Stefan Kramer (impressionist)
# Stefan Kramer (impressionist)

Stefan Kramer Solé (born 19 February 1982) is a Chilean impressionist, actor, comedian and announcer. He is known in Chile for his ability to mimic accents, gestures and expressions of dozens of famous people in Chile, such as TV hosts, singers, politicians, sports players, sportscasters, and celebrities.

## Biography

Kramer comes from a German Swiss family in the Araucanía Region of southern Chile. He is married to singer Paloma Soto.

Kramer's first television appearance was as a contestant on ¿Cuánto vale el show? on Chilevisión. His debut as an impressionist was in the TVN television show Noche de Juegos, during the comedy section of Ponce Candidato, a character performed by Julián Elfenbein.

Kramer has participated in various television shows, such as Mekano (Mega), Amenaza Real (Canal 13) (performing Polimorphicuz, a man who suffers from multiple personality disorder), De Pe a Pá (TVN), REC and ¿Cuánto vale el show?, both programs from Chilevisión and hosted by Leo Caprile. In 2006 Kramer had a great success in the Huaso de Olmué Festival.

Kramer took part successfully in the second night of the Viña de Mar Festival in 2008. In a comedy routine that lasted almost 90 minutes, Kramer impersonated around 33 characters. The audience acclaimed and awarded him with two Antorchas (Oro and Plata – English: Gold and Silver Torchs) and a Gaviota de Plata (English: Silver Seagull). Many Chilean TV shows have taken advantage of the good rating that produces Kramer's routine and they have repeated it in uncountable occasions, without the comedian receives some money remuneration.

On 12 July 2009, Kramer appeared on TVN's Animal Nocturno, where he personified several presidential candidates, such as Marco Enríquez-Ominami, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, and Sebastián Piñera. He also imitated football manager Marcelo Bielsa, which was met with praise.

In 2010, Kramer co-hosted with Felipe Camiroaga the TV show Halcón y Camaleón in TVN, where he achieved great success. During one of the shows, Kramer personified Bielsa, where he explained the alleged reasons for the impasse that he lived in La Moneda with the Chilean President Sebastián Piñera. Kramer previously taped a personification of Piñera, which caused displeasure within the Chilean Government, as it was held just when the former President Michelle Bachelet was invited.

On 2 December 2011, Kramer was again invited to the Telethon Theater, as the opening artist for that year's Teletón, where he imitated Miguel "Negro" Piñera, the brother of President Sebastián Piñera. For the 30th Anniversary of the Chilean Telethon, he performed at the closing ceremony at the National Stadium, where he imitated politicians and Teletón host Mario Kreutzberger (Don Francisco), of "Sábado Gigante" fame. Kramer was praised by Don Francisco himself. He repeated at the closures of the 2014, 2015, and 2016 editions.

On 26 May 2016, Kramer became the announcer of his own television show, called Kamaleón, el show de Kramer, and broadcast by TVN. Also, he was invited by Chilevisión in the new version of the El Club de la Comedia stand-up comedy show.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Characters | Director |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | Stefan v/s Kramer | Himself – Various characters imitated | Stefan Kramer, Sebastián Freund and Eduardo Prieto |
| 2013 | El Ciudadano Kramer | Himself – Various characters imitated | Stefan Kramer and Javier Estévez |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar | Short Fuse (Latin Spanish voice doubler) | Simon J. Smith and Eric Darnell |

## List of personified characters

Sport :

| Country | Soccer Player | Nickname |
| - | - | - |
| Chile | Alexis Sánchez | Alerxi Sánchez / The Wonder Boy |
| Chile | Arturo Vidal | Artulo Vidall |
| Chile | Gary Medel | The Pitbull |
| Chile | Carlos Caszely | Cazely |
| Chile | Claudio Bravo | Captain Bravo |
| Chile | Jorge Valdivia | The Magician |
| Argentina | Lionel Messi | Lío |
| Chile | Marcelo Salas | Madselo Sadas |
| Portugal | Cristiano Ronaldo | |
| Chile | Mauricio Pinilla | |
| Chile | Iván Zamorano | |
| Uruguay | Luis Suarez | |
| Country | Tennis Player | Nickname |
| Chile | Fernando González | |
| Argentina | Horacio de la Peña | |
| Chile | Marcelo Ríos | Marcelo "Chinese" Líos |
| Chile | Nicolás Massú | Nico |
| Country | Technical Director | Nickname |
| Chile | Jorge Garcés | |
| Argentina | Marcelo Bielsa | Marcelo Piensa (Marcelo Thinks) |
| Chile | Eduardo Bonvallet | El Bomba (The Bomb) |
| Argentina | Diego Maradona | Diego Maradruga |
| Argentina | Jorge Sampaoli | |
| Chile | Manuel Pellegrini | |
| Portugal | José Mourinho | |
| Argentina | Juan Antonio Pizzi | Juan Antonio Pizzim |
| Country | Leader | Nickname |
| Chile | René Orozco | The Dr. Horoscope |
| Chile | Sergio Jadue | Sergio Jague |
| Country | Athlete | Nickname |
| Chile | Tomás González | |

