Pachu Peña
Biography
José María Peña, better known as Pachu Peña, is an Argentine humorist and actor who did television and theater work. He is recognized nationally for his humorous work in the Videomatch program, produced and presented by the famous producer and television presenter, journalist and sports leader and businessman Marcelo Tinelli, where he began doing solo sketches, and later associated with his friend and colleague Pablo Granados, with whom they would form one of the greatest pairs of humor.
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as Marcos Gussi
A former pair of thieves must dust off their old seduction tricks when blackmail threatens to expose their dirty laundry.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
31 years after the first Bañeros, comes the fifth installment of the saga in which the spa is to be sold to new owners, unless the bañeros find a way to collect the money to pay what they owe and avoid losing their place of work.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Pepe Peña
A show where a drunk narrator tries telling an important event of the history of Argentina and Latin America.
Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes • as Humorista
Videomatch was a late-night 120-minute Argentine comedy show hosted by Marcelo Tinelli and broadcast on Telefe that debuted in 1989 in the midnight time slot. Currently the show still airs under the name of Showmatch.
Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Segundo "Second" Cómodo
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Pachu
Three friends at a beach resort work together to stop a gang from making a potion that can manipulate people's desires.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The new bathers, together with a spectacular bathtub, will arrive in Mar del Plata with funny gags on the beach, ingenious inventions, innovative traps and imitations, and with the help of the marine animals from the Aquarium, they will face an evil businessman, in a spectacular and fun ending.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Self
Two jerks. Two mobs. A destiny. The story will focus on a building manager (José) and a neighbor (Juan), who accidentally discover the body of their neighbor. Although this amazes them, they never imagined that it would lead them to a ridiculous and funny endless chase for the conjecture of a mythical Italo-Asian legend, the legend of the Lukong, which has crossed both the European and Asian continents to solve, in one way or another, in Argentina.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Paco Bielsa
After a zoo-keeper discovers that animals can speak, powerful businessmen will try to steal them from the zoo.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Patán
Tells the irruption of a John Lennon impersonator, whom a stunt manager presents as the real idol, deceiving a famous television host who plans fearsome revenge.