Television Vadhir began his acting career in 1997 at age six on the program
Derbez en Cuando, where he participated in the sketches
Tatiana y En Familia con Chabelo (2000), and
Diseñador do ambos sexos (2001). He earned his first featured part in the novela (soap opera)
Cómplices Al Rescate (2002).
La familia P. Luche (2002) was his next involved work, followed by
De pocas, pocas pulgas (2003),
Par de ases (2004),
Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (2004). In 2006 he was on the famous program
Vecinos as recurring character Marco López Pérez for a total of 36 episodes. Derbez participated in
Univision's first reality dance competition,
Mira Quien Baila (2010) and was the winner of the shows first season. On November 21, 2010, he won first place in
Mira Quien Baila: First Season. In 2013 he took part in the musical
Grease, playing 3 different roles (Tacho, Kiko, and Danny Sucko) during this time. Afterwards he earned a lead part in the Broadway musical
Rock of Ages (2014), playing the role of Jerry, along with the actress and singer
Dulce Maria. He then played a lead role in
Grease (2017) once more on
Musical USA making rounds in a few cities in the United States.
Film Vadhir earned his first part on the big screen giving voice to the character
Chuletas in the 2005 animated film
Imaginum, but it wasn not until 2015 that he had a role in a live-action film, appearing in the action film
Ladrones, alongside
Fernando Colunga,
Eduardo Yáñez, Jessica Lindsay, and
Miguel Varoni. In 2016, he obtained his first lead role in film
El tamaño si Importa, directed by Rafa Lara. The next year he was in the film
3 Idiotas, an adaptation of the popular Bollywood film
3 Idiots. After his success in Mexico, he made his Hollywood debut in the film
How to Be a Latin Lover (2017), playing a younger version of the character played by his father Eugenio. In May 2019, Vadhir co-starred as Beto in the comedy film
Dulce familia.
Music Derbez made his music debut with his first EP,
Vadhir Derbez released 2 September 2016. It featured two singles: "Te Olvidé" and "Me Haces Sentir". "Me Haces Sentir" was later re-released on 14 February 2017 with the live version included. After a period of almost two years, Vadhir released his next single "Mala" on 5 April 2019, and has announced that his last song "Toda La Banda" was released in June 2019. == Filmography ==