[citation needed] He participated in the Spanish theater version of Grease, Vaselina, and recorded his first telenovela in 1983 called Martín Garatuza.
[citation needed] Later he released a new album, Piel Ajena (1995), and a career in which the formula is mixed actor-singer in telenovelas, that strengthens him as an idol in the Latin world thanks to titles like Marimar, together with Thalía, that was seen in more than 150 countries, or Canción de amor, Camila or El secreto, in which he and Yadhira Carrillo are the only Mexican actors of a Spanish cast.
[citation needed] Thanks to the telenovela El secreto, seen on Spanish television (the TVE), Capetillo has returned to record a new album, with Horus-Muxxic, registered in diverse studios of Mexico and Spain, with a production directed and made by his brother-in-law Chacho Gaytán.
The album includes the hit song "El Secreto", the main theme of the telenovela, composed, arranged and produced by Federico Vaona in 2001–2002.
[citation needed] Capetillo is married to actress and singer Bibi Gaytán, his partner from the Timbiriche years.