El Chavo del Ocho (character)

El Chavo del Ocho (English: The Kid from number Eight or The Boy from apartment #8) or El Chavo (English: The Kid or The Boy, but Spanish: chavo also meaning "cent") is a Mexican fictional character and the protagonist of the Mexican television sitcom series of the same name. He was played by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito), despite the obvious age difference between the actor and the character, and in the animated series his voice is played by Jesús Guzmán. In the English dub version of the animated series, he is voiced by Mona Marshall. "Chavo" means "boy" in colloquial Mexican language, his real name is unknown. He is very enthusiastic, creative and well-meaning, but also very innocent, which is why other children take advantage of him. He's not very bright and he's a bit clumsy. It is said that he came to the neighborhood at the age of four and apparently lives in apartment #8, it is not known with whom exactly, but it is said that an old woman took care of him in her apartment until she passed away.

In December 2016, a rumor began to circulate on the Internet, according to the book El diario del Chavo del 8, written by Gómez Bolaños in 1995, his real name is revealed: Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaelo Guglielmi, however said rumor was denied by official sources.