Carlos Alberto Alcántara Vilar (born 12 November 1964) also known as Cachín or Machín (due to the character he was cast in Pataclaun)[1] is a Peruvian stand-up comedian and actor.

Carlos first appeared in a film with Los 7 pecados capitales (The 7 Deadly Sins) of Leonidas Zegarra, in 1981 at age 17.

[4] In 1991, he led the children's program Yan-Ken-Po with Gloria María Solari and Johanna San Miguel Alcántara had participated as an extra and in small roles in various soap operas of the time, but managed high popularity as the star of Patacláun (1997–1999) playing "Machin" that due to the success of the plays of Patacláun.

He participated in various television projects, until they started the television miniseries La gran sangre, which was broadcast on Frecuencia Latina, having him as the main character of the series where he represented "El Dragón", proficient character wielding martial arts and was the leader of an association of urban heroes along with "Mandril" (Pietro Sibille) and "Tony Blades" (Aldo Miyashiro).

[2] In 2007 he began his one-person show Asu Mare,[5] with which in the following years has made presentations to the Peruvian community abroad.