Daniel Alcaíno Cuevas (, born April 6, 1972) is a Chilean

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

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. He is popularly known for his comedy characters ''Peter Veneno'' (roughly based in Ivan Zamorano), and ''Yerko Puchento'', an outspoken showbusiness journalist and political satirist. Although he has gain further recognition for dramatic roles as well such as Exequiel Pacheco in ''

Los 80 ''Los 80'' is a Chilean drama TV series for Canal 13 produced to celebrate the Bicentennial of Chile, starring Daniel Muñoz, Tamara Acosta, Daniel Alcaíno, Loreto Aravena, Tomás Verdejo and Lucas Escobar. Although it is clearly inspired by ...

'' and Mario Medina in '' 42 Days of Darkness''.

Biography and career

Born and raised in

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, the capital of

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, he attended the Liceo Cervantes when he was a teenager. After an unsuccessful attempt to study

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, Alcaíno embarked on a career as an actor and comedian, he studied at the

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. Alcaíno is also recognized for his character Exequiel Pacheco in ''

'', a

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based on the lives of Chilean families during

Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean military officer and politician who was the dictator of Military dictatorship of Chile, Chile from 1973 to 1990. From 1973 to 1981, he was the leader ...

's dictatorship. In August 2011, Alcaíno portrayed Patricio Carmona in '' Peleles''. In 2022 he portraited Mario Medina in the Netflix crime thriller series '' 42 Days of Darkness'', which is partially based on the true story of the disappearance of Viviana Haeger in 2010, in southern Chile.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcaino, Daniel 1972 births Male actors from Santiago, Chile Living people Chilean male comedians Chilean male television actors University of Chile alumni Chilean television personalities Members of the List of the People