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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-11-12

Place of Birth

Lima, Peru

Carlos Alcántara

Biography

Carlos Alcántara Vilar (Lima, 1964), also known as "Cachín," is an iconic Peruvian actor, comedian, and producer. He grew up in the Cercado de Lima district and worked at the Feria del Hogar (Home Fair). He rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the Pataclaun theater group, playing the endearing character Machín Cárcamo. His greatest achievement came in 2013 with the film ¡Asu Mare!, based on his autobiographical monologue, which became the highest-grossing film in Peruvian cinema history. After starring in its successful sequels, he made his directorial debut in 2023 with the spin-off ¡Asu Mare! Los amigos. Beyond his major successes on the big screen, his notable filmography includes dramas such as Perro Guardián (2014) and international comedies like Lusers (2015). He remains active in both production and directing within the local film industry.

Known for

Pataclaun

Pataclaun

La Gran Sangre

La Gran Sangre

La Gran Sangre is a Peruvian action adventure television series about a fictional group of social outcasts who work as soldiers of fortune in the city of Lima, Peru. Despite being thought of as mercenaries, the trio always act on the side of the good guys and help those who are in need. The series' innovative visual style inspired by comic books consists on a combination of live action scenes and short animated sequences. This, along with an action-packed plot and appealing characters turned it into a big success all over the country. The show ran for four seasons on Frecuencia Latina Peruvian television network. Additionally, in August 2007 opened the first movie in this series.

Con Game

Con Game

President Fujimori's government is on its way out, and the citizens of Peru are struggling to get by, often engaging in unscrupulous means to get ahead--or just to make a buck. Rafo is a struggling filmmaker who supports his girlfriend Laura. He encounters a Spanish con artist posing as an executive for a major phone company, the Spaniard draws Rafo into an elaborate scam.

Treasure Hunter

Treasure Hunter

A treasure hunter embarks on a search for a legendary treasure that belonged to explorer Christopher Columbus. Motivated by his mentor's dream, he embarks on a dangerous journey, where he unexpectedly finds an ally in a young man from the street, who becomes his apprentice as together they face the challenges of adventure.

Dedicated to my ex

Dedicated to my ex

The film tells the story of Ariel, a 21-year-old who decides to form a rock band to compete for a prize of ten thousand dollars in a musical band contest, this as a last option when trying to get money to save their relationship and reunite with his ex-girlfriend, which breaks due to the trip she must make to Finland for an internship. Ariel with her friend Ortega, decides to make a casting to find the other members of the band, although they do not know nothing about music, thus forming a band with members that have diverse and opposite personalities.

Perdida

Perdida

A policewoman whose childhood friend disappeared in Patagonia years ago starts a new search to find answers, and soon finds her own life in danger.

The House of Snails

The House of Snails

A writer secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.

Lusers

Lusers

Three guys from differents countries come together in a funny adventure through the jungle in order to get to the Final of the FIFA World Cup Brasil 2014.

La Gran Sangre: ojo x ojo

La Gran Sangre: ojo x ojo

Two decades later, Tony Blades, Mandril, and El Dragón are released from prison to confront a mafia controlling the Rímac district. In a Lima plagued by extortion and contract killings, the iconic vigilante group returns without a shred of mercy, ready to fight crime by their own rules.

Sea Wolf

Sea Wolf

Estela, an influential businesswoman, arrives at the port of Pucusana on behalf of a consortium that wishes to transform the port into an exclusive tourist resort. The resistance of the locals and the insistence of investors reach their peak when two fishermen find Estela mysteriously murdered. Leonardo Oviedo, Estela's partner, goes to the port to investigate the homicide and finish the negotiation with his girlfriend Mariana, his secretary (and lover) Charo and his clumsy assistant Ramos. This fact triggers a violent history, which puts the entire port in panic. Mariana, sensitive and confused, will seek refuge in a fisherman named Iván with whom she begins a relationship

Muerto de Amor

Muerto de Amor

Mario is a stockbroker with plenty of money, a brand-new car, and a lovely girlfriend he's about to marry. However, on the eve of his thirtieth birthday, he feels unhappy with his life. He meets Berenice, a free-spirited and impulsive theater director, who will change his life.

Identidad

Identidad

“Identidad” is an introspective journey about what it means to be born in Peru in the early 1980s, when the worst economic, social and political crisis in its history began. This trip results in a look, perhaps hopeful, about a recent moment of social change and transformation whose essence was reflected in what happened around the return of the Peruvian Selection to the World Cup after 36 years of failures.

Watchdog

Watchdog

“Dog,” an ex-militiaman granted amnesty by the government, is now an assassin for hire. One of his missions leads him to a Christian church where he meets Milagros, an adolescent towards whom he feels a strange attraction. Among prayers, tears, and assassinations, the voice of the temple’s apostle prompts Dog to question his own raison d’être. His gun is on the verge of becoming a sword of God

El gran León

El gran León

After she loses her mobile phone, a lawyer receives a call from the person who found it. They talk and hit it off very quickly. But she's in shock when she sees that he's very short.

She's just like me

She's just like me

Freddy, a 48-year-old bachelor with no children, who continues to live as if he were a teenager, meets Aylín, a 30-year-old girl who arrives in Lima, and is surprised that she could be his daughter.