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Víctor Noriega

Mexican actor and singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ3299673 ↗
Source-derived summary

Víctor Noriega (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiɣtoɾ noˈɾjeɣa]; born Víctor Enrique Noriega Hernandez May 10, 1972) is a Mexican actor, singer and model.

Biography

Born in Mexico City, he started his career as a model. He then pursued a BA in communications. At the same time he auditioned for a musical group and became part of Garibaldi from 1989 to 1998, in which he was one of the eight original members.

The group reunited in 1999 launching a double CD. He then started his acting career in Mexican soap operas. Later on he mixed his career as a host for several TV shows for Univision and TeleFutura. He recorded an album as solo artist, but it was never released. However he continues to pursue his dream of recording and releasing a CD as a solo artist in the near future.

Music

I. Garibaldi

The group was formed during a casting by producer Luis de Llano in 1989. It originally cast 11 members, but months later after image testing only eight participants were kept in the group:

Patricia Manterola, singer/model/actress

Katia Llanos, entrepreneur in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Luisa Fernanda, television host for Telemundo, radio host for Univision

Pilar Montenegro, singer/actress

Víctor Noriega, actor/singer/model

Sergio Mayer, actor and producer of Sólo para Mujeres

Charly López, restaurateur

Javier Ortiz, actor Sólo para Mujeres and Aventurera

Other members who joined the group upon replacement of the original members were:

Ingrid Coronado, television host for TV Azteca

Paola Toyos, actress/model

Mara Almada, model/TV host

Discography

2010: Garibaldi Bicentenario

1999: Reunion 10

1994: Caribe

1993: Gritos De Guerra, Gritos De Amor

1993: Donde Quedo La Bolita

1991: Los Hijos De Buda

1990: Noche Buena

1990: Que Te La Pongo

1989: Garibaldi

II. Víctor Noriega (solo career)

In 2001, Víctor Noriega recorded his first solo album with Flamingo Music.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Víctor Noriega” as mexican actor and singer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1972, 1989, 1998, 1999—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1968-05-10. The account is most persuasive where Víctor, Noriega and Mexican can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as mexican actor and singer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3299673. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1972, 1989, 1998 and 1999.

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This entry incorporates text from “Víctor Noriega” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.