Background and career
Eduardo Kuno Becker Paz (born January 14, 1978), professionally known as Kuno Becker, is a Mexican actor and film director who has appeared in telenovelas, Mexican and American films. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Rubén Barraisabal in Soñadoras and Santiago Muñez in the Goal! film series. He also portrayed Drew Ramos on the American series Dallas.
After earning a scholarship, Becker traveled to Europe and studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, where he took violin lessons under Ruggiero Ricci. He is a grandnephew of Mexican actress María Félix.
At age seventeen, Becker was accepted into the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) of Televisa. By age nineteen, after two years of drama training, he secured his first television role in the telenovela Para toda la vida (1996). Subsequent early TV appearances included Pueblo chico, infierno grande, El alma no tiene color, Desencuentro, Rencor Apasionado, and Soñadoras, his first leading role. In film, Becker appeared in La Primera Noche (1997). In 2002, he starred in La Hija del Caníbal alongside Cecilia Roth. He later appeared with Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson in Imagining Argentina. Becker also starred in the historical epic Nomad (2006). In 2005, he appeared in ESL: English as a Second Language, then went on to central roles in the *Goal!* series (2005, 2007) and a cameo in Goal III: Taking on the World (2009). He also provided the Latin American Spanish voice of Lightning McQueen in the Cars franchise. His more recent film credits include El día de la unión, *Ánima*, *108 Costuras*, *Spoken Word*, *La Última Muerte*, *Cabeza de Buda*, and *Panic 5 Bravo*. Becker co-wrote the screenplay for *Espacio Interior*, based on the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. He also played Esteban Navarro, a recurring antagonist, in Season 10 of CSI: Miami.
2000 TVyNovelas Award – Best Young Lead Actor for *Mujeres engañadas* 2000 TVyNovelas Award – Best Male Revelation for *Mujeres engañadas* 2018 Ariel Awards
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Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
