Arap Bethke

Arap Bethke

Known for
Acting
Born
March 12, 1980 (age 46)
Birthplace
Nairobi, Kenya

Biography

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 .

Known For

Filmography

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Infatuacion poster

Infatuacion

Movie · as Rafa

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Duplicitous Minds poster

Duplicitous Minds

Movie

2026
Polen poster

Polen

TV · as Juan Mendoza · 10 eps

2026
Wolf: Die Killing poster

Wolf: Die Killing

TV · as Damián Rosales 'Lobo' · 70 eps

2025
Juegos de amor y poder poster

Juegos de amor y poder

TV · as Roberto Roldán · 70 eps

2024
El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar poster

El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar

TV · as Joaquín Núñez / Conde Lucas de Treviño · 24 eps

2024
Fugitivas, en busca de la libertad poster

Fugitivas, en busca de la libertad

TV · as Alejandro del Castillo 'El Abogado' · 85 eps

2023
Nada que ver poster

Nada que ver

Movie · as Dr. Quirarte

2023
Game of Lies poster

Game of Lies

TV · as César Ferrer · 76 eps

2022
Evil Eye poster

Evil Eye

Movie · as Guillermo

2022
Amores permitidos poster

Amores permitidos

Movie · as Manuel Jalife

2022
A Woman of Her Own poster

A Woman of Her Own

TV · as Alfredo, Alfredo Terán · 45 eps

2021
Single Mother by Choice poster

Single Mother by Choice

Movie · as Arnulfo

2021
Antes que Amanezca poster

Antes que Amanezca

Movie

2021
Buscando a Frida poster

Buscando a Frida

TV · as Martin Cabrera · 84 eps

2021
La Casa de los Famosos poster

La Casa de los Famosos

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2020
Originless poster

Originless

Movie · as Velkan

2019
Guadalupe-Kings poster

Guadalupe-Kings

Movie · as Dr. Roy

2019
The Usurper poster

The Usurper

TV · as Facundo Nava · 25 eps

2018
Sobredosis de Amor poster

Sobredosis de Amor

Movie

2017
Eva La Trailera poster

Eva La Trailera

TV · as Pablo Contreras · 118 eps

2017
La piloto poster

La piloto

TV · as John Lucio · 80 eps

2016
Lost Paradise poster

Lost Paradise

Movie

2015
Falling in Love with April poster

Falling in Love with April

Movie

2015
Club de Cuervos poster

Club de Cuervos

TV · as Juan Pablo Iglesias · 17 eps

2015
Tanto Amor poster

Tanto Amor

TV · as Bruno Lombardo · 120 eps

2014
Love of My Loves poster

Love of My Loves

Movie · as Novio Andrea

2014
Senora Acero poster

Senora Acero

TV · as Gabriel 'Muñeco' Cruz · 395 eps

2013
Instructions Not Included poster

Instructions Not Included

Movie · as Abogado Valentín

2013
Corazón en Condominio poster

Corazón en Condominio

TV · as Rodolfo · 151 eps

2012
Amor Cautivo poster

Amor Cautivo

TV · as Fernando Bustamante Arizmendi · 130 eps

2011
El Octavo Mandamiento poster

El Octavo Mandamiento

TV · as Iván Acosta · 130 eps

2009
Enemigos íntimos poster

Enemigos íntimos

Movie

2009
Victorinos poster

Victorinos

TV · as Victorino Gallardo Botero · 153 eps

2008
Doña Bárbara poster

Doña Bárbara

TV · as Antonio Sandoval · 190 eps

2007
Madre Luna poster

Madre Luna

TV · as Demetrio Aguirre / Demetrio Cisneros Aguirre · 139 eps

2007
RBD: The Family poster

RBD: The Family

TV · as Álvaro · 1 ep

2006
Tierra de Pasiones poster

Tierra de Pasiones

TV · 11 eps

2006
Ugly Betty poster

Ugly Betty

TV · as Antonio · 1 ep

2005
Decisiones poster

Decisiones

TV · 1 ep

2002
Clase 406 poster

Clase 406

TV · as Antonio "Chacho" Mendoza Cuervo · 50 eps

1999
A Sweet Scent of Death poster

A Sweet Scent of Death

Movie · as Lucio