Roberto Vander (born Frans Robert Jan van der Hoek; September 20, 1950) is a Dutch-Chilean actor and singer.
Biography After living in different Latin American countries such as Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil, he settled in Mexico in 1980 after being a guest in the popular musical show Siempre en Domingo with Raúl Velasco where he presented his second album.
He toured for three years and was offered a role in the telenovela Cuna de lobos a soap opera that would become one of the greatest successes of its network Televisa. He later acted in Victoria and El precio de la fama. In the telenovela Senda de gloria ("Glorious path") he took the role of a Dutch-English villain and the opportunity to speak Dutch and English.
The success of Senda de gloria allowed him to obtain a role in Chilean telenovela Semidios produced by Universidad Católica de Chile's Canal 13 where he also sang the title song. For the same channel he made Bravo and returned to Mexico a year later to participate in a new version of Simplemente María and in La pícara soñadora, both soaps became hits in Latin America, Europe, Turkey and Russia. In 1992, Van Der returned to Chile to participate in two telenovelas and back to Mexico in 1994 he made Caminos cruzados. In 1995 he returned to Chile to make two telenovelas and started his own company Roberto Vander Prod to facilitate the access of Chilean media to actresses like Alicia Machado and other artists. In 1997 he participated in a telenovela with Televisa and next year he made Enséñame a querer with Venevisión, the most important television network in Venezuela.
He was interviewed by Dutch network NCRV in February 1999 in a 25-minute presentation from his home in Chile. This interview was broadcast on May 11 of the same year through the network Nederland 1. The same year he made Por tu amor in Mexico and in 2000 he made Milagros in Peru. In 2002 and 2003 he made two telenovelas for Televisa and was awarded the Azteca de Oro ("Golden Aztec") as Best Actor for his role in Salomé by the Asociación de Periodistas Mexicanos de Radio y Televisión ("Mexican association of radio and television journalists"). He made the new version of Rubí in 2004, this telenovela was considered as the best of the year and he was awarded El Sol de Oro ("Golden Sun") for his career and his role in this production and was nominated for the TVyNovelas award as "Best Supporting Actor".
Discography 1980 – En la esquina del café 1988 – Roberto Vander 1990 – María Sola
Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 1986 Club Med Television film 1986 Mauro el mojado Jeff 2004 Rubí, la descarada Arturo de la Fuente Television film
Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 Cuna de lobos Julio Cifuentes 1987 Victoria Ray 1987 Senda de gloria James Van Hallen 1987 El precio de la fama Himself 1988 Semidiós Hugo 1989 Simplemente María Rafael Hidalgo 1989 Bravo Juan Pablo 1990 En carne propia 1991 La pícara soñadora Gregorio Rochild 1992 Fácil de amar Mario 1993 Doble juego Patricio Corral 1994 Caminos Cruzados Ambrosio Jimenés y Cisneros 1995 Amor a domicilio Guillermo Stone 1996 Adrenalina Gerardo Ahumada 1997 Sin ti Guillermo Ysaguirre Lead antagonist 1998 Enséñame a querer Rafael 1999 Por tu amor Don Nicolás Montalvo-Ariza Gallardo 2000 Milagros Benjamin Muñoz 2001 Salomé Mauricio Valdivia Antagonist 2003 Amores urbanos 2003 Velo de novia Don Germán del Alamo 2004 Mariana de la noche Engineer Ángel Villaverde 2004 Rubí Don Arturo De La Fuente 2005 El Amor No Tiene Precio Don Germán Garcés 2007 Destilando amor Don Ricardo Duarte 2007–2008 Al diablo con los guapos Don Néstor Miranda 2008 Fuego en la sangre Dr. Gilberto Castañeda 2009–2010 Teatro en CHV Marcelo / Rogelio "Todo por un caño" (season 7, episode 5)"Peor que pulga en la oreja" (season 8, episode 19) 2010 Salvador de mujeres Julio César 2010 Pecadora Don Cayetano 2011 Los herederos del Monte Don Emilio del Monte / Pablo González 2011 Infiltradas Octavio Gangas 7 episodes 2012 El Talismán Don Esteban Nájera 2012–2013 La Sexóloga Don Axel Cooper 2013 Pasión prohibida Don Ariel Piamonte 2014–2015 Hasta el fin del mundo Don Gerónimo Peralta De la Riva Overarching antagonist
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