Juan Carlos Barreto

Acting

Juan Carlos Barreto

Born

1957-03-11 (69)

Place of birth

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

49 titles

Juan Carlos Barreto (Monterrey, Nuevo León; March 11, 1957) is a Mexican film, theater and television actor who has stood out for his performances in the soap opera "Para Volver a Amar" and the Film "Fausto" by José Julián Vázquez, which was awarded best film at one of the oldest festivals in the United States, the BFF.

Known for

El amor no tiene receta poster
7.6

Paz Roble, a kind, hard-working and honest woman from whom her husband, Fermín, takes her newborn daughter. Fermín has a large debt with some lenders and to pay it he decides to sell his daughter to Mauro Nicoliti. This plagiarism is orchestrated by Geneva, Mauro's adoptive sister. She lost her first-born daughter in childbirth and does everything to replace her dead daughter and keep her husband's fortune. On the other hand, Esteban Villa de Cortés loses his wife and becomes a widower with his three children. Elvira Moncada, Esteban's mother-in-law, holds him responsible for the death of her daughter. After a series of unexpected events, Esteban and Paz meet in the neighborhood where she lives with her family. The chemistry and great understanding that exists between them makes it inevitable that they will fall in love.

El amor no tiene receta

2024

Laws of love poster
8.1

The story of two lawyers specializing in family law, Ricardo and Alejandra, that despite coming from two disappointments and being in a world where it seems that love loses strength, before so much divorce, they still have faith in finding true love.

Laws of love

2018

Para Volver a Amar poster
7.8

Para Volver a Amar is a Televisa telenovela that aired on the Canal de las Estrellas channel in Mexico from July 12, 2010 to January 30, 2011. It stars Rebecca Jones, Rene Strickler, Alejandro Camacho, Alejandra Barros, and Africa Zavala. The Mexican version however is taken from the original Colombian soap opera series "El Último Matrimonio Feliz". The story is about six women who befriend each other and help each other deal with the pains of life, particularly in regards to marriage and relationships. They'll realize that even amidst their problems, happiness is not impossible to attain. It won seven Premios TVyNovelas awards for Best Telenovela of the Year, Best Male Villain, Best First Actress, Best First Actor, Best Co-Star Actress, Best Co-Star Actor, and Best Young Lead Actor. Para Volver a Amar aired in the United States on Univision from March 8, 2011 to October 28, 2011 at 12am/11pm central.

Para Volver a Amar

2010

El Encanto del Águila poster
7.8

A detailed dramatization of historical events during the time of the Revolution in Mexico. Using never-before-known historical documents, details about what happened during the period from 1910 to 1928 are revealed.

El Encanto del Águila

2011

A.mar, donde el amor teje sus redes poster
7.2

Estrella Contreras, a single mother struggling to raise her daughter Azul, finds herself having to return to her hometown after the fateful death of her father Ulises, where she meets Fabián Bravo, a widowed father and fisherman by profession who is fighting to regain custody of his teenage daughter Yazmin. Love blossoms between them, but it will be complicated by the intrigues of Érika Méndez, Fabián's ex-partner, and the ambition of Sergio Falcón, a powerful businessman and Azul's father, who will relentlessly seek to prevent this relationship, even if it means ending the customs and traditions of an entire fishing village, which will lead Fabián and Estrella to face a hurricane of calamities, always putting the well-being of their families first.

A.mar, donde el amor teje sus redes

2025

Papá a Toda Madre poster
7.2

Papá a toda madre is a Mexican telenovela produced by Eduardo Meza for Televisa and originally broadcast on Las Estrellas from October 22, 2017, to February 11, 2018. The story follows four very different men whose lives change after they become responsible for raising children. As they face the challenges of fatherhood, they develop unexpected friendships while balancing family, romance, and personal growth.

Papá a Toda Madre

2017

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

Love on a Weekend poster
4.0

One city. Three days, three social classes, three love songs, human beings who coexist without touching one another, joined by mirages and hopes. Their struggles to survive are individual and secret; there are no winners or losers. The seeming order is maintained and a weekend begins.

Love on a Weekend

2010

Depositarios poster
4.5

In the near future, medicine, computing and genetics have made it possible to end the human physical and psychological pain, filtering it through other human beings created expressly for this task, known as "gatekeepers". The plot follows the story of two researchers who belong to the Police Special Branch dedicated to pursue the emerging crimes related to the implementation of this new technology.

