# Claudio Arredondo

Claudio Alejandro Marcelo Arredondo Medina (born 29 November 1962, in Santiago) is a Chilean film, theater and television actor and politician.

## Acting career

He studied at the Fernando González Acting Academy.
He began his career in 1982 on the television series De cara al mañana on Televisión Nacional de Chile. The same year he emigrated to Canal 13 to be part of the successful novels Los títeres and Ángel malo. After a time away by a veto, he returns to Canal 13 to be part of Viviendo así.
In the late 1980s, he founded the "Teatro de la Esquina" which was showing plays for school children. The theater had to close in 2000.
From 1989 to 2010 he was part of the Dramatic Area of TVN, participating in supporting roles in the telenovelas A la sombra del angel, Aquelarre, Amores de mercado, Los treinta, Alguien te mira and Los Ángeles de Estela, among others. Arredondo is widely known for his multiple collaborations with director María Eugenia Rencoret.
He starred in the hit 2005 series Heredia y Asociados, for which he received the Altazor Award for Best Television Actor in the 2006 issue.
In 2011, after 22 years, he returns to Channel 13 to be one of the protagonists of Peleles.
In 2015 he emigrated to the Mega Dramatic Area to participate in the television series Papá a la deriva.
He made his film debut in the medium-length film Ángeles by Tatiana Gaviola. He has also been a part of the films Negocio redondo, Matar a todos y Casa de remolienda.

## Political career

He appeared in the municipal elections of Chile in 2012 where he was elected councilor of the commune of La Florida (Greater Santiago) for the period 2012–2016 as an independent supported by the Christian Democratic Party of Chile. He ran again for councilor in the period 2016–2020, and was re-elected.

## Personal life

He is the son of actress Gabriela Medina and her first husband, although he took the surname of her adoptive father, also actor César Arredondo.
In 1986 he married the actress and current deputy Carolina Marzán, with whom he is the father of the actress Carolina Arredondo.
In the 1990s he had a relationship with actress Marcela Stangher with whom he is the father of María José.
In 2012 he married the actress Ana Luz Figueroa. They are both parents of Teo.

## Filmography
### Films

* Ángeles (1988) – Antonio
* Negocio redondo (2001)
* Matar a todos (2007)
* Casa de remolienda (2007) – Oscar Badilla
* Ema (2019)
* My Brothers Dream Awake (2021) – Attorney

### Telenovelas

Telenovelas :
| Year | Telenovela | Role | Channel |
| 1982 | De cara al mañana | Sergio Carrasco | TVN |
| 1982 | Bienvenido Hermano Andes | Patricio Villarroel | Canal 13 |
| 1984 | Los títeres | Lorenzo | Canal 13 |
| 1986 | Ángel Malo | Luis Oyarzo | Canal 13 |
| 1988 | Vivir Así | Junior Mora | Canal 13 |
| 1989 | A la sombra del ángel | Ismael Castro | TVN |
| 1990 | El milagro de vivir | Patricio Moraga | TVN |
| 1991 | Volver a empezar | Patricio Moure | TVN |
| 1994 | Rojo y Miel | Manuel | TVN |
| 1997 | Tic Tac | Antonio "Toño" Rojas | TVN |
| 1998 | Borrón y cuenta nueva | Ulises Carvajal | TVN |
| 1999 | Aquelarre | Benito Aranza | TVN |
| 2000 | Santo ladrón | Braulio Gómez | TVN |
| 2001 | Amores de mercado | Basilio Concha | TVN |
| 2002 | Purasangre | Antonio "Toño" Véliz | TVN |
| 2003 | Pecadores | Eleuterio Carrasco | TVN |
| 2004 | Destinos cruzados | Topo Salgado | TVN |
| 2005 | Los treinta | Andrés Barraza | TVN |
| 2005 | Versus | Clemente Fuentealba | TVN |
| 2006 | Floribella | Raúl Carrasco | TVN |
| 2007 | Alguien te mira | Pedro Pablo Peñafiel | TVN |
| 2007 | Amor por accidente | Manuel Pacheco | TVN |
| 2008 | Hijos del Monte | Efraín Mardones | TVN |
| 2009 | Los Ángeles de Estela | Samuel Rocha "Samuel Samuel" | TVN |
| 2010 | La familia de al lado | Nibaldo González | TVN |
| 2011 | Peleles | Tito Jara | Canal 13 |
| 2013 | Las Vegas | Germán Soto | Canal 13 |
| 2013 | Secretos en el Jardín | Braulio Hernández | Canal 13 |
| 2014 | Valió la pena | Juan Roca "Johnny Rock" | Canal 13 |
| 2015 | Papá a la deriva | Queno Padilla | Mega |
| 2016 | Ámbar | Rogelio Pino | Mega |
| 2017 | Perdona nuestros pecados | Padre Esteban Madrid | Mega |
| 2018 | Si yo fuera rico | Compadre Inostroza | Mega |
| 2019 | Juegos de poder | Matias Bennet | Mega |
| 2021 | Edificio Corona | | Mega |
| 2024 | Nuevo amores de mercado | Clinton Midesraub | Mega |

### TV Series

TV series :
| Year | Produccion | Role | Channel |
| 1998 | Mi abuelo, mi nana y yo | Ladrón | TVN |
| 1998 | Cuentos Chilenos | Carlos Romeral | TVN |
| 2004 | La vida es una lotería | Ángel | TVN |
| 2005 | Heredia y asociados | Ernesto Heredia | TVN |
| 2005 | Tiempo final: en tiempo real | Rafael | TVN |
| 2006 | El día menos pensado | Patricio | TVN |
| 2008 | Aída | | TVN |
| 2010 | La Tirana | Rufiño | TVN |
| 2011 | Cesante | Rolando Cuevas | CHV |
| 2013 | El hombre de tu vida | Agustín | Canal 13 |
| 2013 | Los 80 | Manuel | Canal 13 |
| 2015 | Príncipes de barrio | Germán Vicencio | Canal 13 |
| 2017 | Neruda | | Mega |
| 2017 | Los Buenos Cabros | El Padre | Equipo TV |
| 2020 | Historias de cuarentena | Roberto | Mega |

### Theatre plays
#### As actor

* A la cabeza del ganado
* Trilogía Equipo
* Te llamas Rosicler
* Ardiente paciencia
* Idiota
* Nuestras mujeres
* Revueltos
* Entre amigos
* Tres noches de un sábado
* Pancho Villa
* Confesiones del pene
* Excusas
* Adela, la mal Pagá
* Por la razón o la fuerza
* Todos tenemos problemas sexuales
* El cepillo de dientes
* Háblame de Laura
* Stand up

#### As director

* El Soldadito de Plomo
* Acaloradas
* ¿Dónde estará la Jeannette?
* Duros
* Aniversario
* Misterio gozoso