Pablo Cerda

Born in the port city of San Antonio, Chile, in August 1980. Always linked to sports; he was interested in baseball, BMX and basketball since childhood. He was especially skillful at the latter as part of different teams competing nationwide and had the possibility to train in the High Performance Center in Havana, Cuba. Upon his return he enters the acting school at Fernando Gonzalez's Academy while he- always moved by sport related activities- starts practicing Hankido, a Korean martial art, having so far taken part in two world championships: Korea 2003 and USA 2010, winning first places. In 2003, just graduated from acting school, he takes part as lead dancer in the opera Fulgor y Muerte de Joaquín Murieta, (tr. The Splendor and Death of Joaquin Murieta by Ben Belitt), touring in Finland on the occasion of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. A year later he starts a rising career in television, as well as in film and theater, taking part in more than 20 dramatic productions, as well as series and TV films on the most important television channels in Chile. His first film as a director and screenwriter, Educación Física (P.E.), was shot in his hometown, San Antonio, in 2011 and premiered in 2012.