Reinaldo Zavarce Peche, best known as "Peche" to fans across Latin America, is a Venezuelan actor and musician. Born and raised in Caracas, he got his start acting in the Venezuelan RCTV tel ...Show More
Reinaldo Zavarce Peche, best known as "Peche" to fans across Latin America, is a Venezuelan actor and musician. Born and raised in Caracas, he got his start acting in the Venezuelan RCTV telenovelas "Mujer con Pantalones," "Te Tengo en Salsa," "Amantes," and "Toda una dama." His film credits include the popular romantic comedy "Dia Naranja," but he is perhaps best known for his starring role as Alex in the hit Nickelodeon Latin America /Sony Pictures Television teen drama series "Isa TKM" and "Isa TK+".The show, commonly referred to as the "Latin American High School Musical," became a phenomenon among teens across the Americas (US included), a #1 hit in its demographic in over 23 countries in its first season. The Los Angeles Times deemed the fan frenzy surrounding the show and its cast members "Isa-mania," and in 2008 Reinaldo was awarded "Actor of the Year" at Nickelodeon Brazil's "Meus Premios Nick" Awards. That Zavarce's real-life girlfriend is on- screen "Isa" love Maria Gabriela de Faria only added to the press and public frenzy around Reinaldo, and has kept them both on the covers of some of the biggest magazines across Latin America and Brazil. He'll next be seen on an upcoming episode of the Nickelodeon Brazil series "Julie & The Phantoms".Since becoming a household name via television, Peche has also evolved into a bona-fide music star. After two top selling "Isa" records (#1 in Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela and Columbia, top 10 in Argentina), and a sold out "Isa" live tour, Reinaldo went on to create a new punk-pop side project, Panorama Express f/Peche (Reinaldo Zavarce). Peche co-wrote each "P-Ex" song with Pablo Durand, whom he'd worked with on the "Isa" records, and Durand's songwriting partner Fernando Lopez Rossi. They helped Peche turn his influences ("Paramore, Fresno, Viniloversus, Simple Plan, My Chemical Romance... the list goes on" says Zavarce) into Panorama Express' unique pop-rock sound.The songs were recorded in both Spanish and Portuguese in Argentina in 2010. The first single, "Voy Donde Estes" ("Vou Por Voce" in Portuguese) received heavy Nickelodeon video rotation and top media attention, and Panorama Express f/Peche (Reinaldo Zavarce) sold out 3 shows in Brazil this last spring. The new four-song EP is due out digitally via iTunes and mobile carriers in late March 2012.An avid sports fan and talented athlete, Reinaldo played soccer on the professional youth team Venezuelan Deportivo Italia at the FIFA U-20 World Cup and won a scholarship to the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago to study administration and to play. He is also a semi-professional, previously sponsored, paint-ball player. Hide