Politics :

| Country | Politician | Nickname |
| - | - | - |
| Chile | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | Don Lalo |
| Chile | Francisco Vidal | Francisco Vinal |
| Chile | Jorge Arrate | Jorge a Ratos (Jorge At-Intervals) |
| Chile | Marcelo Trivelli | Marchelo Trivelli |
| Chile | Marco Enriquez Ominami | MEO (wordgame in Chilean Spanish meaning I piss) |
| Chile | Franco Parisi | France Parece (France Look like) |
| Chile | Pablo Longueira | Pablo Corteira |
| Chile | Pablo Zalaquett | Zazalaquett / The Mayor / Hablo Zalaquett (I speak Zalaquett) |
| Chile | Sebastián Piñera | Segastián Piñata / The President / Seba |
| Chile | José Piñera | |
| Chile | Rodrigo Hinzpeter | Hinzminator |
| Chile | Claudio Orrego | |
| Chile | Andrés Velasco | |
| Chile | José Antonio Gómez | Gómez |
| Chile | Nelson Ávila | Nelson Águila |
| Chile | Carlos Larraín | Don Carlos |
| Chile | Camilo Escalona | Don Camilo |
| Chile | Iván Fuentes | |
| Chile | Evelyn Matthei | |
| Chile | Michelle Bachelet | |
| Chile | Virginia Reginato | Virginia Rellenato / Tía Coty (Rellenato is a wordgame meaning pad and calf) |
| Bolivia | Evo Morales | |
| United States | Donald Trump | |

Music :

| Country | Artist | Nickname |
| - | - | - |
| Spain | Alejandro Sanz | Alejandro Sinz Sed (Alejandro Without Thirst) |
| Chile | Alberto Plaza | Alberto Plaza de Armas (Alberto Barrack Square) |
| Puerto Rico | Chayanne | Chiyonne |
| United States | Eddie Vedder | |
| Argentina | Fito Páez | Fried Páez |
| Chile | Jorge González | J.G. |
| Colombia | Juanes | Juanos |
| Chile | Leo Rey | Leo Rey |
| United States | Limp Bizkit | |
| Chile | Luis Jara | Much Jara |
| Chile | Pablo Herrera | |
| Austria | Peter Rock | Old Rock |
| Chile | Raquel Calderón | Kel Calderón |
| Guatemala | Ricardo Arjona | RicArto Arjona (wordgame meaning very delicious Arjona) |
| Chile | Negro Piñera | El Negro (The Black) / Brown Piñera |
| Chile | Willy Sabor | Willy Savor |
| Argentina | Jorge Rojas | Jorge Colorado (Jorge Scarlet) |
| Argentina | Gustavo Cerati | Gustacho Cerity |
| Argentina | Vicentico | |
| United Kingdom | Ozzy Osbourne | Ozzo Bucco |
| Spain | Enrique Iglesias | |
| United States | Romeo Santos | |

TV :

| Country | Announcer | Nickname |
| - | - | - |
| Chile | Kike Morandé | El Kike |
| Chile | Leo Caprile | |
| Chile | Felipe Camiroaga | |
| Chile | Martín Cárcamo | |
| Chile | José Miguel Villouta | |
| Chile | Sebastián Jiménez | Lindorfo |
| Chile | Gonzalo Feito | |
| Chile | Julio César Rodríguez | |
| Chile | Don Francisco | Don Francis |
| Chile | Rafael Araneda | El Rafa |
| Chile | Diana Bolocco | Dyana Bolloco |
| Cuba | Ana María Polo | |
| Chile | Francisco Saavedra | |
| Country | Reporter | Nickname |
| Chile | Amaro Gómez-Pablos | Amaro Pérez Pablos Gómez Silva |
| Chile | Fernando Paulsen | Paulsem |
| Chile | Fernando Solabarrieta | |
| Chile | Matías del Río | |
| Chile | Julio Martínez | |
| Chile | Italo Passalacqua | |
| Chile | Claudio Palma | Claudio Calm |
| Chile | Emilio Sutherland | |
| Country | Actor | Nickname |
| Chile | Héctor Noguera | Tito Noguera |
| Canada | Jim Carrey | |
| Chile | Marisela Santibáñez | Maribeer Santibáñez |
| Chile | Gonzalo Valenzuela | Valenzuela |
| Chile | Daniel Alcaíno (Yerko Puchento and Peter Veneno) | |
| Chile | Fernando Farías | |

Others :

| Country | Personified | Nickname |
| - | - | - |
| Chile | Leonardo Farkas | Leonardo Parkas / The pianist |
| Chile | Roberto Dueñas | Teddy Dueñas |
| Chile | Jordi Castell | Flordi Pastel |
| Chile | Arturo Longton | Arturo Pichi / The Producer / Arturo London |
| Chile | Rafael Garay | |
