Alejandro José Chabán Rodríguez (born August 20, 1981 in Maturín

Maturín

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, Venezuela

Venezuela

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) is a Venezuela

Venezuela

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n actor

Actor

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 and model

Model (person)

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 who has performed in both English- and Spanish-language productions. He is a U.S. citizen.

His English credits include a small role in the 2005 American biographical film The Notorious Bettie Page

The Notorious Bettie Page

The Notorious Bettie Page is a 2005 American biographical film directed by Mary Harron. The screenplay by Harron and Guinevere Turner focuses on 1950s pinup and bondage model Bettie Page.-Plot:...

directed by Mary Harron. As well as a guest starring role on Monk

Monk (TV series)

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.

He has also appeared in Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

 produced serials, such as Prisionera

Prisionera

- Plot :Wrongfully accused of a crime she didn't commit, 13 year old Guadalupe Santos is sentenced to 30 years in jail, while in jail she gives birth to a baby girl who is taken from her by her older sister Milagros. 15 years later she escapes jail and meets with Daniel Moncada who turns out to be...

starring Gabriela Spanic

Gabriela Spanic

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, Mauricio Islas

Mauricio Islas

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 & Gabriel Porras

Gabriel Porras

Gabriel Porras is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career working for TV Azteca in telenovelas like "Tres Veces Sofia" along with Mexican diva Lucía Méndez and "El Tio Alberto"...

, Decisiones

Decisiones

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currently in reruns on mun2

Mun2

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 in the U.S, and El Rostro de Analía

El Rostro de Analía

El Rostro de Analía is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American-based television network Telemundo. It stars Elizabeth Gutiérrez, Martin Karpan, Maritza Rodríguez and the special appearance of Gaby Espino...

, alongside Elizabeth Gutiérrez

Elizabeth Gutierrez

Elizabeth Gutiérrez is a Mexican-American actress and model. She is best known for playing the leading roles in the telenovelas El Rostro de Analía and El Fantasma de Elena.-Background:...

, Martín Karpan

Martin Karpan

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, Maritza Rodríguez

Maritza Rodriguez

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 and Gabriel Porras

Gabriel Porras

Gabriel Porras is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career working for TV Azteca in telenovelas like "Tres Veces Sofia" along with Mexican diva Lucía Méndez and "El Tio Alberto"...

. In 2010-2011 he participated in the Univision

Univision

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/Venevision telenovela Eva Luna

Eva Luna (soap opera)

Eva Luna is a 2010 telenovela co-produced by Venevision and Univision Studios, starring Blanca Soto and Guy Ecker as the main protagonists, and Julian Gil and Susana Dosamantes as the main antagonists...

 alongside Blanca Soto

Blanca Soto

Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides is a Mexican actress, model and former beauty queen. She competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997. Representing the state of Morelos, in which she was raised, Soto became Miss Mexico World. She represented her country in the Miss World...

, Guy Ecker

Guy Ecker

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 and Susana Dosamantes

Susana Dosamantes

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.

Alejandro recently participated in the second season of Univision's reality dance show ¡Mira Quien Baila!

Mira Quien Baila (U.S.)

¡Mira Quien Baila! is a reality show airing on Univision in the United States. The show is the American/Spanish language version of the show from Spain's TVE TV Espanola's show of the same name and a spin-off of Come Dancing in England, a series that dated back to 1949.During this first season of...

where he finished in 7th place.

Chaban is also a writer. He wrote the book called "De Gordo a Galan" sharing his childhood difficulties of being over weight. Because of his obesity he tried to commit suicide as a young adult and is now an advocate for healty eating.

Television

Year	Títle	Notes
2004	Prisionera	as Ronaldo 'Rony' Simancas
2005-2007	Decisiones
2007	Monk
2008	El Rostro de Analía	as Miguel Palacios
2010-2011	Eva Luna	as Tony Santana
2011	Mira Quien Baila	Season 2 as himself/contestant

External links

• http://www.telemundo.com Telemundo Website
• http://www.telemundoeventos.com/elrostrodeanalia/ Official "El Rostro de Analía" Website

• Personal site (Spanish)