About William Levy William Levy is a Cuban actor and former model. Biography William was born on August 29, 1980 in Cojimar, La Havana, Cuba and is the oldest of four siblings. He moved to Miami before his 15th birthday thanks to a permit granted to his stepfather (a dissident) for him and his family to leave Cuba. He attended Barbara Goleman Senior High in Florida where he pursued his childhood passion: baseball. He studied Business Administration on an athletic scholarship. After two years, he dropped out of college to study acting in Los Angeles; he later also took acting classes in Miami and Mexico City (CEA, Televisa). Career Levy worked as a model for the agency Next Models, and later participated in two reality shows transmitted by Telemundo: Isla de la Tentación and Protagonistas de Novela 2 . In 2005 he performed at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan Puerto Rico, starring in the play La Nena Tiene Tumbao. His first debut on the Spanish language channel Univision, was with the Venevision International production: Olvidarte Jamas. He later appeared in Mi Vida Eres Tu and Acorralada. In 2008, he participated in his first film Retazos de Vida directed by Viviana Cordero. The movie was filmed in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He was invited by television producer Carla Estrada to participate in Pasión; his breakthrough in Mexican soap operas. His performance was so well received that Televisa later cast him as the lead in Cuidado con el Angel, with actress and ex- RBD singer Maite Perroni. The show was first broadcasted in Mexico on June, 2008 and began airing in the United States on September, 2008 on Univision. It averaged 4.7 million viewers per evening according to Entertainment Weekly. William finished filming Sortilegio with actress Jacqueline Bracamontes (Miss Mexico 2000), and produced by Carla Estrada on October 9, 2009. Sortilegio was transmitted on Univision and on its finale it drew 6.6 million vieweres beating ABC and CBS. In November 2009, the actor lent his voice to the animated movie Planet 51 in its Spanish version. The movie opened on November 27 in Mexico, and won an award for best animated Spanish film of 2009 (Premios Goya) . Also from November 2009 to February 2010, William toured several Mexican cities with the play Un Amante a la Medida.. In June 2010 William began presenting his play in the United States. The play is expected to be taken to Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, New York and Puerto Rico after a successful presentation in the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida. William is currently shooting the weekend series "Derecho de Sangre", remake of the Mexican classic Cuna de Lobos, in which he will share credits with Colombian actress Danna Garcia. He will also be the male protagonist of "El Triunfo del Amor" remake of the Venezuelan classic "Cristal". Pedro Torres executive producer of Mujeres Asesinas has also confirmed William's participation in the third season of the popular Mexican series. Personal life In 2006, Christopher Alexander, his son with Mexican actress Elizabeth Gutierrez was born. On Saturday March 6, 2010 Elizabeth gave birth to her and William's second child, a baby girl named Kailey Alexandra in Miami . On July 11, 2009, he converted to Catholicism.