Benjamín Vicuña Luco (born 29 November 1978) is a Chilean actor and entrepreneur.

Biography

Vicuña was born November 29, 1978 to father Juan Pablo Vicuña Parot and mother Isabel Luco Morandé. He is a descendant of

Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna (August 25, 1831 – January 25, 1886) was a Chilean writer, journalist, historian and politician. Vicuña Mackenna was of Irish and Basque descent. Biography Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna was born in Santiago, the ...

, a Chilean historian and politician of Basque and Irish descent. He studied theatre at the University of Chile. Vicuña founded the

Centro Mori The Centro Mori or Centro Cultural Mori (''Mori Cultural Center'') is a cultural project founded in Santiago, Chile by actors Gonzalo Valenzuela and Benjamín Vicuña, together with their partner Cristóbal Vial. The center is located in Barrio Be ...

and has been appointed as a "goodwill ambassador" of

UNICEF UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ...

Chile in 2008. Vicuña was in a relationship with

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model

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from 2005 to 2015, and the couple has four children together; one daughter, Blanca (2006-2012) and three sons, Bautista (born in 2008), Beltrán (born in 2012) and Benicio (born in 2014). He has been in a relationship with Argentine actress

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since 2015, and the couple has two children together: daughter Magnolia (born in 2018) and son Amancio (born in 2020).

Filmography

Television

Awards

Nominations

* 2013 Martín Fierro Awards ** Best actor of daily drama

References

External links

* * 1978 births Chilean male film actors Chilean male telenovela actors Chilean male television actors Chilean people of Basque descent Chilean people of Irish descent Living people Male actors from Santiago University of Chile alumni Benjamin Vicuña Luco

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