Gerardo Celasco

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Gerardo Celasco
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Celasco in 2016
Born (1982-04-08) April 8, 1982 (age 43)
Education Southern Methodist University (BS)
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Partner Jennifer Morrison (2019–present) [1]
Children1

Gerardo Roberto Celasco (born April 8, 1982), also known as Adrian Bellani, is an American actor. He was the second actor to play the role of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime drama, Passions .

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Early life and education

Born in Miami, Celasco moved to his parents' home country El Salvador with his family as a child. He is the middle child and has two siblings - an older brother Sergio and a younger sister Sofia. He received his schooling at the Escuela Americana El Salvador, where he competed in international horse jumping competitions and competed in the AASCA Central America Games representing his country. Celasco also became an accomplished volleyball player and was again invited to partake in the Central America Games.

Celasco later returned to the United States to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Southern Methodist University. [2]

Career

After graduating from college, Salvadoran fashion photographer Roberto Aguilar asked Celasco to be the face of the Toni & Guy Bed Head campaign. He also appeared in Frankie J's music video for his song "And I Had You There".

People en Español magazine voted him as one of the 25 hottest Latin bachelors in the world in 2006.[ citation needed ] Celasco played Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime drama Passions from 2006 to 2007. In 2007, he appeared with Passions co-star Heidi Mueller on The Tyra Banks Show to help host Tyra through "soap opera school".

In 2019, Celasco appeared as Xavier Castillo in the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder .

Personal life

Celasco currently resides in Los Angeles but remains extremely close with his family and visits them often in San Salvador. [3] As of 2019, Celasco has been in a relationship with Jennifer Morrison. [4] The couple announced their marriage in April 2022, although their date of marriage is not known. [5] In April 2024, Morrison revealed that the two had welcomed their first child, by calling Celasco "the best dad". [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Las AngelesFreddy
2011 Moneyball Carlos Peña
2011Pimp BulliesDaniel
2012 Battleship Ensign Chavez
2013Greencard WarriorsRigo
2014White DwarfAdrian

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000–2007 Passions Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald156 episodes
2007 Heroes GilbertoEpisode: "Four Months Ago..."
2011RPM MiamiAlejandro 'Alex' Hernandez13 episodes
2011 Rizzoli & Isles Manny VegaEpisode: "Don't Hate the Player"
2013WestsideAlex DeanneTelevision film
2014 Cleaners Joshua2 episodes
2014 Person of Interest Tomas KoroaEpisode: "Honor Among Thieves"
2014–2015 The Haves and the Have Nots Carlos9 episodes
2015 The Player SuarezEpisode: "L.A. Takedown"
2017 Bones Mark Kovac2 episodes
2018 StartUp Fernan
2019 S.W.A.T. David AriasEpisode: "Los Huesos"
2019–2020 How to Get Away with Murder Xavier Castillo7 episodes
2020 Next Ty Salazar10 episodes
2022 Swimming with Sharks Miles6 episodes
2022 Good Sam Dr. Nick Vega3 episodes
2022 Devil in Ohio Detective Lopez8 episodes
2023 The Idol AndresEpisode: "Daybreak"
2025 Pulse Cam FuentesEpisode: "Nothing Personal"
2025 The Waterfront DEA Agent Marcus Sanchez5 episodes

References

  1. Vasquez, Lane (April 14, 2021). "What Has Jennifer Morrison Been Up To Since 'Once Upon A Time'?". TheThings. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. Mthimkhulu, Andile (2022-09-21). "Jennifer Morrison Allegedly Married Her Longtime Partner in Secret - Everything We Know about Gerardo Celasco". news.amomama.com. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  3. "Who, Where and Wow!". Soap Opera Weekly. 2007-02-13. p. 32.
  4. Vasquez, Lane (April 14, 2021). "What Has Jennifer Morrison Been Up To Since 'Once Upon A Time'?". TheThings. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  5. Macke, Johnni (2022-04-08). "Jennifer Morrison, Gerardo Celasco Seemingly Married After 2 Years". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  6. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-06-28.