Roberto Fortunato Poblete Zapata (Los Ángeles, January 8, 1955) is a Chilean actor, director, teacher, presenter, announcer and politician. He is known for having participated in several television series on Canal 13 and Chilevisión. He served as a deputy for Los Angeles from 2014 to 2018.
Performing arts career Roberto Poblete was born in the city of Los Angeles in 1955. His parents are Fortunato Poblete and María Zapata from Quillón and Mulchén respectively. He studied at the German Lyceum in the city of Los Angeles.
He studied at the School of Communication Arts at the Catholic University of Chile. He graduated as an actor in 1979 with the thesis Relationships in the construction of the character.
He is a candidate for a Master of Arts, with a Mention in Theater Directing, from the University of Chile.
He has acted in numerous plays such as Dreams of bad death (1982), Spring with a broken corner (1984), The clowns of hope, Our father who are in bed (2002), Dreams of memory (2004), Squatting (2005) —for which he was nominated for Altazor 2006—, El grito (2006), Atascados en la Salala (2009), Nice country corner with a sea view (2010), Get up and run (2011) and Someone has to stop (2013).
He has also dedicated himself to the theatrical direction of various productions such as We were all going to be queens, Three nights on a Saturday and The King arrives.
He has done extensive teaching work at various universities in the country, including the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, UNIACC and Universidad de Santiago de Chile. He was the director and founder of the theater career at the Bolivarian University of Los Angeles.
In cinema, he participated in the feature films Sexto A (1985) and Dos mujeres en la ciudad (1990), both by Claudio di Girólamo; La estación del regreso (1987) of Leo Kocking; La historia de un roble solo (1982) and La luna en el espejo (1990), both by Silvio Caiozzi; País de octubre (1990) by Daniel de la Vega; and Cuestión de ubicación of Luciano Tarifeño.
He has acted in various telenovelas such as Villa Los Aromos (1981), Los títeres (1984), La última cruz, Cerro Alegre, Marrón Glacé (1993), El amor está de moda (1995), and Marparaíso (1998) . He has also participated in television series such as Crónicas de un hombre santo (1990), La patrulla del desierto (1993) and Casados (2005); and in various children's and comedy programs, such as El desjueves, De Chincol a Jote, a program where he popularized the section "Humbertito y Gaspar" with Cristián García-Huidobro, Vamos Chile, El tiempo es oro, among others.
Political career In the 2013 parliamentary elections, he ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for the 47th district, which includes, among other places, the city of Los Angeles, supported by the Socialist Party of Chile. He obtained 12.96% of the votes, remaining thirdly, but being elected due to the Binomial voting. He took office on March 11, 2014. He is a member of the permanent commissions on Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples; Economy, Development; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Consumer Protection and Tourism; and Culture, Arts and Communications.
He sought to once again integrate the Chamber of Deputies, this time for the new 21st district, in the 2017 parliamentary elections. He obtained 12,309 votes, equivalent to 6.46%, not being re-elected.
Filmography Films Historia de un roble solo (1982) VIº A 1965 (1986) La estación del regreso (1987) País de octubre (1990) La Luna en el espejo (1990) Dos mujeres en la ciudad (1990) The Wandering Soap Opera (1990, released in 2017)
Telenovelas Telenovelas Year Telenovelas Role Channel1977La colorinaRichard VarelaTVN1981Villa Los AromosSergio del Río1984Los títeresBruno CañasCanal 131985Matrimonio de papelMauricio Poblete1986Secreto de familiaCarvajal1987La última cruzUlises1988Vivir asíRichard1989La intrusaSegundo1990¿Te Conté?Pedro1993Marrón GlacéNéstor1994ChampañaLeonardo1995El amor está de modaAristóteles Sepúlveda / Vittorio Valentini1996Marrón Glacé, el regresoNéstor1997Eclipse de lunaDante O'Neal1998MarparaísoGregorio Leal1999Cerro AlegreCapitán Memo Méndez2001Corazón pirataYamil Saud2009Sin anestesiaDomingo QuiñonesChilevisión2010Mujeres de lujoVíctor Tapia2011InfiltradasLuis Alegría
TV Series De chincol a jote (Canal 13, 1987–1993) – Varios personajes La patrulla del desierto (Canal 13, 1993) – Pedro Salcedo Vamos Chile (Red TV, 2003) Casado con hijos (Mega, 2007) – Dr. Indigo
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External links BCN Profile