Julio Humberto Gonzalo Benito Jung del Favero (21 March 1942 – 6 June 2026) was a Chilean actor and comedian.
Life and career Son of Julio Jung Paulsen and María Antonieta del Favero Comis, he began his artistic career at the age of 18 in radio drama with Justo Ugarte, a career that would extend for more than half a century uninterrupted. He first married María Elena Duvauchelle, with whom he had his only child, the actor Julio Jung Duvauchelle, born in 1978 in political exile in Venezuela; later, he married the designer and businesswoman Tessa Aguadé Bru, daughter of the painter Roser Bru, who arrived in Chile as a child with her family on the ship SS Winnipeg after the Spanish Civil War.
Jung worked in virtually every genre: theater, film, and television. In the 1960s, he worked with the companies of Silvia Piñeiro, Susana Buqué, Los Cuatro, and Teatro el Ángel, before returning in 1966 to the Ictus group, where he remained until 1973. He was also one of the founders of the emblematic television program La manivela.
A neighbor of Interior Minister Edmundo Pérez Zujovic, he witnessed his assassination on 8 June 1971, at the hands of a commando unit of the Vanguardia Organizada del Pueblo (VOP).
He appeared on El show de Antonio Prieto on Channel 13 in Argentina.
On 31 August 1974, he made a brief but important appearance on Sábado Gigante, co-hosting the program with Armando Navarrete, a comedian known for his character Mandolino, in the absence of Mario Kreutzberger "Don Francisco," whose mother had passed away three days earlier.
In late 1974, after the September 1973 military coup—led by General Augusto Pinochet, which overthrew the government of socialist Salvador Allende—Julio Jung went into exile in Caracas, Venezuela, where he continued his acting career in theater (with El Nuevo Grupo Chocron, Chalbaud y Cabrujas, and at the Ateneo), film, and television (Radio Caracas TV and Venevisión). In Venezuela, he also played Rumildo, a character created by Mario Arancibia for a Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) advertising campaign that became an iconic figure in Venezuelan culture. He briefly returned to Chile in 1978 to participate in the comedy program Muchísimo, produced by Jorge Celedón on Canal 13 between June and August of that year.
In 1984, he returned permanently to Chile, where, with his wife María Elena Duvauchelle, he formed a theater company that performed at El Galpón de Los Leones for seven years, staging six plays. Simultaneously, he joined Canal 13, where he acted in television series and, along with Andrés Rillón, launched the program Mediomundo which became a cult classic.
In 1996, he was elected councilman for the Providencia district, serving until 2000. After completing his term, he was appointed by President Ricardo Lagos as Chile's cultural advisor in Barcelona. His tenure there culminated in the mega-event of the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures: Neruda in the Heart, held at the Palau Sant Jordi to celebrate the poet's centenary.
In 2018, he received a tribute from the Chilean Actors' Union for his career.
In 2016, he was again elected councilman for Providencia. He ran for reelection in 2021 but was not elected.
Jung died in Santiago on 6 June 2026, at the age of 84.
Filmography Films FilmsCinechile.cl Enciclopedia del Cine ChilenoElotrocine.cl El Decálogo de… Julio JungRevista Caras TAG Julio Jung Revista CarasYear Film Character1960 Viaje a Santiago 1970 Voto más fusil Senador1982 Rumildo detective privado Rumildo1982La Red 1983El último grumetevoz1985 Cortázar, capital Rayuela 1994 Hasta en las mejores familias Pedro1994AmnesiaZúñiga1995 La rubia de KennedyProfesor Schmidt1997 Inca de oroGuatón Ramos1999 Tuve un sueño contigo Alcalde Gatica2000 Coronation Andrés Ábalos2004 Cachimba Felipe2008 El regalo Héctor Tito Tapia2009SúperJulio2009 Desde el corazónVicente2009The Dancer and the Thief Alcaide Santoro2011 Qué pena tu boda Federico de María2012NoÉl mismo2012 Qué pena tu familia Federico de María2013 La Patagonia de los sueños 2013La virtud de la familia2013El derechazo Pedro Puga2013El corderoPatricio2014Brillantes2014Las cartas secretas de mi madreJaime de Aránguiz2014 Mejor estar soloHumberto2015La sombra del robleRoberto2015Rompecabezas negroMario Maza2016Suficiente coraje2016Neruda Senador2015Héroes: El asilo contra la opresiónEl Máquina Entrevista Chilevision por Película Héroes2017 Se busca novio... para mi mujer 2017And Suddenly the DawnFrancisco Veloso2017Oblivion VersesFuncionario2017SilencioHéctor2018 Calzones rotos Coronel Canales2018 American Huaso Salam I2019Ausencia2019Hecho bolsaPresidente de la compañía2019 No quiero ser tu hermano2023Hasta en las mejores familias, la restauraciónPedro2025ReplicasDomingo
Telenovelas Telenovelas Year Teleserie Characer Channel1977Soltera y sin compromisos Radio Caracas TV1978El ángel rebelde 1979Sangre azul EstefaníaGiusseppe Cataldo1981Natalia de ocho a nueve 1982Gómez 1983Ligia Elena VenevisiónJulia 1984Matrimonio de papelTamayoCanal 131985El prisionero de la media nocheNicolás1988SemidiosMauro2006MontecristoUlises FaríasMega2014Valió la penaLorenzo GarcíaCanal 132016Un diablo con ángelJosé Pablo DonosoTVN
TV Series TV Series Year Serie Character Channel1989Contigo pan y caviar—RTU1992Carlos CarolaJulián ArismendiTVN1997Las historias de SussiMarelo Oyadenel1998Página WebVarios personajes2007Three's Company (Chile)Amador MeloMega2008Married... with Children (Chile)—2009I Dream of Jeannie (Chile)Víctor EchegarayTVN2011CumpleañosDarío Pereira2015The Golden Girls (Chile)GenaroUCVFabulosas FloresVecino de ZaidaLa Red
TV Shows Alcance las estrellas: Programa concurso (Canal 13, 1970-1973) Juguemos a las 21 y Clases alegres: Programas que animó en la década de 1970 en TVN. La manivela: Programa de humor en TVN, Canal 13 y Canal 9 El niño de papel (Radio Caracas Televisión) Muchísimo (Canal 13, 1978) Bienvenidos (Venevisión, 1982-1984) Mediomundo (Canal 13, 1985-1987 y 1991-1992) - Varios personajes ¿Cuánto vale el show? (Chilevisión, 1994-1995) Dudo (Canal 13, 2013) - Invitado 4 teleseries para (Radio Caracas Televisión) 3 teleseries para (Venevisión)
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