Daniel Alcaíno


Daniel Alcaíno Cuevas is a Chilean actor and comedian. Born and raised in Santiago, the capital of Chile, he attended the Liceo Cervantes when he was a teenager. After an unsuccessful attempt to study Law, Alcaíno embarked on a career as an actor and comedian, he studied at the Universidad de Chile. He is popularly known for his characters Peter Veneno, and Yerko Puchento, an outspoken showbusiness journalist and political satirist.
Alcaíno is more recently recognized for his character Exequiel Pacheco in Los 80, a series based on the lives of Chilean families during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. In August 2011, Alcaíno portrayed Patricio Carmona in Peleles.