“Scaly Peter” It was one of the great Colombian soap operas of the last decades. Like “I am Betty the Ugly one”, the production that presented the funny life of Pedro Coral Tavera was all the rage between 2001 and 2003, when the RCN telenovela was broadcast live. In fact, once it was finished it had its sequel “Como Pedro por la casa de él” and it was broadcast again on different channels in Latin America.
20 years after its last episode, and while there are versions of a possible third series based on the story of Pedro and his inevitable dance -“el Pirulino”-, the actors and actresses who starred in this sensational series at the time continued and continue with their careers. One of them is the actor Alvaro Bayonawho gave life to Pastor Fernando Gaitán in “Scaly Peter”. This is how the popular Colombian actor lives and looks today.
The impressive transformation of the actor who gave life to Pastor Fernando Gaitán in “Pedro, the Scaled”
In 2001, when “Scaly Peter” was released, Alvaro Bayona he was 40 years old. It was in the role of Pastor Fernando Gaitán that a large part of the Latino public met him. However, the actor was already an established personality in Colombia. And, after “Scaly Peter”Bayonne’s career and trajectory continued on its course.
At the moment, Alvaro Bayona (Pastor Fernando Gaitán in “Scaly Peter”) is 62 years old and has an extensive career in theater (where he is also a director), film and television. His debut was in 1977, when he was 16 years old, and some of the plays where he has stood out are “Los fusiles de la madre Carrar” (1980), “Games in the basements” (1985), “Frankenstein” (2000), “Beauty and the Beasts” (between 2003 and 2005) and “A knot in the throat” (2011), just to mention a few.
On television, meanwhile, in addition to “Scaly Peter” and “Like Pedro at home”, Alvaro Bayona He transcended for works in “Dulce ave negra (1993), “La viuda de Blanco (1996-1997), “Here there is no one who lives” (2008), “ABC Investments” (2009) and the most recent, “I dedicate it to you “(2022). As far as cinema is concerned, his most recent films were “Una de espantos” (2007), “El escritor de telenovelas” (2011), “Calvo y bajito” (2012).
In addition, the actor who gave life to Pastor Fernando Gaitán in “Scaly Peter” He also had his participation in the world of reality shows. Because Alvaro Bayona He was one of the participants this year in the Colombian version of “MasterChef Celebrity”.