Benjamín Vicuña

Benjamín Vicuña Luco (born 29 November 1978) is a Chilean actor and entrepreneur.

For the historian, see Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vicuña and the second or maternal family name is Luco.
Benjamín Vicuña
Vicuña in 2006
Born
Benjamín Vicuña Luco

(1978-11-29) November 29, 1978
Santiago, Chile
Alma materUniversity of Chile
Occupations
  • Actor
  • entrepreneur
Years active1998–present
Partners
Children6 (one deceased)

Biography

Vicuña was born November 29, 1978 to father Juan Pablo Vicuña Parot and mother Isabel Luco Morandé.[1][2] He is a descendant of Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna,[3] a Chilean historian and politician of Basque[4] and Irish descent. He studied theatre at the University of Chile.

Vicuña founded the Centro Mori and has been appointed as a "goodwill ambassador" of UNICEF Chile in 2008.

Vicuña was in a relationship with Argentine model Carolina Ardohain from 2005 to 2015, and the couple has four children together; one daughter, Blanca (2006-2012) and three sons, Bautista (born in 2008), Beltrán (born in 2012) and Benicio (born in 2014).[5][6] He was in a relationship with Argentine actress China Suárez from 2015 to 2021, and the couple has two children together: daughter Magnolia (born in 2018) and son Amancio (born in 2020).[7][8]

Acting credits
Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film
Year Title Character Director
2001 Lucha social digital Efraín Boris Quercia
2002 Paraíso B Jimmy Nicolás Acuña
2003 XS: The Worst Size Víctor Camus Jorge López Sotomayor
2004 Promedio rojo Fele Nicolás López
Mujeres Infieles 'OJala M1s b0l4s Rodrigo Ortúzar
El roto: Perjudícame Cariño Sebastián Alberto Daiber
Las hormigas asesinas Paul Kazán Alberto Fuguet
No Me Toques Mauro Bravo
2005 Juego de Verano Leandro Fernanda Aljaro y Matías Bize
Se Arrienda Paul Kazán Alberto Fuguet
2006 Fuga Eliseo Montalbán Pablo Larraín
2008 Chef's Special Horacio Nacho G. Velilla
Muñeca Pedro Sebastián Arrau
2009 Grade 3 Gaston Roberto Artiagoitía
Super Ortega Felipe del Río
Dawson Isla 10 Sergio Bitar Miguel Littin
2010 Drama Max Matías Lira
2015 El bosque de Karadima Thomas Leyton Matías Lira
The Memory of Water Javier Matías Bize
Baires Mateo Marcelo Páez Cubells
2016 El hilo rojo Manuel Daniela Goggi
That's Not Cheating Joaquín Campos Ariel Winograd
2017 Los padecientes Pablo Rouviot
2019 The Moneychanger Javier Bonpland
2020 Jailbreak Pact León Vargas David Albala
2022 Lie to Me Julian Sebastian Schindel
2023 Papá al rescate Nico Marcos Carnevale
El silencio de Marcos Tremmer† Marcos Tremmer Miguel García de la Calera
Mensaje en una botella† Gabriel Nesci
TBA Matria † Sandra Arriagada

Television
Year Title Channel Character
2000 Vivir al Día Red Televisión
2001 Piel Canela Canal 13 Gabriel Vallejos
2002-2003 Purasangre TVN Rafael Callasis
2003 Pecadores TVN Herodes Barriga, El Piruja
La vida es una lotería
(episode: Pobre Millonario)		 TVN Javier Soto
2004 Destinos Cruzados TVN Franco Schiafino
2005-2010 Los Simuladores Canal 13 Gabriel Medina
2006-2008 Huaiquimán y Tolosa Canal 13 Richard Tolosa
2007 Héroes Canal 13 Manuel Rodríguez
2008-2009 Don Juan y su bella dama Telefe Franco Ramirez Puente
2010 Los Hombres de Paco (Spain) Antena 3 Deker
2011-2012 Herederos de una venganza Argentina Benicio Echagüe, El Maldito
2011-2013 Prófugos (LatinAmerica) HBO Alvaro Parraguez / Tegui
2011-2014 Los archivos del cardenal TVN Ramón Sarmiento
2012 La Dueña Telefe Félix Fernández
2013-2014 Farsantes El Trece Pedro Beggio
2015 Entre caníbales Telefe Agustín Larralde
2015-2018 Sitiados Fox, TVN Agustín González
2016 2091 Fox Lodi
Por Fin Solos TVN Gonzalo Munoz
2017 Un Diablo Con Ángel TVN Gaspar Muñoz
2018 100 Days to Fall in Love Telefe Emiliano Iturria
2018-2019 Locked Up Fox Antonio Hierro
2019 Argentina, tierra de amor y venganza El Trece Torcuato Ferreyra
2019-2020 Berko: el arte de callar FOX/TVN Boris Berkowitz
2020 Inés del alma mía RTVE, Boomerang TV, Chilevisión Rodrigo de Quiroga
2021 Demente Mega Joaquín Acevedo
Terapia alternativa Star+ Elias
Victoria Amazon Prime Video Antonio M.
2022 The First of Us Telefe Santiago Luna
2023 La voz ausente † Star+ Pablo Rouviot
Los mil días de Allende † El Nueve Fidel Castro
Limbo 2 † Star+

