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Christopher Uckermann (born October 21, 1986 in Mexico City) is a Mexican
singer-songwriter and actor, best known as a member of the pop band RBD.
Biography
Christopher Alexander Luis Casillas Von Uckermann was born in Mexico City to a
Mexican father and a Swedish mother. He started his acting career when he was
just 2 years old in TV commercials.[1] In 1999 he was cast for a role in El diario
de Daniela a successful children's telenovela. He then starred in Amigos X Siempre
in 2000. In 2001 he acted and wrote the theme song for the telenovela
Aventuras en el tiempo (2001).
His most important role came in 2004 with the telenovela Rebelde, where he
played Diego Bustamante, a student in the fictitious "Elite Way School", with dreams
of becoming a musician. The success of this production was such that it is still in
production and the vocal group RBD spun off from the television series. He has
recorded many albums with RBD selling millions of records and toured with the
group across Mexico, various South American countries (including Portuguese
speaking Brazil), the United States, and Spain. Although the band started off
completely in Spanish, their success has prompted them to record albums in
Portuguese and English.
In 2005 he started his own company (with four of his best friends) of distribution
of the Romanian-made cylindrical pendants, called "Ferbuss Fashion", which he
and his friends wear in Rebelde.[2]
Besides designing and singing Christopher has also widened his artistic aspirations
and has begun composing music. He is currently in the works with Pedro Damian to
make one of his compositions the theme for a new project by Damian.
Ucker also wrote a song just like his other members of RBD, Dulce and Maite.
Sueles Volver (Coming Back) is the name of the song the Ucker wrote.
Besides acting and singing, "Ucker" as his friends call him, is proficient in Extreme Skateboarding winning various national competitions and is also a notable drum
player. There have been rumors of a new line of clothing to debut this year
by Christopher, but there currently have not been any updates.
He is now touring with RBD and filming the sitcom RBD: La Familia which debuted
on March 14, 2007 on the SKY cable network in Mexico.
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