Benny Ibarra

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Benny Ibarra
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Ibarra giving a concert in a Cinépolis in Guatemala
Background information
Birth nameBenny Ibarra de Llano
Born (1970-09-08) September 8, 1970 (age 52)
Origin Mexico City, Mexico
Genres
Years active1981–present
Labels
Formerly of Timbiriche
Website benny.tv

Benny Ibarra de Llano known as Benny Ibarra is a Mexican singer, musician, producer and actor. He was born into a family of artists. His mother, Julissa, was a singer and actress in the 1960s; and his father, Benny, an actor and 1960s rock singer in the Mexican band Los Yaki. His brother, Alejandro Ibarra, is a singer and actor.

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Ibarra started his music career in the pop band Timbiriche (1981), and began working as a solo artist in 1992. He reunited with Timbiriche for the 1999 Reunion and again for the 25th Anniversary Tour in 2007- 2008. Additionally he was part of trio that consisted of 3 former members of the Mexican pop group Timbiriche, consisting of Sasha Sokol, Benny Ibarra and Erik Rubin Sasha, Benny y Erik that formed in 2012-2016. In 2017, Benny joined the original founding members of Timbiriche (current line up includes original members Sasha Sokol, Benny Ibarra, Alix Bauer, Erik Rubin, Mariana Garza and Diego Schoening) to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the group. The tour will continue into 2018.

Pre-solo career

As part of Timbiriche, he recorded 7 albums. He also starred in Vaselina (Grease). Ibarra left Timbiriche in 1986, and from 1985 to 1989 he studied jazz, guitar, classical music, and composition at the Walnut Hill School in Boston. In 1998, Timbiriche reunited to tour Mexico and Central America, and in 1999 released a live album El Concierto. Ibarra recorded the album Mar Adentro en la Sangre with Guadalajara-based progressive rock band Santa Sabina the same year. [ citation needed ]

Solo discography

Music DVD

Filmography

Films
YearMovieCharacterNote
1991She-BatHawk
1991Ciudad de ciegos
2006Amor xtremo
2011 Hop E.B.Spanish Voice
2016 Sing! Buster MoonSpanish Voice
2016 Un padre no tan padre Francisco "Fran" Villegas
2020 Trolls World Tour BranchSpanish Voice
2021 Sing 2 Buster MoonSpanish Voice
Telenovelas
YearTelenovelaCharacterNote
2004 Amarte es mi pecado BennyEpisode 17
2006 La fea más bella Benny
2009 Atrévete a soñar Amado Cuevas
Series
YearTV SeriesCharacter
1986 ¡¡Cachún Cachún Ra Ra!!
1987 Papá soltero
2007-2008 S.O.S.: Sexo y otros secretos Gabriel
Theater
YearTitleNote
1981Las maravillas de crecer
1984 Vaselina con Timbiriche Centro Cultural Telmex
1987 Godspell Teatro de los Insurgentes
1998 Hermanos de SangreLalo at Teatro de los Insurgentes
2016El hombre de La ManchaDon Quijote at Teatro de los Insurgentes
2019 Novecento Tim Tooney at Teatro Milán

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