Alejandro Edmundo Trejo Zapata (born 8 August 1959) is a Chilean theater, television, and voice actor. He is best known for 2001's A Cab for Three, for which he received Best Actor awards at the Cinemanila and Gramado film festivals.
Biography
Alejandro Trejo, a well-known Chilean actor, came to show business almost by chance, because the theater was his second choice. In 1979 he entered the Moneda Theater School directed by Pury Durante. In 1986 he founded, along with Juan Edmundo González, the street theater company El Clavo. As an actor he has participated in numerous plays, among which are Lautaro, by Isidora Aguirre, Historia de un galpón abandonado by Ramón Griffero, Tríptico, and El Señor Presidente, these last two with El Clavo. Later with the company La Batuta he participated in Chronicle of a Death Foretold, where he met Julio Milostich, and in Galileo Galilei. With the group Bufón Negro he has been part of the cast of El coordinador, El solitario, Un dulce aire canalla, and El amor intelectual, all by Benjamín Galemiri. A great theatrical success of his was Nadie es profeta en su espejo, by Jorge Díaz, under the direction of Alejandro Goic, as well as La Condición Humana. He starred in Macbeth under the direction of Englishman Ian Wooldrich, sharing the stage with actor Rodrigo González Rubio. He has made national and international tours. As a director he has distinguished himself with La comarca del jazmín by Óscar Castro, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, El libro de Rebeca by Benjamin Galemiri, Loco afán by Pedro Lemebel, and El desvarío by Jorge Díaz, among others. In films, his performances stand out in A Cab for Three, The Sentimental Teaser, Subterra, Machuca, Gente decente, and Los Debutantes. Trejo is also a voice actor who has been in that business for more than 20 years, lending his voice to various commercials, series, and television documentaries.
He has served as a juror for the Caleuche Awards, and hosted their first ceremony in 2016.
Awards
2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival Best Actor award for A Cab for Three
2002 Gramado Film Festival Best Actor award for A Cab for Three
2012 Altazor Award for Best Actor for Los archivos del cardenal
Films
Historia de lagartos (1989)
El cobrador (1994)
The Sentimental Teaser (1999)
Mi famosa desconocida (2000) – Pato
A Cab for Three (2001) – Ulises Morales
Un ladrón y su mujer (2001) – Luis Bahamondes
Tres noches de un sábado (2002)
Los Debutantes (2003) – Don Pascual
Subterra (2003) – Eduardo
El juego de Arcibel (2003)
El tesoro de los caracoles (2004)
Gente decente (2004) – Ernesto
Machuca (2004) - Willy
Fuga (2006)
La Recta Provincia (2007) – Celoso
The Toast (2007) – Rubén
Mansacue (2008) – Denizen 1
Desde el corazón (2009)
Súper, todo Chile adentro (2009) – Edwin
Schop Sui (2010)
Drama (2010)
My Last Round (2010)
El Tío (2013)
Distancia (2015)
Talión (2015)
Argentino QL (2016)
Trauma (2017)
Sapo (2018)
La Salamandra (2018)
Swing (2018)
Noche (2018)
Vidas recicladas (2018)
Perkin (2018)
Mi amigo Alexis (2019)
Piola (2020)
Mientes (2020)
Prison in the Andes (2023) – Odlanier Mena
Sayen (2023)
Thanks for Coming (2023) – Fabio
Voice acting
The Pink Panther Show – The Pink Panther
Garfield and Friends – Bo
VeggieTales - Larry the Cucumber (original dub)
You're Under Arrest – Ken Nakajima
Stargate SG-1 – Thor (2nd voice)
Transformers: Animated – Henry Masterson/Headmaster
Marmalade Boy – Jin Koishikawa
Kinnikuman – Fight Reporter
Sonic X – Mr. Tanaka
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! – Mandarin
Will and Dewitt – Additional voices
Fritz Kunz – Comisario Rex
Red – Marvin Boggs
Ministry of Housing ad campaign – Armando Casas
Voice-over
La Roja Íntima – narrated the qualification of the Chilean national soccer team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, broadcast on 14 October 2009 on Canal 13