[citation needed] Having obtained celebrity status for the first time, Gatica tried his luck in the world of music, retiring from television from 1986 to 1994.

Returning to the film industry in 2000, Gatica played Rodrigo Miranda in Cuenta saldada (Paid Debt).

Sin Pecado Concebido, where he played doctor Garduno, was not well received by the media, which doomed the show with tele-spectators, and the soap opera was not a success.

[citation needed] Gatica began 2003 by participating in another telenovela: he played Jorge Esparza in Niña Amada Mía (Beloved girl of mine).

In 2008, he appeared in "En Nombre del Amor" In 2014, he acted yet again in another telenovela produced by Roberto Gómez Fernandez El Color de la Pasión, as Ricardo Marquez.

In 2008, he appeared in "En Nombre del Amor" In 2014, he acted yet again in another telenovela produced by Roberto Gómez Fernandez El Color de la Pasión, as Ricardo Marquez.