Flavio Caballero grew up with two childhood dreams: he wanted to become both a
psychologist and an actor. When he was in high school, he became more interested in
psychology, and he was an above average student, becoming able to attend
college, where he pursued a career as a psychologist. Eventually, he began losing interest in that career, focusing instead on becoming an actor. Caballero began to study acting at the
Instituto de Arte Dramatico Juana Sujo. Caballero established himself in
Caracas, Venezuela, where he kept studying acting, at the
Instituto Nacional de Teatro de Caracas. He also studied acting in the
United States and
Brazil. In 1971, Caballero made his film debut, acting in an
Italian-
Spaniard-
French production,
Il Corsaro Nero ("Black Pirate"). Caballero proceeded to act in more than seven theatre plays, and, in 1979, he appeared on Venezuelan screens for the first time, in a film named
El Rebaño de los Angeles ("Angel's Herd"). In 1982, Flavio made his
telenovela debut, acting in
La Señorita Perdomo ("Ms. Perdomo"). That
soap opera was the first of seventeen soap operas produced by
Radio Caracas Television that Caballero would participate in, including 1983's
Leonela, 1987's
La Intrusa ("The Intruder") and
Mi Amada Beatriz ("My Beloved Beatriz"), 1988's
Aventurera ("Adventurer"), and 2002's
Mi Gorda Bella ("My Beautiful Fat Girl"). Perhaps Caballero's most important career year was 1989, when he reached international fame starring in
Amanda Sabater alongside
Maricarmen Regueiro. Caballero played Ivan Moros in the soap opera. Amanda Sabater was an heiress whose father was Diego Sabater. However, and unknown to the two main characters in the soap opera, Diego was really Ivan's father and not Amanda's. This soap opera reached high ratings in many countries, including
Mexico,
Puerto Rico and (among
Hispanics) in the
United States. Caballero is currently under contract with
RCN Television of Colombia. ==Filmography==