Francisco Javier Puelles Gana (born December 4, 1984) is a

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an actor,

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worker and television personality best known as "Chapu" because of his role in ''

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'' and ''

Circo de estrellas ''Circo de estrellas'', is the Chilean adaptation of an Australian TV program '' Celebrity Circus'' broadcast by the Australian Nine Network. It is based on learning and performing circus skills. The Chilean version of the program was announced in ...

'' being the Winner of both

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s. Also Puelles has his own circus named ''Universal Circus: El circo de Chapu'', inaugurated in

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, Chile.

Television

Chapu was an actor in ''Pasiones'' in 2008. In 2009 he worked in ''

'' being the winner of the first season, and winner of the second season, he won 5 millions of pesos chilenos for each season. He was a competitor in Season 3 and 4. Puelles is one of the most popular competitors of the show. He was the winner of ''

'' in 2010. He acted in the series ''Amores de Calle'' as ''Antonio'' in the

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, later as ''Diego'' with his girlfriend

Catalina Vallejos Catalina Alejandra Vallejos Sepúlveda (born October 10, 1989) is a Chilean model and for winning Miss ATP in 2009 and ''Calle 7'' in 2010 and 2011. She also had a minor role on the telenovela '' Témpano'' (2011) and was a cast member on ''Aquí ...

. Puelles has two songs, "Afortunado" (2009) and "Mejor soltero" (2010). Also Puelles has his own circus named ''Universal Circus: El circo de Chapu'', inaugurated in

, Chile. In ''Calle 7'' he did his own docu-reality. In 2010 Puelles was the winner of the ''Corrida Brooks'' in

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"Chapu wins Corrida Brooks"
In 2010 Puelles worked for '' Buenos Días a Todos'' (show host by

Felipe Camiroaga Felipe Humberto Camiroaga Fernández (8 October 1966 – 2 September 2011) was a Chilean television presenter, actor and comedian, one of the most popular in his country. Camiroaga hosted many shows for Chilean television station TVN, includin ...

and

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). For this job, he traveled to

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in USA with

Maite Orsini Maite Orsini Pascal (born February 23, 1988 in Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most dense ...

Filmography

* ''Pasiones'' (2008) * ''

'' (2009–2010) * ''

Circo de estrellas (Chile) ''Circo de estrellas'', is the Chilean adaptation of an Australian TV program '' Celebrity Circus'' broadcast by the Australian Nine Network. It is based on learning and performing circus skills. The Chilean version of the program was announced in ...

'' (2010) * ''Amores de Calle'' (2010) * ''El docu de Chapu'' (2010) * ''Buenos Días a Todos'' (2010) * ''Témpano'' (2011) * ''Pobre Rico'' (2012-2013) * ''Somos los carmona'' (2013-2014) * ''Pituca sin lucas'' (2014-2015) * ''Pobre Gallo'' (2016) * ''Tranquilo papá'' (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapu 1984 births Living people Chilean male film actors Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Chilean male actors