Depositarios

2010

Redemption of a Broken Mind poster
4.0

Fausto is destined to live the suicide of his beloved wife. After this tragic event, he’s inexplicably given the opportunity to travel back in time and change the faith of the woman who he loves.

Redemption of a Broken Mind

2017

Meat Stew, Original Recipe poster
6.2

A dysfunctional family reunites after the grandmother's death, who was a famous cooker of the traditional mexican dish: mole de olla.

Meat Stew, Original Recipe

2019

File of Attempted Murder poster
6.3

Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz.

File of Attempted Murder

2010

Another Mexican poster
5.5

Antonio (Ricky Mergold) is a 16 year old boy from a village in the Mexican province, living the awakening of consciousness with the intensity of the contradictions that surround him: a dogmatic religion, mediocre educational institutions, corrupt politicians an a society full of conformity. His life changes when a young teacher with a genuine desire to teach their students comes to the town, a guide that encourages them to live with dignity and to be critical of the world around them. This story is full of drama and misadventures, which Antonio lives without proper orientation and promiscuity.

Another Mexican

2010

No artwork available
NR

Bewildered, Carlos awakens from a nightmare stalked by Death. The dream has a foreboding message, which is not entirely clear to him. Carlos decides to challenge his destiny and face the consequences, but his evil doing ends up shaping his own fate and that of those around him. Macabre by choice, Carlos attempts to tip the scales by changing the course of the plot designed by the gods. In this story,the unsettling city of Mexico is the backdropthat reveals psychological and human postures characteristic of a big city. It is a story where individuals who change their destiny with masks and opportunism manipulate morality, religion and reason for selfish personal gain.

Apocryphal

2012

2000s · 4 titles

1990s · 19 titles

Terrorist Command poster
6.0

A group of terrorists puts the authorities on alert, creating hellish chaos.

Terrorist Command

1992

La señorita poster
5.8

Violent death of a loan shark investigated by diligent policeman.

La señorita

1994

Los cómplices del infierno poster
3.8

Sandra and Deborah are two women trying to escape from a tragic recent event. They go for a vacation on a beach house but are then followed by an evil cult.

Los cómplices del infierno

1995

Llamadas obscenas poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Llamadas obscenas

1996

Amor que mata poster
5.7

Diego is a young musician who lives the terrible death of his uncle to AIDS. While in his deep depresion he meets Gabriela, which brings back a smile to his face. Just when life seems more promising than ever, one beutiful night death once again took a toll on his life. It seems as though the phantoms of the past are never going to let him go.

Amor que mata

1994

Asesino por instinto poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Asesino por instinto

1993

Juana la Cubana poster
6.2

The beautiful nightclub singer/dancer Juana the Cuban moonlights as freedom fighter “Commander Zeta”, joining forces with the C.I.A. to overthrow the brutal regime of a military dictator (played by Erik Estrada) who plans to unleash bacteriological warfare on the U.S.A.

Juana la Cubana

1994

Los 6 mandamientos de la risa poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Los 6 mandamientos de la risa

1999

Dos hermanos buena onda poster
6.7

Doña Matilde and Don Miguel, a couple who have always been happy despite never having children, decide to adopt. At the orphanage, they take in two mischievous boys with whom they feel an instant bond. As the years pass and the boys grow into young men, one becomes obsessed with finding his sister, who was also adopted, while the other falls in love—precisely with the girl his friend is searching for

Dos hermanos buena onda

1994

Imposible de matar poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Imposible de matar

1994

Caceria de Viboras poster
NR

Valentin Trujillo videohome written by Carlos Enrique Taboada.

Caceria de Viboras

1994

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Asalto bancario

1998

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Tiempo de muerte 2

1995

Lluvia de diamantes poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lluvia de diamantes

1996

Yo quiero ser rico poster
NR

A comedy of love and misunderstandings, in the tradition of Mexican Telenovela's. Featuring Mexico's brightest soap-stars and beauty queens. Mario and Roberto are best friends. Mario has financial problems and seeks to marry a wealthy lady to solve his problems, while Roberto is in search of true love. Teresa, Irma and Alicia are beautiful ladies, each with their own agenda. Mario thinks Teresa is rich, and she plays along to fool him, while Alicia is in love with a gay guy and can't seem to straighten him out. The story unfolds one weekend through parties and revelations that leave no one untouched and everyone unsatisfied.

