Benjamín Vicuña

Benjamín Vicuña Luco (born 29 November 1978) is a Chilean actor and entrepreneur.

Biography Vicuña was born on November 29, 1978, to father Juan Pablo Vicuña Parot and mother Isabel Luco Morandé. He is a descendant of Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, a Chilean historian and politician of Basque and Irish descent. He studied theatre at the University of Chile.

Vicuña founded the Centro Mori and was appointed as a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF Chile in 2008.

Vicuña was in a relationship with Argentine model Carolina Ardohain from 2005 to 2015, and the couple has four children together; one daughter, Blanca (2006-2012) and three sons, Bautista (born in 2008), Beltrán (born in 2012) and Benicio (born in 2014). He was in a relationship with Argentine actress China Suárez from 2015 to 2021, and the couple has two children together: daughter Magnolia (born in 2018) and son Amancio (born in 2020).

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Film

Television

Theatre

Music Videos

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref(s) 2002 APES Award Best Lead Actor - Television Purasangre 2003 APES Award Best Actor - Television Pecadores 2004 Altazor Award Best Actor in a Television Series Pecadores 2005 Copihue de Oro Best Actor - Television Los simuladores 2006 Copihue de Oro Best Actor - Television Huaiquimán y Tolosa APES Award Best Supporting Performance - Television Huaiquimán y Tolosa Trieste Festival of Latin-American Cinema Best Performance Fuga London Film Festival Best Actor Fuga 2007 Málaga Spanish Film Festival Favorite Movie Actor Fuga 2009 Copihue de Oro Best Actor - Film New York Latin ACE Awards Cinema - Best Supporting Actor Chef's Special 2010 Copihue de Oro Best Actor - Film 2011 Copihue de Oro Best Actor - Television 2012 Martín Fierro Awards Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Telefeature La dueña 2014 Martín Fierro Awards Best Lead Actor of Daily Fiction or Soap Opera Farsantes 2015 Copihue de Oro Favorite Actor 2016 Martín Fierro Awards Best Lead Actor of Daily Fiction Entre caníbales 2019 Notirey Awards Best Lead Actor of Daily Fiction Argentina, tierra de amor y venganza ACE Award Best Leading Actor in a Comedy Terapia amorosa 2022 Silver Condor Awards Best Leading Actor in a Comedy Series Terapia alternativa 2023 Martín Fierro Awards Best Lead Actor of Daily Fiction The First of Us