Gonzalo Valenzuela was born on January 28, 1978 in Santiago, Chile as Gonzalo Valenzuela Hölzel. Valenzuela has three brothers and sister, within which is Luz Francisca Valenzuela, elected asMiss Chile for Miss Worldin1996.He studied at the Mayflower College ofLas Condesand then studyaudiovisual communicationandtheaterat the School of Fernando González. Caught his media debut with the workScoundrels, directed by Chilean actressLiliana Ross, in which he portrayed "The Hose" character that was unveiled in2000.Because of his success in that work, he was contacted byChannel 13to participate in the telenovelaPiel Canela;however, this output signal the height of a series of failures chain dramatic area point.