Omar Rafael Chaparro Alvídrez

Omar Rafael Chaparro Alvidrez, born in Chihuahua on 26 de noviembre de 1974, is a Mexican comedian, actor, singer, composer, producer, lecturer and radio and television presenter. He is known for creating and playing his comedic characters in several of his radio and television programmes, for his participation in films such as Como caido del cielo (a Netflix musical comedy in homage to Pedro Infante), La celda de los milagros and Venganza, and for performing the Latin dubbing of the character Po in Kung Fu Panda and its sequels. As a singer he has recorded three records, including his studio albums Me enamore de ti and Las locuras mias.

Before beginning his artistic career, Chaparro was a national karate champion, studied Administracion de Empresas at the Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, and held various jobs including pizza delivery, waiter, barman and taquero. In 1996 he began his rise to stardom as a comedian and presenter in his native Chihuahua on the radio programme Los Visitantes on station D95 with his friend Federico "Perico" Padilla, where he created many of his famous characters, and the success of the programme led to a local television show called Los Visitors. He then travelled to Ciudad de Mexico, and from the cable channel Telehit he received his first opportunity, beginning the programme Black & White in 2001, initially hosted with Arturo Macias.

His success on Black & White led Televisa to create the programme No Manches for him, premiering in March 2004 with Chaparro as the main host, featuring international guests such as Robbie Williams, Shakira, Hanson and Thalia. In July 2004 he travelled to Greece to cover the Olympic Games with the Televisa Deportes team, made his film debut in Punos rosas as Chuy, and voiced the character of Sindrome in the Spanish dubbing of Los Increibles. In 2005 he debuted in theatre with the play La cena de los idiotas, winning numerous awards including best new actor. He later worked alongside fellow comedian Eugenio Derbez covering the Copa Mundial de Alemania 2006, the Juegos Olimpicos de Beijing 2008 and the Copa Mundial de Sudafrica 2010.