José José

Acting

José José

Born 1948-02-17 · Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico

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 found success as a solo artist in the early 1970s. Demonstrating his vocal ability with a stunning performance of the song "El Triste" in a Latin music festival held in Mexico City in 1970, he climbed the Latin charts during the decade. Having achieved recognition as a balladeer, his singing garnered universal critical acclaim from musical peers and media. In the 1980s, after signing with Ariola Records, José rose to international prominence as one of the most popular and talented Latin performers. His music reached non Spanish-speaking countries like Japan, Israel and Russia. José has also forged a career as an actor, starring in movies such as Gavilán o Paloma and Perdóname Todo. Also known in the entertainment world as "El Príncipe de la Canción" (The Prince of Song), his performance and vocal style have influenced many Latin pop artists in a career that has spanned more than four decades. Due to his vocals and popularity, José José is considered by the audience and the media as an icon of Latin pop music and one of the most emblematic Mexican singers ever.

Acting credits

Los lunes a las 9 poster
NR

Hybrid documentary about one of the most successful shows in Puerto Rican television history: ‘No te duermas’

Los lunes a las 9

2022

Perdóname Todo poster
5.5

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.

Perdóname Todo

1995

Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar! poster
5.3

Hosted by Pop and Latin singing sensations Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony, this all-star tribute honors the undisputed Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz, an artist of immeasurable standing whose career has spanned more than five decades. Her music and incomparable charisma have touched the hearts and souls of millions of people from every race, nationality, and culture throughout the world. The Queen of Salsa has carried her title with class and distinction; her powerful voice and electrifying rhythm have garnered more than 60 worldwide recognitions, multiple gold and platinum records, and a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Her boundless enthusiasm, genuine warmth, and deep-seated humanitarianism have made Celia Cruz the music industry's most accomplished and revered performer and the world's most notable ambassador of Hispanic culture.

Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!

2004

Paula poster
6.0

The story of a young woman falling for an older man.

Paula

1969

Un sueño de amor poster
5.6

The story of a man who cannot erase the memory of his dead girlfriend drowned in the sea.

Un sueño de amor

1972

Sabor a mí poster
6.6

A biopic on the life of Mexican composer Álvaro Carrillo Morales.

Sabor a mí

1988

Hawk or Dove poster
6.5

A musical biopic about José José that turns his rise to stardom into a portrait of fame, desire, and their intimate fractures.

Hawk or Dove

1985

Juan Carlos coronel: De un Coronel a un Príncipe poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Juan Carlos coronel: De un Coronel a un Príncipe

2017

Discotheque of love poster
6.5

Music execs find out their songs are being pirated, so a detective and his assistant are hired to catch the culprits.

Discotheque of love

1980

No artwork available
4.8

Behind the scenes at a popular TV variety show, highly fictionalized.

Siempre en domingo

1984

La carrera del millón poster
6.3

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.

La carrera del millón

1974

Carlos Rivera: leyendas poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carlos Rivera: leyendas

2022

Buscando una sonrisa poster
6.0

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.

Buscando una sonrisa

1972