Christian Dietrich Meier Zender (born 23 June 1970) is a Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America, the U.S. Hispanic market, and around the Spanish-speaking world.
Biography
Meier was born in
Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...
, Peru, the youngest of four siblings. He is the son of
Gladys Zender
Gladys Rosa Zender de Meier (née Zender Urbina; born 19 October 1939) is a Peruvian model and beauty queen who became the first Latina to win the Miss Universe title. She was crowned Miss Peru Universe 1957 by Miss Peru Universe 1956, Lola Sab ...
,
Miss Universe 1957
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Gladys Zender of Peru won the contest, and was crowned by Carol Morris of the United ...
, and Antonio Meier, a Peruvian politician who in 2006 was elected mayor of the Lima district of San Isidro. He has two older sisters and one older brother: Sibylle Meier Zender, Karina Meier Zender, and Antonio Meier Zender.
Raised in the Roman Catholic faith, Christian
Meier studied at the Miraflores Maristas School, a
Marist Brothers
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congregation school. After finishing high school he studied Graphic Design graduating in early 1992.
Career
Musician
In 1987, he formed the popular Peruvian alternative-rock band
Arena Hash with
Pedro Suárez Vértiz, Patricio Suárez Vértiz and
Arturo Pomar. Between the 1980s and early 1990s, he was the keyboardist of the band, and also did some singing. A few years later, the band broke up, and some of its members pursued a solo career.
In 1996, Meier released an album, ''No Me Acuerdo Quién Fui'', which produced the singles, "tus huellas entre la mías", and "Carreteras Mojadas" ("Wet Highways") that got the first positions in almost all radio station charts in Peru. the album went double platinum. In 1997 began the production of his second album, ''Primero en Mojarme'', with Manuel Garrido-Lecca, a well known musical producer that he worked with in Arena Hash.
In 2002, he produced ''Once Noches'', probably the album that brought him the most accolades. It contained the singles "Alguien" and "Novia de nadie", a duet featuring Spanish singer
Mikel Erentxun.
Acting
Meier has acted and starred in both soap operas and movies. His success has brought him fame in
Latin America
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n countries, in the United States, Spanish-speaking media, and around the Spanish-speaking world. He also has his own line of perfumes and appeared in commercials.
Personal life
He married Peruvian actress
Marisol Aguirre in 1995. They met during the filming of the
soap opera
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"Gorrión". They separated in October 2007, finalizing their divorce in November 2008. They have three children together.
Meier married fellow Peruvian Andrea Bosio in July 2023.
Discography
With Arena Hash
* ''
Arena Hash'' (1988)
* ''Ah Ah Ah'' (1991)
* ''
El Archivo De Arena Hash'' (1995)
Solo career
* ''
No Me Acuerdo Quien Fuí'' (1996)
* ''
Primero En Mojarme'' (1999)
* ''
Once Noches'' (2002)
* ''
Nada Ha Cambiado'' (2016)
* ''
He Vuelto a Casa'' (2023)
Filmography
Film roles
Television roles
References
External links
Listen to the songs of Christian Meier on Spotify*
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1970 births
Living people
20th-century Peruvian male actors
21st-century Peruvian male actors
Peruvian expatriates in Colombia
Peruvian expatriates in the United States
Peruvian people of German descent
Peruvian people of Swiss descent
Peruvian male film actors
20th-century Peruvian male singers
20th-century Peruvian singers
Peruvian male telenovela actors
Male actors from Lima
Singers from Lima
21st-century Peruvian male singers
21st-century Peruvian singers