Roberto Poblete

Roberto Fortunato Poblete Zapata (Los Ángeles, January 8, 1955) is a Chilean actor, director, teacher, presenter, announcer and politician.

He has acted in numerous plays such as Dreams of bad death (1982), Spring with a broken corner (1984), The clowns of hope, Our father who are in bed (2002), Dreams of memory (2004), Squatting (2005) —for which he was nominated for Altazor 2006—, El grito (2006), Atascados en la Salala (2009), Nice country corner with a sea view (2010), Get up and run (2011) and Someone has to stop (2013).

He has also participated in television series such as Crónicas de un hombre santo (1990), La patrulla del desierto (1993) and Casados (2005); and in various children's and comedy programs, such as El desjueves, De Chincol a Jote, a program where he popularized the section "Humbertito y Gaspar" with Cristián García-Huidobro, Vamos Chile, El tiempo es oro, among others.

[1][2][3][4] In the 2013 parliamentary elections, he ran as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies for the 47th district, which includes, among other places, the city of Los Angeles, supported by the Socialist Party of Chile.

He is a member of the permanent commissions on Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples; Economy, Development; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Consumer Protection and Tourism; and Culture, Arts and Communications.