Kristoff Raczyński (born June 9, 1974)Televisa Networks
"Kristoff , Telehit"
Mexico City, 16 July 2009. Retrieved on 2011-09-11 is a

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-born Mexican

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and TV host of

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descent. His career began in the late 1990s and early 2000s when he produced, wrote and acted in the 2004 Mexican film ''

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''. He currently hosts a

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channel, ''Kristoff Cine'', where he does film criticism. Raczyñski is often credited simply as "Kristoff".

Early life

Raczyñski was born in

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to Polish parents. In 1982 his father took the entire family to

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without knowing a single word in Spanish. Since then he has lived in Mexico City. Kristoff has said that he will always remember how his mother used to take him at 6 in the morning under -20 °C to obtain only 3 pieces of bread. At age 16, he worked cleaning elephant excrement in a circus. He earned his first wage working as a "cerillo" (Spanish word for "match", a popular way to call kids who work packing up grocery at supermarkets).

Career

He began his career in the

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(CEA),

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's school of performing arts. He spent several years playing supporting characters in Mexican

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like: '' Vivo Por Elena'' (1998) and ''

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'' (2000), among others. In 2001, Kristoff and

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hosted Televisa's TV show ''No Te Equivoques'' (2001), with a high audience rating. The show was viewed as a Mexican version of '' Jackass''. In 2004, he produced, acted and co-wrote the Mexican film ''Matando Cabos'' with fellow actor Tony Dalton and was directed by

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. In an interview, he said that the most risky decision that he has taken in his life was to leave ''No Te Equivoques'' to do ''Matando Cabos''. He likes music and his favorite singer is

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. He likes the works of

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, especially ''

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''. His main hobbies include reading books about

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and playing

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. In 2005, he began to do some collaborations with

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in his television program ''Válvula De Escape'' and ''

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'' on Telehit. In 2006, he began to host the program ''ID'', which caused so much controversy that it won the public and producer Guillermo Del Bosque decided to give him a program of half an hour on Telehit. On Tuesday 6 May 2008, his program ''El Show Del Polaco'' began to air. The show was cancelled some months afterwards. Currently, he remains working for the same TV network. In 2012, he wrote and directed the short film ''Confesiones de un table'' (also called ''Confesiones de un tabledance'' meaning "Confessions of a Tabledance"), produced by Ernesto Ahmad. This short film participated in the Short Film Corner of the

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in that year. It was also featured in the International Film Festival of Guadalajara in 2013.

Personal life

Kristoff is not married and has no children.

Filmography

Feature films

'' (2004), co-writer, actor ''Confesiones de un tabledance'' (2012), writer and director ''Chapo: El escape del siglo'' (2016), actor '' Loco fin de semana'' (2019), director

Television

''Vivo Por Elena'' (1998) ''Ramona'' (2000) ''No Te Equivoques'' (2000–2003) ''

'' (2003-2004) ''Sexo con Kristoff'' (2007-) ''Cine con Kristoff'' (2007-) ''Gárgaras con Kristoff'' (2007-2012) ''El Show Del Polaco'' (2008–2009) ''Macarena'' (2020)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raczynski, Kristoff 1963 births Living people Male actors from Moscow Mexican screenwriters Mexican film directors Mexican male film actors Mexican male telenovela actors Mexican male television actors Mexican people of Polish descent Mexican people of Russian descent Soviet emigrants to Mexico Russian people of Polish descent