{{short description|Chilean actor and voice actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Alejandro Trejo | image = Premios Caleuche 2019 - 2019-01-22 - 43.jpg | alt = | caption = 2019 | birth_name = Alejandro Edmundo Trejo Zapata | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|08|08|df=yes}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = | children = | awards = Altazor Award (2012) | alma_mater = }} '''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<ref name=Manila>{{Cite news |url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2002/08/12/92227/taxi-para-tres-premiada-en-festival-cine-de-manila.html |title='Taxi para tres' premiada en Festival Cine de Manila |trans-title='A Cab for Three' Premieres at the Manila Film Festival |work=El Mercurio |agency=EFE |location=Manila |language=es |date=12 August 2002 |access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> and Gramado film festivals.<ref name=Gramado>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/cultura/alejandro-trejo-gano-el-premio-a-mejor-actor-del-festival-de-gramado-en/2002-08-18/104100.html |title=Alejandro Trejo ganó el premio a mejor actor del Festival de Gramado en Brasil |trans-title=Alejandro Trejo Wins the Best Actor Award of the Gramado Festival in Brazil |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |language=es |date=18 August 2002 |access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.revistanos.cl/2011/08/alejandro-trejo-%E2%80%9Cla-reconstruccion-es-urgente-y-si-la-cultura-debe-esperar-tendra-que-esperar%E2%80%9D/ |title=Alejandro Trejo: 'La reconstrucción es urgente, y si la cultura debe esperar, tendrá que esperar' |trans-title=Alejandro Trejo: 'The Reconstruction is Urgent, and If the Culture Has to Wait, it Will Have to Wait' |first=Nicolás |last=Sánchez |work=Revista Nos |language=es |date=August 2011 |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515185128/http://www.revistanos.cl/2011/08/alejandro-trejo-%E2%80%9Cla-reconstruccion-es-urgente-y-si-la-cultura-debe-esperar-tendra-que-esperar%E2%80%9D/ |archive-date=15 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 {{Interlanguage link|Benjamín Galemiri|es}}. A great theatrical success of his was ''Nadie es profeta en su espejo'', by {{Interlanguage link|Jorge Díaz (playwright)|es|Jorge Díaz (dramaturgo)|lt=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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20070501/pags/20070501195921.html |title=Alejandro Trejo aprende a matar como militar |trans-title=Alejandro Trejo Learns to Kill as a Soldier |first=Rodrigo |last=Alvarado E. |work=La Nación |language=es |date=2 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730000459/http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20070501/pags/20070501195921.html |archive-date=30 July 2009 |url-status = dead|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> 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'', ''{{Interlanguage link|Subterra|es|Subterra (película)}}'', ''Machuca'', ''{{Interlanguage link|Gente decente|es}}'', and ''Los Debutantes''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.premioaltazor.cl/alejandro-trejo-taxi-para-tres/ |title=Alejandro Trejo |publisher=Altazor Award |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423071731/http://www.premioaltazor.cl/alejandro-trejo-taxi-para-tres/ |archive-date=23 April 2009 |url-status = dead|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id={625e66bf-616f-4516-93eb-fc7e5645444b} |title=Taxi para Trejo |trans-title=Taxi for Trejo |first=Francisco |last=Aravena F. |work=El Mercurio |language=es |date=2 August 2001 |access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>
He has served as a juror for the Caleuche Awards, and hosted their first ceremony in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/ciudad/2016/01/26/amparo-noguera-gana-dos-galardones-en-primera-version-de-los-premios-caleuche/ |title=Amparo Noguera gana dos galardones en primera versión de los Premios Caleuche |trans-title=Amparo Noguera Wins Two Awards at the First Edition of the Caleuche Awards |work=El Mostrador |language=es |date=26 January 2016 |access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>
