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José Rafael Amaya Núñez (born 28 February 1977) is a Mexican actor. Born in Hermosillo, Mexico. He is best known for his character Aurelio Casillas in the Telemundo series El Señor de los Cielos.

Biography
Amaya was born in Hermosillo, Mexico, but when he was five years old, her family moved to Tecate, Baja California, where she grew up. In his adolescence he took theater and music classes. Upon entering college, he moves to San Diego, California to study, but leaves school before he can finish his career. After leaving the University, he returned to Mexico to try his luck with a music group, the Palapa Band, which did not prosper. Amaya decided to enroll in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa, also trying to enter the world of music with another group, Garibaldi, with which he recorded two albums.

Beginnings and notable roles (2000–2010)
When leaving his short musical career. In the year 2000, her first opportunity was on the telenovela La casa en la playa, with the role of Romualdo; since then, they start giving him roles in other productions. In 2001, he makes the character of Cástulo in Sin pecado concebido. In 2002 he was given his first lead role in the telenovela Salomé, where he plays José Julián, one of Salomé's three sons, a role that consolidates him as an actor and makes him be nominated as a revelation actor for the El Heraldo de México and another for the TVyNovelas Awards. In that same year, he is called to be part of the cast of Las vías del amor. In 2003 he again gets a leading role in the telenovela Amar otra vez with Irán Castillo and Valentino Lanús. His film debut comes in 2004 with the film Desnudos, in which he shares credits with Karyme Lozano and Isabel Madow. In 2006 he goes to Miami, United States to record Las dos caras de Ana with his ex-partner Ana Layevska. In that same year, he returns to the cinema next to Ana de la Reguera and Gabriela Platas in the controversial film Así del precipicio. In February 2008, he began filming 24 cuadros de terror, where for the first time in his career, he played a serial killer. During that same year he filmed the romantic comedy film Amor letra por letra with Plutarco Haza and Silvia Navarro, which premiered in August of that same year. He also participated in the film Me gustas tú, a film that pays homage to the late comedian Germán Valdés, which also includes Carmen Salinas and Luis Felipe Tovar. Also appeared in the series Mujeres asesinas and Sexo y otros secretos. At the end of that same year, he began filming the feature film North, a thriller about immigrants who were robbed of their organs and then trafficked. He also appeared in the video clip of Enrique Iglesias song, "Lloro Por Ti".

In 2009 he ventured into the film industry throughout the year. Already for 2010 he played Julián García Correa a doctor with mental disorders in the telenovela of Telemundo Alguien te mira, this production was the first time in which Amaya played a villain character in a telenovela. In 2011 he had a short participation in the telenovela La Reina del Sur, where he shared credits with Kate del Castillo. In that same year he travels to Spain to participate in two series Hospital Central and Doctor Mateo and in the film La piel azul.

Mainstream and critical success (2013–present)
After his trip to Spain, he was absent for a year and a half. In 2013 he joined the cast of the television film of Hallmark Channel, entitled Meddling Mom, which was already filming since 2012, and where he played Pablo. In that same year he was selected by Telemundo to play Aurelio Casillas a famous drug trafficker in the super series El Señor de los Cielos, which is based on the life of Amado Carrillo Fuentes. Thanks to his performance he won as Favorite Lead Actor at the 2014 Premios Tu Mundo, since then he has won the prize three times consecutively in all the awards galas of Premios Tu Mundo. In 2014 he appeared in the short film Kiss of Vengeance and in the film based on the life of the actor Cantinflas, entitled Cantinflas where he played Frank Sinatra. He also participated in two episodes in the series Señora Acero as Aurelio Casillas. In 2015 he got his first lead role in a film, entitled Oro y polvo.

In 2016 he obtained a special participation in the American series Queen of the South, adaptation of the telenovela La Reina del Sur, where he also played Aurelio Casillas. In December of that same year he played again Aurelio in the spin-off of the series El Señor de los Cielos, entitled El Chema.

Personal life
Amaya maintained a relationship with actress Ana Layevska whom she met in 2006 while working on the telenovela Las dos caras de Ana. In 2007 they made their relationship official, both actors had promised to get married, but, in 2010 Amaya ends his relationship with Layevska. In 2010 after ending his relationship with Layevska, he confirmed his relationship with the actress Angélica Celaya, whom he met in the telenovela Alguien te mira, in 2014 they committed themselves, but in 2015 their relationship ended.