Bastián Lorenzo Bodenhöfer Alexander (

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, 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

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. 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

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Personal life

He is the son of the German-Chilean Jew composer

Leni Alexander Leni Alexander (8 June 1924 – 7 August 2005) was a German-Chilean composer. Biography Helene Alexander Pollak was born in Breslau, in Lower Silesia (now Wrocław, Poland), and her family lived in Hamburg and then emigrated to Chile in 1939 to ...

. He also studied in the

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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. Bodenhofer was married to

Consuelo Holzapfel María Consuelo Holzapfel Ossa (Valdivia Valdivia (; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluen ...

(1983–1991) with whom he had two children; Damián Bodenhöfer and Maira Bodenhöfer, both actors. He also was married to

Aline Küppenheim Aline Adriana Küppenheim Gualtieri (born 10 August 1969) is a Chilean actress. Biography and career Born to a French father and a Chilean mother, Kuppenheim spent his early years traveling around different parts of Europe as a result of his ...

(2000–2006) and had a son called Ian Bodenhofer.

Filmography

TV shows

Telenovelas

TV series

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodenhofer, Bastian 1961 births Chilean male television actors Chilean male film actors Chilean people of German-Jewish descent Chilean Jews Living people Male actors from Santiago 20th-century Chilean male actors 21st-century Chilean male actors Cultural attachés