Gonzalo Vivanco

Born in 1972 Chile (the year before the dictatorship seized power), famed South American actor Gonzalo Vivanco is widely recognized for his versatility, which perhaps is directly connected to the fact that the Chilean-born television and film star has lived in eight different countries. In his first six years, his parents moved young Gonzalo and his even younger brother to Argentina, then to Ecuador, then to Venezuela, finally returning the boys to Santiago, Chile to live with their grandparents. At age 12, he returned to Venezuela to live with his mother, a painter, and his father, a commercial engineer. There he remained for two years, until age 14, when Gonzalo was awarded a scholarship to learn English, which moved him to Nebraska as a foreign exchange student for two years. It was during his time living in the United States that he fell in love with the performing arts. Returning yet again to his native Chile, Gonzalo enrolled in the Business Administration program at Santiago's e