| Birth Name: | Bastián Lorenzo Bodenhöfer Alexander |
| Birth Date: | July 1, 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Occupation: | Actor |
Bastián Lorenzo Bodenhöfer Alexander (Santiago, July 1, 1961) is a Chilean actor, theater director, musician and cultural manager. He served as cultural attaché of the Chile embassy in France between 2000 and 2002, during the government of president Ricardo Lagos. Bodenhöfer established himself as a renowned actor in the telenovela Ángel Malo in 1986. During the 1990s, due to his physical attractiveness, his solid presence and his talent, he became the highest paid male lead in Televisión Nacional de Chile.[1]
He is the son of the German-Chilean Jew composer Leni Alexander. He also studied in the Conservatoire de Paris where he developed as a saxophone and clarinet player. His brother, Andreas, is also a composer and his niece Miranda Bodenhöfer an actress and dancer. Bodenhöfer was married to Consuelo Holzapfel (1983–1991) with whom he had two children; Damián Bodenhöfer and Maira Bodenhöfer, both actors. He also was married to Aline Küppenheim (2000–2006) and had a son called Ian Bodenhöfer.
| Film | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Character | Director | |
| 1987 | Sussi | Nelson | Gonzalo Justiniano | |
| 1988 | Imagen latente | Pedro | Pablo Perelman | |
| 1994 | Los náufragos | Matías | Miguel Littín | |
| 1999 | Last Call | Miguel | Christine Lucas | |
| 2004 | Infieles | Carlos | Christine Lucas | |
| Inportunición | Ricardo | Luis Echavarri | ||
| 2007 | Radio Corazón | Jorge Covarrubias | Roberto Artiagoitía | |
| 2013 | El verano de los peces voladores | Carlos | Marcela Said | |
| The Dance of Reality | Alejandro Jodorowsky | |||
| 2014 | Álvaro de Aránguiz | |||
| 2016 | Poesía sin fin | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | Alejandro Jodorowsky | |
| 2023 | Prison in the Andes | Miguel Krassnoff | Felipe Carmona | |
| Telenovela | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Telenovela | Character | Type | Channel | |
| 1981 | La madrastra | Boris | Especial | Canal 13 | |
| Ignacio | |||||
| 1982 | La gran mentira | Eduardo Echaurren | Papel principal | TVN | |
| 1983 | El juego de la vida | Agustín "Cucho" Ramírez | Secundario | ||
| 1984 | La represa | Marcelo Álvarez | |||
| 1985 | Matrimonio de papel | Rodrigo Dellany | Papel principal | Canal 13 | |
| 1986 | Ángel malo | Roberto Álvarez | |||
| 1987 | Mi nombre es Lara | Pablo Mondetti | TVN | ||
| 1988 | Semidiós | Alejandro "Alex" García | Canal 13 | ||
| 1989 | Bravo | Eduardo Rivas | |||
| 1990 | ¿Te conté? | Leonardo "Leo" Donoso | |||
| 1991 | Ellas por ellas | Mario Cáceres | |||
| 1992 | Trampas y caretas | Luis Felipe Fabres | TVN | ||
| 1993 | Ámame | Luciano Rivarosa | |||
| 1994 | Rojo y miel | Rodrigo Carvajal | |||
| 1995 | Juegos de fuego | Lucas Pereira | |||
| 1996 | Loca piel | Guillermo Carter | |||
| 1997 | Tic tac | Tomás Barcelona | |||
| 1999 | Aquelarre | Ignacio Pastene | |||
| 2000 | Santo ladrón | Jacinto Algarañaz | |||
| 2006 | Montecristo | Horacio Díaz-Herrera | Especial | Mega | |
| 2007 | Fortunato | Emilio Uriarte | Papel principal | ||
| 2009 | Cuenta conmigo | Camilo Sarmiento | Canal 13 | ||
| 2010 | Conde Vrolok | Barón Lucio Martino | Especial | TVN | |
| 40 y Tantos | Gaspar Mellado | Secundario | |||
| 2011 | El Laberinto de Alicia | Baltazar Andrade | |||
| Su nombre es Joaquín | Raúl Sanfuentes | ||||
| 2014 | Valió la pena | Raimundo Montes | Canal 13 | ||
| 2015 | Matriarcas | Iván Santolini | Especial | TVN | |
| 2016 | El camionero | Felipe Cienfuegos | Secundario | ||
| 2019 | Amar a morir | Hernán "Nano" Palacios | |||
| TV series | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Serie | Role | Channel |
| 1992 | Estrictamente sentimental | Hernán Cox | TVN |
| 2004 | Geografía del deseo | Javier Álvarez | TVN |
| 2004–2006 | José Luis Orrego | TVN | |
| 2005 | Gerardo | TVN | |
| Loco por ti | Paulo Selman | TVN | |
| Los Simuladores | Mario Santos | Canal 13 | |
| 2007 | Héroes | Ignacio de la Carrera | Canal 13 |
| 2008–2009 | El blog de la Feña | Roberto McGellar | Canal 13 |
| 2012 | Cobre | William Blake | Mega |
| 2013 | Bim bam bum | Danny Key | TVN |
| 2014 | El hombre de tu vida | Manuel | Canal 13 |
| Los 80 (episode 69) | Enrique | Canal 13 | |
| 2015 | Los años dorados | Agustín Martínez | UCV |
| 2020 | El Presidente | Policía | Amazon Prime Video |
| Los Carcamales | Canal 13 | ||