Claudio Alejandro Marcelo Arredondo Medina (born 29 November 1962, in Santiago) is a Chilean film, theater and television actor and politician.
Acting career
He studied at the Fernando González Acting Academy.
He began his career in 1982 on the television series De cara al mañana on Televisión Nacional de Chile. The same year he emigrated to Canal 13 to be part of the successful novels Los títeres and Ángel malo. After a time away by a veto, he returns to Canal 13 to be part of Viviendo así.
In the late 1980s, he founded the "Teatro de la Esquina" which was showing plays for school children. The theater had to close in 2000.
From 1989 to 2010 he was part of the Dramatic Area of TVN, participating in supporting roles in the telenovelas A la sombra del angel, Aquelarre, Amores de mercado, Los treinta, Alguien te mira and Los Ángeles de Estela, among others. Arredondo is widely known for his multiple collaborations with director María Eugenia Rencoret.
He starred in the hit 2005 series Heredia y Asociados, for which he received the Altazor Award for Best Television Actor in the 2006 issue.
In 2011, after 22 years, he returns to Channel 13 to be one of the protagonists of Peleles.
In 2015 he emigrated to the Mega Dramatic Area to participate in the television series Papá a la deriva.
He made his film debut in the medium-length film Ángeles by Tatiana Gaviola. He has also been a part of the films Negocio redondo, Matar a todos y Casa de remolienda.[1][2]
Political career
He appeared in the municipal elections of Chile in 2012 where he was elected councilor of the commune of La Florida (Greater Santiago) for the period 2012–2016 as an independent supported by the Christian Democratic Party of Chile. He ran again for councilor in the period 2016–2020, and was re-elected.[3][4]
Personal life
He is the son of actress Gabriela Medina and her first husband, although he took the surname of her adoptive father, also actor César Arredondo.
In 1986 he married the actress and current deputy Carolina Marzán, with whom he is the father of the actress Carolina Arredondo.
In the 1990s he had a relationship with actress Marcela Stangher with whom he is the father of María José.
In 2012 he married the actress Ana Luz Figueroa. They are both parents of Teo.[5]
Filmography
Films
- Ángeles (1988) – Antonio
- Negocio redondo (2001)
- Matar a todos (2007)
- Casa de remolienda (2007) – Oscar Badilla
- Ema (2019)
- My Brothers Dream Awake (2021) – Attorney
Telenovelas
| Telenovelas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Telenovela | Role | Channel |
| 1982 | De cara al mañana | Sergio Carrasco | TVN |
| Bienvenido Hermano Andes | Patricio Villarroel | Canal 13 | |
| 1984 | Los títeres | Lorenzo | |
| 1986 | Ángel Malo | Luis Oyarzo | |
| 1988 | Vivir Así | Junior Mora | |
| 1989 | A la sombra del ángel | Ismael Castro | TVN |
| 1990 | El milagro de vivir | Patricio Moraga | |
| 1991 | Volver a empezar | Patricio Moure | |
| 1994 | Rojo y Miel | Manuel | |
| 1997 | Tic Tac | Antonio "Toño" Rojas | |
| 1998 | Borrón y cuenta nueva | Ulises Carvajal | |
| 1999 | Aquelarre | Benito Aranza | |
| 2000 | Santo ladrón | Braulio Gómez | |
| 2001 | Amores de mercado | Basilio Concha | |
| 2002 | Purasangre | Antonio "Toño" Véliz | |
| 2003 | Pecadores | Eleuterio Carrasco | |
| 2004 | Destinos cruzados | Topo Salgado | |
| 2005 | Los treinta | Andrés Barraza | |
| Versus | Clemente Fuentealba | ||
| 2006 | Floribella | Raúl Carrasco | |
| 2007 | Alguien te mira | Pedro Pablo Peñafiel | |
| Amor por accidente | Manuel Pacheco | ||
| 2008 | Hijos del Monte | Efraín Mardones | |
| 2009 | Los Ángeles de Estela | Samuel Rocha "Samuel Samuel" | |
| 2010 | La familia de al lado | Nibaldo González | |
| 2011 | Peleles | Tito Jara | Canal 13 |
| 2013 | Las Vegas | Germán Soto | |
| Secretos en el Jardín | Braulio Hernández | ||
| 2014 | Valió la pena | Juan Roca "Johnny Rock" | |
| 2015 | Papá a la deriva | Queno Padilla | Mega |
| 2016 | Ámbar | Rogelio Pino | |
| 2017 | Perdona nuestros pecados | Padre Esteban Madrid | |
| 2018 | Si yo fuera rico | Compadre Inostroza | |
| 2019 | Juegos de poder | Matias Bennet | |
| 2021 | Edificio Corona | ||
TV Series
| TV series | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Produccion | Role | Channel |
| 1998 | Mi abuelo, mi nana y yo | Ladrón | TVN |
| Cuentos Chilenos | Carlos Romeral | ||
| 2004 | La vida es una lotería | Ángel | |
| 2005 | Heredia y asociados | Ernesto Heredia | |
| Tiempo final: en tiempo real | Rafael | ||
| 2006 | El día menos pensado | Patricio | |
| 2008 | Aída | ||
| 2010 | La Tirana | Rufiño | |
| 2011 | Cesante | Rolando Cuevas | CHV |
| 2013 | El hombre de tu vida | Agustín | Canal 13 |
| Los 80 | Manuel | ||
| 2015 | Príncipes de barrio | Germán Vicencio | |
| 2017 | Neruda | Mega | |
| 2017 | Los Buenos Cabros | El Padre | Equipo TV |
| 2020 | Historias de cuarentena | Roberto | Mega |
Theatre plays
As actor
- A la cabeza del ganado
- Trilogía Equipo
- Te llamas Rosicler
- Ardiente paciencia
- Idiota
- Nuestras mujeres
- Revueltos
- Entre amigos
- Tres noches de un sábado
- Pancho Villa
- Confesiones del pene
- Excusas
- Adela, la mal Pagá
- Por la razón o la fuerza
- Todos tenemos problemas sexuales
- El cepillo de dientes
- Háblame de Laura
- Stand up
As director
- El Soldadito de Plomo
- Acaloradas
- ¿Dónde estará la Jeannette?
- Duros
- Aniversario
- Misterio gozoso
References
- ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (12 April 2006). "Insólito chascarro marcó la entrega de los premios Altazor 2006 | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ ""Se veía venir": Actor Claudio Arredondo fue desvinculado de Mega". El Filtrador (in Spanish). 11 October 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (21 August 2008). ""Me encantaría ser alcalde, si mi señora me lo permite" | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Emol.com, Equipo. "Resultados de las Elecciones Municipales 2016 – Especial de Emol.com". www.emol.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio. "La Segunda.com". LaSegunda.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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