Christian Meier
Christian Dietrich Meier Zender
Born	Christian Dietrich Meier Zender June 23, 1970 (1970-06-23) (age 39) Lima, Peru
Occupation	Actor and Singer

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Christian Dietrich Meier Zender (born June 23, 1970) is a well-known Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 2.1 Musician 2.2 Acting 2.2.1 Movies 2.3 Television 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Personal life

Christian Dietrich Meier Zender was born in Lima, Peru, the youngest of four children. He was born to Gladys Zender, Miss Universe 1957, and to Antonio Meier. His father is from Peru and his mother is half Peruvian and half Swedish. Meier's father is currently the mayor of the San Isidro District in Lima.

He was married to Peruvian actress Marisol Aguirre for 12 years. They met during the filming of the telenovela "Gorrión".They separated in October of 2007, finalizing the divorce in November of 2008.^[1]; They have three children together,Stefano Meier who was born in 1996,Taira Meier who was born in 2001, and Gia Meier in 2003.

He is engaged to Cuban Venezuelan American actress Génesis Rodríguez.

[edit] Career

[edit] Musician

In 1987, he formed the popular Peruvian alternative-rock band Arena Hash with Pedro Suárez Vértiz, Patricio Suárez Vértiz, and Arturo Pomar. He was the keyboarder of the band in the 1980s and early 1990s. A few years later the band broke up because Pedro Suárez Vértiz began a solo career.

Meier released an album, No Me Acuerdo Quién Fui, which produced the singles, "Espérame en el tren" and "Carreteras Mojadas" (Wet Highways) that got the first positions in almost all radio station charts in Peru. In 1997 began the production of its second album Primero en Mojarme, with Manuel Garrido-Lecca, wellknow musical producer that worked with in Arena Hash. In 2002 Christian produced Once Noches, probably the album with best rewards for him.

[edit] Acting

Performing in soap operas and movies, he has achieved some fame in other Latin American countries

[edit] Movies

• 2008: Valentino y el Clan del Can asValentino (A Voice)
• 2005: La mujer de mi hermano as Ignacio
• 2004: Un Marciano Llamado Deseo como Jorge
• 2000: Ciudad de M as Pacho
• 1998: No se lo digas a nadie asGonzalo

[edit] Television

• 2008: Doña Bárbara (2008/9) as Santos Luzardo
• 2007: Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa as Diego de la Vega/ El Zorro
• 2005: La Tormenta (2005/6) asSantos Torrealba/Santiago Guanipa
• 2004: Luna, la heredera as Mauricio García
• 2003: Luciana y Nicolás as Nicolás Echevarría
• 2001: Amores querer con alevosía as Pablo Herreros
• 2001: Lo que es el amor as Efrén Villarreal
• 1999: Isabella, mujer enamorada as Fernando de Alvear
• 1999: Me muero por ti asAlfonso Hidalgo
• 1998: Luz María como Gustavo Gonzálvez
• 1997: Escándalo as Álvaro Dupont
• 1996: La Noche as Daniel Brenner
• 1996: Obsesión as Jimmy Martel/Jano
• 1995: Malicia as Francisco
• 1994: Gorrión asGabriel Maidana

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://christianmeierzender.info
• |http://www.peru.com/christianmeier][Local Website]
• msnlatino.telemundo.com Telemundo official website
• msnlatino.telemundo.com/novelas/Dona_Barbara/Doña Barbara official website
• Christian Meier at the Internet Movie Database

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