Christian Dietrich Meier Zender (born 17 June 1970) is a Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America, the US Hispanic market, and around the Spanish-speaking world.
Biography
Meier was born in
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...
, Peru, the youngest of four siblings. He is the son of
Gladys Zender,
Miss Universe 1957
Miss Universe 1957, the 6th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 19 July 1957 in Long Beach, California, United States. In this pageant, 32 contestants competed. Gladys Zender of Peru won the competition, becoming the first Latin American woman to ...
, and Antonio Meier, a Peruvian politician who in 2006 was elected mayor of the Lima district of San Isidro. He has two older sisters and one older brother: Sibylle Meier Zender, Karina Meier Zender, and Antonio Meier Zender.
Raised in the Roman Catholic faith, Christian
Meier studied at the Miraflores Maristas School, a
Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic religious institute of brothers. In 1817, St. Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from France, founded the Marist Brothe ...
congregation school. After finishing high school he studied Graphic Design graduating in early 1992.
Career
Musician
In 1987, he formed the popular Peruvian alternative-rock band
Arena Hash
Arena Hash was a Peruvian rock band. The band originated from the early "Paranoia", a band formed at Maria Reina School, a Peruvian school in 1984. Arena Hash became famous in 1988 with their local hit "Cuando La Cama Me Da Vueltas".
Members
Thes ...
with
Pedro Suárez Vértiz, Patricio Suárez Vértiz and
Arturo Pomar
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. Between the 1980s and early 1990s, he was the keyboardist of the band, and also did some singing. A few years later the band broke up and some of its members pursued a solo career.
In 1996, Meier released an album, ''No Me Acuerdo Quién Fui'', which produced the singles, "tus huellas entre la mías", and "Carreteras Mojadas" ("Wet Highways") that got the first positions in almost all radio station charts in Peru. the album went double platinum. In 1997 began the production of his second album, ''Primero en Mojarme'', with Manuel Garrido-Lecca, a well known musical producer that he worked with in Arena Hash.
In 2002, he produced ''Once Noches'', probably the album that brought him the most accolades. It contained the singles "Alguien" and "Novia de nadie" a duet featuring Spanish singer
Mikel Erentxun
Mikel Erentxun (born 23 February 1965) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish rock musician of Basque heritage. Formerly with the group Duncan Dhu, he started his solo career in 1992. He has released 16 albums as a solo artist and has covered The Smith ...
.
Acting
Meier has acted and starred in both soap operas and movies. His success has brought him fame in
Latin America
Latin America or
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n countries, in the US, Spanish speaking media, and around the Spanish speaking world. He also has his line of perfumes and appeared in commercials.
Personal life
He married Peruvian actress
Marisol Aguirre in 1995. They met during the filming of the
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
"Gorrión". They separated in October 2007, finalizing their divorce in November 2008. They have three children together.
Meier married fellow Peruvian Andrea Bosio in July 2023.
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Discography
With
Arena Hash
Arena Hash was a Peruvian rock band. The band originated from the early "Paranoia", a band formed at Maria Reina School, a Peruvian school in 1984. Arena Hash became famous in 1988 with their local hit "Cuando La Cama Me Da Vueltas".
Members
Thes ...
* ''
Arena Hash
Arena Hash was a Peruvian rock band. The band originated from the early "Paranoia", a band formed at Maria Reina School, a Peruvian school in 1984. Arena Hash became famous in 1988 with their local hit "Cuando La Cama Me Da Vueltas".
Members
Thes ...
'' (1988)
* ''Ah Ah Ah'' (1991)
* ''
El Archivo De Arena Hash'' (1995)
Solo career
* ''
No Me Acuerdo Quien Fuí
''No Me Acuerdo Quien Fuí'' (English: "I Don't Remember Who I Was") is the debut studio album by Peruvian singer-songwriter Christian Meier
Christian Dietrich Meier Zender (born June 23, 1970), best known as Christian Meier, is a Peruvian ac ...
'' (1996)
* ''
Primero En Mojarme
Primero (in English also called Primus, ', or in Italian '' or Spanish ''Primera'')'', is a 16th-century gambling card game of which the earliest reference dates back to 1526. Primero is closely related to the game of primo visto (a.k.a. prima-v ...
'' (1999)
* ''
Once Noches'' (2002)
* ''
Nada Ha Cambiado'' (2016)
* ''
He Vuelto a Casa'' (2023)
Filmography
Film roles
Television roles
References
External links
Listen to the songs of Christian Meier on Spotify*
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1970 births
Living people
20th-century Peruvian male actors
21st-century Peruvian male actors
Peruvian expatriates in Colombia
Peruvian expatriates in the United States
Peruvian people of German descent
Peruvian people of Swiss descent
Peruvian male film actors
20th-century Peruvian male singers
20th-century Peruvian singers
Peruvian male telenovela actors
Male actors from Lima
Singers from Lima
21st-century Peruvian male singers
21st-century Peruvian singers