Benjamín Alfonso (born 24 May 1984) is an Argentine actor, writer and industrial designer. He rose to the fame in 2013, playing Axel Piñeiro in the series ''

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''. In 2015, he gained more popularity for its guest role in the miniseries ''

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'' as Juani y ''

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'' (2016) as Martin "Tincho" Massey, both aired in

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Early life

Alfonso was born on 22 May 1984 in San Isidro,

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where he grew up with his six siblings. He worked in a printing Barracas and lived a while in

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and

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where he took up

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, there he worked as a gardener and bartender to pay for all his expenses. In 2006, Alfonso made his first public appearance starring in a commercial for

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. At the age of 22, his psychologist had recommended that he should take theater lessons, after this advice he pursued the career of

Industrial Engineering Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex process (engineering), processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, kno ...

but went on to study

Industrial Design Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advan ...

from which he received and began to venture into his acting career debuting on the El trece series '' Enseñame a vivir''.

Career

He began his career as a model with the agency ''Multitalent Agency'', making several photographic productions for different magazines and campaigns to

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y Herencia; among other. Then he made his debut as an actor in 2012, participating in soap operas as ''

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'' and ''

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'', both aired by

y en ''

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'', aired by El trece. In 2013, Alfonso is persuaded by a producer with whom he played football to appear in the musical youth series ''

'' aired in the TV Pública playing Axel Piñeiro an egomaniac, cynical and very competitive guy. He also made the publicity of Twistos with Nicole Luis and for the drink Bretaña.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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