Edgar Vivar

Édgar Vivar is a Mexican actor and comedian born on December 28 1948 in Mexico City Although his grandfather had encouraged his artistic side in which he was very interested Edgar ended up choosing medicine as an area of study preparing at the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM But given that his career required completing credits in the artistic area Vivar found that the only option with space was theater and remembering his interest in it generated by his grandfather he decided that it could be an interesting experience The taste for theater did not end and although he finished his medical degree he entered the University Theater Center which concluded in 1964 He practiced as a doctor for a year but left the profession when he received a call from Roberto Gómez Bolaños to join the television show El Chavo del 8 where he plays El Señor Barriga Ñoño and Caquito Botija characters for which Édgar is known and admired worldwide