José Eduardo Verástegui Córdoba was born on May 21, 1974, and is a Mexican actor. Born in Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, México, Eduardo was studying law but decided to pursue modeling in Mexico City and ended up working for such famous designers as Calvin Klein and Versace. Soon after, he bacame a member of the Mexican pop group, Kairo, playing sold out concerts throughout Latin America. In 1997, Eduardo began acting in Mexican soap operas produced by Televisa. In 2001, Eduardo signed a recording contract as a solo artist with Universal Music Latino and recorded his first self-titled album. Two years later, in 2003, Eduardo was chosen as the lead character in the Latin comedy, Chasing Papi, which grossed over $12 million worldwide. Eduardo is one of today's fastest rising Latino stars and has been voted by People en Español as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.