Alfredo Casero

• Name — Alfredo Casero • Born — 12 November 1962 • Birthplace — Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina • Occupation — Actor, musician, comedian • Years Active — 1987–present

Casero began studying acting with Norman Briski in 1987. Soon after, he started working in the underground humour scene of Buenos Aires. In 1992 he created, along with other humorists, the comic show De la cabeza ("Out of our minds"), which later continued as Cha Cha Cha in 1995. In parallel with the television show he started working in his musical project and also in a radio show. The cancellation of Cha Cha Cha in 1997 marked the end of characters such as Manhattan Ruiz, Minister of Postal Ahorro. Delicatessen, Todo por dos pesos and Peter Capusotto y sus videos were shows that took much of the former Cha Cha Cha and De la Cabeza, including many actors. He became better known outside of his country in 2002 when he recorded a Japanese song, "Shima Uta", entirely in Japanese. It was the first single from his album Casaerius. The song was chosen as the anthem for Argentina's national football team to represent the country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in South Korea and Japan. In 2004 Casero played the character Roque Rizzutti in the Argentine soap Locas de amor. He was featured, along with Japanese rock band The Boom (authors of "Shima Uta") and Japanese-Argentine folk singer Claudia Oshiro on the Japanese New Year's Eve television show, Kōhaku Uta Gassen, in its 53rd edition (New Year's Eve, December 2002). Since then he has been devoted to the "Casero Experimendo", an experiment of blogging, humour and theater presentations, all based on improvisation.

• Year — Work — Role • 1991/2 — De la cabeza — Various • 1993 — Cha cha cha — Various • 1993 — Encuentros lejanos (Short) • 1995 — Nico (TV series) — Anjelica Conchaforte de Pocahontas • 1999 — Vulnerables — Roberto Chitti • 1999 — Casero en castellano — Personaje desconocido • 2000 — Los Pintin al rescate — Cacho • 2000 — Felicidades — Freddy • 2001 — Culpables — Aníbal • 2001 — Antigua vida mía — Alejandro • 2002 — Todas las azafatas van al cielo — Julián • 2003 — El día que me amen — Cheche • 2004 — Locas de amor — Roque Rizzutti • 2005 — Condón Express — Negro • 2005 — Lifting de corazón — Taxista • 2005 — Sin código — 'Rolo' Wazerman • 2006 — Rolo y Colo en: No te hagas la cabeza — Voz • 2006 — A Todo Culorr • 2008 — Gigantes de Valdés — Capitán Mórelo • 2009 — Tratame bien — Nacho • 2011 — Adan Y eva — Embajador Spruille Braden • 2012 — La Dueña — Oliverio • 2013 — Farsantes — Marcos • 2017 — El fútbol o yo — Roca

• Year — Nominated work — Award — Category — Result — Ref. References • 2002 — Casaerius — Premios Gardel — Best Production • 2002 — Casaerius — Premios Gardel — Best New Artist — (declined) • 2002 — Casaerius — Premios Gardel — Best Video • 2002 — Shimauta — Premios Gardel — Best Song