Yo quiero ser rico

1998

Uzi ráfaga mortal poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Uzi ráfaga mortal

1995

Furia de barrio poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Furia de barrio

1993

Comando terrorista poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Comando terrorista

1992

No artwork available
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tiempo de muerte

1994

Series credits

El amor no tiene receta poster
7.6

Paz Roble, a kind, hard-working and honest woman from whom her husband, Fermín, takes her newborn daughter. Fermín has a large debt with some lenders and to pay it he decides to sell his daughter to Mauro Nicoliti. This plagiarism is orchestrated by Geneva, Mauro's adoptive sister. She lost her first-born daughter in childbirth and does everything to replace her dead daughter and keep her husband's fortune. On the other hand, Esteban Villa de Cortés loses his wife and becomes a widower with his three children. Elvira Moncada, Esteban's mother-in-law, holds him responsible for the death of her daughter. After a series of unexpected events, Esteban and Paz meet in the neighborhood where she lives with her family. The chemistry and great understanding that exists between them makes it inevitable that they will fall in love.

El amor no tiene receta

2024

El amor no tiene receta poster
7.6

Paz Roble, a kind, hard-working and honest woman from whom her husband, Fermín, takes her newborn daughter. Fermín has a large debt with some lenders and to pay it he decides to sell his daughter to Mauro Nicoliti. This plagiarism is orchestrated by Geneva, Mauro's adoptive sister. She lost her first-born daughter in childbirth and does everything to replace her dead daughter and keep her husband's fortune. On the other hand, Esteban Villa de Cortés loses his wife and becomes a widower with his three children. Elvira Moncada, Esteban's mother-in-law, holds him responsible for the death of her daughter. After a series of unexpected events, Esteban and Paz meet in the neighborhood where she lives with her family. The chemistry and great understanding that exists between them makes it inevitable that they will fall in love.

El amor no tiene receta

2024

Laws of love poster
8.1

The story of two lawyers specializing in family law, Ricardo and Alejandra, that despite coming from two disappointments and being in a world where it seems that love loses strength, before so much divorce, they still have faith in finding true love.

Laws of love

2018

Para Volver a Amar poster
7.8

Para Volver a Amar is a Televisa telenovela that aired on the Canal de las Estrellas channel in Mexico from July 12, 2010 to January 30, 2011. It stars Rebecca Jones, Rene Strickler, Alejandro Camacho, Alejandra Barros, and Africa Zavala. The Mexican version however is taken from the original Colombian soap opera series "El Último Matrimonio Feliz". The story is about six women who befriend each other and help each other deal with the pains of life, particularly in regards to marriage and relationships. They'll realize that even amidst their problems, happiness is not impossible to attain. It won seven Premios TVyNovelas awards for Best Telenovela of the Year, Best Male Villain, Best First Actress, Best First Actor, Best Co-Star Actress, Best Co-Star Actor, and Best Young Lead Actor. Para Volver a Amar aired in the United States on Univision from March 8, 2011 to October 28, 2011 at 12am/11pm central.

Para Volver a Amar

2010

El Encanto del Águila poster
7.8

A detailed dramatization of historical events during the time of the Revolution in Mexico. Using never-before-known historical documents, details about what happened during the period from 1910 to 1928 are revealed.

El Encanto del Águila

2011

A.mar, donde el amor teje sus redes poster
7.2

Estrella Contreras, a single mother struggling to raise her daughter Azul, finds herself having to return to her hometown after the fateful death of her father Ulises, where she meets Fabián Bravo, a widowed father and fisherman by profession who is fighting to regain custody of his teenage daughter Yazmin. Love blossoms between them, but it will be complicated by the intrigues of Érika Méndez, Fabián's ex-partner, and the ambition of Sergio Falcón, a powerful businessman and Azul's father, who will relentlessly seek to prevent this relationship, even if it means ending the customs and traditions of an entire fishing village, which will lead Fabián and Estrella to face a hurricane of calamities, always putting the well-being of their families first.

A.mar, donde el amor teje sus redes

2025

Papá a Toda Madre poster
7.2

Papá a toda madre is a Mexican telenovela produced by Eduardo Meza for Televisa and originally broadcast on Las Estrellas from October 22, 2017, to February 11, 2018. The story follows four very different men whose lives change after they become responsible for raising children. As they face the challenges of fatherhood, they develop unexpected friendships while balancing family, romance, and personal growth.

Papá a Toda Madre

2017

I Don't Trust Men Anymore poster
7.0

Yo no creo en los hombres (I don't trust men anymore) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Giselle González for Televisa. It is based on Yo no creo en los hombres (1991), produced in México.

