Édgar Ángel Vivar Villanueva (born 28 December 1948)[2] is a Mexican actor and comedian. He is best known for his characters of Señor Barriga and his son Ñoño from El Chavo del Ocho, and El Botija from Los Caquitos and Chespirito.
The son of engineer Ángel Vivar and Celia Villanueva Falconi, Vivar started his acting career in 1964 as a theater actor. He toured the United States with some of his plays. This gave him vast experience in the acting field. In 1970, Chespirito needed a robust person to play Señor Barriga ("Mr. Beliarge" in Spanish) as well as Ñoño in his upcoming Televisa production of El Chavo del Ocho, and Vivar was hired for the job.
Both shows became major international hits, allowing Vivar to become known beyond Mexico and to tour all over Latin America, Spain and the United States. He also made an attempt at becoming a telenovela actor, participating in his co-star Florinda Meza's production, Alguna vez Tendremos Alas.
His weight caused him serious heart-related issues after the half-hour Chespirito productions were over in 1980 (it is believed that his temporary absence from the show may have related to his weight; and was explained that his character, el Botija, had gone to a weight-loss clinic.) In 1992, he left the hour-long Chespirito program briefly for therapy at a weight-loss clinic. He lost a great amount of weight, which helped save his life. He kept touring the countries where Chespirito shows were kept on television as re-runs after the show was over.
In 2006, Vivar appeared in the film Bandidas as a bank manager. He also co-starred in a telenovela made in Argentina, Amarte Así, that became a major success in South America, Spain, and the US. He had a role in Guillermo del Toro's production of El Orfanato, filmed in Spain and released in October 2007. The same year, he voiced Auguste Gusteau in the Latin American version of Disney-Pixar's Ratatouille. He later voiced Dug in Up (2009).
In 2008, Vivar underwent gastric bypass surgery at a clinic in Colombia, and lost approximately 165 pounds. Following his surgery, he has become an advocate for healthy living, particularly for overcoming obesity.[3]
Following his weight loss surgery, Vivar retired all of his Chespirito characters, stating that because of his weight loss, they were no longer appropriate. He would, however, reprise the voices of Señor Barriga and his son Ñoño for an episode of the animated adaptation of El Chavo, the only cast member from the original series to do so.
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In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Vivar and the second or maternal family name is Villanueva This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Edgar Vivar news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Edgar Angel Vivar Villanueva born 28 December 1948 2 is a Mexican actor and comedian He is best known for his characters of Senor Barriga and his son Nono from El Chavo del Ocho and El Botija from Los Caquitos and Chespirito Edgar VivarVivar at the ITSEM Mexico City campus in 2014BornEdgar Angel Vivar Villanueva 1948 12 28 28 December 1948 age 75 1 Mexico City MexicoOccupationActorYears active1964 present Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 2 1 Film 2 2 Television 3 ReferencesLife and career editThe son of engineer Angel Vivar and Celia Villanueva Falconi Vivar started his acting career in 1964 as a theater actor He toured the United States with some of his plays This gave him vast experience in the acting field In 1970 Chespirito needed a robust person to play Senor Barriga Mr Beliarge in Spanish as well as Nono in his upcoming Televisa production of El Chavo del Ocho and Vivar was hired for the job Both shows became major international hits allowing Vivar to become known beyond Mexico and to tour all over Latin America Spain and the United States He also made an attempt at becoming a telenovela actor participating in his co star Florinda Meza s production Alguna vez Tendremos Alas His weight caused him serious heart related issues after the half hour Chespirito productions were over in 1980 it is believed that his temporary absence from the show may have related to his weight and was explained that his character el Botija had gone to a weight loss clinic In 1992 he left the hour long Chespirito program briefly for therapy at a weight loss clinic He lost a great amount of weight which helped save his life He kept touring the countries where Chespirito shows were kept on television as re runs after the show was over In 2006 Vivar appeared in the film Bandidas as a bank manager He also co starred in a telenovela made in Argentina Amarte Asi that became a major success in South America Spain and the US He had a role in Guillermo del Toro s production of El Orfanato filmed in Spain and released in October 2007 The same year he voiced Auguste Gusteau in the Latin American version of Disney Pixar s Ratatouille He later voiced Dug in Up 2009 In 2008 Vivar underwent gastric bypass surgery at a clinic in Colombia and lost approximately 165 pounds Following his surgery he has become an advocate for healthy living particularly for overcoming obesity 3 Following his weight loss surgery Vivar retired all of his Chespirito characters stating that because of his weight loss they were no longer appropriate He would however reprise the voices of Senor Barriga and his son Nono for an episode of the animated adaptation of El Chavo the only cast member from the original series to do so Filmography editFilm edit Year Title Role Notes1979 El Chanfle Dr Najera1982 El Chanfle 21983 Don Raton y Don RateroEl mas valiente del mundo1984 Frankenstein s Great Aunt Tillie Feldwebel Erstarren1987 Escuadron sida1988 Musica de viento1992 Gordo Gordo Short film2004 El show del vampiro Vampiro Max Short film voice role2006 Bandidas Bank manager2007 El orfanato Dr Balaban2008 All Inclusive Taxi driver2011 Juan amp La Borrega Short film2015 Cementerio General 2 Psychiatric hospital director2021 The Mighty Victoria Don Edgar2023 Soy inocente FranTelevision edit Year Title Role Notes1970 1990 Chespirito Sr Barriga Nono El Botija1973 El Chapulin ColoradoEl Chavo del Ocho1974 Mundo de juguete1997 Alguna vez tendremos alas Sebastian Medina1998 Que nos pasa Navidad fabuloja Rey mago2000 No contaban con mi astucia Himself Guest2002 De pe a pa2005 Amarte asi Don PedroAplausos Himself GuestChespirito 35 anos en el corazon de Mexico2010 2011 Para volver a amar Renato2012 La familia P Luche Doctor Episode La enfermedad de Federica References edit Edgar Vivar in Spanish Archived from the original on 25 April 2011 Retrieved 23 June 2011 Edgar Vivar cumple 71 anos de una infancia dificil a triunfar como el senor Barriga y el libro de memorias que prepara en secreto infobae 28 December 2019 Hospitalizan de urgencia a El senor Barriga in Spanish Retrieved 8 August 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edgar Vivar amp oldid 1194237516, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
