Daniel Bifulco

Daniel Alberto Bifulco was born in Buenos Aires on 26 January 1970, according to the Argentine Association of Actors and Actresses. He studied acting and worked in theatre productions before he became known on television. Little else about his childhood has been made public.

Bifulco found national fame as one of Los Jaimitos on VideoMatch, the Telefe comedy and variety programme hosted by Marcelo Tinelli. With Roberto Peña and Rodrigo "Vagoneta" Rodríguez he played a trio of naughty schoolboys who sang rhyming commentaries on the news of the day, each verse ending in a punchline with a double meaning. He wore the red cap and braces of the trio's best known look.

He later worked on Showmatch, where he also took part in the Gran Cuñado impersonations of politicians, and appeared in many other television programmes, including Paraíso terrenal, Si querés reír, reí, the Moria Casán programme on América, Panam y Circo, Polémica en el bar, Los Roldán, La niñera, Quitapenas, La peluquería, @Con Humor, Señores papis and Mejor de noche. In 2006 and 2007 he co hosted the radio programme Insolados on Radio Brisas.

On stage he worked steadily in comedy shows such as Noche de Peña, Roberto Peña en Show, Juntos y revueltos, Premium La Risa Loca, El Casting 2: La risa del Ángel, La vacuna del humor and La magia de la risa, in Buenos Aires and in summer seasons in Mar del Plata, alongside performers including Roberto Peña, Alfredo Silva, Martín Oldani, Evert Romero and Flavio Gastaldi. In 2024 he rejoined Peña on Noche de Peña on Crónica TV, and in 2026 Los Jaimitos reunited for World Cup videos that spread widely on social media and led to an appearance on Infobae Mundial with Tinelli.

Bifulco had a daughter, Luciana, born on 5 April 2001. He often told the story that she was born on the very day Los Jaimitos made their debut on VideoMatch: Peña and Rodríguez proposed recording the sketch at five in the morning so he would not miss the birth, and after the delivery he appeared on the programme that same day.

Daniel Bifulco was found dead at his home in Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires, on 4 November 2026. He was 56. His friend Alfredo Silva told TN that Bifulco's mother had found him lying on the floor and that the death was recorded as cardiac. Prosecutors opened a routine inquiry into the sudden death and a post mortem examination was ordered; investigators suspected natural causes. His body was due to be released to his family that Thursday.

Days before he died he had signed a contract to perform in La magia de la risa at the Teatro Victoria in Mar del Plata over the 2026 to 2027 summer season. The Argentine Association of Actors and Actresses expressed its sadness, and colleagues including Alfredo Silva, Torry Palenzuela and Larry de Clay paid tribute.

For a generation of Argentine television viewers, Bifulco was the Jaimito of VideoMatch, part of a sketch that became one of the best remembered segments of Tinelli's programme. The trio's return in 2026 showed how fondly they were still remembered, and their old routines continue to circulate widely online.