Juan Pablo Gamboa (born November 24, 1966) is a Colombian actor.
The second of four children, Juan Pablo Gamboa Cook was raised in a bi-cultural, bilingual household due to his mother, Sandra Cook - originally from Boston who went to Colombia with the Peace Corps and his colombian father, Andrés Gamboa Ruiz.
[1] The Gamboa family from Cali, Colombia, traces its ancestry to the Colombian poet Isaias Gamboa (1872-1904) and more than 30 poets, writers, artists and educators, spanning more than five generations.
Gamboa studied communications in Hofstra University in New York.
[citation needed] His portrayal of Willy in La usurpadora gave him his first TVyNovelas Award nomination for best male antagonist.