Mauricio Ochmann was born in Washington DC, on November 16 1977, but grew up in Mexico. He began acting at age 16, and later enrolled as a student at the Joanne Baron acting studio in Los Angeles,CA. His first professional role in the United States was in the movie Message in a Bottle, and then he starred in several international projects. He debuted as a producer in 2013 with the short films Rain Inside and Los Caminos del Señor.