Gonzalo Valenzuela has three brothers and one sister. He studied at the Mayflower School of Las Condes and then studied audiovisual communication and theater at the Fernando González School.
Personal life
In the year 2004, Gonzalo Valenzuela traveled to Argentina and in that country he met Juana Viale, with whom he began a relationship. Gonzalo Valenzuela finally settled in Argentina, especially after a high-risk pregnancy of Viale, which forced her to remain hospitalized for 2 months in a clinic. On 23 January 2008 the couple's firstborn, Silvestre Valenzuela, was born at the Germán Clinic in Vitacura, Santiago de Chile, Chile. On 30 September 2019 Valentina was born, his first daughter with his partner, the Chilean actress María Gracia Omegna.
Career
His media debut came with the play Sinvergüenzas , directed by the Chilean actress Liliana Ross, in which he personified "El Manguera", a character he made known in 2000. Due to his success in this work, he was contacted by Canal 13 to participate in the soap operaPiel canela; However, this production would mark the most critical point of a series of failures in the dramatic area of the chain. Only in 2003, Canal 13 ventured into a new drama, Males. Gonzalo Valenzuela acquired one of the leading roles of the novel as Adam Mercader, one of the sons of a macho and manipulative man who had sexual trauma. After the great success of the soap opera, in 2004 he participated in Hippie, but it did not have the expected results. During the same date, he set up the play Splendid's with several friends like Benjamín Vicuña and Diego Muñoz, being directed by Felipe Hurtado. In Argentina, Valenzuela participated in some television works such as Doble vida and El tiempo no para. In cinema he starred in En la cama alongside Blanca Lewin, being critically acclaimed. After several years away from television prominence, he was reintegrated at the end of 2006 to the cast of the Chilean adaptation of Montecristo and later, in the middle of 2007, return to Canal 13 and star in Lola sharing roles with Lewin again. Valenzuela joined some Argentine soap operas like Botineras and Un año para recordar. On 15 December 2012, Valenzuela debuted as an Amateur Boxer and beat Gonzalo Bevacqua by points. In 2013, he returns to Chile, where he also signed a two-year contract with TVN. During 2015, he changed the television station to Mega, where he played the role of Bruno Montt in the 20:00 TV seriesDad drifting; sharing roles with María Gracia Omegna, Francisca Imboden, Claudio Arredondo, Simón Pesutic, Ignacio Achurra, among other leading Chilean actors. The television series was premiered with great success on 25 May of that year, where he led in tune during his broadcast schedule, imposing himself on his TVN competition, Matriarcas. In 2016 he participated in the TV series Ámbar where Valenzuela was the protagonist playing Dany, driver of the school van that will transport Ámbar. In 2018 he participates in Si yo fuera rico playing Miguel "Micky" Zunino.
