| Roberto Poblete | |
| Birth Name: | Roberto Fortunato Poblete Zapata |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Los Ángeles, Chile |
| Occupation: | Actor, presenter, politician |
| Years Active: | 1976–present |
Roberto Fortunato Poblete Zapata (Los Ángeles, January 8, 1955) is a Chilean actor, director, teacher, presenter, announcer and politician. He is known for having participated in several television series on Canal 13 and Chilevisión. He served as a deputy for Los Angeles from 2014 to 2018.
Roberto Poblete was born in the city of Los Angeles in 1955. His parents are Fortunato Poblete and María Zapata from Quillón and Mulchén respectively. He studied at the German Lyceum in the city of Los Angeles.
He studied at the School of Communication Arts at the Catholic University of Chile. He graduated as an actor in 1979 with the thesis Relationships in the construction of the character.
He is a candidate for a Master of Arts, with a Mention in Theater Directing, from the University of Chile.
He has acted in numerous plays such as Dreams of bad death (1982), Spring with a broken corner (1984), The clowns of hope, Our father who are in bed (2002), Dreams of memory (2004), Squatting (2005) —for which he was nominated for Altazor 2006—, El grito (2006), Atascados en la Salala (2009), Nice country corner with a sea view (2010), Get up and run (2011) and Someone has to stop (2013).
He has also dedicated himself to the theatrical direction of various productions such as We were all going to be queens, Three nights on a Saturday and The King arrives.
He has done extensive teaching work at various universities in the country, including the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, UNIACC and Universidad de Santiago de Chile. He was the director and founder of the theater career at the Bolivarian University of Los Angeles.
In cinema, he participated in the feature films Sexto A (1985) and Dos mujeres en la ciudad (1990), both by Claudio di Girólamo; La estación del regreso (1987) of Leo Kocking; La historia de un roble solo (1982) and La luna en el espejo (1990), both by Silvio Caiozzi; País de octubre (1990) by Daniel de la Vega; and Cuestión de ubicación of Luciano Tarifeño.
He has acted in various telenovelas such as Villa Los Aromos (1981), Los títeres (1984), La última cruz, Cerro Alegre, Marrón Glacé (1993), El amor está de moda (1995), and Marparaíso (1998) . He has also participated in television series such as Crónicas de un hombre santo (1990), La patrulla del desierto (1993) and Casados (2005); and in various children's and comedy programs, such as El desjueves, De Chincol a Jote, a program where he popularized the section "Humbertito y Gaspar" with Cristián García-Huidobro, Vamos Chile, El tiempo es oro, among others.[1] [2] [3] [4]
In the 2013 parliamentary elections, he ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for the 47th district, which includes, among other places, the city of Los Angeles, supported by the Socialist Party of Chile. He obtained 12.96% of the votes, remaining thirdly, but being elected due to the Binomial voting. He took office on March 11, 2014. He is a member of the permanent commissions on Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples; Economy, Development; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Consumer Protection and Tourism; and Culture, Arts and Communications.
He sought to once again integrate the Chamber of Deputies, this time for the new 21st district, in the 2017 parliamentary elections. He obtained 12,309 votes, equivalent to 6.46%, not being re-elected.[5]
| Telenovelas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Telenovelas | Role | Channel |
| 1977 | La colorina | Richard Varela | TVN |
| 1981 | Villa Los Aromos | Sergio del Río | |
| 1984 | Los títeres | Bruno Cañas | Canal 13 |
| 1985 | Matrimonio de papel | Mauricio Poblete | |
| 1986 | Secreto de familia | Carvajal | |
| 1987 | La última cruz | Ulises | |
| 1988 | Vivir así | Richard | |
| 1989 | La intrusa | Segundo | |
| 1990 | ¿Te Conté? | Pedro | |
| 1993 | Marrón Glacé | Néstor | |
| 1994 | Champaña | Leonardo | |
| 1995 | El amor está de moda | Aristóteles Sepúlveda / Vittorio Valentini | |
| 1996 | Marrón Glacé, el regreso | Néstor | |
| 1997 | Eclipse de luna | Dante O'Neal | |
| 1998 | Marparaíso | Gregorio Leal | |
| 1999 | Cerro Alegre | Capitán Memo Méndez | |
| 2001 | Corazón pirata | Yamil Saud | |
| 2009 | Sin anestesia | Domingo Quiñones | Chilevisión |
| 2010 | Mujeres de lujo | Víctor Tapia | |
| 2011 | Infiltradas | Luis Alegría | |