Christian Tappan

Acting

Christian Tappan

Born

1972-02-19 (54)

Place of birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

Christian Tappan Sorzano (Mexico City, February 19, 1972) is a Colombian-Mexican actor known for his work in Mexican and Colombian telenovelas. He began his career in television and later achieved success in film and series, earning numerous awards and honors, including the India Catalina Awards and the Platino Awards, as well as several nominations, including Best Actor at the International Emmy Awards.

Known for

Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord poster
7.7

Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds his criminal empire. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a Congressman and a drug lord collide. Pablo has his enemies executed, but not before the United States activates its own war on the Medellin cartel.

Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord

2012

Women in Blue poster
7.4

In 1971, four women defy ultraconservative norms and join Mexico's first female police force—only to discover that it's a publicity stunt to distract the media from a serial killer. As the body count grows, they make a pact to bring the killer to justice.

Women in Blue

2024

Agent Zeta poster
6.7

Four Spanish ex-intelligence officers are assassinated simultaneously worldwide. The CNI discovers all participated in the covert "Operation Ciénaga" decades ago in Colombia. Zeta, the CNI's best operative, must hunt and protect the sole survivor, facing his deadliest global mission yet. Top Colombian agent Alfa will join Zeta, seemingly knowing more about "Ciénaga"'s secrets than him.

Agent Zeta

2026

Griselda poster
7.2

Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization shows Griselda Blanco's journey from Medellín to becoming "the Godmother" of Miami's drug empire.

Griselda

2024

Against Our Destiny poster
1.2

Gertrudis and Armida are two young sisters with completely different personalities who learn to support each other after becoming orphans and being taken under the care of their aunt Luzmila, who denies them any kind of love. Between their innocence and their audacity, the two young women plan to escape, but everything goes wrong, they end up separated and thinking that the other one has died. It will take two decades for these two sisters to reunite.

Against Our Destiny

2016

Maria Magdalena poster
7.4

Maria Magdalena, a woman different than the others and capable of challenging a corrupt society completely dominated by men, is faced with evils and betrayals forcing her to escape her homeland and attempt to forget her past. On the verge of her death, she meets Jesus – a man who will teach her the true meaning of love, a love so pure she will regain her faith and will to live. She will transform from an excluded, outcast, and vilified woman to one of the most important disciples of the Nazarene prophet.

Maria Magdalena

2018

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

Agent Zeta poster
6.7

Four Spanish ex-intelligence officers are assassinated simultaneously worldwide. The CNI discovers all participated in the covert "Operation Ciénaga" decades ago in Colombia. Zeta, the CNI's best operative, must hunt and protect the sole survivor, facing his deadliest global mission yet. Top Colombian agent Alfa will join Zeta, seemingly knowing more about "Ciénaga"'s secrets than him.

Agent Zeta

2026

A Time for Bravery poster
7.5

A psychoanalyst on community service aids an agent shattered by infidelity; together, they will confront danger and discover second chances.

A Time for Bravery

2025

The Other Side poster
8.6

A forty-year-old poet wakes up handcuffed to a hospital bed. Accused of his mother's murder, he claims it was an act of love: a plan to aid his mother's death and end his own life at the same time.

The Other Side

2024

The Trip 8 poster
6.3

After meeting in Paris, Rosa and her French boyfriend Pierre travel to Colombia to get married and enjoy their honeymoon. However, everything changes when their in-laws reveal a shocking secret and try to stop the wedding, turning the trip into a chaotic and bitter experience.

The Trip 8

2025

El Colombiano de Keko poster
NR

After spending eight years unjustly imprisoned in one of Tanzania's most dangerous prisons, Andrés Ballesteros regains his freedom thanks to the tenacious intervention of lawyer Vladimir Fernández and the diplomacy of the new government. This true story recounts a tireless struggle against state neglect and injustice to bring a Colombian home. It is a moving tale of redemption, hope, and the power of the human will in the face of adversity.

El Colombiano de Keko

2025

The Initiated: Written from the Shadows poster
6.4

The formerly revered journalist Frank Molina finds himself in hiding, with his career shattered. However, he continues to write anonymously hidden in the shadows. Frank’s sense of calm is abruptly interrupted when a pair of severed eyes and a blood-soaked note appear at his door. As the number of victims increases, Frank will need to unblock his traumatic past if he seeks to find the killer.

The Initiated: Written from the Shadows

2024

It Was Always Me: Behind the Story poster
7.2

Karol Sevilla and Pipe Bueno talk about their on-screen chemistry and the challenge Pipe faced when taking on a lead role. Christian Tappan talks about how he took on the challenge of representing his character. Exclusive off-screen material, videos recorded by the actors themselves on their phones, and records of castings and rehearsals will be unveiled.

It Was Always Me: Behind the Story

2022

Dogwashers poster
6.3

When a narco past his prime refuses to pay a debt to an upstart, only a secret stash of money can save his men. But guess what the gardener just found?

Dogwashers

2020

2010s · 5 titles

Series credits

Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord poster
7.7

Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds his criminal empire. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a Congressman and a drug lord collide. Pablo has his enemies executed, but not before the United States activates its own war on the Medellin cartel.

Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord

2012

Women in Blue poster
7.4

In 1971, four women defy ultraconservative norms and join Mexico's first female police force—only to discover that it's a publicity stunt to distract the media from a serial killer. As the body count grows, they make a pact to bring the killer to justice.

Women in Blue

2024

Griselda poster
7.2

Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization shows Griselda Blanco's journey from Medellín to becoming "the Godmother" of Miami's drug empire.

Griselda

2024

Against Our Destiny poster
1.2

Gertrudis and Armida are two young sisters with completely different personalities who learn to support each other after becoming orphans and being taken under the care of their aunt Luzmila, who denies them any kind of love. Between their innocence and their audacity, the two young women plan to escape, but everything goes wrong, they end up separated and thinking that the other one has died. It will take two decades for these two sisters to reunite.

Against Our Destiny

2016

Maria Magdalena poster
7.4

Maria Magdalena, a woman different than the others and capable of challenging a corrupt society completely dominated by men, is faced with evils and betrayals forcing her to escape her homeland and attempt to forget her past. On the verge of her death, she meets Jesus – a man who will teach her the true meaning of love, a love so pure she will regain her faith and will to live. She will transform from an excluded, outcast, and vilified woman to one of the most important disciples of the Nazarene prophet.

Maria Magdalena

2018

Operación Pacífico poster
7.7

The story of Captain Amalia Ortega, leader of a secret unit, whose mission is to capture the most wanted Mexican drug trafficker, putting both her profession and family's life at risk.

Operación Pacífico

2020

How to Win the Lottery poster
7.7

An ordinary man, facing financial desperation, assembles a team of underdogs to pull off a daring heist to steal the lottery jackpot on live TV.

How to Win the Lottery

2025

The Hijacking of Flight 601 poster
7.9

After a plane is hijacked, two flight attendants must outwit their assailants amid intense negotiations in the air and on the ground. Based on real events.

The Hijacking of Flight 601

2024

La fiscal de hierro poster
6.0

Silvana Durán, who swore to capture the culprit in her father's death, goes to the prosecution and discovers that her father was an intermediary for Francisco Miranda, leader of the most important cartel in Mexico.

La fiscal de hierro

2017

El Secreto de Alejandra poster
6.0

El secreto de Alejandra is a Mexican telenovela created and produced by Jorge Lozano Soriano for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from December 1, 1997, to January 2, 1998. Created by Jorge Lozano Soriano, with adaptation by Lila Yolanda Andrade and Carlos Lozano Dana, the telenovela stars María Sorté and Leonardo Daniel. Due to its controversial theme of organ trafficking, the series was shortened to 25 episodes. The story follows María Soler, an actress trapped in an abusive marriage, and Alejandra Monasterio, a wealthy woman dying of terminal cancer. After discovering they are identical despite being unrelated, Alejandra convinces María to assume her identity so she can care for her young son. As María begins her new life, she becomes entangled in a dangerous conspiracy involving organ trafficking, deception, and family secrets while fighting to protect Alejandra's child and uncover the truth.

El Secreto de Alejandra

1997

Broken Promises poster
7.3

Persuaded by promises of a better life, three young women are sold into prostitution and must risk their lives and their families to escape.

Broken Promises

2013

It Was Always Me poster
8.0

When Lupe is 22 years old, her life suddenly changes after she learns that her father, a famous Colombian singer-songwriter, has died. Upon arriving in Colombia, Lupe meets Noah, a mysterious character who turns out to be her father's assistant. Instead of returning to Mexico, Lupe decides to stay as she suspects that the musician's death was not an accident. Together with Noah, she will embark on a musical adventure full of danger, mystery and romance, in the Caribbean region of Colombia.

It Was Always Me

2022

Entre Panas poster
NR

Entre Panas is a series that tells the story of a group of close friends reuniting after 10 years, exploring the importance of true friendship and how shared moments are what truly matter.

Entre Panas

2014

Primate poster
7.6

Being separated, suffering from diabetes and living with a friend at 48 is not the best way to age… and even less so for someone who doesn't want to.

Primate

2022

The Great Heist poster
7.3

Based on the 1994 robbery of US$33 million from Colombia's central bank, which turned the country upside down.

The Great Heist

2020

The Devil's Corner poster
7.8

After her cop father is killed, a woman earns a spot in special forces and is soon tasked with taking down a drug dealer in a dangerous neighborhood.

The Devil's Corner

2015

La Suegra poster
NR

Victoria Maldonado Jackeline Arenal makes a decision that is necessary for her, to move in with her son. She must bear the insults, and the bad reputation of the mothers-in-law, denying, and showing the benefits and benefits of being a mother-in-law.

La Suegra

2014

Paraíso Travel poster
NR

A desperate father searches Mexico for his missing daughter who, for some reason, went to the United States with the help of the travel agency Paraíso Travel. But this story begins three months earlier, when we see Reina desperately trying to find her mother.

Paraíso Travel

2018