Julio Bekhor

Julio Bekhór (born July 30, 1976) is a Mexican actor and artist. Early life Julio Alejandro Cadena Cárdenas was born in Mexico City on July 30, 1976. At age seven, he began taking classes at Silvia Derbez acting school and later at Gonzalo Correa's acting academy. Later in 1995 his mother died so he decides to follow an acting career professionally. In 1997 he started acting training in the Actores del Método acting studio (Strasberg method) under the tutelage of René Pereyra. He appeared in many plays including After Death and Midnight's Summer Dream. Now living by himself he starts modeling in television commercials for brands such as Coca-Cola, Volkswagen and Sabritas and in editorial advertising campaigns. Career In 1996, he made his film debut in the movie The Hole by Beto Gómez. He continued studying and after five years at Actores del Metodo he enrolls at the school of Ludwik Margules and M & M Estudio, school of the actress Patricia Reyes Spíndola. Both schools totally different in acting techniques, one focusing on theater acting and the other on T.V technique. In 1998, he began rehearsals of Les maids by Jean Genet directed by Natalia Traven and produced by Reyes Spíndola. At M & M Studio, he took acting and directing coursework with director's Arturo Ripstein and Pastor Vega.