Luciano Cruz-Coke

Luciano Cruz-Coke
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
11 March 2022
Constituency7th Circumscription
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 March 2018 – 11 March 2022
Preceded byCreation of the district
Constituency10th District
Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage
In office
11 March 2010 – 6 June 2013
PresidentSebastián Piñera
Preceded byPaulina Urrutia Fernández
Succeeded byRoberto Ampuero
Personal details
Born (1970-07-01) 1 July 1970
Party
SpouseJaviera García-Huidobro
Alma materLee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Academy of Christian Humanism University
University of Chile
OccupationActor, Politician

Luciano Cruz-Coke Carvallo (born 1 July 1970) is a Chilean actor and politician, and was the Minister of Arts and Culture under the 35th President Sebastián Piñera.

As a deputy, he was a member of the Commission on Culture and Communications, and of the Commission on Constitution, Legislation, Justice and Regulations; handling legislative initiatives such as the limit on successive reelection of authorities, the creation of the new Child Protection Service, and various enabling mechanisms for the 2020 constitutional plebiscite.

He rose to fame in Chile starting in 1995, when he debuted as an actor in the telenovela Amor a domicilio. In the 1990s and 2000s he played various leading roles, such as in Adrenalina (1996) and Fuera de control (1999). In 2001 he starred in Amores de mercado, where he performed the most-watched scene in the history of Chilean television.