Gonzalo Valenzuela

Gonzalo Valenzuela Hölzel (born 26 January 1978), is a Chilean model, actor and boxer. He debuted on Televisión Nacional de Chile with a special participation, after I emigrated to Canal 13, where greater TV career development and also in Argentina. He is partner and founder, along with Benjamín Vicuña of the Centro Cultural Mori of the city of Santiago de Chile.[1][2]

Gonzalo Valenzuela
Gonzalo Valenzuela in 2003, playing Adán Mercader in Machos.
Born
Gonzalo Valenzuela Hölzel

(1978-01-26) 26 January 1978
Santiago de Chile, Chile
EducationColegio Mayflower de las Condes
Alma materEscuela de Teatro Fernando González
OccupationModel, actor and boxer
Years active1999–present
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Partner(s)Juana Viale (2005–2014)
María Gracia Omegna (2015–present)
ChildrenSilvestre Valenzuela (b. 2008)
Ringo Valenzuela (b. 2011 – d. 2011)
Alí Valenzuela (b. 2012)
Valentina Valenzuela (b. 2019)

Biography

Gonzalo Valenzuela has three brothers and one sister. He studied at the Mayflower School of Las Condes and then studied audiovisual communication and theater at the Fernando González School.

Personal life

In the year 2004, Gonzalo Valenzuela traveled to Argentina and in that country he met Juana Viale, with whom he began a relationship. Gonzalo Valenzuela finally settled in Argentina, especially after a high-risk pregnancy of Viale, which forced her to remain hospitalized for 2 months in a clinic. On 23 January 2008 the couple's firstborn, Silvestre Valenzuela, was born at the Germán Clinic in Vitacura, Santiago de Chile, Chile. On 30 September 2019 Valentina was born, his first daughter with his partner, the Chilean actress María Gracia Omegna.

Career

His media debut came with the play Sinvergüenzas , directed by the Chilean actress Liliana Ross, in which he personified "El Manguera", a character he made known in 2000. Due to his success in this work, he was contacted by Canal 13 to participate in the soap opera Piel canela; However, this production would mark the most critical point of a series of failures in the dramatic area of the chain. Only in 2003, Canal 13 ventured into a new drama, Males. Gonzalo Valenzuela acquired one of the leading roles of the novel as Adam Mercader, one of the sons of a macho and manipulative man who had sexual trauma. After the great success of the soap opera, in 2004 he participated in Hippie, but it did not have the expected results. During the same date, he set up the play Splendid's with several friends like Benjamín Vicuña and Diego Muñoz, being directed by Felipe Hurtado. In Argentina, Valenzuela participated in some television works such as Doble vida and El tiempo no para. In cinema he starred in En la cama alongside Blanca Lewin, being critically acclaimed. After several years away from television prominence, he was reintegrated at the end of 2006 to the cast of the Chilean adaptation of Montecristo and later, in the middle of 2007, return to Canal 13 and star in Lola sharing roles with Lewin again. Valenzuela joined some Argentine soap operas like Botineras and Un año para recordar. On 15 December 2012, Valenzuela debuted as an Amateur Boxer and beat Gonzalo Bevacqua by points. In 2013, he returns to Chile, where he also signed a two-year contract with TVN. During 2015, he changed the television station to Mega, where he played the role of Bruno Montt in the 20:00 TV series Dad drifting; sharing roles with María Gracia Omegna, Francisca Imboden, Claudio Arredondo, Simón Pesutic, Ignacio Achurra, among other leading Chilean actors. The television series was premiered with great success on 25 May of that year, where he led in tune during his broadcast schedule, imposing himself on his TVN competition, Matriarcas. In 2016 he participated in the TV series Ámbar where Valenzuela was the protagonist playing Dany, driver of the school van that will transport Ámbar. In 2018 he participates in Si yo fuera rico playing Miguel "Micky" Zunino.

Filmography

Theater
Year Title Character Director Theater
1999 Miss Patria Moira Miller
2000–2001 Sinvergüenzas "El Manguera" Liliana Ross
2002 Eduardo II Lancaster Jorge López Centro Cultural 602
2004 Splendid's Ritton Felipe Hurtado Matucana 100
2011 La celebración Mikel Luis Romero Teatro Lola Membrives

Television
Year Title Character Channel
2000 Romané Garzón TVN
2001 Piel canela Bruno Montenegro Canal 13
2003 Machos Adán Mercader Canal 13
2004 Hippie Cristóbal Plaza Canal 13
2004–2005 Tentación Gabriel Ortiz Canal 13
2005 Doble vida Álex Casanova América TV
2006 El tiempo no para Ignacio Ferrari Canal 9
2006–2007 Montecristo Santiago Diáz Herrera Mega
2007 Lola Diego Martínez Canal 13
2008 Mala Conducta Nataniel Bello Chilevisión
2008 Huaiquimán y Tolosa Detective Vicente Andrade Canal 13
2009–2010 Botineras Nino Paredes Telefe
2011 Un año para recordar Mariano Ocampo Telefe
2011 Maltratadas Joaquín Aguirre América TV
2011 Historias de la primera vez Rodrigo América TV
2012 Soltera otra vez Santiago Schmidt Canal 13
2012–2013 Sos mi hombre Alejo "Cheto" Correa Luna Canal 13
2013 Socias Álvaro Cárdenas TVN
2014 No abras la puerta Juan Pablo Olavarria Jarpa TVN
2015 Dad Adrift Bruno Montt Mega
2016 Ámbar Daniel Marambio Mega
2017 Las Estrellas (telenovela) Manuel Eizaguirre Canal 13
2018 Si yo fuera rico Miguel Zunino Mega

Movies
Year Movie Character Director
2002 Fragmentos urbanos Clemente Claudia Menéndez
2003 Hong Kong Juan
2003 XS, la peor talla "Máquina" Miranda Jorge López Sotomayor
2006 En la cama Bruno Matías Bize
2007 Normal con alas Bautista González Coca Gómez
2009 Perfidia Gus Rodrigo Bellot
2009 Olvídame Aldo Paparella
2009 Nunca estuviste tan adorable Mausi Martínez
2012 Sal Héctor Diego Rougier
2013 Todos Contentos Javi Eduardo Milewicz
2013 El amor a veces Eduardo Milewicz
2015 El Club Gonzalo Pablo Larraín
2016 Artax Leonardo Diego Corsini
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References
  1. Primicias Ya. "El escándalo del año: Gonzalo Valenzuela se fue de su casa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  2. "Gonzalo Valenzuela debutó como boxeador con un triunfo". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2012.
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