Daniel Alcaíno Cuevas (, born April 6, 1972) is a Chilean

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

and comedian. He is popularly known for his comedy characters ''Peter Veneno'' (roughly based in

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), and ''Yerko Puchento'', an outspoken showbusiness journalist and political satirist. Although he has gain further recognition for dramatic roles as well such as Exequiel Pacheco in ''

Los 80 ''Los 80'' was a Chilean drama TV series for Canal 13 produced to celebrate the Bicentennial of Chile, starring Daniel Muñoz, Tamara Acosta, Daniel Alcaíno, Loreto Aravena, Tomás Verdejo and Lucas Escobar. Although it is clearly inspired by ...

'' and Mario Medina in ''

42 Days of Darkness ''42 Days of Darkness'' ( es, 42 días en la oscuridad, lit=42 Days in the Dark) is a six-part Chilean crime thriller television series that premiered on Netflix on May 11, 2022. Directed by Gaspar Antillo and Claudia Huaiquimilla, the series is ...

''.

Biography and career

Born and raised in

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, the capital of

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, he attended the Liceo Cervantes when he was a teenager. After an unsuccessful attempt to study

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, Alcaíno embarked on a career as an actor and comedian, he studied at the

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. Alcaíno is also recognized for his character Exequiel Pacheco in

, a

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based on the lives of Chilean families during

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's dictatorship. In August 2011, Alcaíno portrayed Patricio Carmona in ''

Peleles ''Peleles'', also known as ''Pushovers'', is a Chilean television soap opera created by Rodrigo Cuevas, that aired on Canal 13 from July 26, 2011, to January 15, 2012, starring Mario Horton, Claudio Arredondo, Daniel Alcaíno, Néstor Cantillana ...

''. In 2022 he portraited Mario Medina in the Netflix crime thriller series ''

'', which is partially based on the true story of the disappearance of Viviana Haeger in 2010, in southern Chile.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alcaino, Daniel 1972 births Male actors from Santiago Living people Chilean male comedians Chilean male television actors University of Chile alumni