Alejandro Trejo

Alejandro Edmundo Trejo Zapata (born 8 August 1959) is a Chilean theater, television, and voice actor. He is best known for 2001's A Cab for Three, for which he received Best Actor awards at the Cinemanila^[1] and Gramado film festivals.^[2]

Biography

Alejandro Trejo, a well-known Chilean actor, came to show business almost by chance, because the theater was his second choice. In 1979 he entered the Moneda Theater School directed by Pury Durante.^[3] In 1986 he founded, along with Juan Edmundo González, the street theater company El Clavo. As an actor he has participated in numerous plays, among which are Lautaro, by Isidora Aguirre, Historia de un galpón abandonado by Ramón Griffero, Tríptico, and El Señor Presidente, these last two with El Clavo. Later with the company La Batuta he participated in Chronicle of a Death Foretold, where he met Julio Milostich, and in Galileo Galilei. With the group Bufón Negro he has been part of the cast of El coordinador, El solitario, Un dulce aire canalla, and El amor intelectual, all by Benjamín Galemiri. A great theatrical success of his was Nadie es profeta en su espejo, by Jorge Díaz, under the direction of Alejandro Goic, as well as La Condición Humana. He starred in Macbeth under the direction of Englishman Ian Wooldrich, sharing the stage with actor Rodrigo González Rubio. He has made national and international tours.^[4] As a director he has distinguished himself with La comarca del jazmín by Óscar Castro, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, El libro de Rebeca by Benjamin Galemiri, Loco afán by Pedro Lemebel, and El desvarío by Jorge Díaz, among others. In films, his performances stand out in A Cab for Three, The Sentimental Teaser, Subterra, Machuca, Gente decente, and Los Debutantes.^[5] Trejo is also a voice actor who has been in that business for more than 20 years, lending his voice to various commercials, series, and television documentaries.^[6]

He has served as a juror for the Caleuche Awards, and hosted their first ceremony in 2016.^[7]

Awards

• 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival Best Actor award for A Cab for Three^[1]
• 2002 Gramado Film Festival Best Actor award for A Cab for Three^[2]
• 2012 Altazor Award for Best Actor for Los archivos del cardenal^[8]

Filmography

Films

• Historia de lagartos (1989)
• El cobrador (1994)
• The Sentimental Teaser (1999)
• Mi famosa desconocida (2000) – Pato
• A Cab for Three (2001) – Ulises Morales
• Un ladrón y su mujer (2001) – Luis Bahamondes
• Tres noches de un sábado (2002)
• Los Debutantes (2003) – Don Pascual
• Subterra (2003) – Eduardo
• El juego de Arcibel (2003)
• El tesoro de los caracoles (2004)
• Gente decente (2004) – Ernesto
• Machuca (2004) - Willy
• Fuga (2006)
• La Recta Provincia (2007) – Celoso
• The Toast (2007) – Rubén
• Mansacue (2008) – Denizen 1
• Desde el corazón (2009)
• Súper, todo Chile adentro (2009) – Edwin
• Schop Sui (2010)
• Drama (2010)
• My Last Round (2010)
• El Tío (2013)
• Distancia (2015)
• Talión (2015)
• Argentino QL (2016)
• Trauma (2017)
• Sapo (2018)
• La Salamandra (2018)
• Swing (2018)
• Noche (2018)
• Vidas recicladas (2018)
• Perkin (2018)
• Mi amigo Alexis (2019)
• Piola (2020)
• Mientes (2020)
• Prison in the Andes (2023) – Odlanier Mena
• Sayen (2023)
• Thanks for Coming (2023) – Fabio

Telenovelas

TV series and specials

Voice acting

• The Pink Panther Show – The Pink Panther
• Garfield and Friends – Bo
• VeggieTales - Larry the Cucumber (original dub)
• You're Under Arrest – Ken Nakajima
• Stargate SG-1 – Thor (2nd voice)
• Transformers: Animated – Henry Masterson/Headmaster
• Marmalade Boy – Jin Koishikawa
• Kinnikuman – Fight Reporter
• Sonic X – Mr. Tanaka
• Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! – Mandarin
• Will and Dewitt – Additional voices
• Fritz Kunz – Comisario Rex
• Red – Marvin Boggs
• Ministry of Housing ad campaign – Armando Casas

Voice-over

• La Roja Íntima – narrated the qualification of the Chilean national soccer team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, broadcast on 14 October 2009 on Canal 13

References

1. ^ "'Taxi para tres' premiada en Festival Cine de Manila" ['A Cab for Three' Premieres at the Manila Film Festival] (in Spanish). El Mercurio. EFE. 12 August 2002. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
2. ^ "Alejandro Trejo ganó el premio a mejor actor del Festival de Gramado en Brasil" [Alejandro Trejo Wins the Best Actor Award of the Gramado Festival in Brazil] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 18 August 2002. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
3. ^ Sánchez, Nicolás (August 2011). "Alejandro Trejo: 'La reconstrucción es urgente, y si la cultura debe esperar, tendrá que esperar'" [Alejandro Trejo: 'The Reconstruction is Urgent, and If the Culture Has to Wait, it Will Have to Wait'] (in Spanish). Revista Nos. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
4. ^ Alvarado E., Rodrigo (2 May 2007). "Alejandro Trejo aprende a matar como militar" [Alejandro Trejo Learns to Kill as a Soldier] (in Spanish). La Nación. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
5. ^ "Alejandro Trejo" (in Spanish). Altazor Award. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
6. ^ Aravena F., Francisco (2 August 2001). "Taxi para Trejo" [Taxi for Trejo] (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
7. ^ "Amparo Noguera gana dos galardones en primera versión de los Premios Caleuche" [Amparo Noguera Wins Two Awards at the First Edition of the Caleuche Awards] (in Spanish). El Mostrador. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
8. ^ "Alejandro Trejo: La TV saldó una deuda con el país en DD.HH" [Alejandro Trejo: TV Settled a Debt with the Country on Human Rights] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2018.