''El Reemplazante'' is a Chilean TV series originally broadcast on

Televisión Nacional de Chile Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) is a Chilean public service broadcaster. It was founded by order of President Eduardo Frei Montalva and it was launched nationwide on 18 September 1969. Since then, the company has been reorganized on several ...

. The show follows a man, ousted from his previous financial career, who becomes a substitute math teacher at a low income school in

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. The plot was partially motivated by the Chilean student protests in 2011. Production was partially funded by the Consejo Nacional de Televisión de Chile. The showrunner was Hernan Rodriguez Matte. At the 2013

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s, the show won awards for best direction, best screenplay, and best actor.

Main cast

* Iván Álvarez de Araya as ''Carlos "Charlie" Valdivia'' (1-2) *

Blanca Lewin Blanca Esperanza Lewin Gajardo (born August 7, 1974 in Santiago) is a Chilean actress of Jewish origin. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is best known by her role of "Lola Padilla" in the soap opera ''Lola'' by Ca ...

as ''Ana'' (1-2) *

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as ''Flavia'' (1-2) * Sebastián Ayala as ''Maicol'' (1-2) *

Roberto Farías Roberto Farías Morales (born 31 May 1969) is a Chilean actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 2003. He also works in dubbing. Career He studied in various acting workshops, including the María Cánepa Corporation Workshop an ...

as ''Francisco "Pancho" Valdivia'' (1-2) * Sergio Hernández as ''Dionisio Valdivia'' (1-2) * Gastón Salgado as ''Claudio'' (1-2) *

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as ''Nieves Mondaca'' (2) * Valentina Muhr as ''Isabel Mellado'' (2) *

María José Illanes Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, d ...

as''Lucía''(2) *Rafael De La Reguera as ''Gerardo Munizaga'' (2) *Rocío Monasterio as ''Kathy'' (1-2)

Recurring cast

* Cristián Soto as ''Andrés Rodríguez / Zafrada'' * Pablo Rojas as ''Ariel'' * Paula Aguilera as ''Nicole''Monica Huenten as ''Jenny'' * Jaime Azocar as ''Raul Jorquera'' * Gonzalo Canelo as ''Hamster'' * Maite Neira as ''Toya'' * Mireya Montero as ''Mirta'' * Juan Carlos Caceres as ''Horacio'' *Silvia Hernandez as ''Maruja'' *Jessica Carrasco as ''Flavia's Mum'' * Ricardo Olea as ''Eduardo "Lalo" Ramírez'' * Rodolfo Pulgar as ''Anibal Reyes'' * Monica Carrasco as ''Berta'' *

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as ''Rosario'' *Daniela Lhorente as ''Mary'' *Juan Jose Susacassa as ''Benjamin Valdivia'' *Samuel Gonzales as ''Samuel'' *Daniel Antivilo as ''Zafrada's Father'' *Mario Bustos as Maton 2/Arturo *Vilma M.Verdejo as Gladys/Maicol's Mother *Elohim Ramon as ''Victor'' *Stephanie Meza as ''Rosa'' *Tito Bustamante as ''Hormazabal'' *Jessica Vera as ''Ariel Mother'' *Daniel De La Vega as ''Ariel Father'' *Patricio Ordenes as ''Javier'' *Ricardo Aliaga as ''Maton 1'' *Nicolas Torres as ''Matón 2'' *Rodrigo de Petris as ''Matón 1'' *Elisa Vallejos as ''Miss Rita'' *Carolina Itveens as''Apoderada/Jenny's Mother'' *

Otilio Castro Otilio is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Otilio Ulate Blanco (1891–1973), President of Costa Rica from 1949 to 1953 * Otilio Galíndez, (1935–2009), Venezuelan musician and composer * Otilio Olguín (born 1931), Mexican fo ...

as ''Flavia Father'' *Varinia Aguilera *Edaurdo Topelberg as ''Dueño del Bar/Guardia Disco'' *Bastian Kinney as ''Diego'' *Alejandro Mora as ''Carabinero 1'' *Adrian Salgado as ''Gordo'' *Angela Lineros as ''Ponce'' *Ivan Tobar as ''Doctor'' *Claudio Puebla as Dancer 1 *Macarena Morande as Inspectora Ministerio de Educación *Alejandra Jara as ''Lalo Mother''*Werne Nuñez as ''Journalist''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reemplazante 2012 Chilean television series debuts 2014 Chilean television series endings Spanish-language television shows Televisión Nacional de Chile original programming Television shows set in Santiago