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Christian Tappan

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Christian Tappan
Un grupo de personas se involucra en un fraude para obtener el premio mayor del sorteo "Melate". Basada en hechos reales sucedidos en México en 2012.
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Christian Tappan is a Mexican-Colombian actor, born on Mexico, to Mexican father Alfredo Tappan and Colombian mother. Since an early age studied on Televisa's Child School first and Colombia later, with total support of his father, directer, producer and cinematographer Alfredo Tappan. His first show's appearance was on the show "Imaginate" besides María Angélica Mallarino. They later released an LP called "Soñando Canciones".

With a career in television, film and theater of more than 38 years, both in Mexico and in the rest of Latin America, is an actor with great recognition as much of the productions in which he has participated have been seen in several countries around of the world. Some of his latest projects are: Snowfall (2017) Season 3, La Reina del Sur (2011), Wild District (2018), María Magdalena (2018), Paraíso Travel (2018), La Fiscal de Hierro (2017), La boda de Valentina (2018), La Hermandad (2016), Cuando vivas conmigo (2017), Narcos (2015), where he plays Kiko Moncada with Wagner Moura, La Esquina Del Diablo (2015), and Fugitivos (2014), where he plays Steve Houston, a bipolar DEA detective who makes life miserable for the protagonist, role for which he was nominated as" favorite villain "in Los Premios TV y Novelas in 2015.

Other works include La Suegra (2014), where he plays Bernardo Burgos, a manipulable man and lack of character, a character that gave him a nomination for the TV and Novelas Awards as best leading actor. He also participated in one of the most sold Colombian productions worldwide: Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal (2012), playing Gonzalo Gaviria, cousin and partner of Pablo Escobar. But it is La Promesa (2013), with his character Roberto Aristizábal, one of the most marked in his career, by the great dramatic load he had (alcoholic and father of one of the girls who take to Spain as a prostitute).

Films like "Before the Fire" by Laberinto Films, "Blunt Force Trauma" with 64 A Films, Que viva la música (2015) and La semilla del silencio (2015), these last two participants at Sundance 2015, at the Guadalajara Festival 2015 and at the Ficci 2015 in Cartagena, they add to their professional experience.

He is winner of two India Catalina awards as best supporting actor for Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal (2012)and La Promesa (2013).
BornFebruary 19, 1972
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      • 3 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Wild District (2018)
    Wild District
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Apache(as Christian Tappán)
    Diego Cadavid, Roberto Cano, Naren Daryanani, Natasha Klauss, Christian Tappan, Jhon Álex Toro, Katherine Porto, Felipe Botero, and Juan Pablo Urrego in Primate (2022)
    Primate
    7.5
    TV Series
    • William
    The Great Heist (2020)
    The Great Heist
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Molina
    Dogwashers (2020)
    Dogwashers
    5.7
    • Don Oscar
    • 2020

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    • Me late que si
      • Completed
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Black or White, Never Gray
      • Samper (rumored)
      • In Development
      • TV Series



    • Sisters' Feud (2024)
      Sisters' Feud
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Bernardo
      • Bernardo Zenteno
      • 2024
    • Juana Acosta, Victoria Hernández, and Julián Román in The Other Side (2024)
      The Other Side
      7.3
      • Ebel
      • 2024
    • The Initiated: Written from the Shadows (2024)
      The Initiated: Written from the Shadows
      5.4
      • Isaac
      • 2024
    • Bárbara Mori, Ximena Sariñana, Amorita Rasgado, and Natalia Téllez in Women in Blue (2024)
      Women in Blue
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Escobedo
      • 2024
    • Enrique Carriazo, Monica Lopera, Christian Tappan, and Angela Cano in The Hijacking of Flight 601 (2024)
      The Hijacking of Flight 601
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Capitán Lucena
      • 2024
    • Diego Cadavid, Roberto Cano, Naren Daryanani, Natasha Klauss, Christian Tappan, Jhon Álex Toro, Katherine Porto, Felipe Botero, and Juan Pablo Urrego in Primate (2022)
      Primate
      7.5
      TV Series
      • William
      • 2022–2024
    • Sofía Vergara in Griselda (2024)
      Griselda
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Arturo
      • 2024
    • It Was Always Me (2022)
      It Was Always Me
      5.5
      TV Series
      • El Faraón
      • Silvestre Díaz
      • Silvestre Diaz
      • 2022–2024
    • Sofía Engberg, Juana Arias, Renata Notni, Zuria Vega, and Oka Giner in The Five Juanas (2021)
      The Five Juanas
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Procurador Ernesto Suárez
      • Procurados Ernesto Suárez
      • 2021
    • Dogwashers (2020)
      Dogwashers
      5.7
      • Don Oscar
      • 2020
    • The Great Heist (2020)
      The Great Heist
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Molina
      • 2020
    • Mark Tacher and Majida Issa in Operación Pacífico (2020)
      Operación Pacífico
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Mayor Ernesto Vargas
      • 2020
    • Carolina Ramírez, Marimar Vega, Tessa Ia, Diana Bovio, Christian Vazquez, and José Pablo Minor in De brutas, nada (2019)
      De brutas, nada
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Señor Pacheco
      • 2019
    • Decisions: Some Win and Others Lose (2019)
      Decisions: Some Win and Others Lose
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Miguel Sandí
      • 2019
    • Wild District (2018)
      Wild District
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Apache (as Christian Tappán)
      • 2018–2019

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    • Diego Cadavid, Roberto Cano, Naren Daryanani, Natasha Klauss, Christian Tappan, Jhon Álex Toro, Katherine Porto, Felipe Botero, and Juan Pablo Urrego in Primate (2022)
      Primate
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022–2024

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    Siempre Fui Yo: Season 1
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    Siempre Fui Yo: Season 1

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      • Tappan Christian
    • Born
      • February 19, 1972
      • Mexico City, Mexico

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      He is passionate about video games and organize soccer and poker tournaments with his mates.

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