Carlos Alcántara

Biography

Carlos Alcántara Vilar, known as "Cachín" or Machín, is a Peruvian actor, comedian, and producer born in Lima in 1964. He rose to fame in the 1990s with the Pataclaun theater group, playing the beloved character Machín Cárcamo. His breakthrough film ¡Asu Mare! (2013), based on his autobiographical monologue, became the highest-grossing Peruvian cinema film history and spawned successful sequels.