Xavier Lopez, better known as "Chabelo," is a Mexican actor and a TV host. He has been working on television for about 45 years. "Chabelo" has participated in more than thirty motion pictures and recorded more than thirty albums. He also has produced many shows like “La Cuchufleta” and “La Güereja y Algo Más” . However, his most famous TV show is En Familia con Chabelo, which has been on the air more than 36 years and is broadcast every Sunday on Televisa. This show has contests, gifts and games and is mainly for kids.
“Chabelo” was born on February 17, 1935 in Chicago, USA, he was a soldier in the US Army in San Diego during the Korean war, later, his parents returned to Mexico City and finally lived in León, Guanajuato and he became a Mexican citizen. He decided to study medicine, but discovered TV was his real passion. He started as an extra in some TV shows, but Ramiro Gamboa "Tio Gambóín", invited to him to work in a comedy act, once, one script of a comedy act of "Father an son", contained the name of a boy called "Chabelo", a character for Xavier López and Ramiro Gamboa (the father), he had the opportunity to enter the TV world with this name. He was offered a job in production which he accepted. He started to take dramatic art lessons and learned about television production. Chabelo has three children: Oscar, Gabo y Xavier. Xavier produced a CD called 'Los Cuates de Chabelo' in which musicians as Tania Libertad, Kabah and Celia Cruz honor Chabelo's work. Chabelo's children selected careers related to the artistic environment because of their father's influence.
