Background
De León was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and graduated from the Colegio Universitario de Caracas with a degree in business administration.
De León was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and graduated from the Colegio Universitario de Caracas with a degree in business administration.
After graduating from that school, de León became a staff member at Radio Caracas Television, where he studied acting further.
He is better known simply as Miguel de León. He has acted mainly in telenovelas, which garnered him international fame across Latin America, where the genre is popular, particularly among women. He is also known to Hispanic audiences in the United States.
Continuing with his studies, de León joined the Taller Universitario de Teatro Macanillas.
His acting debut came in a 1988 film, Señora Bolero ("Ms Bolero"). Later that year, he participated in his first telenovela, Sueño Contigo ("I dream of you").
He was soon signed to a multi-year contract by Radio Caracas Television. Other films de León has acted in include a Venezuelan version of Batman, and El Cristo de las Violetas ("Jesus of the violets").
In 1989, de León played "Leonardo" in Louisiana Revancha ("The rematch"), a major Venevision hit.
He acted in four other telenovelas before his first appearance at a major international hit, 1993"s Kassandra, where he played "Ernesto Rangel", acting alongside Puerto Rican actor Osvaldo Ríos, among others During the middle 1990s, de León married another Venezuelan telenovela star, Gaby Spanic. He had been previously married to Nubia Quilarte.
The couple then moved to Mexico City.
1998"s Gotita de amor ("Small drop of love") marked de León"s debut in Mexican telenovelas. He acted alongside Laura Flores, Julio Alemán, Raúl Araiza Junior., Niurka Marcos, Adriana Fonseca, Andrea Lagunes and Daniela Luján, among others, in that telenovela.
Around that time, de León obtained Mexican citizenship, which he later gave up after returning to Venezuela. 2000s Carita de Angel ("Angel Face"), gave de León an opportunity to act alongside acting legends Libertad Lamarque and Silvia Pinal.
In 2001, de León acted in an episode of the well-known series, Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real ("Women, real life stories").
In 2002, de León returned to Venezuela. His last Mexican telenovela was recorded before he left. ¡Vivan los niños! ("Long live the children") put de León with child star Andrea Legarreta and with Juan Ferrara.
2003 - Alegrijes y Rebujos (Mexico)
2004 - Mariana de la Noche (Mexico)
Miguel de León has filmed three other telenovelas after returning to Venezuela.
He was signed by Venevision to work for that channel.