Alejandro Trejo

Alejandro Edmundo Trejo Zapata (born 8 August 1959) is a Chilean theater, television, and voice actor. He is best known for 2001's '' A Cab for Three'', for which he received Best Actor awards at the Cinemanila and Gramado film festivals.

Biography

Alejandro Trejo, a well-known Chilean actor, came to show business almost by chance, because the theater was his second choice. In 1979 he entered the Moneda Theater School directed by Pury Durante. In 1986 he founded, along with Juan Edmundo González, the street theater company El Clavo. As an actor he has participated in numerous plays, among which are ''Lautaro'', by Isidora Aguirre, ''Historia de un galpón abandonado'' by Ramón Griffero, ''Tríptico'', and ''El Señor Presidente'', these last two with El Clavo. Later with the company La Batuta he participated in '' Chronicle of a Death Foretold'', where he met Julio Milostich, and in ''Galileo Galilei''. With the group Bufón Negro he has been part of the cast of ''El coordinador'', ''El solitario'', ''Un dulce aire canalla'', and ''El amor intelectual'', all by . A great theatrical success of his was ''Nadie es profeta en su espejo'', by , under the direction of Alejandro Goic, as well as ''La Condición Humana''. He starred in ''Macbeth'' under the direction of Englishman Ian Wooldrich, sharing the stage with actor Rodrigo González Rubio. He has made national and international tours. As a director he has distinguished himself with ''La comarca del jazmín'' by Óscar Castro, '' The Martian Chronicles'' by Ray Bradbury, ''El libro de Rebeca'' by Benjamin Galemiri, ''Loco afán'' by Pedro Lemebel, and ''El desvarío'' by Jorge Díaz, among others. In films, his performances stand out in '' A Cab for Three'', '' The Sentimental Teaser'', ', '' Machuca'', ', and '' Los Debutantes''. Trejo is also a voice actor who has been in that business for more than 20 years, lending his voice to various commercials, series, and television documentaries.

He has served as a juror for the Caleuche Awards, and hosted their first ceremony in 2016.

Awards

* 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival Best Actor award for ''A Cab for Three''
* 2002 Gramado Film Festival Best Actor award for '' A Cab for Three''
* 2012 Altazor Award for Best Actor for '' Los archivos del cardenal''

Filmography

Films

* ''Historia de lagartos'' (1989)
* ''El cobrador'' (1994)
* '' The Sentimental Teaser'' (1999)
* ' (2000) – Pato
* '' A Cab for Three'' (2001) – Ulises Morales
* ' (2001) – Luis Bahamondes
* ''Tres noches de un sábado'' (2002)
* '' Los Debutantes'' (2003) – Don Pascual
* ' (2003) – Eduardo
* '' El juego de Arcibel'' (2003)
* ' (2004)
* ' (2004) – Ernesto
* '' Machuca'' (2004) - Willy
* '' Fuga'' (2006)
* '' La Recta Provincia'' (2007) – Celoso
* '' The Toast'' (2007) – Rubén
* '' Mansacue'' (2008) – Denizen 1
* ' (2009)
* ' (2009) – Edwin
* ''Schop Sui'' (2010)
* '' Drama'' (2010)
* '' My Last Round'' (2010)
* ''El Tío'' (2013)
* ''Distancia'' (2015)
* ''Talión'' (2015)
* ''Argentino QL'' (2016)
* ''Trauma'' (2017)
* ''Sapo'' (2018)
* ''La Salamandra'' (2018)
* ''Swing'' (2018)
* ''Noche'' (2018)
* ''Vidas recicladas'' (2018)
* ''Perkin'' (2018)
* ''Mi amigo Alexis'' (2019)
* ''Piola'' (2020)
* ''Mientes'' (2020)

Telenovelas

TV series and specials

Voice acting

* '' The Pink Panther Show'' – The Pink Panther
* '' Garfield and Friends'' – Bo
* '' VeggieTales'' - Larry the Cucumber (original dub)
* '' You're Under Arrest'' – Ken Nakajima
* '' Stargate SG-1'' – Thor (2nd voice)
* '' Transformers: Animated'' – Henry Masterson/Headmaster
* '' Marmalade Boy'' – Jin Koishikawa
* '' Kinnikuman'' – Fight Reporter
* '' Sonic X'' – Mr. Tanaka
* ''Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'' – Mandarin
* ''Will and Dewitt'' – Additional voices
* ''Fritz Kunz'' – Comisario Rex
* '' Red'' – Marvin Boggs
* Ministry of Housing ad campaign – Armando Casas

Voice-over

* ''La Roja Íntima'' – narrated the qualification of the Chilean national soccer team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, broadcast on 14 October 2009 on Canal 13

References

External links

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1954 births
20th-century Chilean male actors
21st-century Chilean male actors
Chilean male stage actors
Chilean male telenovela actors
Living people
Male actors from Santiago
Male voice actors