Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldanha da Gama[1] (born 22 July 1973[2]) is a Mexican actor, singer and television personality.

[2] He is the son of Jaime Camil Garza, a Mexican businessman with partial Egyptian heritage, and Cecilia Saldanha da Gama, a Brazilian singer.

He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Universidad Anáhuac; studied acting in New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico; and took classical opera training in Italy.

[citation needed] In 1999, he released his first album Para estar contigo, which took him to major cities in Mexico, South America, and the United States.

After participating in El Ultimo Adios (The Last Goodbye), a tribute to victims of 9/11, Camil released his second disc, Una vez más, in 2002.

The role which finally brought Jaime Camil universal renown was in the romantic comedy telenovela La fea más bella (2006–2007).

After Las tontas no van al cielo (2009) with Jacqueline Bracamontes, his next telenovela took him to South America for the Argentine/Mexican co-production of Los Exitosos Pérez (2009–2010) in which he played twins.

La fea más bella and Por Ella Soy Eva comprised two of the three highest-rated telenovelas since Mexico started keeping records.

His work in Mexican theater includes the role of Bernardo in a revival of West Side Story (2004), for which he won the Palmas de Oro award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical.

[8] In 2007 he played the lead, Father Silvestre, in El diluvio que viene, which won the APT and ACPT awards for Best Actor in a Musical.

[11][12] His older step-sister, Issabela Camil [es], is an actress and model, with an extensive career in Mexico and other Latin American countries.