Alfredo Casero (born 12 November 1962) is an Argentine musician, actor and comedian.
Biography Casero began studying acting with Norman Briski in 1987. Soon after, he started working in the underground humour scene of Buenos Aires. In 1992 he created, along with other humorists, the comic show De la cabeza ("Out of our minds"), which later continued as Cha Cha Cha in 1995. In parallel with the television show he started working in his musical project and also in a radio show.
The cancellation of Cha Cha Cha in 1997 marked the end of characters such as Manhattan Ruiz, Minister of Postal Ahorro. Delicatessen, Todo por dos pesos and Peter Capusotto y sus videos were shows that took much of the former Cha Cha Cha and De la Cabeza, including many actors.
He became better known outside of his country in 2002 when he recorded a Japanese song, "Shima Uta", entirely in Japanese. It was the first single from his album Casaerius. The song was chosen as the anthem for Argentina's national football team to represent the country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in South Korea and Japan.
In 2004 Casero played the character Roque Rizzutti in the Argentine soap Locas de amor.
He was featured, along with Japanese rock band The Boom (authors of "Shima Uta") and Japanese-Argentine folk singer Claudia Oshiro on the Japanese New Year's Eve television show, Kōhaku Uta Gassen, in its 53rd edition (New Year's Eve, December 2002).
Since then he has been devoted to the "Casero Experimendo", an experiment of blogging, humour and theater presentations, all based on improvisation.
Filmography YearWorkRole1991/2De la cabezaVarious1993Cha cha chaVarious1993Encuentros lejanos (Short)1995Nico (TV series) Anjelica Conchaforte de Pocahontas1999VulnerablesRoberto Chitti1999Casero en castellanoPersonaje desconocido2000Los Pintin al rescateCacho2000FelicidadesFreddy2001CulpablesAníbal2001Antigua vida míaAlejandro2002Todas las azafatas van al cielo Julián2003El día que me amenCheche2004Locas de amor Roque Rizzutti2005Condón ExpressNegro2005Lifting de corazónTaxista2005Sin código 'Rolo' Wazerman 2006Rolo y Colo en: No te hagas la cabezaVoz2006A Todo Culorr2008Gigantes de ValdésCapitán Mórelo2009Tratame bienNacho2011Adan Y evaEmbajador Spruille Braden2012La DueñaOliverio2013FarsantesMarcos2017El fútbol o yoRoca
Awards
Music Year Nominated work Award Category Result 2002 CasaeriusPremios Gardel Best Production 2002 CasaeriusPremios Gardel Best New Artist (declined) 2002 CasaeriusPremios Gardel Best Video 2002 ShimautaPremios Gardel Best Song
Film and television Year Nominated work Award Category Result 2001 CulpablesPremio Clarín Best actor 2001 Premio Konex Honorable Mention: Best Actor 2003 El día que me amen Premio Clarín Best supporting actor 2004 Locas de amorMartín Fierro Awards Best actor (Miniseries) 2004 Premio Konex Honorable Mention: Television Actor 2014 FarsantesMartín Fierro Awards Best actor
References
External links Official website
Cha cha cha fans' site