José José

Acting

José José

Born February 17, 1948 · Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico

Died September 28, 2019 · aged 71

José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (February 17, 1948 - September 28, 2019), known by his stage name José José, was a Mexican singer, musician and occasional actor. Born and raised in Mexico City into a family of musicians, José began his musical career in his early teens playing guitar and singing in serenades. He later joined a jazz and bossa nova trio where he sang and played bass and double bass. José fou…

Known For

Perdóname TodoPerdóname Todo · 1995
Perdóname Todo
5.51995
MovieDrama
Ricardo Alfaro is a popular composer and singer who has failed in life because of alcohol. However, things change when he meets Teresa Montes, a young talented singer, that sings Ricardo's songs with a great public acceptance. Teresa became famous and Ricardo returns to the pinnacle of success, the hazy past seems to have been left behind. They fall in love, but both will face hell in Ricardo's alcoholism.
La carrera del millónLa carrera del millón · 1974
La carrera del millón
6.31974
Movie
Father and uncle have conflicting ideas about who a young woman should marry, so they set up an elaborate, wacky contest to resolve their disagreement.
PaulaPaula · 1969
Paula
6.01969
Movie
The story of a young woman falling for an older man.
Sabor a míSabor a mí · 1988
Sabor a mí
6.61988
MovieDramaMusic
A biopic on the life of Mexican composer Álvaro Carrillo Morales.
Discotheque of loveDiscotheque of love · 1980
Discotheque of love
6.51980
MovieComedyThriller
Music execs find out their songs are being pirated, so a detective and his assistant are hired to catch the culprits.
Hawk or DoveHawk or Dove · 1985
Hawk or Dove
6.51985
MovieMusicDrama
A musical biopic about José José that turns his rise to stardom into a portrait of fame, desire, and their intimate fractures.
Un sueño de amorUn sueño de amor · 1972
Un sueño de amor
5.61972
MovieDramaMusic
The story of a man who cannot erase the memory of his dead girlfriend drowned in the sea.
Buscando una sonrisaBuscando una sonrisa · 1972
Buscando una sonrisa
6.01972
MovieRomanceComedy
The cartoonist and engineering student José plays bowling with a hippie friend when he is told that his mother, a jewelry employee, died in an accident. After burying it he remembers that on the beach he fell in love with the blonde Carla, and that he stopped seeing her when he learned that she was very rich and when he saw that he paid a traffic ticket that he could not cover. Now José wanders around the city and plans to kill himself but is almost run over by a car that Carla gets off. Both embrace.

Filmography

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La fea más bellaLa fea más bella · 2006
La fea más bella
8.12006
SeriesSoapComedy
Leticia Padilla Solís, “Leti”, is an intelligent but unattractive girl, rather ugly. She graduated with honors in economics, speaks several languages, is fluent in computers, and is a financial genius. Only, because of his physique, she can't find work. Desperate to find a job, “Lety” decides to accept being hired below her level and takes a job as a secretary at Conceptos, a famous video production company, where ugliness is taboo. The production company “Conceptos” was founded by two good friends: Don Humberto Mendiola, and Julián Villaroel. Unfortunately, shortly after, the Villaroels die in an accident and Don Humberto and his wife Teresita take care of the Villaroels' orphaned children: Ariel, Marcia and Ana Leticia and the successful company.

Don Erasmo Padilla García