Roberto Poblete

Roberto Fortunato Poblete Zapata (Los Ángeles, January 8, 1955) is a Chilean actor, director, teacher, presenter, announcer and politician. He is known for having participated in several television series on Canal 13 and Chilevisión. He served as a deputy for Los Angeles from 2014 to 2018.

Roberto Poblete
Poblete in 2014
Born
Roberto Fortunato Poblete Zapata

(1955-01-08) January 8, 1955
Occupation(s)Actor, presenter, politician
Years active1976–present

Performing arts career

Roberto Poblete was born in the city of Los Angeles in 1955. His parents are Fortunato Poblete and María Zapata from Quillón and Mulchén respectively. He studied at the German Lyceum in the city of Los Angeles.

He studied at the School of Communication Arts at the Catholic University of Chile. He graduated as an actor in 1979 with the thesis Relationships in the construction of the character.

He is a candidate for a Master of Arts, with a Mention in Theater Directing, from the University of Chile.

He has acted in numerous plays such as Dreams of bad death (1982), Spring with a broken corner (1984), The clowns of hope, Our father who are in bed (2002), Dreams of memory (2004), Squatting (2005) —for which he was nominated for Altazor 2006—, El grito (2006), Atascados en la Salala (2009), Nice country corner with a sea view (2010), Get up and run (2011) and Someone has to stop (2013).

He has also dedicated himself to the theatrical direction of various productions such as We were all going to be queens, Three nights on a Saturday and The King arrives.

He has done extensive teaching work at various universities in the country, including the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, UNIACC and Universidad de Santiago de Chile. He was the director and founder of the theater career at the Bolivarian University of Los Angeles.

In cinema, he participated in the feature films Sexto A (1985) and Dos mujeres en la ciudad (1990), both by Claudio di Girólamo; La estación del regreso (1987) of Leo Kocking; La historia de un roble solo (1982) and La luna en el espejo (1990), both by Silvio Caiozzi; País de octubre (1990) by Daniel de la Vega; and Cuestión de ubicación of Luciano Tarifeño.

He has acted in various telenovelas such as Villa Los Aromos (1981), Los títeres (1984), La última cruz, Cerro Alegre, Marrón Glacé (1993), El amor está de moda (1995), and Marparaíso (1998) . He has also participated in television series such as Crónicas de un hombre santo (1990), La patrulla del desierto (1993) and Casados (2005); and in various children's and comedy programs, such as El desjueves, De Chincol a Jote, a program where he popularized the section "Humbertito y Gaspar" with Cristián García-Huidobro, Vamos Chile, El tiempo es oro, among others.[1][2][3][4]

Political career

In the 2013 parliamentary elections, he ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for the 47th district, which includes, among other places, the city of Los Angeles, supported by the Socialist Party of Chile. He obtained 12.96% of the votes, remaining thirdly, but being elected due to the Binomial voting. He took office on March 11, 2014. He is a member of the permanent commissions on Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples; Economy, Development; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Consumer Protection and Tourism; and Culture, Arts and Communications.

He sought to once again integrate the Chamber of Deputies, this time for the new 21st district, in the 2017 parliamentary elections. He obtained 12,309 votes, equivalent to 6.46%, not being re-elected.[5]

Filmography

Films

Telenovelas

Telenovelas
Year Telenovelas Role Channel
1977 La colorina Richard Varela TVN
1981 Villa Los Aromos Sergio del Río
1984 Los títeres Bruno Cañas Canal 13
1985 Matrimonio de papel Mauricio Poblete
1986 Secreto de familia Carvajal
1987 La última cruz Ulises
1988 Vivir así Richard
1989 La intrusa Segundo
1990 ¿Te Conté? Pedro
1993 Marrón Glacé Néstor
1994 Champaña Leonardo
1995 El amor está de moda Aristóteles Sepúlveda / Vittorio Valentini
1996 Marrón Glacé, el regreso Néstor
1997 Eclipse de luna Dante O'Neal
1998 Marparaíso Gregorio Leal
1999 Cerro Alegre Capitán Memo Méndez
2001 Corazón pirata Yamil Saud
2009 Sin anestesia Domingo Quiñones Chilevisión
2010 Mujeres de lujo Víctor Tapia
2011 Infiltradas Luis Alegría

TV Series

References

  1. "» Roberto Poblete | Altazor – Premio a las Artes Nacionales". June 10, 2015. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  2. "Teatro Ictus...Bienvenidos a Nuestro Sitio Web". December 8, 2013. Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  3. ADN. "Roberto Poblete: "El actor siempre es político porque es una opinión desde el escenario"". ADN (in Spanish). Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  4. "Roberto Poblete: El indignado que saltó a la escena". Revista Nos (in Spanish). February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  5. Cooperativa.cl. "Alejandro Guillier y Roberto Poblete llegarán al Parlamento". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved February 16, 2021.
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