== Awards == * 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival Best Actor award for ''A Cab for Three''<ref name=Manila/> * 2002 Gramado Film Festival Best Actor award for ''A Cab for Three''<ref name=Gramado/> * 2012 Altazor Award for Best Actor for ''Los archivos del cardenal''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/cultura/premios/altazor/alejandro-trejo-la-tv-saldo-una-deuda-con-el-pais-en-dd-hh/2012-05-08/225657.html |title=Alejandro Trejo: La TV saldó una deuda con el país en DD.HH |trans-title=Alejandro Trejo: TV Settled a Debt with the Country on Human Rights |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |language=es |date=8 May 2012 |access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Films === * ''Historia de lagartos'' (1989) * ''El cobrador'' (1994) * ''The Sentimental Teaser'' (1999) * ''{{Interlanguage link|Mi famosa desconocida|es}}'' (2000) – Pato * ''A Cab for Three'' (2001) – Ulises Morales * ''{{Interlanguage link|Un ladrón y su mujer|es}}'' (2001) – Luis Bahamondes * ''Tres noches de un sábado'' (2002) * ''Los Debutantes'' (2003) – Don Pascual * ''{{Interlanguage link|Subterra|es|Subterra (película)}}'' (2003) – Eduardo * ''El juego de Arcibel'' (2003) * ''{{Interlanguage link|El tesoro de los caracoles|es}}'' (2004) * ''{{Interlanguage link|Gente decente|es}}'' (2004) – Ernesto * ''Machuca'' (2004) - Willy * ''Fuga'' (2006) * ''La Recta Provincia'' (2007) – Celoso * ''The Toast'' (2007) – Rubén * ''Mansacue'' (2008) – Denizen 1 * ''{{Interlanguage link|Desde el corazón|es}}'' (2009) * ''{{Interlanguage link|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) * ''Thanks for Coming'' (2023) – Fabio
=== Telenovelas === {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Channel |- |1986 |''{{Interlanguage link|Ángel malo (Chilean telenovela)|es|Ángel malo (telenovela chilena)|lt=Ángel malo}}'' |Ricardo Álvarez |Canal 13 |- |1997 |''{{Interlanguage link|Rossabella|es}}'' |Aníbal Lizana |Mega |- |2003 |''Machos'' |Víctor Benavides |Canal 13 |- |rowspan="2"|2004 |''{{Interlanguage link|Hippie (TV series)|es|Hippie (telenovela)|lt=Hippie}}'' |Pedro Leiva |Canal 13 |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Tentación (telenovela)|es|lt=Tentación}}'' |Rafael Santelices |Canal 13 |- |2005 |''Brujas'' |Gregorio "Goyo" Sánchez |Canal 13 |- |2006 |''{{Interlanguage link|Descarado|es}}'' |Baltazar Garretón |Canal 13 |- |rowspan="2"|2007 |''Papi Ricky'' |Máximo Tapia |Canal 13 |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Lola (Chilean TV series)|es|Lola (serie de televisión)|lt=Lola}}'' |Giovanni Báscoli |Canal 13 |- |rowspan="2"|2009 |''{{Interlanguage link|Cuenta conmigo|es|Cuenta conmigo (telenovela)|lt=Cuenta conmigo}}'' |Miguel Sermiento |Canal 13 |- |''Corazón rebelde'' |Raúl Santander |Canal 13 |- |rowspan="2"|2010 |''Martín Rivas'' |Fidel Elías |TVN |- |''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 |- |rowspan="2"|2016 |''Veinteañero a los 40'' |Alberto "Tito" Guerra |Canal 13 |- |''El camionero'' |Orlando Cantillana |TVN |- |2017 |''{{Interlanguage link|Dime quién fue|es}}'' |Roberto Muñoz |TVN |- |2025 |''El jardín de Olivia'' |Luis Emilio Walker |Mega |}
=== TV series and specials === {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Channel |- |2002 |''{{Interlanguage link|La vida es una lotería|es}}'' |Lucho | TVN |- |rowspan="3"|2007 |''{{Interlanguage link|Dinastía Sa-Sá|es|Dinastía Sa-Sá (serie de televisión)}}'' |Gregorio "Goyo" Sánchez | Canal 13 |- |''Héroes'' |Carlos Rodríguez | Canal 13 |- |''Casado con hijos'' |Animador del programa | Mega |- |rowspan="2"|2010 |''Réquiem de Chile'' |General René Schneider | Canal 13 |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Volver a mí|es}}'' |Vladimir Toledo | Canal 13 |- |2011 |''Los archivos del cardenal'' |Carlos Pedregal | TVN |- |rowspan="5"|2012 |''{{Interlanguage link|Vida por vida (Chilean TV series)|es|Vida por vida (serie de televisión)|lt=Vida por vida}}'' |Dr. Pedro Miño | Canal 13 |- |''{{Interlanguage link|El diario secreto de una profesional|es}}'' |Andrés | TVN |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Infieles|es|Infieles (serie de televisión)}}'' |Moisés | Chilevisión |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Cobre (TV series)|es|Cobre (serie de televisión)|lt=Cobre}}'' |Víctor Serrano | Mega |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Solita camino|es}}'' |Simón Rodríguez | Mega |- |rowspan="1"|2013 |''Malandras'' |Pedro | VTR |- |rowspan="4"|2014 |''{{Interlanguage link|La canción de tu vida|es}}'' |Rubén Muñoz | TVN |- |''Centro de alumnos'' |Invitado | Mega |- |''Familia moderna'' |Pelado Arancibia | Mega |- |''{{Interlanguage link|Sudamerican Rockers|es}}'' |Profesor | Chilevisión |- |rowspan="2"|2015 |''{{Interlanguage link|Sitiados (TV series)|es|Sitiados (serie de televisión)|lt=Sitiados}}'' |Alejandro | TVN |- |''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
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