Carlos Olivier (26 January, 1952 22 January, 2007), was a Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

n actor, famous for his roles in telenovelas, including Leonela

Leonela

Leonela was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and broadcast on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by Delia Fiallo and directed by Rolando Loewenstein. This telenovela lasted 133 episodes and was distributed internationally by Coral International...

, El País de las Mujeres

El Pais de las Mujeres

El País de las mujeres was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. It was written by Leonardo Padron and directed by Carlos Izquierdo...

, Viva la Pepa, Las González

Las Gonzalez

Las Gonzalez was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión in 2002. The series lasted 94 episodes, and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.-Cast:*Gaby Espino as Aleli Gonzalez*Jorge Reyes as Robinson Gamboa...

, Engañada, and Los Querendones.

Olivier was a member of the Factory of Young Actors of RCTV

RCTV

Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional is a Venezuelan cable television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, RCTV Internacional was inaugurated as Radio Caracas Televisión on 15 November...

. During the five years that he lived in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Olivier appeared in two episodes of the police TV series Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...

, hosted the TV show El Gran Evento con Carlos Olivier on Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

, and recorded two albums with producer Emilio Estefan

Emilio Estefan

Emilio Estefan, Jr. is a Cuban-American of Lebanese ancestry who is a musician and producer. Estefan's first taste of celebrity came as a member of the Miami Sound Machine, but he is also recognized as the producer of many famous singers. He is the husband of singer Gloria Estefan...

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Olivier combined his passion for acting with the medicine.

Carlos Olivier died of a cardiac arrest

Cardiac arrest

Cardiac arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively...

 in Caracas

Caracas

Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

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Filmography

• Historia de amor
• Prisionero de Zenda
• El hombre de la máscara de hierro
• La noche de los sapos
• El ángel rebelde
• Alejandra
• Estefanía
• Gómez
• Me llamo Julián, te quiero
• Secreto
• Sor campanita
• La dama de las camelias
• Orgullo
• La señora de Cárdenas
• Natalia
• Rosalinda
• Angelito
• Martha y Javier
• Bienvenida Esperanza
• Leonela
• Miedo al amor
• La muchacha de los ojos café
• Enamorada
• De mujeres
• Pecado de Amor
  Pecado de Amor
  Pecado de Amor was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. This telenovela lasted 325 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International. It's to the date the long-running telenovela that Venevisión has ever made.-Synopsis:While still an...
  
  
• Contra viento y marea
  Contra Viento y Marea (Venezuela)
  Contra Viento y Marea was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. This telenovela lasted 125 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• Carita pintada
• Cuando Hay Pasion
  Cuando Hay Pasion
  Cuando Hay Pasion was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión. This telenovela lasted 145 episodes and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• Hay amores que matan
• Viva la pepa
• Las González
  Las Gonzalez
  Las Gonzalez was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venevisión in 2002. The series lasted 94 episodes, and was distributed internationally by Venevisión International.-Cast:*Gaby Espino as Aleli Gonzalez*Jorge Reyes as Robinson Gamboa...
  
  
• Engañada
• ¡Qué buena se puso Lola!
• Los Querendones

See also

• Venezuela
  Venezuela
  Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
  
  
• Venezuelan culture