Background
He is the son of television producer Luis Vigoreaux, and the younger brother of Luisito Vigoreaux. Roberto Vigoreaux was born on January 12, 1956 to producer Luis Vigoreaux and Rosaura Lorenzana.
Actor politician television producer
He is the son of television producer Luis Vigoreaux, and the younger brother of Luisito Vigoreaux. Roberto Vigoreaux was born on January 12, 1956 to producer Luis Vigoreaux and Rosaura Lorenzana.
Vigoreaux studied at the University of Puerto Rico, and then at Loyola University New Orleans.
He is the youngest of two sons, the other being Luisito Vigoreaux. In 1970, Vigoreaux starred as Chago in the Walt Disney Production Cristobalito, the Calypso Colt, when he was still a young teenager. After growing up, he worked as a radio broadcaster in several stations, as well as acting in plays.
Throughout his career, he has worked for stations like Radio Rock, WAPA Radio, Radio Aeropuerto and Radio Luz.
In 1984, Vigoreaux hosted the show Son del Caribe. He also hosted the show Sábado en Grande.
After performing a duet on his show Sábado en Grande, with singer Lourdes Robles, Vigoreaux decided to start a musical career. In 1988, he released his first and only album titled Amores de mi vida.
The album received a lukewarm response.
Vigoreaux has also worked as a host of several beauty pageants. He also had roles in comedies and shows like Generaciones, and musicals like Clemente, where he played the role of his father, Luis Vigoreaux. In the late 1980s he played the role of Joe Hardy in a revival of the Broadway musical Damn Yankees, with Marian Pabón.
Vigoreaux opened a series of ice cream franchises called Scoops, with stores in San Juan, Cayey, and Bayamón.
Representative: 1996-2000
In 1993, Vigoreaux retired from show business and began to pursue a career as a politician. Senator: 2000-2004
Vigoreaux was elected in 2000 as a senator
= Candidate for Mayor of San Juan: 2003 Vigoreaux announced his interest in running for mayor of the city of San Juan during the elections of 2004. However, he lost in the 2003 primaries against Eduardo Bhatia.
After that, he has continued to work as an adviser to the Senate of Puerto Rico.
In September 2011, Vigoreaux announced his candidacy to the House of Representatives for the 2012 general elections. However, he lost at the Plasma Physics Division primaries held on March 18.
In 1996, he was elected as a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives for the Popular Democratic Party (Plasma Physics Division).
