Reinaldo Zavarce

Reinaldo Zavarce Peche, best known as "Peche" to fans across Latin America, is a Venezuelan actor, singer and director. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. He started acting at a young age 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 28 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, and also in 2010 "Actor of the Year" at the "Kids Choice Awards" in Mexico. The press and public frenzy around Reinaldo, and has kept him on the covers of some of the biggest magazines across Latin America and Brazil, which got him to be on an episode of the Nickelodeon Brazil series "Julie & The Phantoms" as himself. 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 rock side project, Panorama Express f/Peche (Reinaldo Zavarce). Peche 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. After moving to Los Angeles, California. Reinaldo participated in numerous tv projects with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, CW, ABC until he started focusing on more grounded indie films, such as Don Quixote, starring James Franco, Luis Guzman, Horario Sanz and many other films where he developed more intense and demanding roles such as Sebastian on Cartel, which took him to Cannes, and Joselito on Dear mama, a film that was awarded with the Gold Prize at the Pasadena Foundation where judge Steven Spielberg complemented Reinaldo's performance at the gala. In 2018, Peche came back strong directing 3 music videos in the first couple of months of the year, and with a new music project as a solo artist, where he released his first single in Spanish "xq callas" in April, and started working on the new Shannon Flynn sitcom, "Hotel Du Loone" An avid sports fan and talented athlete, Reinaldo played soccer on the professional youth team Venezuelan Deportivo Italia, and won a scholarship to the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago to study business and to play. He is also a semi-professional, previously sponsored, paint-ball player.