# 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 and Gramado film festivals.

## 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. 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 [es]. A great theatrical success of his was Nadie es profeta en su espejo, by Jorge Díaz [es], 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. 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 [es], Machuca, Gente decente [es], and Los Debutantes. 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.
He has served as a juror for the Caleuche Awards, and hosted their first ceremony in 2016.

## Awards

* 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival Best Actor award for A Cab for Three
* 2002 Gramado Film Festival Best Actor award for A Cab for Three
* 2012 Altazor Award for Best Actor for Los archivos del cardenal

## Filmography
### Films

* Historia de lagartos (1989)
* El cobrador (1994)
* The Sentimental Teaser (1999)
* Mi famosa desconocida [es] (2000) – Pato
* A Cab for Three (2001) – Ulises Morales
* Un ladrón y su mujer [es] (2001) – Luis Bahamondes
* Tres noches de un sábado (2002)
* Los Debutantes (2003) – Don Pascual
* Subterra [es] (2003) – Eduardo
* El juego de Arcibel (2003)
* El tesoro de los caracoles [es] (2004)
* Gente decente [es] (2004) – Ernesto
* Machuca (2004) - Willy
* Fuga (2006)
* La Recta Provincia (2007) – Celoso
* The Toast (2007) – Rubén
* Mansacue (2008) – Denizen 1
* Desde el corazón [es] (2009)
* Súper, todo Chile adentro [es] (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)

### Telenovelas

| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
| 1986 | Ángel malo [es] | Ricardo Álvarez | Canal 13 |
| 1997 | Rossabella [es] | Aníbal Lizana | Mega |
| 2003 | Machos | Víctor Benavides | Canal 13 |
| 2004 | Hippie [es] | Pedro Leiva | Canal 13 |
| 2004 | Tentación [es] | Rafael Santelices | Canal 13 |
| 2005 | Brujas | Gregorio "Goyo" Sánchez | Canal 13 |
| 2006 | Descarado [es] | Baltazar Garretón | Canal 13 |
| 2007 | Papi Ricky | Máximo Tapia | Canal 13 |
| 2007 | Lola [es] | Giovanni Báscoli | Canal 13 |
| 2009 | Cuenta conmigo [es] | Miguel Sermiento | Canal 13 |
| 2009 | Corazón rebelde | Raúl Santander | Canal 13 |
| 2010 | Martín Rivas | Fidel Elías | TVN |
| 2010 | Primera Dama | Facundo Madrid | Canal 13 |
| 2012 | Soltera otra vez | Doctor Vasconcellos | Canal 13 |
| 2013 | Las Vega's | Carlos Vega | Canal 13 |
| 2014 | Secretos en el jardín | Roberto Soto | Canal 13 |
| 2016 | Veinteañero a los 40 | Alberto "Tito" Guerra | Canal 13 |
| 2016 | El camionero | Orlando Cantillana | TVN |
| 2017 | Dime quién fue [es] | Roberto Muñoz | TVN |

### TV series and specials

| Year | Title | Role | Channel |
| 2002 | La vida es una lotería [es] | Lucho | TVN |
| 2007 | Dinastía Sa-Sá [es] | Gregorio "Goyo" Sánchez | Canal 13 |
| 2007 | Héroes | Carlos Rodríguez | Canal 13 |
| 2007 | Casado con hijos | Animador del programa | Mega |
| 2010 | Réquiem de Chile | General René Schneider | Canal 13 |
| 2010 | Volver a mí [es] | Vladimir Toledo | Canal 13 |
| 2011 | Los archivos del cardenal | Carlos Pedregal | TVN |
| 2012 | Vida por vida [es] | Dr. Pedro Miño | Canal 13 |
| 2012 | El diario secreto de una profesional [es] | Andrés | TVN |
| 2012 | Infieles [es] | Moisés | Chilevisión |
| 2012 | Cobre [es] | Víctor Serrano | Mega |
| 2012 | Solita camino [es] | Simón Rodríguez | Mega |
| 2013 | Malandras | Pedro | VTR |
| 2014 | La canción de tu vida [es] | Rubén Muñoz | TVN |
| 2014 | Centro de alumnos | Invitado | Mega |
| 2014 | Familia moderna | Pelado Arancibia | Mega |
| 2014 | Sudamerican Rockers [es] | Profesor | Chilevisión |
| 2015 | Sitiados [es] | Alejandro | TVN |
| 2015 | Juana Brava | Ambrosio Bravo | TVN |
| 2016 | Chico Reality | Rolando Cepeda | Mega |
| 2019–20 | Dignity | Mister Jiménez | Joyn, Mega |
| 2022 | Chromosome 21 | Rafael Santoro | Netflix, Canal 13 |

### 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