Arap Bethke

Acting

Arap Bethke

Born 1980-03-12 · Nairobi, Kenya

Ricardo Arap Bethke Galdames (born March 12, 1980 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a Mexican actor. He was born to a German father and a Chilean mother, but grew up in Mexico. He is most remembered for his role of "Chacho" in the telenovela Clase 406. In 2007 he appeared in the Ugly Betty episode "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara as Antonio Barreiro, a cafe waiter who tried to sweet talk Hilda Suarez, and after meeting her father Ignacio, was the one who tipped off a contact who was waiting for Ignacio's return to Mexico. Arap also starred in "Tierra de pasiones", and in Madre Luna as Demetrio Aguirre. He is also one of the main characters in Doña Bárbara (Telemundo series), playing the role of "Antonio Sandoval"." Although he was born on the African continent, he considers himself Hispanic since that is where he grew up. In his own words: He is made of "chile, mole andpasilla pepper" He has also guest-starred on the 1st season of RBD: La Familia as "Alvaro";Dulce Maria's new hot conquest, on episode 3 "El Que Quiera Azul Celeste... Que Se Acueste!". His cast members were Alfonso Herrera, Anahi, Dulce Maria, Christopher Uckermann, Maite Perroni, &Christian Chávez, the stars of the show and the members of the famous popular Latin pop band RBD from Mexico city. Bethke has been living in Colombia since 2005 and started in Victorinos in 2009 .

Acting credits

Instructions Not Included poster
7.7

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.

Instructions Not Included

2013

Evil Eye poster
6.7

Nala, a thirteen-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness - But she'll soon find her granny is not exactly what she seems...

Evil Eye

2022

Duplicitous Minds poster
NR

A magician explains how magic works and the illusion of choice. A high-stakes heist occurs. The events that follow can be interpreted differently based on audience choice.

Duplicitous Minds

Originless poster
5.6

A group of arcanes enjoy fighting vampires.

Originless

2020

Nada que ver poster
8.3

After Carlos is tasked to care for Paola, both characters must work out their differences to make their time together more pleasant. As time goes on, they are faced with lessons about trust, mutual respect, and perhaps love.

Nada que ver

2023

Single Mother by Choice poster
7.0

Tracking a real-life pregnancy, this fictional film tells the story of a Latinx workaholic who’s determined to have a baby on her own terms and gets more than she bargained for when she gets pregnant in the year 2020.

Single Mother by Choice

2021

Guadalupe-Kings poster
7.3

Two longtime friends decide to attempt the Guadalupe Reyes challenge, which consist of drinking everyday from December the 12th (Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe) until January the 6th (Epiphany Day, the Feast of The Three Kings).

Guadalupe-Kings

2019

Love of My Loves poster
7.4

Two couples get to know what we all dream about: love at first sight. The problem is they meet it with different people to the ones they are engaged with, and they are just at seven days to get married. Up to that moment, they have to reconsider what’s love and what’s a habit, and to face them going against an idea with an expiration date: marriage. "Love of my loves" is based upon the successful mexican theatrical play "Un dos tres por mí y por todos mis amores", and explores compromise, doubts and commitment mixing drama and comedy.

Love of My Loves

2014

Antes que Amanezca poster
NR

A series of murders in the state of Mexico raise the alarm regarding the presence of vampires, which according to experts, governments around the world are hiding.

Antes que Amanezca

2021

Amores permitidos poster
8.1

Rodrigo and Gabriela have been dating for years, sometimes their relationship seems like best friends, but deep down, they love each other. Their daily lives are disrupted when their best friends, Luz and Jorge, ask them who would be allowed.

Amores permitidos

2022

Falling in Love with April poster
3.8

A funny romantic comedy in which a male writer who signs with a woman's pseudonym falls for a female journalist who with man's pseudonym. When love comes almost always takes us by surprise and nobody can object.

Falling in Love with April

2015

Infatuacion poster
5.0

The mysterious disappearance of Mara leads Detective Fernandez on a relentless pursuit of a serial killer while fighting a corrupt police force and pushing Mara's boyfriend, Jorge, to the brink of insanity.

Infatuacion

Sobredosis de Amor poster
6.0

Two boyfriends, two godparents, two mother-in-law and a wedding planner ... all together in a fun tangle that will especially have an overdose of love.

Sobredosis de Amor

2018