Theatre
Year Title Author Director Character Theater
1998 Antigona Rodrigo Perez
1999 Hechos Consumados Alfredo Castro Chilean National Theater, Teatro de la Memoria • Santiago, Chile
2000 The Seagull Anton Chekhov Erik Lacascade
Juegos a la hora de la siesta Roma Mahieu
2001 El Naranjal Ramón Griffero Ramón Griffero
Top Dogs Urs Widmer Teatro del Puente • Santiago, Chile
El lugar común Alejandro Moreno
2002 Cueca@ Alejandro Moreno
2004 Splendid's Jean Centro Cultural Matucana 100 • Santiago, Chile
2005 Cooking with Elvis Centro Mori, Teatro Mori Bellavista • Santiago, Chile
2007 The Lover Centro Mori, Teatro Mori Parque Arauco • Santiago, Chile
2009 The Big Night Centro Mori, Teatro Mori Vitacura • Santiago, Chile
2011 The Celebration Centro Mori, Lola Membrives • Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017 Eva Perón Eva Perón Teatro Nacional Cervantes • Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019 Terapia Amorosa Valentin Teatro El Picadero • Buenos Aires, Argentina
2022 The Grönholm Method Sala Pablo Neruda • Buenos Aires, Argentina

Music Videos
Year Title Artist Ref
2002 I Like Los Tetas [9]
2022 Cuando Lo Veo Pimpinela [10]
2023 Lloro Pimpinela [11]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref(s)
2002 APES Award Best Lead Actor - Television Purasangre Won
2003 APES Award Best Actor - Television Pecadores Nominated
2004 Altazor Award Best Actor in a Television Series Pecadores Nominated
2005 Copihue de Oro Best Actor - Television Los simuladores Nominated
2006 Copihue de Oro Best Actor - Television Huaiquimán y Tolosa Nominated
APES Award Best Supporting Performance - Television Huaiquimán y Tolosa Won
Trieste Festival of Latin-American Cinema Best Performance Fuga Won
London Film Festival Best Actor Fuga Won
2007 Málaga Spanish Film Festival Favorite Movie Actor Fuga Won
2009 Copihue de Oro Best Actor - Film Won
New York Latin ACE Awards Cinema - Best Supporting Actor Chef's Special Won
2010 Copihue de Oro Best Actor - Film Won
2011 Copihue de Oro Best Actor - Television Nominated
2012 Martín Fierro Awards Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Telefeature La dueña Nominated
2014 Martín Fierro Awards Best Lead Actor of Daily Fiction or Soap Opera Farsantes Nominated [12]
2015 Copihue de Oro Favorite Actor Nominated
2016 Martín Fierro Awards Best Lead Actor of Daily Fiction Entre caníbales Nominated [13]
2019 Notirey Awards Best Lead Actor of Daily Fiction Argentina, tierra de amor y venganza Nominated
ACE Award Best Leading Actor in a Comedy Terapia amorosa Nominated
2022 Silver Condor Awards Best Leading Actor in a Comedy Series Terapia alternativa Nominated
2023 Martín Fierro Awards Best Lead Actor of Daily Fiction The First of Us Won [14][15]

References
  1. "Benjamín Vicuña se autoproclamó "libre" en el día de su cumpleaños".
  2. "El saludo de cumpleaños de la China Suárez a Benjamín Vicuña tras la separación: "Padre cariñoso y presente"". 29 November 2019.
  3. "Benjamín Vicuña". Benjaminvicuna.wordpress.com. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Pampita y Benjamín Vicuña preparan una gran fiesta para celebrar 10 años de amor: Los detalles - Ciudad Magazine". www.ciudad.com.ar. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  6. "China Suárez reveló (Sin darse cuenta) la fecha real del comienzo de su romance con Vicuña: "Estoy con él hace un año y pico" - Ciudad Magazine". www.ciudad.com.ar. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. "Moskita Muerta | ¡La China habló de más! Reconoció desde cuando está saliendo con Benjamín Vicuña". moskitamuerta.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. "China Suarez on Instagram: "❤️"".
  9. "I Like". Youtube. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  10. "PIMPINELA - CUANDO LO VEO" [When I See Him] (in Spanish). Youtube. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  11. "PIMPINELA - LLORO" [I Cry] (in Spanish). Youtube. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  12. "Todos los nominados a los Martín Fierro 2014" [All the nominations for the 2014 Martín Fierro] (in Spanish). La Nación. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  13. "Benjamín Vicuña vuelve a ser nominado a los premios Martín Fierro de Argentina" [Benjamín Vicuña is once again nominated for the Martín Fierro Awards in Argentina] (in Spanish). La Nación. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  14. "Martín Fierro 2023: quiénes son los nominados y cuándo son" [Martín Fierro 2023: who are the nominees and when are they?] (in Spanish). La Nación. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  15. "Ganador en categoría actor protagonista: Benjamín Vicuña - Martín Fierro 2023" [Winner in Leading Actor category: Benjamín Vicuña - Martín Fierro 2023] (in Spanish). Youtube. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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