Diego Capusotto

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Diego Esteban Capusotto
Born	Diego Esteban Capusotto September 21, 1961 (1961-09-21) (age 46)
Awards won Other Awards Martín Fierro Award Todo por dos pesos (2001) Comedy Work Clarín Award Peter Capusotto y sus videos (2007) Musical Performance Clarín Award Peter Capusotto y sus videos (2007) Best Comedy Program

Diego Esteban Capusotto is an Argentinian TV presenter, actor, and humorist who is noted for his participation in TV shows like Cha Cha Cha, Todo por dos pesos, and Peter Capusotto y sus videos.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 2.1 TV shows 2.2 Movies 2.3 Theater 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Diego Capusotto was born in Castelar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina on September 21, 1961, but moved to the Villa Luro neighborhood of Buenos Aires when he was 7, where he lived for three decades.^[1]

At 25, he began to study acting at the Arlequines Theater. He has starred in 6 movies. The first, Zapada, una comedia beat (1999), was not released commercially. He followed up with Mataperros (2001), India Pravile (2003), Soy tu aventura (2003), and Dos ilusiones (2004). His most recent film was Regresados (2007), also known as D-Graduated.

His television career began in 1992 with De la cabeza, a series in which he worked with actors and comedians like Alfredo Casero, Fabio Posca, Mex Urtizberea, and Fabio Alberti. After the end of the program due to a falling out between Posca and the other actors, Capusotto teamed up with Casero and Alberti in a new comedy project, Cha Cha Cha, which was broadcast intermittently between 1992 and 1997.^[2] In 1999, Capusotto worked with Alberti again when the program Todo por dos pesos made its debut: this program would finally establish Diego Capusotto as a giant of Argentinian comedy. For this series, in which he created some of his best and most well-known characters like "Irma Jusid", "El Hombre Bobo", and "Peter Conchas", Capusotto received the Martin Fierro Award for Comedy Work in 2001.^[3][4]

Todo por dos pesos went off the air in 2002. In 2003, Capusotto played a mentally ill person in the series Sol Negro, produced by Sebastián Ortega and also starring Rodrigo de la Serna and Carlos Belloso, among others.

On March 25, 2004, Capusotto returned to the theater together with Fabio Alberti to present the comedy show Una noche en Carlos Paz, written by Pedro Saborido and directed by Néstor Montalbano. The show continued with the aesthetic estabished in Todo por dos pesos.^[5] The show was followed by Qué noche Bariloche, which premiered in 2006.^[5]

Until he was 17, Capusotto wanted to play soccer:

No, hasta los 17 años soñaba con ser jugador de fútbol. Era habilidoso, tenía cierto talento para mover la pelota y me gustaba moverme en la mitad de la cancha. Me probé en muchos clubes, pero la vida hizo que me conformara con ser espectador e hincha fanático de Racing.

No, until I was 17 I dreamed of being a soccer player. I was talented: my footwork was particuarly skillful, and I loved to play midfield. I tried out for several clubs, but life had other plans for me, and now I'm happy just being a spectator and a devoted fan of Racing.^[6]

Capusotto was always involved with music, but he never wanted to make a career of it:

Yo tocaba la batería intuitivamente. Tomé clases con Horacio Gianello, de Arco Iris, y vi que era un instrumento para el que tenía facilidad, pero al que no amaba. Y, para tocar, uno tiene que amar su instrumento.

Playing drums came naturally to me. I took classes with Horacio Gianello, who played with [the group] Arco Iris, and I saw that while I had a gift for playing drums, I didn't truly love it. And to play an instrument, you have to truly love what you're doing.

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In 2006, the series Peter Capusotto y sus videos debuted, a program which, along with showing rock music videos, features Capusotto parodying the different facets of the rock-and-roll lifestyle in various sketches. The program has become a cult hit, and video clips from the show are frequently viewed on YouTube. ^[8]

On December 17, 2007, after Peter Capusotto y sus videos was nominated for the Clarín Awards^[9][10][11], Capusotto received awards in the Musical Performance and Best Comedy Program categories.^[12]

[edit] Career

[edit] TV shows

• De la cabeza (From the Head)
• Cha cha cha
• Delicatessen
• Todo por dos pesos (All for Two Pesos)
• Tiempo Final (Final Time)
• Sol Negro (Black Sun)
• Peter Capusotto y sus videos (Peter Capusotto and his videos)

[edit] Movies

• Tiempo de Descuento (Discount Time) [short film]
• Zapada, una comedia beat (Zapada, A Comedy Beat)
• Mataperros (Killer Dogs)
• India Pravile
• Soy tu aventura (I'm Your Adventure)
• Dos ilusiones (Two Illusions)
• Regresados (known as D-Graduated internationally)

[edit] Theater

• Una noche en Carlos Paz (One Night in Carlos Paz)
• Qué noche Bariloche (What a Bariloche Night)

[edit] Personal life

Capusotto is married to María Laura, with whom he has 2 daughters: Elisa, 8, and Eva (named for Eva Perón^[13]), 4.^[1] He is a dedicated fan of the Racing Club soccer team. He currently resides in the Barracas district of Buenos Aires.^[6]

He had two brothers, but both are deceased.^[14]His older brother died of peritonitis, and his younger brother died of complications from Prader-Willi syndrome at the age of 2.^[15]

[edit] References

• The vast majority of this article was translated from its corresponding version on Spanish Wikipedia.

[edit] External links

• Diego Capusotto at the Internet Movie Database
• Diego Capusotto on Cinenacional.com
• Web site for "Qué Noche Bariloche" (Spanish)
• Interview with Diego Capusotto (Spanish)
• Interview with Diego Capusotto for Sudestada Magazine (Spanish)
• Article about Diego Capusotto and his comedy (Spanish)
• Arlequines Theater (Spanish)