1. Roberto Gómez
Bolaños
 Roberto Gómez Bolaños was born in February
21, 1929 in Mexico City.
 He is best known by his stage name Chespirito.
 Before becoming an actor, Gómez was an
amateur boxer.
 He studied engineering at the Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México.
 He wrote a number of plays, and contributed dialogue for scripts of films and
television shows in Mexico.
 "Chespirito” was concocted from the diminutive form of the Spanish pronunciation
of the name of William Shakespeare or Shakespierito, meaning "Little
Shakespeare"
 Chespirito was discovered as an actor while he was waiting in line to apply for a job
as a writer
 He began writing and starring in his children comedy shows. Chespirito's first show
was Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada. This show was later renamed
Chespirito.
 In that show also starred Ramón Valdés, María Antonieta de las Nieves and Rubén
Aguirre.
 Characters like El Chavo, El Chapulín and Dr. Chapatín were introduced in this
show
 His best known roles were in the shows El Chavo and El Chapulín Colorado.
 The shows were produced by Mexican TV network Televisa, and aired in 124
countries.
 In El Chavo, Chespirito played an 8-year-old boy who often took refuge inside a
wooden rain barrel in a Mexican neighborhood.
 In El Chapulín Colorado he played a good-hearted superhero who gets involved in
humorous situations.
 El Chavo and El Chapúlin Colorado have turned into cultural icons all over Latin
America and the United States.
 He also starred in Mexican movies such as El Chanfle and El Chanfle 2.
 He is also the creator of the theater comedy Once y Doce, the most successful
theater comedy in Mexican history
 Chespirito is also a musical composer. He started writing music as a hobby, after
his musical work was related to his comedy work.
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 Now he is married to actress Florinda Meza with whom has lived 27 years together.