After living in different Latin American countries such as Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil, he settled in Mexico in 1980 after being a guest in the popular musical show
Siempre en Domingo with
Raúl Velasco where he presented his second album. He toured for three years and was offered a role in the
telenovela Cuna de lobos a soap opera that would become one of the greatest successes of its network
Televisa. He later acted in
Victoria and
El precio de la fama. In the telenovela
Senda de gloria ("Glorious path") he took the role of a Dutch-English villain and the opportunity to speak Dutch and English. The success of
Senda de gloria allowed him to obtain a role in Chilean telenovela
Semidios produced by
Universidad Católica de Chile's
Canal 13 where he also sang the title song. For the same channel he made
Bravo and returned to Mexico a year later to participate in a new version of
Simplemente María and in
La pícara soñadora, both soaps became hits in Latin America, Europe, Turkey and Russia. In 1992, Van Der returned to Chile to participate in two telenovelas and back to Mexico in 1994 he made
Caminos cruzados. In 1995 he returned to Chile to make two telenovelas and started his own company Roberto Vander Prod to facilitate the access of Chilean media to actresses like
Alicia Machado and other artists. In 1997 he participated in a telenovela with Televisa and next year he made
Enséñame a querer with
Venevisión, the most important television network in Venezuela. He was interviewed by Dutch network
NCRV in February 1999 in a 25-minute presentation from his home in Chile. This interview was broadcast on May 11 of the same year through the network
Nederland 1. The same year he made
Por tu amor in Mexico and in 2000 he made
Milagros in
Peru. In 2002 and 2003 he made two telenovelas for Televisa and was awarded the Azteca de Oro ("Golden Aztec") as Best Actor for his role in
Salomé by the Asociación de Periodistas Mexicanos de Radio y Televisión ("Mexican association of radio and television journalists"). He made the new version of
Rubí in 2004, this telenovela was considered as the best of the year and he was awarded
El Sol de Oro ("Golden Sun") for his career and his role in this production and was nominated for the
TVyNovelas award as "Best Supporting Actor". == Discography ==