I Don't Trust Men Anymore

2014

Esperanza del Corazón poster
NR

Esperanza del Corazón is a Mexican telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa. It is a merger of Aguetas de Color de Rosa and Confidente de Secundaria, produced by Luis de Llano Macedo in 1994 and 1996, respectively. Bianca Marroquin and Patricio Borghetti star as the main protagonists, while Lucía Méndez and Lisardo Guarinos star as the main antagonists. Esperanza del Corazón won 1 award in Premios TVyNovelas: Best co-star actress. Canal de las Estrellas aired Esperanza del Corazón from July 18, 2011 to February 3, 2012, with Un Refugio para el Amor replacing it. Univision aired Esperanza del Corazón at 2pm central from September 6 to October 14, 2011, replacing one hour of Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón. It was later seen at 1pm central from October 17, 2011 to March 9, 2012, replacing Rafaela. From March 12 to March 23, 2012, Univision moved "Esperanza del Corazón" to 12pm central, due to El Talismán airing at 1pm central.

Esperanza del Corazón

2011

Juegos de amor y poder poster
7.6

Luciana, a psychologist, is torn between love and loyalty. After being rescued from a robbery by prosecutor Roberto Roldán, they feel a strong connection. However, Roberto is investigating a hit-and-run involving Adrián Ferrer, whose father, Enrique Ferrer, is the presidential candidate and Luciana’s godfather. As Roberto gets closer to the truth, Enrique’s future is at risk. Luciana must choose between supporting Roberto in his quest for justice or protecting her family.

Juegos de amor y poder

2025

Corazón Partido poster
5.3

Corazón Partido, is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and Argos Comunicacion. This limited-run series ran for 90 episodes from November 1, 2005 to June 16, 2006. This telenovela was aired in 17 countries around the world.

Corazón Partido

2006

Hermanas, un amor compartido poster
9.3

Hermanas, un amor compartido is a Mexican telenovela produced by Silvia Cano for TelevisaUnivision and originally broadcast on Las Estrellas in 2026. It is based on the Turkish series Ağlama Anne (2018), created by Serdar Oğuz. Adapted by Rossana Curiel, Cecilia Piñeiro, and Juan Pablo Balcázar, the telenovela stars Adriana Louvier, Danna García, Osvaldo Benavides, and Juan Martín Jáuregui. The story follows Rebeca and Mónica, two sisters who have always shared a strong bond despite their different personalities. Their relationship is shattered when a secret from Rebeca’s past resurfaces: years earlier, she abandoned her daughter Aura and entrusted her care to Mónica. After being separated from her child, Rebeca returns determined to recover her daughter, while Mónica refuses to lose the girl she raised as her own. The sisters must confront love, guilt, family conflicts, and the difficult question of what truly defines motherhood.

Hermanas, un amor compartido

2026

El Mochaorejas poster
8.1

The story of Daniel Arizmendi's rise, the corruption and fear that allowed his gang to terrorize Mexico in the 1990s, where he became known as "el mochaorejas" for his shady crimes

El Mochaorejas

2026

The Usurper poster
6.9

A humble young woman allows herself be manipulated by her twin sister to replace her so she can leave with another man.

The Usurper

2019

El precio de amarte poster
7.2

El precio de amarte revolves around a man who abandoned his family as a child. Upon returning, several years later, he wants to discover why he was forced away. However, the search for the truth is derailed by a passionate love story. Full of action, intrigue and unexpected twists, El Precio de Amarte promises an exciting journey through generations, marked by love and tragedy.

El precio de amarte

2024

Los hijos de nadie poster
9.0

Los hijos de nadie is a Mexican social drama telenovela produced by Miguel Sabido and Irene Sabido for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from February 24 to June 20, 1997. Created by Miguel Sabido, with adaptation by Miguel Sabido, Verónica Suárez, Andrea Ordóñez, Rosa Ana Curiel, and Kary Fajer, the telenovela was supported by UNICEF to raise awareness about the situation of homeless children in Mexico. The story follows Doña Leonor, an elderly woman who loses her daughter and granddaughter in a tragic accident. Seeking to overcome her loneliness, she dedicates herself to helping a group of children living on the streets of Mexico City. Alongside Verónica, a young woman who brings hope to the children through her puppet shows, Leonor faces the challenges of poverty, abandonment, and the people who seek to exploit those most vulnerable.

Los hijos de nadie

1997

XY The Magazine poster
10.0

All the drama inside a men's magazine in Mexico City. A magazine whose contents show masculintiy in all its manifestations, and where the protagonists find themselves in conflict between what they promote at work and what they face in their private lives.

XY The Magazine

2009

Behind the camera