Oswaldo Segura

Oswaldo Segura
Oswaldo Segura on the set of Vamos Con Todo in 2014.
Born	(1959-08-04) August 4, 1959
Nationality	Ecuadorian
Occupation	Actor
Notable work	El Juglar

Oswaldo Segura (August 4, 1959 in Lascano, Manabí , Ecuador) is a theater actor, histrion and Ecuadorian television presenter, known for playing Felipe Vera in the television series costumbrista, Mis Adorables Entenados at the end of the eighties.

Biography

He was born on August 4, 1959 in the town of Lascano, Manabí, Ecuador, and from 2 years of age resides in Guayaquil. He was not a good student and since he was a child he was inclined towards acting, making inroads in it before turning 17, after seeing an advertisement about some courses at the Casa de la Cultura Núcleo del Guayas at the end of the 70's. There he had his first appearance on stage with the play La Farsa del Corregidor, where he played a static guard. With the passage of time he managed to have more important roles due to his development.

Theatrical career

The minstrel

In 1977 he is part of the theater group El Juglar, where he stayed for 7 years, formed by Ernesto 'El Flaco' Suárez and Tati Interllige, a couple of Argentines who came to the country to take courses. With El Juglar, Segura was part of the successful theater play Guayaquil Superstar (1980).

The grin

In 1983, he formed his own theater group called La Mueca, with which he has presented works such as Sombras y sueños, A guayaco in Hollywood, El Andamio, Furia de chiros, Maestra vida, among others, establishing himself since the 90s in the theater El Angel, located in the Urdesa citadel. During the 80s, after impersonating a public bus driver who said "I won it" for a National Lottery commercial, Tati Interlli decided to put on a play called ¡Me la gané por Diosito Santo! about a womanizing man who has 4 children, who entrusts them to his wife.

Television career

My Adopted Adorers

At the end of the 80s, Segura forms part of the costumbrista series Mis Adorables Entenados, by Ecuavisa, based on the theatrical work ¡Me la gané por Diosito Santo! , where he played Felipe Vera (Felipito), a young man of lower middle class with an attitude of superiority, who lives with his half brothers and his stepmother, a character with whom he became known nationally.

TC Television

During the 90s he had, along with his group La Mueca, a comic program on TC Televisión, called El Show de Felipe, playing the character with whom he made himself known to present the program.

Emilio Pinargote, Denisse Angulo, Oswaldo Segura (center), Jorge Heredia and Adriana Sánchez in Vamos Con Todo.

Telesystem / RTS

At the end of the decade it was part of Telesistema - now RTS -, in a series called Mis Adorables Entenados con Billet, this being a new version of Mis Adorables Entenados. In the late 90's, was part of the series Get My Taxi. In 2004 he returned to the channel and is part of the national show program, Vamos Con Todo , as a presenter, a space in which he stayed for more than 10 years until the end of the program in 2018. The same year he joins as main presenter of the program Intrusos along with Marián Sabaté.

Ecuavisa

During the 2000s he starred in the Canal del Cerro series, such as: De la Vida Real and Visa for a Dream of Ecuavisa.

Gamavisión

During 2002 he starred in the series Los Entenados de Gamavisión.

Theater

• La Farsa del Corregidor
• Guayaquil Superstar
• Sombras y sueños
• Un guayaco en Hollywood
• El Andamio
• Furia de chiros
• Maestra vida
• ¡Me la gané por Diosito Santo!

And a lot of works but.

Television

• Mis Adorables Entenados
• Los Defensores de la Perla
• El Show de Felipe
• Mis Adorables Entenados con Billete
• Súbete a mi Taxi
• De la Vida Real
• Visa para un Sueño
• Los Entenados
• Vamos Con Todo
• Intrusos

References

• Oswaldo Segura and his love for the theater Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Oswaldo Segura: 'I received 100 sucres as an actor from the theater group'