Benjamín Alfonso

Benjamín Alfonso (born 24 May 1984) is an Argentine actor, writer and industrial designer. He rose to the fame in 2013, playing Axel Piñeiro in the series Señales. In 2015, he gained more popularity for its guest role in the miniseries Historia de un clan as Juani y Educando a Nina (2016) as Martin "Tincho" Massey, both aired in Telefe.

Benjamín Alfonso
Born
Benjamín Alfonso

(1984-05-22) 22 May 1984
San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation(s)Actor
Model
Industrial designer
Years active2009–present

Early life

Alfonso was born on 22 May 1984 in San Isidro, Buenos Aires where he grew up with his six siblings. He worked in a printing Barracas and lived a while in Hawaii and Costa Rica where he took up surfing, there he worked as a gardener and bartender to pay for all his expenses.[1] In 2006, Alfonso made his first public appearance starring in a commercial for Gillette.[2]

At the age of 22, his psychologist had recommended that he should take theater lessons, after this advice he pursued the career of Industrial Engineering but went on to study Industrial Design from which he received and began to venture into his acting career debuting on the El trece series Enseñame a vivir.[3]

Career

He began his career as a model with the agency Multitalent Agency, making several photographic productions for different magazines and campaigns to Falabella y Herencia; among other. Then he made his debut as an actor in 2012, participating in soap operas as Dulce amor and Graduados, both aired by Telefe y en Sos mi hombre, aired by El trece.[4]

In 2013, Alfonso is persuaded by a producer with whom he played football to appear in the musical youth series Señales aired in the TV Pública playing Axel Piñeiro an egomaniac, cynical and very competitive guy.[5] He also made the publicity of Twistos with Nicole Luis[6] and for the drink Bretaña.[7]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Casi leyendas Daniel "Dani"
Chic & Chambray Angelo Short film

Television
Series
Year Title Role Notes Network
2009 Enseñame a vivir Benjamín Buzzi Extra El trece
2010 Hombre al agua Himself
2012 Graduados Hombre en el bar Guest role Telefe
Sos mi hombre El trece
Dulce amor Telefe
2013-2014 Señales Axel Piñeiro Main role TV Pública
2014 Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll Facundo 9 episodes Telefe
2015 Historia de un clan Juani
2016 Educando a Nina Martín "Tincho" Massey
2017 Quiero vivir a tu lado Indio Laprida Guest role El trece
2018 Las estrellas Juan Segundo "Juanse" Faulkner
Rizhoma Hotel Franco
Club de Cuervos Netflix
Yo, Potro Fabrizio Romani Netflix
Mi hermano es un clon Antonio Hauser El trece
Reality shows
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Bailando 2018 Concursant 15th place
2023 The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío Concursant 12th place
2023 The Challenge: World Championship Concursant with Jodi Weatherton 8th place

References
  1. "Benjamín Alfonso: "No nos conocemos muy bien todavía con mi fama de galán"". Revista Ohlalá (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  2. "Benja Alfonso fanpage - Videos". Facebook (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. "BENJAMÍN ALFONSO: EN LA CRESTA DE LA OLA". DMAG (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 July 2016.
  4. "Cosmopolitan Argentina Benjamín Alfonso - Cosmopolitan Argentina". Cosmo.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  5. "Entrevista con Benjamin Alfonso!!". Mundo TKM (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. "Twistos - Sapo - Ascensor (Publicidad 2013)". YouTube (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  7. "Beja Alfonso fanpage - Biografía". Facebook (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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