñado
Producer
The classic family with more sisters and one brother who has to deal with all the naughty words about being the brother in law of many.
Adios cuñado
Víctor
The classic family with more sisters and one brother who has to deal with all the naughty words about being the brother in law of many.
¿Qué haremos con papá?
The funny story of a man who loses his memory in an accident and can not remember who was married to another woman, then meets another woman he marries and starts another life and lives alternately with a family 15 days and 15 days with the another arguing that their travel is for work in the Crown Brewery, which is in Veracruz where he lives with one family and one in Mexico.
La juventud se impone
Co protagonista
The Age of Violence
Daniel
Daniel, the leader of a criminal youth gang, views new guy Victor first as a threat, then as possible addition to his gang. When Victor refuses, but sets his eyes on Daniel's Sister Nancy, Daniel orders her to get close to Victor so she can persuade him to join the gang. Daniel does not expect that instead the relationship with Victor makes Nancy longing for a life without crime. A juvenile-delinquent-crime-musical!
Dile que la quiero
César
Teenager covers for his no-count older brother. Ice-cream parlors, rock-n-roll dances, football games, jalopies and racing cars. Also tragedy.
Heaven and Earth
Mario
Nun interferes in the lives of a dysfunctional family.
Si yo fuera millonario
White-collar criminals conspire to prevent a shmuck from collecting an inheritance.
Jóvenes y rebeldes
Himself